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Better Financial Management Resolution

Bookkeeper Staff — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 01:02:23 +0000

You might be thinking about better financial management for your New Year’s Resolution. That is a great one if financial management is a problem for you.

But better financial management does not have to mean you start doing a better job of managing the money in your business all by your self.

It could also mean you work more closely with your accountant.

It should also mean you outsource bookkeeping and make sure someone is keeping your Quickbooks updated.

You might need a Quickbooks Pro to help you buy and set up your system for better financial management.

And you might want to consider a payroll company or a bookkeeper that knows how to use payroll software small business editions so you can make management easier.

Better financial management of your small business is a great resolution for 2010 – but trying to do more yourself could mean you will find yourself right back where you started in a few months. Why not take advantage of our free consultation and see what Dashboard Accounting can do for you to improve your small business financial management?

Payroll Outsourcing for Small Business

Bookkeeper Staff — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:28:36 +0000

No matter how small your business is, you should seriously consider outsourcing your payroll.

There is a lot of good payroll software small business editions out on the market, but ultimately someone needs to enter the data and make sure all the accounts sync up and make sure deadlines are not missed. Missing payroll deadlines can be very costly and frustrating for a small business – and takes their eye of of the mission of the business.

Outsourcing payroll has gotten so efficient, that even outsourced book keeping companies and outsourced accountants of any merit will use a big company to process the payroll. Then they help manage the small business to be sure things are being done properly and deadlines are not being missed.

This is the best of both worlds, because you have an outsourced book keeper keeping an eye on everything while you have the muscle of a big payroll company assuring that taxes and other payroll items are being properly transacted, usually backed up by a large team and good insurance.

If you are working with a book keeper or accountant that is manually doing your payroll, you should ask them why they are not using a payroll company to process everything. You will still need someone overseeing it and reviewing it, but you do not need someone manually processing the whole thing every week. Smart Outsourced Bookkeeping services do just that.

If you are working with someone that is manually processing your payroll, you should get a free review from Dashboard Accounting and see how they can reduce your book keeping costs while increasing the reliability and efficiency of your operations.

Secure Passwords for Quick Book Pro

Terri Ream, CPA — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:40:38 +0000

Some tips on how you can help keep your data

Some passwords are better than others. It is important to select the best password when using payroll software for small business. The best passwords have some or all of these attributes:
- Not used for any other application or online service
- Long (six or more characters in total)
- Include letters, numbers and upper and lower case
- Avoid using obvious words (family names, birthdays, etc.)
Memorize your password: don’t write it down on a piece of paper
Change your password once every 30 days
Don’t share your log-in information with others.
Make sure each of the (optional) additional users you authorize to have access to payroll software use distinctive passwords.
Assign appropriate access levels to your (optional) additional users.
Check the URL when you log in to Intuit Online Payroll Services. It will always be on one of Intuit’s domains, so you should either see:
- https://login.quickbooks.com
- http://intuitonlinepayroll.com/login
From time to time, check into the Activity Log in your company file. You can check the log any time and review the complete history of what has been done in your account: this lets you see which of your authorized users have accessed your company file, and what they did while they were in the system.

Dashboard Accounting can assist you to select the right payroll service for your small business.

Why should you have an outsourced bookkeeper?

Clayton Ream — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:41:04 +0000

Outsourcing is the contracting of a company’s small business bookkeeping services because this function of business is not directly related to the generation of income (such as utilizing payroll software). Small business owners benefit by freeing up time to grow and run their business.

Most small to medium-sized businesses utilize outsourced bookkeeping for several primary reasons:

You save time and money.
You can take advantage of tax savings.
You don’t have the hassles of hiring, training, and supervising a full time bookkeeping accountant. Dashboard Accounting functions as your part time bookkeeping service.

See for yourself the benefits of an outsource CPA to perform as your book keeping service. Contact Dashboard Accounting today to learn how we can perform your virtual bookkeeping and assist with your quick book accounting software.

Your Small Business Payroll Software

Bookkeeper Staff — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:06:48 +0000

Virtual Bookkeeping is an important element for your payroll software small business process management.

Payroll software is good at managing your payroll, but you have probably heard the expression – Garbage In, Garbage Out. You need to find a virtual bookkeeper that will take your business payroll data entry seriously and not make errors that could result in future fees and unexpected expenses.

Working with a bookkeeping firm, such as Dashboard Accounting, which is a bookkeeping Akron firm, has some huge advantages over just outsourcing bookkeeping to an individual. For example, if you are outsourcing your bookkeeping to one person and they get ill or close their practice, what happens to your books? A firm that specializes in outsource bookkeeping with local talent will give you the best of all worlds. The costs will be lower than an in house book keeper. The security of multiple, local bookkeepers gives you more peace of mind. And in the case of Dashboard Accounting, having a certified CPA in Akron as an owner is a huge advantage.

If you would like to schedule a consultation with Dashboard Accounting to review small business payroll software, bookkeeping and Quickbooks services, Contact us.