Services

I enjoy helping businesses set up their financial records and bookkeeping procedures, and teaching their staffs how to work within those procedures. I am available for one-time only, short-duration, and ongoing engagements, depending on your needs.

General Services

• Set up books
• Train you or your staff in the use of QuickBooks
• Troubleshooting your operational problems
• Function as your bookkeeper
• Financial statement analysis, budgeting, and forecasting
• Payroll

Bookkeeping

• Initial setup and training in the use of QuickBooks

Or

• Initial setup and monthly bookkeeping through financial statements
  • Payroll — from set up through W-2's
  • Accounts Payable (A/P) — purchasing and disbursements
  • Accounts Receivable (A/R) — sales and receipts
  • Bank reconciliations
  • Fixed Assets — depreciating
  • General Ledger (all the entries not initiated by buying or selling your product)
  • Monthly Financial Statements

Government reporting

• Annual Business license — City
• Property Tax 571 form — County
• Quarterly Sales Tax — Franchise Tax Board
• Environmental (various) — State & Federal
• Payroll Tax returns — Federal & State
• W-2's & 1099's (annual) — Federal

Financial Analysis

• Budgeting
  • Accrual — for operational purposes
  • Cash — for cash flow purposes
• Cost Analysis
  • Figuring out profit margins (costs per item)
  • Overhead ratios ("doing business" costs)

Training

• How to use QuickBooks
• Basic bookkeeping
• Efficient ways to set up your office
• Efficient paperflow — processes
• Government reporting — how to fill out specific forms
• "Audit Trail" security processes — procedures to keep your money safe and records accurate