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Do you use a bookkeeper or bookkeeping service for your small business accounting? Why or why not?
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I do all the books myself because its what i studied in school.
I don't because my accounting is very simple
I do not. My side hustle is small enough that I can manage my finances and other records myself.
I do not use a bookkeeper or bookkeeping service for my small business accounting. I have a background in finance/accounting and my business is small enough that I am able to keep the books myself without any issues.
Yes I do use a book keeping service for my accounting books because before I was loosing track and making poor business decisions because I was not keeping good records.
I do use a bookkeeping service for my accounting since I don't know enough about numbers to do it myself.
I do. It helps me keep track of my finances and keeps me from over or under spending. It also helps me stay organized in my daily routines.
I didn't use it yet. But I would love to use it in future.
I do not, I worry I can't afford it
I don't use any service, I do it manually. I find it easier.
I do not. My small business in my opinion does not produce enough volume to hand that task over to a professional yet. The other benefit is that I can learn and understand administratively how all of it works. Eventually I plan to hand it over when my business grows a bit more.
I do not, there is little invoicing found it better just to handle myself. In the past I always used quickbooks or something similar. The cost was more economical to me for the software as opposed to a bookkeeper.
No I do not use it as it is not something that I need to use at this moment in time. Perhaps in the future.
I will use the book keeping software. I have enough accounting knowledge to be able to do what I need to.
No we just keep everything in excel because it's free to us.
I use quickbooks intuit, although I wish it would hook up to my tax system
No, because I am a CPA and can do my own bookkeeping.
My business is not big enough or in the past done enough transactions to have needed a bookkeeping service.
I do not. I think that my business is not big enough yet to look into doing something like that but I would be interested as soon as I start growing.
I keep records off all my business expenses myself with excel in order to always know my financial situation
I don't use a book keeping service.
I don’t, although I should. I need to keep my accounting better organized. I may start with an online option like QuickBooks just to start getting the process under control. I have not found a human bookkeeper yet because I prefer to do things myself and finding the right professional feels like it would be time-consuming.
I do not use a bookkeeper because I'm too disorganized. If I do it myself I can go off paper receipts from the bottom of my purse and Paypal invoices but to hire someone to do it they usually look at that like what a mess!
I don't use it because the current available options are expensive but I am interested to learn more if there was a new solution available somewhere
No, I don't have enough business expenses for it to be an actual issue where I'd need this
I do not, for my side business i do it all myself since there is not enough sales to warrant the services or a person
I use Quickbooks and I have since I started in Business decades ago. I know it and use it often and have no plans of changing that.
I currently just use a custom spreadsheet. I used to use Quickbooks but for my type of business (resale), the small business version did not have a sufficient inventory and tracking system. I had to use incorrect fields to track certain items because the software didnt allow for it any other way, and I had no need to pay for a more advanced version as then I was just paying a lot for features I didn't need, and the cost of the software itself would hurt the business.
Yes, I do because I do not know anything about accounting.
Yes, I use a book keeper for my small business. I run a single person S-corp so knowing all the details of filing taxes and how to account for income isn’t something I want to spend time doing.
I do not have a separate bookkeeper because I manage my own books with software.
No, I do it myself with Quickbooks.
I use an accountant because trust and familiarity is an important aspect of this sort of relationship. I would not want to trust my books to a random 3rd party service with no stake in doing things properly. Further, I would want someone comfortable with being audited and reviewed that was directly willing to put their reputation and job on the line for me.
Yes I do. And I'm very grateful for every single thing they do and the ladies that I have I could not talk them up enough. They are a godsend to me and God bless them. They go above and beyond the call of duty for the lack of a better word. They look out for me they give me a heads up on things that I need to be aware of they do more than just keep me in the loop let's put it that way. There's just no way possible I could learn the stuff that they know nor do I have the time and I am very very grateful for them. At first when I first started out years ago I thought I could handle it all boy oh boy, was I wrong! lol
Well I do because it helps me keep track of all of my business expenses in one place which is what I like about it
Not yet, because my business is relatively new and I was starting it with small budget so i am trying to do things like that myself.
No I do not because I am a bookkeeper. I have done this type of work for over 30 years so I just do it myself.
Yes, I use it in order to be able to track the financial records of the business.
I personally don't have a large business so Excel is sufficient for me. I'm not paying for a service now.
No I dont use this type of service
I handle my own bookkeeping which provides peace of mind, knowing that my finances are being handled to my satisfaction.
I do not because I don't see an added benefit but may later.
I do not since I have a very simple and small business. I do not have any or much expenses to track. I can easily use Turbotax as a sole proprietor.
Yes I do use this service for my small business where 2-3 hours work is sufficient to maintain the accounts and of course the rate is low so I am very comfortable with the service I get.
I do not use a bookkeeper for my small business becuase my business is not that big. However if my business was larger I might.
I do not because I do it myself. I feel like thos offers me more flexibility.
I don't because I feel I can do it myself.
I don't. - ihave an accountant in house
I haven't gotten large enough for this to be a major concern yet but I do spend a little time researching it a bit for when the time comes. It would be nice to be more stream lined in that department.
I don't. At the moment my bookkeeping needs are manageable on my own.
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