There are a lot of overheads when you have a business. Now the challenge becomes multifold when you have a small business. Each and every penny counts and you should always look for the ways to reduce your overhead.
One such place where you can reduce your overhead is the small business bookkeeping. The cost of employing a bookkeeper on your rolls is way too high given the fact that you may not need his services everyday.
To avoid this cost there are multiple option that you have. The first way is to employ a part time bookkeeper but the challenge with that is that it is tough to find someone who will come into your office on a part time basis. Employing someone has additional overheads in terms of office space and other infrastructure related costs. The next best thing is to make sure that you have the contract with a third party bookkeeping service firm who will charge on the hours of work put in by their employee.
Make sure that you check the hourly rates that are charged by the firm as there are a lot of firms which are competent but charge high and vice versa. You need to strike a balance between competency and the rates based on the complexity of your needs.
Also you can even use the outsourcing firm's infrastructure for your bookkeeping needs as that will save you money on the infrastructure. You think of buying that later once you have the sufficient business volume.
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