How Important is Bookkeeping?

The foundation of any solid business is accurate books and records. Until a business knows where it stands it is impossible to talk about meaningful improvement and growth. Axiom's bookkeeping service works with clients all over the country using Quickbooks to build better financial records.

How it Works

We create or modify your Quickbooks file and upload it to a secure server where we can both access it at the same time. No more hassles with accountant's copies or qbb backup files.

We send you a scanner and help you set it up so that you can scan and email documents directly to our office. If you already have a scanner we will help you set it up correctly. If a scanner is not feasible you can fax the documents to us where they will be converted to electronic images.

You scan/email or fax your bills, invoices, check registers, bank statements, credit card statements and other accounting documents to us weekly, bi-weekly or monthly. 

Axiom enters your transactions direclty into the hosted quickbooks file. Over the first few weeks there will be questions from our accounting staff on how certain transactions should be coded, but as we get more familiar with your business and your typical transactions these questions will become fewer and farther between.

Once the transactions are entered and accounts are reconciled our accounting staff will notify you via email. If certain transactions or reconciliations are still pending you will receive notification and an estimate of when we expect these tasks to be completed.

You logon to the hosted Quickbooks file and print whatever reports you need to run your business. You may print checks, invoices, statements or any other reports or output available in Quickbooks. We can also assist you in putting together a custom report package that highlights the most important aspects of your business.

How much does it cost?

Every business is different but we've done this enough to know what it should cost after looking at your particular situation. To give you an idea we have a typical feature set and pricing sheet that you can use to understand how various added services and transaction volume affect the amount of your monthly investment.

We encourage clients to evaluate the cost of bookkeeping services against what it is currently costing the business to have someone taking care of the books when that person should really be doing something else. For instance, if the business owner who makes $70,000 per year is spending  10 hours per week on basic bookkeeping duties the business is spending roughly $1,400 per month on bookkeeping (70,000 / 2,000 hours X 10 hours per week X 4 weeks per month). If we can cut that amount in half the business will realize a handsome return on investment.

Or consider the case in many businesses where someone who could be performing marketing and administrative sales responsibilities gets stuck keeping the books. If that person could increase the effectiveness of the sales force by just 10% in a business doing $500,000 a year the bookkeeping is costing $50,000 a year or over $4,000 per month in lost sales.

Want a quote?

To receive a free quote please provide us with a name and email address. We will send you a short questionnaire that we use to estimate monthly fees.