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The cost of accounting and bookkeeping
services
By Christine
Selvig • Bankrate.com
 If
you aren't up to doing all the detailed bookkeeping and accounting
yourself, and your company is still too small to have its own department
for such work, outsourcing is the best way to go. Here we list some
firms, the work they can do and the cost.
The information was gathered online or by calling
individual firms. Inclusion in this list is not meant to endorse
any company in particular, but simply to give small business owners
an idea of the range of services being provided and prices being
charged. Both can change at any time.
| Company |
Service |
Cost |
| Jack
D. Burson, CPA |
Reading and interpreting client-prepared financial statements,
e-mail consultations, payroll tax return services; 10 percent
discount on income tax returns for the business and up to
three owners
|
$50 per month |
| Jack
D. Burson, CPA |
Reading and interpreting client-prepared financial statements
and general ledger, e-mail consultations, hosting and maintaining
client Web site, payroll tax return service; 10 percent discount
on income tax returns for business and up to four owners
|
$70 per month |
| Bateman
& Co., P.C. |
Accounting, regular auditing, tax preparation and consulting
|
$45 to $150 per hour |
| Atwell
& Associates |
Financial statements, payroll, quarterly and annual tax returns,
budget, cash flow projections, internal audits
|
$45 per hour |
| Atwell
& Associates |
Data entry
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$25 per hour |
| Brabo,
Carlsen, & Cahill |
Partner consultation and services
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$140 to $190 per hour |
| Brabo,
Carlsen, & Cahill |
Professional staff consultation
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$70 to $120 per hour |
| Brabo,
Carlsen, & Cahill |
Bookkeeping services
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$35 to $50 per hour |
| Brabo,
Carlsen, & Cahill |
Administrative clerical
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$25 to $35 per hour |
| R
& R Professional Services |
Bank reconciliation, payroll reporting, general ledger posting
and monthly balances, monthly general journals, yearly tax
returns. Service for businesses with fewer than 10 employees
writing fewer than 50 checks a month.
|
Less than $100 per
month |
| MJ
Solutions Group Inc. |
QuickBooks accounting software training
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$45 per hour |
| TrainSoft
Business Systems |
Comprehensive QuickBooks class
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$249 per day |
| TrainSoft
Business Systems |
One-on-one QuickBooks training
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$75 per hour |
-- Posted: Dec. 13, 1999
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