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The monthly cost of a bookkeeper depends on how much work your books take: transaction volume, the number of bank and credit card accounts, payroll, inventory, how many entities you own and which reports you need. SmartGrowth Bookkeeping plans start at $200 a month. Your exact flat fee comes in a written quote after a free call, so you know the cost before any work starts.

Monthly bookkeeping includes recording and categorizing every transaction, reconciling your bank and credit card accounts, tracking what customers owe you and what you owe vendors, and delivering three core reports: profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow. SmartGrowth Bookkeeping does this work every month in QuickBooks or Xero, so your books stay current, accurate and ready for your CPA at tax time.

Yes. A bookkeeper can bring books that are months behind fully up to date by working through each month in order: importing transactions, categorizing them, reconciling every bank and credit card account and producing financial statements. SmartGrowth Bookkeeping does this catch-up work in QuickBooks and Xero, and can then keep the books current every month so you do not fall behind again.

Most small businesses need a bookkeeper for the day-to-day records and an accountant, usually a CPA, for tax returns and tax planning. A bookkeeper keeps transactions categorized, accounts reconciled and monthly statements current. An accountant uses those books to file returns and advise you. SmartGrowth Bookkeeping handles the first job and hands tax-ready books to your CPA, so you pay accountant rates only for accountant work.

For most small businesses, yes. An in-house bookkeeper costs a salary plus payroll taxes, benefits, software, training, equipment and coverage when they are sick or on vacation, and you pay for full hours even in quiet weeks. Outsourced bookkeeping replaces that with one fee for the work your books need. With SmartGrowth Bookkeeping, plans start at $200 a month and the work is done by trained bookkeepers working with SmartGrowth, not one person you must replace if they leave.

Yes. A bookkeeper can handle nearly all bookkeeping remotely when your bank, cards and accounting software are online. SmartGrowth Bookkeeping works this way: bank feeds bring transactions into QuickBooks or Xero, you share receipts and statements through secure document sharing, and questions are settled by email, phone or video. Approving payments and signing documents stay with you, because SmartGrowth never needs to move your money.

Yes. Outsourcing bookkeeping means someone records and reconciles your transactions, not that they control your money. You keep ownership of your bank accounts and your QuickBooks or Xero file, and you approve every payment. SmartGrowth Bookkeeping works with view or accountant access and never needs to move your money, so control stays with you while the recording, reconciling and reporting come off your plate.

Yes, many bookkeeping companies offer ongoing service without a long-term commitment, and it is worth asking before you sign anything. SmartGrowth Bookkeeping puts the scope and price in writing after a free call, and its ongoing service runs month to month: give 30 days’ notice before the first day of your final month, and the account closes with final reports. Catch-up or cleanup work is normally a defined project with its own quote, separate from the monthly routine.