Five Value-Add Service Areas to Take You Beyond Bookkeeping

By Sandi Smith, CPA
Accountant’s Accelerator

Every business needs to do some level of bookkeeping for a couple of reasons:

1) Various government agencies require reporting and payments based on the company’s results.

2) The owner needs a certain amount of information to manage their business and keep it profitable.

Many business owners hire us grudgingly for compliance work because they have to. And they consider what they pay us as an overhead expense that is a required cost.

But what if we could turn that perception around?

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Here are five areas to consider offering beyond bookkeeping that will help your clients see you as a good investment rather than as an expense.