Hey everyone, first year in business for us here on the east coast as an S-Corp and looking for some ballpark advice on what your accounting costs are. We don’t have a massive amount of transactions but are finding we need help with the tax reconciliation/closing each quarter. We’ve been quoted $700 per quarter for month end closing and quarterly bookkeeping.

Is this is a reasonable range?

  • Steering_the_Will@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    S Corp here. Quarterly taxes plus end of year filing and books. About 3600 usd per year. I just come in and sign stuff. They have a login to my business banking account with permissions to only view. Literally the best move I’ve ever done. I can’t even fathom how much time they’ve saved me.

    I’m sales tax exempt, but I do that myself every quarter online.

  • whereskevs@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Honestly, it all depends on how much cash flow you have a month, are they licensed, and maybe looking into an in house accountant.

  • ParadoxObscuris@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    That’s pretty cheap. My optimal small client is $500 monthly, at least. If you throw payroll quarterlies on top of that I’m definitely charging more.

  • travelingforce@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    It totally depends on the amount of transactions you have and the complexity of those transactions. I’ve had companies that have had less than maybe 50 a month and I was charged roughly what you were charged. I didn’t have them handle payroll. I’ve seen some bookkeepers try to charge a standard monthly fee and others abide me a strictly hourly one.