BuyerZone users' accounting and bookkeeping service requirements

We ask users of our quote request service to describe their accounting and bookkeeping service purchasing requirements in detail so the vendors we match them to can provide customized information in response. Now we're sharing these buyer requirements with you.

We hope these user comments help you get a sense of what types of accounting and bookkeeping services other users are choosing and what considerations are important to the average buyer. Take a look and you'll probably see some responses that are relevant to your business.

BuyerZone user comments: accounting and bookkeeping service purchasing requirements

"I am in the Marine industry. I own a Marine Dealership that sells Boat packages, parts and service. I am looking for better way to set up and run my business from an accounting point of view."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Retail, Mcclellanville, SC

"Need someone w/ experience in Quickbooks to help with reconciling."
-- Partner/Principal, Transportation/Logistics, Fort Worth, TX

"We are a Stored Value Processor (Gift and reward cards."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Financial Services, Deer Park, NY

"We are a commercial real estate brokerage firm. We need someone for 2-3 days per week to handle,AR, AP, payroll."
-- Partner/Principal, Real Estate, Yonkers, NY

"I m in the planning stages of a small LLC Internet Gaming Center. One owner, 2 employees to start. I am seeking a general idea of bookeeping service prices for my business, as well as payroll handling, and possibly POS set-up and tracking. "
-- CEO/President/Owner, Retail, Milwaukee, WI

"Engineering consulting business specializing in QA/QC. Currently has one employee/owner with expectations of adding additional personnel within the next quarter."
-- Partner/Principal, Consulting, Dora, AL

"124 year old specialty food manufacturing company specializing in Scottish meat pies, Aussie meat pies and other food items selling to all major grocery store chains."
-- CFO, Manufacturing, Salt Lake City, UT

"I have a hair salon with 11 employees, 12 including myself. I am looking for someone who can keep track of my vendors payed out , supplies bought,etc. for an easier end of year total. I have a program with all of my totals and brakdown to grow the salon so I am all set there. I could fax over every month my paper copies to be put on quickbooks or something comparable."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Other Business Services, Manchester, NH

"WE are in door birthday place doing about $75,000 per month. Average sale is $200."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Retail, Houston, TX

"Telecommunications.we are looking for one company that can process payroll,handle the taxes and supply workmens comp or liability coverage.We have one owner,two employees and two contractors on the payroll right now,and will be hiring several more.We travel to do the work we do."
-- Office Manager, Telecom/Utilities, Winter Haven, FL

"We rent vacation homes in Costa Rica. We do not owe those vacation properties. We get a small percentage of commission by the the people who rent the homes ."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Other Business Services, Valley Stream, NY

"I'm in retail, I sell products such as windchimes, figurines, candle holders, vases,mirrors, etc. Iam looking into getting a bookkeeper, or accountant to take care of all the paperwork, I will have.... I'm a small business, just myself working in this business..."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Retail, Atoka, TN

"We are Non Profit Veterans Organization that uses donations to pay for educational debt incurred by US Veterans and service members."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Non-Profit, Fayetteville, NC

"We are paid an upfront fee for incorporation and retirement plan rollover services and an annual fee for 401(k) plan adminstration. Our clients can come from all 50 states. We pay Business Brokers from around the country a referral fee as Independent Contractors."
-- Partner/Principal, Financial Services, Kirkland, WA

"Three seperate businsses. one wgich has been in operations for a year and a half. One that has been operating for 7 to 8 months and the other that was just started 2 to 3 months ago. I need to have my books reconciled and prepare a P&L and balance sheet that i can take to my accountant."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Consulting, New York, NY

"Our client company, AllTrades Services,provides accounting and back office admin for constructions contractors. We handle allbills, invoicing, payroll and tax payments. We are looking for a firm to outsource some of the back office and accounting to behind our customer facing business managers."
-- Consultant, Construction/General Contracting, Plano, TX

"Entertainment Business, Record/Production Company. So the accountant should have extensive experience in the entertainment industry."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Media/Entertainment/Publishing, New York, NY

"We are a small church in Thousand Oaks, CA. We receive between 20-30 checks each Sunday in donations along with some cash. We need a bonded bookkeeper to come in every Monday to record the donations into Quickbooks and then to take the deposit to the bank, which is only about one mile away from our office."
-- CFO, Non-Profit, Thousand Oaks, CA

"We have a bookkeeper now using Quick Books Premier. She handles our A/P, A/R, bi-weekly checks to two partners and 4 independent contractors. In addition, she handles monthly and ytd P/L statemements. We sell athletic equipment and advertising sponsorships for scoreboards and ad scrolling equipment."
-- Partner/Principal, Advertising/Marketing/PR, Middletown, OH

"I have a franchise. I need someone to check/fix my books on a monthly basis including reconciliation."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Sykesville, MD

"I own my construction business and have been doing the books with Quick Books myself. However, I can't do it and concentrate on what I do best. I have all my receipts in a box. Need help with keeping the books updated and help with my upcoming taxes. CAn me local or remote as long as they have references...Prefer to be contacted via e-mail since I can't hear my phone while working."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Phoenix, AZ

"We provide and manage the labor and supplies for drywall, interior trim, and paint installation on High end residential and commercial work."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Charlotte, NC

"We are called the Newark DE Local, American Postal Workers Union."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Other Business Services, Newark, DE

"We service clients with various kinds of insurance and we prepare 1040 income taxes."
-- Buyer, Financial Services, Sterling Heights, MI

"Dream Realization Media is a multi-platform brand that is built by the simultaneous national release of a motivational book, film, and online community. The book and film are marketed for maximum viewership and readership, not direct profit. This is because they are designed to upsell users into the subscription-based online community, Dream Realization Media’s main profit center. In addition to subscription revenues, the online community will be further monetized as a tightly cohesive and loyal market for future Dream Realization Media products."
-- CIO, Media/Entertainment/Publishing, Boston, MA

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