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

"My husband has a construction company. We need someone to submitte financials for bids, request progress payment requests and general bookkeeping. What would it cost for these services?"
-- Administrative Assistant, Construction/General Contracting, Raleigh, NC

"1. Work Comp Consulting - employers and brokers2. Grooming Product resale company3. Wife - Horse training/sales."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Consulting, Anaheim, CA

"We have two active businesses (one in real estate investing and the other in judgment recovery.) They are operated by a third company, which we use as a management company."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Other Business Services, Reston, VA

"I am a self-employed consultant to the nuclear industry. I incorporated as a sub-chapter S in 1997. I am 60 and my wife is 69. She handles all the books and makes our quarterly tax pamymets. We need advice on strategies to reduce our tax liabilities as well as someone to do our yearly personal and business tax returns. For example: Should I be paying my wife a salary as President of the Company? How many IRA's, $401k's etc. can I have. Can I have the company pay for an annunity as a perk?We are at the stage we feel we have not been getting sage advice from our accounting service.Please advise if interested.Thanks."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Consulting, Knoxville, TN

"My husbands company is an information design that may include but are not limited to web-site, brochures, business cards, photo-shoots. I currently do the bookkeeping on the current quickbooks software. We are actually thinking of doing some or all of our accounting out of the home through a service. The books are accrual cash basis. This year we are planning to incorporate the business also. Books are done from JAN 1-DEC 31."
-- Partner/Principal, Information Services, Petaluma, CA

"ChildCare/Preschool - 2 locations 20 employees and 1 owner/ Corporation."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Education, Union Gap, WA

"We are currently an operating restraunt. I was hoping to get a sit down while my partner is in town 5/20-5/21."
-- Partner/Principal, Restaurant, Barre, VT

"We are a Auto Transport company serving the United States."
-- Office Manager, Transportation/Logistics, Pacific, WA

"We are in the service industry, we provide unarmed and armed security officers to protect our clients and their property."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Other Business Services, Jacksonville, FL

"I have a construction company. we pretty much do everything under construction. I need help in doing my book keeping for last year."
-- Buyer, Construction/General Contracting, Brooklyn, NY

"Air Conditioning and Heating contractor, I just received my State License and I am looking into starting to perform services."
-- Buyer, Construction/General Contracting, Aledo, TX

"Horse farm - initiating new location. Need bookkeeping at new location - support accounting at our primary location."
-- Consultant, Agriculture, Allentown, NJ

"We are a start up company with 7 employees in the US. We are the US branch of a Brazilian company that has sales in 22 countries worldwide. We have established accounting codes and practices, we use paychex to process our payroll. We do about 50-100 Accounts payable transactions per month we do about 2-3 accounts receivable transactions per month."
-- Buyer, Advertising/Marketing/PR, New York, NY

"We are a husband and wife house cleaning service started in February '08 and looking for basic bookkeeping and advice."
-- Partner/Principal, Other Business Services, Hernando, MS

"Dental office- 5 employees- used to outsource the bookkeeping services and also the payroll services- my former bookkeeper decided to move back to her native country"
-- Administrative Assistant, Other Business Services, South Lake Tahoe, CA

"I have 2 business both of which are wholesale business to business companies. 1 specializes in the apparel industry buying and selling off price clothing and the other business does the same thing with book remainders."
-- Buyer, Wholesale, Charlotte, NC

"In the process of setting up a law practice. Looking for an Accounting firm to handle the Federal and State tax reporting requirements, as well as the payroll deductions and filings."
-- Partner/Principal, Legal, Middleburg, FL

"Looking for someone to our business taxes. I am a physician in califronia."
-- Dentist/Physician, Health Care, Encino, CA

"It'll be a new manufacturing unit belonging to a overseas holding co. The new unit will be based in Kingman,KA with a staff of approx 60 people"
-- Buyer, Manufacturing, Kingman, KS

"I have a small counseling business with myself as the only employee. I need immediate ssistance with 2007 and 2008 reconciliation and bookeeping assistance."
-- Buyer, Health Care, Austin, TX

"Financial services... the company is paid 1099 and the corporation pays us."
-- Buyer, Financial Services, Ontario, CA

"We are a leather repair company servicing the furniture industry, moving claim industry and private customers in the Boston area."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Other Business Services, Natick, MA

"I have a small personal chef service and catering company. I sevice clients who require special meals or have little or no time to cook.I on occasion will have to hire additional help via a staff support company,family and business colleagues.I operate solo most of the time and really dont care for the task of accounting for the finances on top of planning and shopping for my clients dietary needs.The holiday season(my peak sales time) is looming and when it is in progress I will without a dought have to leave the accounting until the very end.Please help!!!"
-- CEO/President/Owner, Other Business Services, Chandler, AZ

"Medical office. we have a collections agency. we need a new bookkeeping person to manage our day to day expenses and provide periodic reports to our tax consultant."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Health Care, Chestnut Hill, MA

"We are a talent scouting firm that provides training and sale of a biannual convention."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Media/Entertainment/Publishing, Dallas, TX

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