5 Reasons Outsourcing Your Bookkeeping is Crucial to Success

Small business owners hold their business very close to their heart. With a strong entrepreneurial spirit, they often feel  they should be able to – or need to – handle every business task. While this is understandable, it's not very realistic. 

Running a business takes tremendous time and commitment. As a business owner, it's easy to spend several hours a week keeping your books up-to-date. The hours spent on bookkeeping add up quickly and take away from time that could be spent growing business. A recent article on Financial Web, gives four good reasons to outsource your bookkeeping: 

1.) Opportunity Cost
2.) Accuracy
3.) Conflict of Interest
4.) Outsourcing Ease

While I agree with all of these reasons, I noticed that they missed an important one:

5.) Opportunity for Growth!

One of the goals for small businesses is GROWTH. Right now you might be able to handle your business' bookkeeping, but that won't always be the case. As business grows, expands, or adds more employees, bookkeeping and payroll become more complex and time-consuming. By outsourcing these tasks to a bookkeeper, you'll be free to focus your time on your expertise and growing your business.

Is your bookkeeping to-do list keeping you from doing business? Our Bookkeepers Plus outsourced bookkeeping, accounting, and payroll solutions help you get out from under the tasks and let you get back to what you do best—running and growing your business! Contact me today to set up your free 30-minute consultation.


Tony Solgard, a QuickBooks Certified ProAdvisor, is president of Bookkeepers Plus, located in Cape Coral and Bonita Springs, Florida. His professional bookkeeping services support businesses across Southwest Florida and nationwide. With the Bookkeepers Plus blog, Tony helps business owners understand the ins and outs of bookkeeping, explains why accounting details are important to their success, and shares his experienced advice to help them do it right. Tony also provides tips to maximize your use of QuickBooks.

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