What are a professional bookkeeper and accountant?
• A professional bookkeeper provides an out-sourced bookkeeping service to companies that cannot afford to have an in-house bookkeeper on their payroll, or do not have the volume to justify a dedicated staff member to perform the bookkeeping tasks. The professional bookkeeper comes into the client’s office on a pre-determined basis to open the mail, keep track of the bills (Accounts Payable), prepare bills for payment and mailing, oversees the processing of payroll (handled by a third party such as Payday, or Paychex), enters invoices to customers, receives payments from customers, and enters sundry bank activity such as wires, bank charges, debit activity. A professional accountant (non-CPA) provides accounting services to companies that do not need to pay a CPA for accounting issues un-related to income tax preparation. The professional accountant comes into the client’s office (or remotely handles the work) on a monthly, quarterly, or other pre-determined basis to review the bookkee
