Benefits of accounting outsourcing

There are already a huge number of articles on the Internet about the benefits of outsourcing accounting.

I would not like to repeat myself, but for me an important factor is that in Europe and America, about 90% of small and medium-sized businesses use outsourcing. For example, in the USA, about 92% of companies use such a service as accounting outsourcing, while in Russia - no more than 20%. So, what is the difference between the company that keeps your records and the accountant sitting in the office, whom I will conventionally call Aunt Lyubov, aka Lyubov Ivanovna. I give examples from the life of a small company with a turnover of up to 400 million rubles. Aunt Lyuba is an excellent accountant, she has extensive experience working in several companies, because we are selecting a person who has worked for a long time in one place.
Aunt Lyuba is always busy, doing something very important, about which we understand nothing at all. Aunt Lyuba does her work quickly and in the middle of the day she says, “Alexey, I’ve done my work, can I go?” “Of course, Lyubov Ivanovna” And what can you tell her, because how and what she did, no one knows and there is no one to check. As a result, especially if the company’s turnover decreases at some point, the director does not always manage to reduce the salary of the chief accountant without problems and complaints, because this is a person who knows “EVERYTHING” and you don’t want to quarrel with him. If this succeeds, and Lyubov Ivanovna is in your position, she is used to living on 120,000 rubles and will definitely look for a part-time job, which means that other companies are running on your computer in your office, that is, someone is using your resources absolutely free. Maybe it’s not worth it because of the stack of paper…. But it's somehow unpleasant. Aunt Lyuba also has a large family of children, grandchildren, and just at that moment when a great business and idea dawns on you and you just urgently need to understand what’s going on with VAT in this deal, Lyubov Ivanovka cannot speak because she’s rocking her beloved baby in her arms .
Like any other of your employees, you are responsible for your chief accountant, and if some personal constructive circumstances arise, you will have to step up and let them go on vacation or give them a day off and generally sincerely worry about the person, while simultaneously worrying about your business and the situation in it. Suppose your accountant is well versed in the specifics of your product and business, and if you suddenly want to develop new markets, for example, add an online store to wholesale trade, there are no guarantees that she will handle this issue from the accounting department with the same professionalism and quality, because she simply may not have such experience.
It is no secret that accountants have been using various accounting programs for a long time, and a lot depends on the timely updating and configuration of such programs.

That is, in addition to the chief accountant, you also need to pay someone for updating, finalizing and storing databases. Now imagine that you have not one such Aunt Lyuba, but several.
There is a chief accountant who answers all your questions. There is the same chief accountant who replaces him if necessary. There are operators who will urgently help you prepare any document. There are auditors, lawyers, and tax consultants who can help resolve complex issues, give advice on optimization, and find the right specialists if necessary. And all this for much less money!!!

A reasonable question is how to check the quality of work of such remote employees.

Well, first of all, let’s remember that even under Aunt Lyuba, you didn’t really look at the accounting reports. However, you always need to be aware of what is happening in your accounting. For example, we make a simple report for the manager, where you can see account balances in a simple, understandable form. And you, as business owners, usually knowing the real volume of your advances and debts and warehouse balances, can make sure that everything is clear in the accounting department and there will be no surprises. Now there are a huge number of accountants on the labor market, and we have the opportunity to choose the best, young, but with extensive work experience, responsible, interested, capable of making decisions and having a desire to learn and develop all the time.
The quality of the outsourcing company’s work is checked by the market itself. We now have more than 100 clients and most of them came by recommendation. And our reputation is important to us since the competition is quite high, you will see it yourself if you search for accounting services. If the company’s turnover is falling, the business is seasonal, working with outsourcers, at least with us, you can always pay less, like with any other suppliers when the volume of purchases falls.

The main issue, of course, is the issue of trust.
A lot had to do with the fact that there are off-white operations in different companies. And having such a business, it is very scary to contact strangers. But, in general, fortunately, there is a tendency to whitewash small and medium-sized companies and risky schemes cease to justify themselves. We are for white business, but also for companies to pay the state exactly as much as they can afford! To do this, we use effective and legal tax optimization methods. Melnikova Maria