FREELANCE BOOKKEEPING CHARGES FULL

I do hope to be able to get to a point where it's flat rate. I still bill hourly, most of my clients work is catch up work or project work and is usually extensive. It's super low capital and the returns are fairly decent once you get up there in clients and experience. It's probably one of the easiest businesses to set up yourself as long as you understand bookkeeping. A friend of my from my last company is a certified quickbooks adviser though and she has said it's helped bring in some business and put her above other bookkeepers in our area. I've never looked into getting certified as a bookkeeper because I'm sitting for my CPA this year and I didn't want to spend the time with another cert heh. My contract stipulates that the rate is based on an initial analysis of the company, and if something occurs that greatly increases the workload, the quoted price will go up. Going into an engagement, you'll learn to gauge how much work something is going to take you and, to me, it's an easier sell to a client on a fixed price then it is to sell them on an hourly rate. Billingwise, I charge a flat rate with charges for additional services. They're on my way home from my office, so I either pick any physical documents on the way home from work, or they use my digital dropbox for non-sensitive materials.

FREELANCE BOOKKEEPING CHARGES FULL

For the one company, I'm a full scope bookkeeper/financial adviser/negotiator/whatever hat they need me to wear that day. I have two other clients that I would say I have a more traditional role with. The only things we handle physically, are loan documents or anything else with sensitive information on it, for obvious reasons. He lives about an hour and a half from me, so most of his information is transmitted digitally. My first client was a buddy who was starting a catering/restaurant business and needed help securing loans and keeping the financial side of the business in order. Freelance, to me at least, is just an extension of my 9-5. I don't do bookkeeping as a full time gig, so this might not be exactly what you're looking for. That's my advice, hope it helps! I'll gladly answer more questions on this topic as well!! This makes it clear how valuable your time is, encourages clients to let you work from home (but now it's their idea!), or it's an extra $50 per visit. Charge a $50 trip fee for all visits to clients' offices and make it clear that you do this from the start. However, if you say that you prefer to work from home, it looks unprofessional, lazy, impersonal, and inflexible. It is also ideal because when you don't have to visit and office at a specific time, your schedule is a lot more flexible and you can make more efficient use of your time, plus, driving costs money, and time spent driving is time not spent working. Many, many clients will be totally ok with you working entirely from home. I've been told, however, that you fare better at landing clients when you can quote them a flat rate, but it's tricky to know what to quote someone. I prefer to charge by the hour because that way the more of a pain a client is, the more I'll get paid, period.

Most people say that it's best to charge flat rates rather than by the hour. That isn't a lot, and there are always better clients out there. All you need is enough business to keep you working 30, 40, 50 hours a week. Focus on putting yourself in a position where you can always afford to be picky/ drop clients/ demand better pay. Remember that you are ultimately selling a product that is in very limited supply (your own time). Make yourself extra valuable by giving advice on how each business can better manage their money Remind your clients/potential clients that they are in business to do the thing that THEY are good at, and that if they are devoting their own valuable time to their own bookkeeping instead of on making money, they will fail Make a list of your skills, and try to rewrite that as a list of services offered. You get more/better work when you market yourself as someone offering a variety of services rather than as a person looking for work. Good bookkeepers are in high demand and most business owners want to know that you have the experience and knowhow to do it right, they rarely care/ask about certifications. If you are skilled, competent, reliable, and genuinely understand what is expected of a small-business bookkeeper in any industry in your area, then getting certified with an organization is unnecessary. (A lot of my advice does NOT apply to anyone who intends to expand into a practice with other bookkeepers under you)

Freelance bookkeeping charges