Accounting is our passion! We love what we do and our enthusiasm for providing world class accounting services energizes us to be the very best.  Our accuracy and meticulous attention to detail is second to none and our mission is to partner with you and see your business succeed.

Absolutely!  That’s one of the benefits of “Starbooks Services”.  We offer complete service flexibility and will provide as few or as many services as you need.  We will work very hard to ensure that our services fit “hand in glove” with your business.

The decision to hire a professional bookkeeper is usually triggered by a business owner’s experience of working late into the night, only to find that they’re still not keeping up with their bookkeeping duties. By this point, their books are usually out of order and whether they know it or not, they are often costing themselves money by paying more in taxes than they need to. Hiring a bookkeeper will help you to maximize the clarity of your company’s books so you have complete awareness of your income and expenses.

To the untrained eye, bookkeepers and accountants may seem pretty much the same. They both record and maintain financial records for businesses. The truth, however, goes much deeper and is much more nuanced than a simple explanation would have you believe. In order to fully appreciate and understand what bookkeepers and accountants can do for your business, you first have to understand the duties of each job. 

Outsourcing your bookkeeping to a professional has many benefits. Primary among these benefits is preserving the integrity of your books.

Beyond that, outsourcing your bookkeeping to a professional helps to ensure that you are paying the proper amount in taxes, maximizing your profitability, and most importantly, that you have more time to focus on the day-to-day operations of your business.

While there are some tax preparers who will also do your day-to-day bookkeeping for you, it is generally considered a best practice to separate duties between a bookkeeper and a tax preparer, because the job of a bookkeeper is much different than what is required of the tax preparer. 

While it may be advantageous to have everything in one place, from the standpoint of only having one person to work with, there are far greater disadvantages to having one person handle both your bookkeeping and tax needs. The tax preparer is generally not an expert in bookkeeping, as they are spending most of their time on tax returns throughout the year, focusing mainly on the rules and regulations regarding tax law. Further, they normally charge more for bookkeeping services, while their efficiency is geared towards tax returns. 

On the other hand, the bookkeeper is typically more detailed in nature, and provides timely reports throughout the year that will help the business owner understand how their business is doing, so they can grow their company and increase profitability. 

By leveraging the skills of both professionals, you will have two people working on your account who are each expert in their field, providing you the best bookkeeping and tax services possible. Having two experts in your corner creates a system of checks and balances for your accounting records. 

Yes, you will – your bookkeeper is there to provide you with assistance, and to keep up with the financial details of your operation, leaving you to spend time working on and growing your business. All decisions about the business remain with you.

There are several ways that you can transfer data and materials to us. You can use regular mail to send us receipts. You can scan and e-mail them. Many clients find that it’s easiest to provide us with read-only access to their online bank statements and credit card statements. Additionally, if they want very detailed books that show everything purchased, sending us their receipts is best. 

However, if they just want categories tracked and are less interested in the individual details, then the online banking system works well.