Bookkeeping is the activity of recording each and every transaction accurately in company’s accounts. Historically, company’s accounts were either stored at the company’s computer or their accountant’s computer, with cloud accounting, these accounts are stored online and can we accessed from anywhere in the world, making is easy and convenient for all involved parties to access them. In addition, cloud accounting is a lot more advance with more features as compared to non-cloud accounting.

There is right or wrong answer to this question. If your business is active and you are missing important date and transactions, chances are your needs a bookkeeping system to regularly record your transactions.

If you value the information on your taxes, cash flow, receivable etc. you need a bookkeeping system. We have different packages in bookkeeping services based on your activity. You can give us a call to discuss further.

We have three packages based on your level of activity in the business and the nature of your operations. You can give us a call to discuss further.

Every package is targeting a specific type of business operations. You can decide back on your activity and the type of service you are looking for. If your chosen package is not right for you, we can always up grade or down grade.

Non of our bookkeeping services are contracted. Any service can be stopped or terminated with a 30-day advance notice.

Yes. Your information is valuable to your and to us. If you are changing service providers, make sure you get all the information from start to the date of termination. If you are not sure, we will help you get the information from the previous provider.

For cloud accounting and bookkeeping, we mainly use Quick books and Xero however, if you prefer a different software, we can work with those also.

This is base on your agreement with your accountant or bookkeeper. We you work with Ali Syed CPA, we are very transparent on this question. Any transactional data belongs to the client and must we handed over with a smile.

We do provide payroll services to our clients; however, payroll is not a part of bookkeeping package as payroll has its own requirements and obligation. We also manage payroll relationship between clients and third-party providers. Payroll solutions are engaged separately. Give us a call to discuss payroll options in details.

If you staff will be paid on a fixed salary and there will be no change to the salary from one pay period to another, you can manage payroll inhouse with some payroll management software. If your staff is on hourly wages that changes every period, you require more sophisticated program or may be a third party vendor like ADP. At Ali Syed CPA, we can help you manage in-house salary option and we can also help you maintain your relationship with third party vendors.

Corporate tax filing is a separate service requiring a separate set of skills. However, if our firm is providing bookkeeping services, we offer special rate for corporate tax filing since we know that all the information is recorded accurately.

With Ali Syed CPA, there are never any compulsions. You are free to act as you please however, we recommend keeping your bookkeepers and tax accountants the same as the coordination between the two is a lot easier.

Our service charges are paid in advance via e-transfer or pre-authorize payments.