QuickBooks Consulting

QuickBooks Consultants are located in every city in the country and range from individuals that do nothing but QuickBooks consulting to large accounting firms that have employees with QuickBooks expertise. In selecting a QuickBooks consultant, it is important to ask yourself exactly what you need:

• Do you need a QuickBooks consultant who is also a business process expert and can grasp your business issues and help you set up QuickBooks accordingly?
• Do you need a QuickBooks consultant who is also an accountant and understands your specific and perhaps complicated tax issues and can help you setup QuickBooks to address these?
• Do you need a QuickBooks consultant who is a CFO-type person that can help you figure out what you need to track and how to track it in QuickBooks to better understand what is driving your profits?
• Do you just need a QuickBooks consultant - someone with a thorough understanding of QuickBooks to address some questions or help you setup QuickBooks for basic bill paying and invoicing?

QuickBooks consultants charge from $20 to $200 per hour. An expensive QuickBooks consultant might be worth every penny if they can help you figure out how to use QuickBooks to better understand your business and drive profits. However, if you just need someone to help you customize an invoice template, then you want to find a less expensive QuickBooks consultant.

To find a QuickBooks consultant that meets your needs, we recommend the following:

• Check out our bookkeeping and accounting and QuickBooks directories. Many of the companies listed provide QuickBooks consulting.
• Check out Intuit’s Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor website for Certified QuickBooks experts in your area.