Stillwater, MN CPA / Foley Kalseim & Co Ltd

As a small business owner you have more important things to do than to keep your own books. Keeping your own books can also be complicated and frustrating. We can take care of your books for you or help you with bookkeeping, so you can get back to the job of running your business and generating profits!

Each month or quarter we'll do the following things for you...

Reconcile your bank account
Generate an income statement
Generate a balance sheet
Clean up your general ledger

These tasks form the solid foundation of your small business accounting system. You can customize the package of services you receive by adding payroll, tax planning, tax preparation, or any of our other services.

Bank Reconciliation

Reconciling your business checking account each month allows us to keep your bank account, accounting, and taxes up-to-date.

Having us reconcile your account each month allows you to...

Identify lost checks, lost deposits and unauthorized wire transactions.
Detect and prevent excess/unjustified bank charges and ensures transactions are posted correctly by your bank.
Know how your business is doing? It is hard to know how well unless all accounts are reconciled and properly accounted for on your financial statements.
Manage your cash more effectively. Proper management of funds not only saves money, it makes money for you.

Income Statement

An income statement, otherwise known as a profit and loss statement, sums up all your revenues and subtracts an itemized list of all your expenses to come up with a profit or loss for the period.

An income statement allows you to...

Track revenues and expenses so that you can determine the operating performance of your business.
Determine what areas of your business are over-budget or under-budget.
Identify specific items that are causing unexpected expenditures. Like phone, fax, mail, or supply expenses.
Track dramatic increases in product returns or cost of goods sold as a percentage of sales.
Determine your income tax liability.

Balance Sheet

A balance sheet gives you a snapshot of your business' financial condition at a specific moment in time.

A balance sheet helps you...

Quickly get a handle on the financial strength and capabilities of your business.
Identify and analyze trends, particularly in the area of receivables and payables. For example, if your receivables cycle is lengthening, maybe you can collect your receivables more aggressively.
Determine if your business can easily handle the normal financial fluctuations of revenues and expenses?
See a picture of overall assets and debts
Determine if you need to take immediate steps to bolster cash reserves?
Determine if your business has been slowing down payables to forestall an inevitable cash shortage?

Balance sheets, along with income statements, are the most basic elements in providing financial information to potential lenders such as banks, investors, and vendors who are considering how much credit to grant you.

Maintaining a Clean General Ledger

The general ledger is the core of your company's financial records. These records constitute the central "books" of your system. Since every transaction flows through the general ledger, a problem with your general ledger throws off your books.

Having us review your general ledger system each month allows us to hunt down any discrepancies such as double billings, unrecorded payments or any misclassifications. We'll fix the discrepancies so your books are always accurate and kept in excellent shape.

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