Services
Bookkeeping services primarily record money transactions and produce monthly reports. Dixon & Company consults with clients about work plans and payment plans and then provides a pricing structure based on either hourly rates or the length of the project.
Dixon & Company can work as an entity’s entire financial office and function autonomously or as specialist performing a single specific task like payroll, tax preparation or accounts receivable maintenance. Clients generally chose one or more of the following service packages:
- Accounting Packages
- Additional Services
- Full Service Package
- Payroll Only
- Review & Reconciliation
- Financial Management Transition Services
- Training Plans and Development
- Customized Services
Accounting Packages
While most clients use the latest version of Quickbooks, Dixon & Company is familiar with a variety of software packages and is committed to continuing education in this area. The expanding list of packages that Dixon & Company has experience with includes:
- QuickBooks, QuickBooks Pro and QuickPay
- Quicken
- One Write, One Write Plus
- RealWorld
- Peachtree
- Business Works by Sage
- MIP
Additional Services
Usually in combination with one of the packages listed below:
- Budget creation and monitoring
- Grant, loan or investor reporting
- Internal controls analysis
- Back up for data (disaster recovery)
- Preparation of financial operations summary – document financial process
of firm as a desk manual for staff training and management - Ratio analysis
- Cash flow projections
- Depreciation and amortization schedules
Full Service Package
- General ledger, dual entry accounting, monthly financial statements and reporting, bank account reconciliations and
on/off-site support - Accounts payable management including bill payments and general cash disbursement, writes checks,verifies approval and monitors
- Unpaid bill status; Reports to Finance Committee or Treasurer
- Payroll processing, payroll tax reporting anmd where necessary cost allocation by funding source, division or line of business
- Prepares and monitors budgets
- Accounts receivable or grantor commitment monitoring including where required, invoicing and collections management
- Creates financial records for each entity usually with the latest version of Quickbooks
- Prepares fixed asset accounts with accompanying depreciation schedules
- Determines the appropriate accounts for the preparation of 1099′s and other yearend tax filings
- Assist staff in the financial record keeping procedures as appropriate
Payroll Only
Clients post to general ledger (usually to Quickbooks)
Dixon & Company can prepare:
- Payroll stubs indicating amount to paid to employee
- Quarterly 941s and
- Quarterly and year end payroll reports for completion of state unemployment, state withholding and other reports
Review & Reconciliation
Client post to general ledger (usually to Quickbooks):
Dixon & Company can:
- Review of monthly entries
- Reconcile bank statements. Bank statements are sent directly to Dixon & Company to increase internal control
- Provide year-end assistance to client staff in meeting and year end reporting for internal and external requirements
Customized Services
Working with client staff, Dixon & Company can also provide one or more of the following:
- Post to general ledger (usually Quickbooks)
- Monthly financial statements
- Monthly bank account reconciliation
- Preparation of invoices
- Preparation of payroll reports for state and federal reporting
- Consulting to business start-ups
- On-site training for new or experienced staff, since client usually
controls check book and writes checks. - Training for management (Including board members and executive directors)
to interpret financial statements and information - Budget creation and monitoring
- Grant, loan or investor reporting
- Internal controls analysis
- Preparation of financials operations summary- document financial process of
client as a reference manual for staff training and management; - Cash flow projections
- Depreciation and amortization schedules
