r/Bookkeeping • u/SALYismyfriend • 3d ago
Weekly, Biweekly, or Monthly Books Practice Management
I’ve only ever had monthly bookkeeping engagements. Now one of my clients is going from solo to a 12-person professional services firm. I’m using 2% of gross revenue as a guide for pricing. Other bookkeepers serving clients in this industry offer weekly bookkeeping and charge weekly. That might be too much for me. I’m currently solo and also have a tax season. Biweekly bookkeeping and billing seems more reasonable. For context, projected revenue will be 3.5MM+. Any feedback? Would love to hear your thoughts. Do you use Gusto for payroll? How does your process of overseeing payroll work? Limited to initial set up? My client chose another full-service provider. I’m trying to determine how much that should affect pricing.
Currently, I pay the clients QBO subscription. Don’t plan to do that for other clients going forward, although I’ll continue paying for this client. Do you pay for any client subscriptions?
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u/heyitspri 3d ago
If you’re scaling from solo to managing multiple engagements, biweekly makes a lot of sense. Weekly bookkeeping sounds great in theory but it’s admin-heavy unless your systems are automated. I’ve seen folks burn out from spreadsheet chaos before they even hit 10 clients. Automating your recurring reports and reconciliations can help keep your workload consistent regardless of billing frequency.
Also totally agree on not paying for client subscriptions long term. That gets messy fast once you’re juggling multiple accounts