How Many Bookkeeping Hours Might Your Business Need?
Your business will not use exactly the same amount of bookkeeping time every week. Some weeks are straightforward. Others may involve payroll, a new employee, missing documents, unusual transactions or extra questions.
This estimator looks at the ordinary recurring workload and works out what that activity may average to over a normal 52-week year.
Ook and Bunny Are Already on Board
Now we just need to work out which route looks most like your business.
The boarding-pass artwork below is the same journey used on our Start Here page.
The Five Bookkeeping Stages
You can investigate a stage now, or complete the calculator further down the page and let it identify the closest match.
Nurture
Your business may still be small, but small books can still come with big questions.
Nurture
A lighter recurring bookkeeping workload with fewer transactions and simpler systems.
There may still be larger weeks. The range is intended to represent the average over the year.
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The business is becoming more established and the numbers are beginning to mean something.
Learn
There may be more transactions, bills, perhaps payroll and a growing need for regular bookkeeping support.
🥕 Explore LearnGrow
More customers, suppliers, transactions or payroll are creating a regular bookkeeping rhythm.
Grow
Weekly bookkeeping starts to make more sense as the business develops more moving parts.
🥕 Explore GrowThrive
The business now has more moving parts and the books need to remain current.
Thrive
Customers, suppliers, payroll and regular decisions create a more substantial recurring bookkeeping workflow.
🥕 Explore ThriveLead
The bookkeeping is now actively supporting a higher-volume business.
Lead
Higher transaction volume, payroll, supplier accounts and customer activity can require attention several times a week.
🥕 Explore LeadCustom
Multiple entities, unusual systems or high volumes do not always fit neatly into one stage.
A Route Built Around the Business
Where the systems, entities or workflow are unusual, we scope the work around what the business actually needs.
🥕 Explore CustomRectification Is Not Included in the Weekly Average
Historical correction can be very time-consuming and cannot reasonably be estimated from a few questions.
The time depends on what went wrong, how long the problems have existed, how many people have worked in the file and whether other software, clearing accounts or connected systems also need to be reconciled.
Our bookkeeping and software experience helps us narrow down where to look. We generally get a picture of the kinds of mistakes that have been made and what previous users appear not to have understood. That gives us a better idea of where the underlying problem is likely to sit.
What Creates the Bookkeeping Time?
Approximate figures are enough. When you calculate, your Bookkeeping Boarding Pass will open underneath.
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Your Average Bookkeeping Time
Historical rectification and separately scoped work are not included.
Nurture
Around 0.5–1 hour per week
Ordinary Bookkeeping
BAS & IAS Add-Ons
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Not Every Week Looks the Same
A normal pay run may be quick. The week a new worker starts may take considerably longer.
Missing documents, questions, changing payroll information or a connected system that needs investigation can also make one week longer than another.
The calculator spreads the ordinary ups and downs over a 52-week year.
You Pay for What Your Business Uses
If information repeatedly has to be requested, work has to be stopped, followed up and then revisited, that creates real bookkeeping time.
It would not be fair for another client to pay for that additional workload through a higher package price.
That is why these stages help you understand the likely workload, while actual billing follows the work your own business uses.
A little story about us
The Golden Carrot
At My Great Bookkeeper Pty Ltd, we are a little too busy serving our clients to spend our time chasing trophies.
So, rather than running around trying to collect awards, we gave ourselves one that actually means something to us — The Golden Carrot.
It stands for the standard we expect from ourselves: clear books, strong systems, real support and stronger businesses. Not because we want applause, but because we want our clients looked after properly.
Because your business comes first.
Where to begin
Ready to get the service rolling?
If you are ready to move forward with My Great Bookkeeper Pty Ltd, the next step is our Start Here page.
That page is the place to begin if you want to work with us. It helps you understand the process, tells you what information we need, and points you toward the right next step so we can start getting your bookkeeping service underway.
You do not need to have everything sorted before you begin. Just head to Start Here, tell us a little about your business, and we can start working out what support you need.
