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Bookkeeping
Recording and reconciling day-to-day transactions
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Educational comparison of accounting service categories: bookkeeping, payroll, VAT support, tax compliance, management accounting, annual accounts, financial reporting, cloud accounting and software support.
Accounting is sold as a bundle of services, and the bundles are not comparable until the individual services are defined. Each category below explains what the service produces, which attributes businesses usually compare, the questions worth putting to a provider, and how it is commonly priced in European practice.
This is educational comparison material about services, not advice about your own filings. Which services a business legally needs depends on its country, legal form, size and activity, and in most European markets some tasks may only be carried out by a holder of a national professional title.
9 categories, each with a definition, comparison points, questions and pricing models
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Recording and reconciling day-to-day transactions
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Salary processing, social contributions and employer reporting
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VAT determination, reporting and cross-border filings
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Corporate, income and withholding tax filings
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Reporting for decision-making inside the business
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Statutory financial statements and filing
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Reporting under national GAAP or IFRS for groups and lenders
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Online ledgers, direct bank feeds and remote collaboration
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Implementation, configuration and platform training
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