Business Solutions

Harnessing the Power of Technology

With today’s technology, your company can have quality business process automation solutions like that of a Fortune 500 company. At the Advantage™, we use cloud-based accounting software from which business owners can have immediate access and real-time insight to their business. The cloud is a platform to make data and software accessible online anytime, anywhere, from any device. Cloud software offers the flexibility to run your business from work, home, or on the go. Your data is stored on servers owned, managed, and secured by the maker of the accounting software platform. Data is encrypted on your device before it is sent to the server and when you retrieve it. Cloud software companies are adamant about protecting your company’s data. Cloud data storage can be more secure than storing your business data on site. There’s less risk of loss or theft, more flexibility, and the ability to recover quickly from a disaster.

The use of combined technology on one device saves you time and money and keeps you connected to your data and to the Advantage™.

Our Business Solutions

How Can We Make Your Life Easier?

Accounting and Bookkeeping Services

You certainly didn’t start your AMAZING business to spend hours doing paperwork or worrying if you are in compliance with the IRS. At The Advantage™, we deliver results so you can improve yours. Our passionate team of partner relationship managers want to give you back the time you need and deserve to run your business, peace of mind that financial matters are in the hands of professionals dedicated to your success, and save you money so you can expand your business or increase your personal net worth.

This is a partnership. We offer a full array of bookkeeping and accounting services that provide true value to your business. Our services are customizable and personalized so you can decide what is relevant and necessary to move your business forward.

Whatever you’re currently doing, you’re spending too much time managing paperwork and processes – get The Advantage™! We deliver actionable, financial intelligence.

Business Advisory Services

At The Advantage™, we can help you develop strategies to earn more money. And who couldn’t use more of that, right?!?! We are committed to offering you, our partner, insight and expertise in managing your business.

Price Consulting

Price is just a number. When you price your services and products right, you can make a lot of money. The fastest way to improve your profit is to get your pricing right because an increase in price goes straight to your bottom line. Small changes in price can have a BIG impact! In your profit diagnostic review session you will learn about profit drivers and why price is so important and how to correctly price your services and/or products to maximize profit. The Advantage™ will give you 3 -4 actionable ideas that are relevant to your specific business and quantify the potential impact on profit.

Process and Workflow Improvement

Improved processes and workflows help reduce operating expenses, while maintaining or increasing output. There are AMAZING systems, software, and apps for business owners. Harnessing the power of these streamlines your processes and improves your workflow. This is SMARTER work, not harder work. Adding a customer relationship management system can manage all customer information in one place. Adding a timesheet management system can track employee productivity, identify and report job costing information, and report profitability by customer or project. Do your current systems and processes minimize the risks for theft, embezzlement, correct invoicing for sales, and accurate expense payments? The Advantage™ can critique your current processes and systems and make recommendations and assist with implementations to elevate your business.

Key Performance Indicator Analysis

So how is your business doing? The Advantage™ can implement a reporting system that is integrated with your cloud-accounting system to provide financial and non-financial key metrics indicative of how your business is really performing. How is your business performing against budgeted sales and expenses, how many days does it take to collect payments from your customers, how many days does it take for your business to sell through its inventory, what is your return on equity, how quickly can your business convert assets to cash to be able to react to opportunities when they present themselves, can your business meet its short-term and long-term obligations, etc. These indicators are vital to the lifeblood of any business and empowers you, the business owner, into active, data-driven decision-making.

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Cloud-Accounting Software Setup and Consultation

There is a whole NEW way to manage your business! With cloud-based accounting platforms such as QuickBooks Online or Xero, your business wins. You have access to real-time financial data anywhere, anytime, on any mobile device – immediate insight into your company! That sure beats waiting until the middle of next month to see how you did last month! You have more flexibility with access to critical data and every document you may need all at the click of a button. The collaboration you can have with your bookkeeper/accountant/advisor is seamless; they are only a click away. You have better security of your information with encryption services provided by cloud-software providers.

The Advantage™ can help you change the way you manage your business. New to accounting software? Be ready to be WOWED by the power of cloud-based accounting! We’re your partner for that implementation. Need to convert from an existing desktop system to a cloud-based accounting system? We’re your partner for that conversion. Already using cloud-based accounting and need an accounting tune-up or more power under the accounting hood? We’re your partner in data cleanup and maximizing the capabilities of the system.

Payroll Services

Payroll is a complex matter and is a function of your business where accuracy and timeliness reign paramount. At The Advantage™, with our payroll subscription service, we pay your employees by check or with direct deposit on unlimited pay schedules and pay types; pay and file federal and state payroll taxes, and print and file employee W-2s at the end of the year. Our experts can setup your employees and transfer existing payroll information and review and file payroll taxes accurately and on time.

Tax Services

Now there’s an area of your business you don’t want to think about, let alone talk about. At The Advantage™, we employ the #1 cloud-based professional tax software in the United States to collect your tax data, prepare your tax return, and file electronically. The necessary tax data is imported from your cloud-based accounting software. The tax software performs up to 18,000 calculations, 21,000 diagnostics, and has a library of over 5,600 forms. Once the tax return is prepared, you can review and sign the tax forms from any mobile device.

Our Pricing Strategy and Service Guarantee

At the Advantage™, we believe our partners buy outcomes, not time. In managing your company’s professional costs, surprises are not acceptable. Therefore, all of the Advantage’s™ services are stated in terms of a fixed price agreement. By agreeing to a price in advance of the services being performed your cost is guaranteed. If you ever receive an invoice without having first authorized the service and/or the price, you are not obligated to pay for that service.

We guarantee our work to the satisfaction of our partners. That’s the way our father did it, our grandparents did it, and our great-grandparents did it in their businesses and we believe that is simply the right thing to do and represents the confidence we have in the quality and value of our services. If you are not completely satisfied with the services provided by the Advantage™, we will refund the price or accept a portion of said price that reflects your level of satisfaction.