Accounting Services

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="147fd5a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Mike Atchison:  Executive Coach and Business Growth Specialist</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mike Atchison: Executive Coach and Busi"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id10.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Growth Management"><U>Growth Management</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id8.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Management Training"><U>Management Training</U></A>   |   <B>Accounting Services</B>   |   <A HREF="id9.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Business Structure"><U>Business Structure</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Projects"><U>Special Projects</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Venture Capital"><U>Venture Capital</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Think Outside the Box"><U>Think Outside the Box</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=18.75% BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="148d2b03.jpg"> <div> <B>"The vast majority of closely-held companies have accounting systems that are  inadequate for growth -- or do not give the owners/managers the kind of information they need."</B></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Accounting Services</I></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Full Accounting Services, including new setups, conversions, training, and monthly bookkeeping.</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>T</I></FONT><B>he problem faced by business owners is that </B><I><B><U>almost all accounting systems are designed and installed by accountants </U></B></I></div> <div> <I><B><U>who have no business management experience.</U></B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#888888" FACE="Arial" ><B>  This means the owners can seldom use their accounting information to </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>help them manage their businesses. </B></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>--- It's a fact:  Standard accounting systems are accurate, but </B></I><I><B><U>not relevant for management</U></B></I><I><B>, and few accountants will </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>take the time to customize a small company's accounting system so it can be used as a management tool -- even though </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>almost all of the good accounting software packages can be customized.  </B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">I know what information a business owner or manager needs in order to effectively manage growth and I know how to make their existing accounting system deliver the kind of information they need. </B></I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#888888" FACE="Arial" ><I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f088888800.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">I have to be very knowledgable about the most popular of the small business accounting packages such as </B></I></FONT><I><B>Peachtree Complete</B></I><I><B>©</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>, and</B></I></FONT></div> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f080009900.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">QuickBooks Pro and Premier</B></I><I><B>© -- (I am now a certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor <IMG SRC="1bc62480.png" border=0 width="98" height="72" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">), </B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#888888" FACE="Arial" ><I><B> </B></I><I><B>and have worked with almost every other small and mid-sized accounting system in the marketplace.  </B></I></FONT></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>