Can you help to access the account work remotely? - Contractor Talk - Professional Construction and Remodeling Forum

steveirvin · 11-10-2008, 05:42 AM

Hello everybody, I need to employ someone for maintaining my accounts books and for that I am thinking of outsourcing the work. It is better to do this rather than keep an accountant on the run whole day. But, I want them to work on my pc, as I do not want to upload/scan the account books to other people on their place. I need something like remotely accessing the work that I provide. Can you give me some advice on providers of this criteria?

rbsremodeling · 11-10-2008, 06:52 AM

if you use quickbooks there is an online version.

If you use something else besides quickbooks check out pcanywhere or logmein.

If your computer uses windows xp there is a remote connect feature as well but not as secure as the options above.

IS that what u had in mind?

RPortinga · 11-11-2008, 05:23 PM

I'm also wondering if Dropbox may be an option... put the QBooks files in a shared folder on your machine, share it with the person working remotely.

You have the added advantage that the files are saved on the Dropbox server.. instant, off-site backup.

You would need to make sure you don't both make changes at the same time though.

72chevy4x4 · 11-19-2008, 05:15 PM

I just talked to a bookkeeper who charges $20/hr-at her place or yours. Shop around-ask other contractors for recommendations about local people. look up the difference between an accountant and a bookkeeper-I 'think' a bookkeeper enters transactions. an accountant makes decisions which have tax ramifications. One I'm sure costs more than the other.

The online version of QB's isn't a bad idea! Or, set up an server environment and the person can log on remotely-probably a lot more secure than the remote access available in XP or Vista. In this case, the remote user can remotely log on to YOUR computer through the network-all though wouldn't be necessary if the QB's file were located on the server.