Include the recurring questions
Record service effort that happens outside the planned bookkeeping session.
Track time. Get paid.
Profitability for accountants and bookkeepers
Review the effort behind each practice client’s fee. Compare recorded labour and project costs before renewing monthly bookkeeping or accounting engagements.
Free for 14 days — every feature, no credit card, no automatic charge.
Know which work actually makes you money.
Review additional advisory costs
Keep genuine delivery work visible even when you cannot invoice it separately.
Renew with a clearer allowance
Inspect recorded costs before changing the monthly engagement fee.
Project gross profit is not the practice’s accounting profit. Unrecorded overheads and accounting adjustments remain separate.
Get started with profitability
- 1Record recurring and advisory effort
- 2Keep labour costs restricted appropriately
- 3Compare engagement fees with costs
- 4Review the next service allowance
Questions about profitability for accountants and bookkeepers
- Is project profitability the same as our practice accounts?
- No. It shows revenue and the delivery costs recorded for the project. Your practice accounts include broader overheads and other accounting adjustments. Use TimeLodge for engagement review and keep your books in accounting software.
- Can a fixed monthly fee hide an expensive engagement?
- Yes. Frequent queries and extra clean-up work can use more effort than the original allowance. Review complete time and cost records before changing the fee.
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