You have chosen your provider and set a start date. The two weeks before that date are where a smooth launch gets built, when you line up access, privacy, and process so an outside team can do strong work from day one.
This go-live checklist for outsourced bookkeeping is the final readiness step for US accounting and tax firms switching to outsourced bookkeeping, onshore or offshore. Follow it and the handoff stays clean, your client data stays protected, and your first close lands on time.
What’s Inside?
A complete outsourced bookkeeping onboarding process, step by step:
- The questions to ask before hiring an outsourced bookkeeper, so you are vetting an outsourced bookkeeping provider on evidence rather than promises
- How to confirm SOC 2 compliant outsourced bookkeeping, and what to read in the report beyond the cover page
- A data security checklist for outsourced bookkeeping, covering the FTC Safeguards Rule, your WISP, and IRC Section 7216 consent
- The offshore Social Security number rule, and how to build masking into your workflow
- How to switch bookkeepers without losing data, with a clean records-and-access handover
Who is it for?
Built for US firms planning how to transition to an outsourced bookkeeper without disruption:
- Small-to-mid-sized accounting firm owners and partners
- CPAs and tax professionals
- Practice and operations managers running the transition
It follows US federal rules, with prompts to check the state laws where your clients sit.
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