外资企业怎样分辨代理记账公司的优劣
How to choose an accounting outsourcing firm
许多外资企业在公司初创时期，往往考虑是否要请专业的代理记账公司从事财务服务？同时也会面对众多的代理记账公司，如何选择最适合的代理记账公司为自己服务呢？
Some foreign enterprise will consider entrusting a professional accounting outsourcing firm to operate their accounting related affair at the start up stage. However, there is various outsourcing firm in the market, how to choose a suitable outsourcing firm work for you?
一、 选择代理记账的好处
The advantage of choosing the accounting outsourcing firm
1、 服务专业
Professional services
具备会计知识的人都知道，会计内部还有很细的分工，如商业会计、工业会计；成本会计、投资会计等。在大企业，会计部门往往有多名会计人员专司不同的工作，专业程度很高，会计质量也高。小企业麻雀虽小，五脏俱全，其实也有专业化会计服务的需要，但因企业业务量不大，没必要请很多会计人员；而只请一个会计又往往受其知识结构的限制，影响会计工作质量。代理记账公司规模化经营，则很好地解决了这个问题。代理记账是经过财政局审核批准、工商登记注册的代理记账机构，正规可靠。好的代理记账公司通常是由资深会计师领衔，配置结构合理的会计团队，专业互补，相互协作，聘请这样的代理记账公司等于聘请了一个会计师团队。
Accounting is divided into commercial accounting, industrial accounting, cost accounting, investment accounting. In some large company, accounting department is consisted by several accountants, they focus on different area, require proficiency and high quality accounting knowledge. However, small-size company is involved in different field of area which is the same as large company. However, due to the workload is low in the small company; they only hire one accounting person to take care the whole accounting progress. However, one person is limited by the knowledge structure; it will affect the quality of the accounting job. An accounting outsourcing firm can solve such kind of problem. Outsourcing firm is verified by the Ministry of Finance Bureau, and registered in Industrial and Commercial Bureau, it is standard and reliable. A good outsourcing firm is led by senior accountants, reasonably structured accounting team, possess professional complementary, mutual cooperation, thus you could have a professional accounting team by hiring a good outsourcing firm.
2、节省费用
Cost saving
招聘一名涉外会计，每月费用昂贵，与代理记账公司合作，支付不到一个会计人员的费用，可享受更专业化的服务。聘用会计人员在工资之外要缴纳养老、失业、医疗、公积、生育、工伤等社会保险或综合保险，发生意外（如上下班途中受伤）还有劳保等一系列劳动用工方面的费用支出，有的企业还要考虑吃住和其他福利等。 新劳动合同法实施后对社保要求更严格，还有各种新增补偿等费用，人员成本明显增加。找财务公司代理记账则不存在这些问题。
Hiring a foreign-related professional accountant is quite expensive, however, cooperate with an outsourcing firm, and pay only one accountant’s fee can benefit high quality accounting services. Further, the enterprise have to undertake employee’s social security, unemployment fund, housing fund, maternity fund, injury fund etc. if the employee have accident (e.g. Get injury on the way of work), the company has a series of labour costs; some company will also bear employee’s meal, accommodation and other benefit. The new Labour Contract Law request more restrict implementation on the social security, and compensation cost, the cost burden is increasing by the firm. However, entrust an outsourcing company could avoid these costs.
3、财务工作不会中断
Ongoing accounting work
如果企业财务人员不稳定，工作衔接就成问题，不仅影响工作，还要花费时间精力选聘人员。代理记账公司用团队的力量保障代理记账服务连续不断。
If the employed accountant has demission, the handover accounting work will affect on the company regular operation, it will also cost time and efforts to hire a suitable candidate. The outsourcing firm possesses a professional team to ensure continuous work in accounting.
4、法律责任明确
Clearance of legal liability
一般单位会计纳税申报如发生误报、漏报、迟报，补缴税款、滞纳金、罚款等责任和经济损失仍主要由单位承担。 代理记账公司有专人审核报税，能有效避免因不熟悉税法，出现误报、漏报、迟报等差错和损失，还可在代理记账委托协议中约定相关责任。
If the employed accountant causes misdeclaration, fail declaration, late declaration, conscience money, overdue fine, penalty during the tax filing process, the company shall undertake the liability and related loss. However, accounting outsourcing firm has assigned person to take care the tax filing verification, to avoid the mistake caused by short of knowledge in the tax issue. The accounting outsourcing agreement is also has provision of the mutual liability.
二、如何选择适合的代理记账公司，建议通过以下步骤进行比较筛选：
How to choose suitable accounting outsourcing firm, below are the steps we suggest
1、 是否具备代理记账资格？
Whether possess accounting outsourcing qualification
可以要求代理记账公司出示营业执照及财政局批准的代理记账资格证书等，以判断其是否有资格从事该类业务，同时，在营业执照上还可以反映公司的成立时间，以此推断公司的从业经验。
In order to assess the firm has qualification to engage in the accounting outsourcing field, you could require the firm present business license and accounting outsourcing qualification which approved by the Ministry of Finance Bureau. In the meantime, to check the fund date of the firm could help to deduce the experience of the company.
2、是否拥有专职的经验丰富的财务服务人员？
Whether retain the highly skilled accounting talent with full-time?
某些公司为降低成本，往往请兼职的财务人员充当本公司财务人员为客户服务，其服务稳定性和质量会大打折扣。所以，建议外资企业必须当面了解拟为其服务的财务人员的经验和能力。
Some low-level outsourcing firm use Part-time accountants to provide accounting service for their clients in order to reducing overhead at the cost of stability and quality of the service provided. However we couldn’t agree with that and we think it’s not just a matter of money, you need an experienced partner who value their clients as much as you do.
财务人员是否有经验、公司是否由各类有资格的专业人员提供服务、能否提供有此类服务的证明等；其中，财务人员是否有经验是最重要的因素，因为，一旦服务有失误，对公司其造成的损失远远大于付出的服务费。
Therefore, you must ensure a good and reliable third party assistance that can handle such issues for your company and thus, take it on the path of progress.
3、是否以涉外服务为主？
Whether possess the qualification of Foreign Service?
因为大部分的代理记账公司是以服务内资企业为主的，由于外资企业与内资企业的财务服务要求相差甚远，因此，此类公司不具备为外资企业服务的能力和经验。
In PRC most outsourcing firms are taking the domestic company as service object and shorting of the accounting requirement for foreign company, So these kinds of firms don’t possess the capacity and experience for foreign service.
外资企业除按中国的法律规定记账、报税外，还会要求将财务状况翻译成外语并按投资方要求报送投资方。或需要懂外语的财务人员与总部直接沟通。
In foreign company the accountant is required to make paperwork and communicate with foreign part in foreign language. So foreign language is a must to a outsourcing firm who provide service with foreign company oriented
建议外资企业找一家以向为外资企业服务为主的代理记账公司。
Suggest the foreign company to entrust an outsourcing firm who mainly cooperate with the foreign affairs.
4、是否具有为同类外资企业服务的经验？
Whether has the sufficient experience for foreign company?
可以让代理记账公司提供为同类外资企业服务的证明。
You can get in touch with the previous clients of your preferred outsourcing firm, to gather qualitative information about their work strategy and time management and this sort of comparison will allow you to assess their sincerity towards work.
5、是否具有稳定和成规模的经营场地？
Whether has the regulated facility and workplace?
公司的办公场所面积和地段、专业人才数量、外界的知名度等可以作为判断因素。选择有规模的正规公司，是避免风险的有效手段。
You should try to get complete information about their work environment and location of workplace, the source of talents, the business reputation and the other factor. Choosing a partner with creditability and reliability would be an effective method to reduce risk.
建议外资企业必须上门进行实地考察后再作决定。
We suggest you’d better have an On-site visit to your preferred outsourcing firm before making decision.
6、是否提供完整的服务内容？
Whether provide integrated service content?
服务的内容是否完整，有否遗漏等，可以仔细对比几家代理记账公司的服务内容有何不同。有的公司只提供简单的记账、报税的基本财务要求，有的公司还会提供一些日常的财务咨询、财务分析、税务筹划，还有的公司会派出资深会计师到外资企业中代替他的上级公司处理帐务核算、进行会计监督。
Besides daily accounting job as bookkeeping, tax return, some outsourcing firm could provide finance consulting, finance analysis, tax planning and other specific service for clients. So you could make a comparison of the service content provided by different outsourcing firm and opt one as your reliable partner.
7、是否合理收费？
Whether the price offered is reasonable.
判断收费的合理性不能仅考虑金额的高低，而要综合考虑上述6个因素而进行全面的比较才能找到性价比高并适合本公司的代理记账公司。
It’s not wise to evaluating the reasonableness by price solely.
We wish you could make a comprehensive consideration about above six points and find high-cost-effective outsourcing firm for your company.
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