Payroll Companies & Payroll Services in Virginia, MN

Overview

APA Bookkeeping LLC is a bookkeeping and payroll practice in Minnesota run by its owner, Tera Nowicki. It works with clients in the Twin Cities region and in the northern part of the state, and its office is in Virginia, Minnesota, on the Iron Range. The firm is woman-owned and has American Indian ownership. It suits owners who want one dedicated person handling their books and payroll instead of a large, impersonal processing center.

The practice serves businesses run from home as well as small and mid-sized companies. For buyers comparing payroll providers, the main point is that payroll comes bundled with bookkeeping, tax preparation and QuickBooks support. That means the same advisor can handle both wage processing and the accounting records behind it.

Services

The firm offers to do the work for clients and also to teach them. Clients can hand off tasks completely or learn to manage them in-house. Its core offerings include:

• Payroll services for small businesses
• Payroll training for owners and staff
• Bookkeeping and general accounting
• Tax preparation
• QuickBooks support and training

The training may appeal to companies that run payroll in QuickBooks themselves and want help doing it correctly. Companies that would rather outsource can have the firm handle the work on an ongoing basis.

Industries served

Nowicki's past clients come from many different sectors, so she has worked with a variety of pay setups and record-keeping needs. Examples she lists include:

• Chiropractic practices
• Computer repair technicians
• Contractors
• Government entities
• Insurance agents
• Medical sales
• Nonprofit organizations
• Real estate investors
• Restaurants
• Tattoo artists

Background and credentials

Nowicki is Ojibwe, from the White Earth Band, and is the first in her family to own a business. She has used QuickBooks for roughly 18 years and has served small business clients independently for more than six years.

Before going out on her own, she worked full time as finance director at a nonprofit that trained Native American entrepreneurs, and she took on outside small business clients during that time. In June 2010 she started consulting independently and became a Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor.

The firm stands out for its personal approach. Nowicki treats each company and owner as a separate case instead of using one template for everyone, and she says she enjoys working with her clients. The practice may suit businesses looking for a small, owner-run provider that offers payroll together with bookkeeping, tax and QuickBooks help, especially in northern Minnesota or the Twin Cities.