About Us
Mohammed Hassan began Shuman Bookkeeping after years of experience in Bookkeeping to better serve the Lewiston/Auburn community. He holds a bachelor of science degree in Accounting and is a certified tax professional. He is currently working towards his EA (enrolled agent) accreditation which is the highest license for tax preparation.
Mohammed understands the need for small businesses to have their books, payroll, and taxes accounted for and in order. Many small businesses are in the unfortunate position of doing this themselves or by part time employees that may not be reliable or long term. For people who aren’t accountants, working the numbers and keeping the books can be frustrating, stressful, and scary since the repercussions of an error span from losing money, or facing legal consequences.
This is where Mohammed would like to help. Small businesses and start-ups not only can afford an accountant, but it will drastically improve your business prospects with sound financial stability and secure results. You can trust Shuman as a long-term, affordable solution so that you can focus on your business and lose the anxiety. Trust the Accountant you can count on.
Mission Statement
Our mission is to help business owners specially realtors, brokers, agents, landlords and investors to live the life they’ve always wanted by providing exceptional accounting, tax consulting and financial services and being a people oriented company. We always do what’s right, even if that means telling a client that they can’t enact a tax strategy, or that we made a mistake. Our company puts results above all else. Drive results for clients, drive results for the company.
Efficiency & Focus
Small businesses mostly not have that much time to hire in-house bookkeeper so outsource bookkeeping services is an optional solution to them. You need all the time you can have to get more sales, more deals or just enjoy some quality time with the people you love the most. Outsourcing tends to work great if accounting is not your core area and you have a complicated financial system. Without the distraction of bookkeeping and numbers you can focus on the actions that will help you achieve your business growth objectives. if it doesn’t directly impact your overall goal you shouldn’t be wasting your valuable time on it. You don’t need to worry about when you’ll get the time or how you’ll fit it into your schedule. You can confident that your outsourced bookkeeper/accountant will meet deadlines regardless. Small businesses do not need to hire an in-house bookkeeper. If you hire an outsourced bookkeeper you can avoid paying employee overheads, holiday pay, payroll taxes, and training costs. This is important when it comes to improving your profit margin.
Technology Driven
We are 100% virtual company meaning we use technology, some of them is QuickBooks Online, Zoom, Google Drive, Taxslayer Pro and more. Using technology will save you money and eliminate the reason to handle paperwork and will help you with efficient communications.
We know you!
We know how to serve you because we are you! We own a rental unit and we know how real estate could be stressful and time consuming and you need to have a partner next to you to help you with all the possible tax strategies that you can get. Our professional looking reports will make you look good in front of banks and potential partners and investors or help you in case you got audited by the IRS! No more stress about catching up once we take over we’ll be managing your accounting on a daily/weekly/monthly basis.