you do the closings
Outsource all the accounting except the closings
With this option, your team does the closings and pays the agents - all the other accounting work for your company is done for you. From paying bills to posting payroll. Your team does everything with closings, and our team does all the other accounting including: paying the bills, agent billing, bank reconciliations & month end close
With the "you do the closings" package, here's what your team does
work for closings
- review the agent net pay that darwin figured out automatically and change prop status to: Ready to Close
- record the deposit received in the property record in darwin
- upload (or email) a scan of the commission deposit into the property record in darwin
- post commission deposits
- send agent commission checks by overnight direct deposit
- do all commission accounting
- report the closing to your franchise
- deliver agent commission statement email
With the "you do the closings" package, here's what our accountants do for you
work for closings
- correct / adjust accounting entries for commission revisions after a closing
transaction management work
- check documents for compliance
- update transactions as they move from listing to close
- print Disbursement letters from darwin
- record escrow deposits and print escrow checks
transaction management work
- confirm closings are reported to franchise
- pay franchise fees
agent onboarding work
- add new agents to darwin.Cloud. Including
- mobile phone # for darwin Chat
- website profile & headshot for your franchise
- social security number
- bank account info for direct deposits and credit card info for agent bill pay
- team membership
- setup agent's commission plan details
- select recurring monthly billing items
- add override information for recruiters or mentors that get paid on each of the new agent's closings
agent onboarding work
- answer questions about agent's commission plan setup
- answer questions about recurring monthly billing setup
- help with adding override information for recruiters or mentors that get paid on each of the new agent's closings
work for bill pay
- upload (or email) a scan of every bill that can't be paid online
- if a bill has charges to recover from agents, detail which agent and how much
work for bill pay
- post all the bills to the correct expense account - including auto-pays and online payments
- pay the bills
- pay the franchise fees
- pay the Quarterly estimated tax to the IRS and the State
work for agent billing
- deposit agent checks that are brought to the office
- upload a scan of agent payment bank deposit
work for agent billing
- produce agent bills
- charge agent bills to their credit card or bank account
- post agent payments
- deliver agent invoices by email
work for credit cards
- answer questions as needed about credit card charges
work for credit cards
- breakdown and correctly classify all credit card expenses
work for bank reconciliations
work for bank reconciliations
- reconcile all bank accounts
work for budgets
- decide what your financial budgets are for each office for each month for each GL account
work for budgets
- help with figuring out budgets for each income and expense account
- load all financial budgets for each office for each month for each GL account
work for payroll
- report hours to payroll service
work for payroll
- post payroll expenses from payroll report
end of month
end of month
- post corporate overhead allocation to correctly spread corporate expenses across all offices
- post depreciation and amortization expenses
- post Journal entry adjustments as requested by your tax accountant
- proof balance sheet
- proof Accounts receivable reconciliation
- proof Accounts payable reconciliation
- deliver Profit & Loss reports by email
optional tasks you could do
- release agent direct deposit payments
- decide what bills to pay
- fill orders for swag or services ordered by agents in your darwin.Cloud company store
year end
- 1099 preparation for all payees with valid 1099 information
- delivery of 1099 FIRE file to the IRS
- delivery of reports to your tax accountant
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