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Benefits of using a virtual assistant


How can an off site or virtual assistant benefit your business?

Save money!
    Outsourcing your administrative tasks will cost much less than hiring a full-time, part-time, or temporary employee. You won't have to spend money hiring or training someone new. You don't need to make space in your office to house an employee or additional equipment. No worrying about taxes, benefits, vacations or sick time when you outsource your administrative tasks. Savings can be $7500.00 a year or more!
Save time!
    How many hours are you currently spending doing administrative tasks and handling routine paperwork? Hiring an off site or virtual assistant will free up more hours to pursue new clients, increase your billable hours, and spend more time doing what's important to you.
Increase efficiency!
    Constantly losing track of your paperwork? Is your to-do list filled with common administrative tasks? Then imagine how much more efficient your business could run if you had an executive assitant handling all of those chores for you (and at a fraction of the cost you'd expect to pay).Your assistant can: keep track of your schedule and appointments, filter the junk out of your mail, organize all of your important files and papers so that you will never again lose information vital to your business, and so much more. Think of how much more smoothly your business could run!

COMPARE USING A VIRTUAL ASSISTANT WITH HIRING AN EMPLOYEE

OBLIGATION / BENEFIT
EMPLOYEE
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You  pay only for "Time on Task" or by project.
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Is a sounding board, if you need one.  -
Helps you stay on track and on schedule. -
Handles your seasonal or periodic projects. -
No need to buy additional computer equipment or fax machine. -
No computer training needed. -
Convenient when your current staff gets overloaded. -
No time wasted on breaks or personal issues. -
Works only when you need services. -
No extra office space is required. No extra rent and/or loss of privacy. -
No need to buy an extra desk, chair, phone or supplies. -
You must pay employer social security taxes.
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You must collect and pay FICA taxes.
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You must pay worker’s compensation insurance.
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You must pay federal and state unemployment taxes.
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You must comply with OSHA.
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You must comply with the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) including - minimum wage and overtime payment.
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You must comply with Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
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You may possibly have to pay medical benefits, dental benefits, vision care benefits.
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You may possibly have to pay vacation time, sick time and holiday time.
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You may possibly have to pay for other employee benefits such as 401K, retirement plans, etc.
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You pay someone to administrate the above.
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You have legal responsibilities that include employee policies on working hours, sexual harassment, vacation time, sick time, leave of absence, holidays, benefits, performance reviews, grievances, terminations, substance abuse and training. 
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If you hire someone and lay them off, your unemployment rate may increase for years to come.
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If you have the unpleasant experience of needing to fire an employee, make sure you have legal grounds or you may face a lawsuit. 
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