The US economy has been hit hard with recession and with economists expecting little or no growth in the near future the prospect of impending gloom increases further. What's worse in a recessionary economy is the spending pattern of consumers that take a beating and they tend to spend less. This leads to a decreased demand for goods and services and in turn to a decrease in production, lay-offs and a sharp rise in unemployment. The best answer to tackle recessionary force is to increase the investment avenues and expand business activities.

This seems to be remotely possible when concerns over recession suggest businesses should be saving money instead of spending it. This is where the tried and tested economic tool of optimum utilization of resources comes into play. In modern day economy when most of the administrative issues are addressed via the internet two suggestions that can really stimulate income and fight recessionary pressure for small firms are:

1)To increase the utilization of Internet based technology.
2)To outsource administrative functions like bookkeeping to low cost destinations.

The advantages of going for the services of third party vendors for functions like bookkeeping   are many. These include:

Elimination of costs related to providing employee benefits and paying taxes, purchasing furniture and equipment, and training opportunities.

Gaining additional time to focus on income-generating activities instead of time consuming back office administration, recordkeeping and other duties.

Paying only for time on tasks and compensation is based solely on the contractual relationship. This ensures that clients don't get charged for
downtime, lunch breaks etc.

Time to concentrate on responsibilities that fuel their passion.

Development of a partnering relationship with an individual providing fresh insight into projects; an extra pair of administrative hands or an expert in Internet-based technologies.

Get experts help that gives you the assurance of quality apart from the cushion to see off peak time work overload without having to bother about adding on to the size of staff.

Loads of value added services will come as bonus without any extra burden to the pocket.

Apart from the afore-mentioned points, outsource service providers give the option of long-term, collaborative, professional services for clients. They use the most advanced means of communication, and the best and most efficient office products for work delivery, regardless of geographic boundaries.

So there are loads of benefits that derive with outsource bookkeeping
  function to third party service providers which not only help in generating savings for the business in the time of an economy in recession but also generating avenues for improvement in the business itself. As such it would not be an exaggeration to conclude that outsourcing of critical business function like bookkeeping can infact be viewed as tools to stay afloat in such difficult time.