SERVICE 03

Bookkeeping

Monthly books that stay reconciled and current, producing statements you can actually use — and a tax return that becomes a formality rather than an excavation.

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Good books are not an accounting requirement, they are a management tool. When they're current you can see what the business is doing while you can still respond to it. When they're not, every decision is made on instinct and every filing season starts with archaeology.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

The work, in detail.

Every engagement is scoped to what you actually need. Here is the full range this service covers.

01

Monthly reconciliation & categorization

Every bank, credit card, and loan account reconciled monthly against statements, with transactions categorized consistently. Consistency matters more than most people expect — it's what makes month-over-month comparison meaningful.

  • All bank, card, and loan accounts reconciled each month
  • A consistent chart of accounts, applied the same way every period
  • Uncategorized and suspense items cleared, not left to accumulate
  • Owner draws and contributions recorded properly
  • A short monthly list of anything that needs your input
02

Financial statements you can read

A profit and loss statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement each month, plus a plain-language note on what moved and why. Statements nobody reads are a compliance exercise; the note is what makes them useful.

  • Monthly P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow
  • Comparison against prior periods and against budget
  • Segmentation by location, project, or line of business
  • A written summary of what changed and what to watch
  • Statements formatted for lenders or investors when needed
03

Catch-up & cleanup

Books that are months or years behind, or that were set up wrong and have been carrying the error forward ever since. This is one of the most common ways clients start with us, and it is entirely fixable.

  • Reconstructing periods from statements and available records
  • Correcting misclassified transactions and prior-period errors
  • Rebuilding the chart of accounts where it never fit the business
  • Reconciling balance sheet accounts that have drifted
  • Getting you current, then keeping you there
04

Payroll & sales tax coordination

We coordinate with your payroll provider so wages, taxes, and benefits land in the books correctly, and we track sales tax obligations where you have them — including the multi-state exposure that catches out businesses selling online.

  • Payroll transactions recorded and reconciled to provider reports
  • Payroll liability accounts kept accurate between filings
  • Sales tax tracking and filing calendar management
  • Multi-state obligation review as your footprint changes
  • Contractor payments tracked for year-end reporting
05

Cloud accounting setup

If you're starting fresh, migrating, or working with a system that was never configured properly, we'll set it up so it fits how the business actually runs — and so you can operate it yourself day to day.

  • Platform selection based on your needs, not our preference
  • Migration from spreadsheets or a previous system
  • Bank feeds, rules, and recurring transactions configured
  • Integrations with point of sale, invoicing, and payroll
  • Training your team on the parts they'll actually touch
06

Year-end handoff

Because the same firm keeps the books and prepares the return, year end is a handoff rather than an investigation. Nothing gets rediscovered in March that we could have addressed in June.

  • Books closed and reconciled ahead of the filing deadline
  • Year-end adjusting entries and depreciation posted
  • Contractor reporting prepared and issued on time
  • Documentation organized to support what's on the return
  • No separate scramble to get records ready for the preparer

WHO IT'S FOR

Built around real situations.

Businesses without an in-house bookkeeper

Owners currently doing it themselves at the end of the month, or not doing it until something forces the issue.

Businesses that have fallen behind

Months or years of unreconciled activity. It's recoverable, and it's more common than you'd think.

Businesses that need real numbers

Owners making hiring, pricing, or investment decisions who need financials they can actually rely on.

Businesses preparing for scrutiny

A loan application, an investor conversation, or a sale — each requires books that will hold up to someone else's review.

HOW IT WORKS

Simple to start, thorough throughout.

  1. STEP 01

    Assess the current state

    We look at what exists today and tell you plainly whether it needs cleanup before ongoing work can start.

  2. STEP 02

    Clean up and set up

    Catch-up work if needed, a chart of accounts that fits the business, and the system configured around it.

  3. STEP 03

    Monthly close

    Reconciliation, categorization, and statements each month, with a short summary of what moved and why.

  4. STEP 04

    Year-end and beyond

    Books closed on schedule and handed straight to the tax side of the practice. No scramble, no surprises.

QUESTIONS

About bookkeeping.

We've picked up books that hadn't been touched in several years. It takes longer and costs more than staying current, but it's rarely unrecoverable. The sooner you start, the less there is to reconstruct.

ALSO FROM US

The rest of the practice.

Ready to talk about bookkeeping?

Tell us what you're dealing with and we'll tell you what it takes to sort out — with a clear quote before any work starts.

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