Your Books Are Behind.
Let's Fix That.
Messy records, months of backlog, or books that have never been right. We work through what is broken and get you to a clean set of financials you can rely on.
Behind on your books is not just an inconvenience. It is a liability.
When your books are behind or unreliable, everything downstream is affected. Tax prep takes longer and costs more. Lenders cannot evaluate you. Financial decisions become guesswork.
Most owners know their books are in bad shape but keep deferring it. The longer it goes, the more it costs to fix.
- Months or years of transactions never properly categorized
- Bank accounts never reconciled against the books
- QuickBooks set up incorrectly from the start
- Prior-year returns that may have been filed with bad numbers
- No clear picture of what the business has made or spent
We have seen it all. We know how to work through it.
Duplicate transactions, unreconciled years, charts of accounts that make no sense, missing data going back multiple years. Cleanup is methodical work and we do it well.
We start with a diagnostic review so you know exactly what you are dealing with before committing to anything. From there, we work month by month until every period is closed and the numbers can be trusted.
Everything it takes to go from broken to clean
Scope varies by situation. Here is what we typically address depending on what your books actually need.
Diagnostic Review
We assess the state of your books before any work begins. You get a clear picture of what needs fixing and a proposal based on what is actually there.
Bank and Card Reconciliations
Every account reconciled against actual statements, period by period. Discrepancies investigated and resolved.
Transaction Categorization
Uncategorized, miscategorized, and duplicated transactions reviewed and corrected with a consistent chart of accounts applied throughout.
Prior-Period Corrections
If prior years were filed with incorrect numbers, we document what changed and why so your tax preparer has what they need.
QuickBooks Reorganization
If the file was set up incorrectly, we restructure it: chart of accounts cleaned up, vendors organized, settings corrected.
We scope it first, so there are no surprises
Free Consultation
We discuss how far behind things are and whether we are the right fit.
Diagnostic and Proposal
We review your QuickBooks file and bank statements, then provide a fixed-scope proposal.
Cleanup Work
We work through the backlog period by period and flag anything that needs your input.
Handoff
Clean financials delivered with a summary of what was corrected. Transition to monthly accounting or tax prep if needed.
Before and after cleanup
For owners who know their books are broken and are ready to fix it
Cleanup is a one-time project. You bring us the mess, we work through it until the books are clean. What you do after that is up to you.
Most clients transition into monthly accounting after cleanup. But that decision happens after the work is done, not before.
- Owners with months or years of backlog that has never been addressed
- Anyone who has been doing their own bookkeeping and realizes the records are unreliable
- Owners switching accountants and needing prior years cleaned up first
- Businesses preparing to apply for a loan, sell, or bring on a partner
- Books that were set up incorrectly from the beginning and have never been right
Also Worth Knowing
Not sure how bad the books actually are?
Start with a free consultation. We ask the right questions to get a clear sense of scope before anything else.
Get a Free ConsultationThe longer the books stay broken, the more it costs to fix them
A free consultation is the first step. We assess the situation and give you a clear picture of cost and timeline before any work begins.