Supporting service
Bookkeeping that exists to serve the tax work.
We do not treat bookkeeping as a separate product. It is the record that tax preparation depends on, maintained to a standard that holds up when the return is examined.
Scope of work
What monthly engagement includes.
- 01
Monthly close
Transactions categorized against a chart of accounts built for your entity type, closed on a schedule rather than reconstructed in March. - 02
Reconciliations
Bank, credit card and loan accounts reconciled monthly so balances on the financial statements match the underlying institutions. - 03
Financial statements
Profit and loss, balance sheet and cash-position reporting delivered in a consistent format you can actually read and compare period over period. - 04
Cleanup and catch-up
Prior periods brought current when books have fallen behind, with a written summary of what was corrected and why. - 05
Payroll and sales tax coordination
Coordination with your payroll and sales tax providers so filings, liabilities and the general ledger agree. - 06
Tax-ready handoff
Year-end books delivered in the condition tax preparation requires — supporting schedules attached, open items documented.
Why it matters at filing
Reconstructed books produce defensive returns.
When a year is rebuilt from statements in a single week, the preparer works from inference. Positions get taken conservatively because nothing supports anything else.
Books closed monthly produce the opposite condition. Deductions are supported at the moment they occur, owner activity is separated from business activity as it happens, and the tax conversation in November is about decisions rather than archaeology.
That is the entire argument for this service. It is not a bundle — it is the foundation the rest of the engagement stands on.
Getting started
We begin with a review of the current state of your books.
Before quoting monthly work, we look at where the records stand and tell you plainly what cleanup, if any, comes first.
Bookkeeping services are recordkeeping and reporting services. They are not an audit, review or compilation performed under attestation standards, and they do not constitute individualized tax or legal advice.