CPA-led service
QuickBooks-focused
Monthly financial reporting
Direct client support
Bookkeeping is only useful when the numbers can be trusted.
WHAT WE DO
We go beyond categorizing transactions. Each month is built around reconciliations, review, clean financial statements, and a repeatable bookkeeping process.
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Monthly Bookkeeping
Transaction review and categorization, bank and credit-card reconciliations, monthly close, and balance-sheet review.
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Payables & Receivables
Optional support with vendor bills, AP tracking, customer invoicing, payment application, AR tracking, and payment preparation for client approval.
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Financial Reporting
Monthly Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet reporting, supported by reviewed and reconciled bookkeeping records.
Choose Your Plan
Start with the bookkeeping you need today. Add back-office support as your business requires it.
ESSENTIAL BOOKKEEPING
Starting at $300/month
Keep my books right.
For businesses that want reliable, professionally maintained monthly books.
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Transaction review & categorization
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Bank & credit-card reconciliations
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Monthly bookkeeping close
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Balance-sheet review
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Monthly P&L and Balance Sheet
Ongoing bookkeeping support
MOST POPULAR
Managed bookkeping
Starting at $600/month
Help me run the bookkeeping too.
For businesses that want help managing routine billing and payment activity in addition to monthly bookkeeping.
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Everything in Essential Bookkeeping
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Vendor bill entry & AP tracking
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AP aging
Payment preparation for your approval
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Customer invoicing
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Customer payment application
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AR tracking & aging
Routine billing and payment follow-up
FULL-SERVICE BOOKKEEPING
Starting at $1,000/month
Be my outsourced bookkeeping function.
For businesses that need a broader monthly bookkeeping function without hiring an internal bookkeeper.
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Everything in Managed Bookkeeping
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More involved month-end close
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Accruals & recurring journal entries
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Fixed-asset & debt schedules
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Expanded balance-sheet review
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Customized monthly reporting
Additional recurring bookkeeping processes
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Starting prices are based on a typical scope for small businesses. Final monthly pricing depends on transaction volume, number of accounts, payroll activity, inventory, billing and payment volume, and accounting complexity. Cleanup and catch-up bookkeeping is quoted separately.
Why CPA-Led
Your books deserve more than data entry.
Good bookkeeping should leave more than a clean bank feed. Accounts should reconcile, balance-sheet balances should make sense, and financial statements should give you information you can actually use.
Reconciled Accounts
Bank and credit-card balances are reconciled to supporting records.
Balance-Sheet Review
Unusual or incorrect balances are identified and reviewed.
Consistent Monthly Reporting
Financial statements come from a repeatable monthly process.
Direct Support
You know who is responsible for your books and who to contact with questions.
Not a bookkeeping factory.
small by design
In The Black CPA is designed around a manageable client base so each set of books receives real attention.
ACCURATE
Reliable records.
Reconciled and reviewed bookkeeping designed to produce reliable financial information.
PRACTICAL
Useful information.
Accounting should help owners understand their businesses without unnecessary complexity or jargon.
DIRECT
Clear ownership.
Direct client relationships ensure you know who is responsible for your books and can reach that person.