Full-Service Bookkeeping
Transaction categorization, bank and credit card reconciliation, and monthly reporting so your books stay accurate and ready when you need them.
What This Is
Full-service bookkeeping means your financial records are maintained consistently every month. Transactions are categorized correctly, bank and credit card accounts are reconciled, and your profit and loss statement and balance sheet reflect what is actually happening in your business. You get reports you can read, understand, and use.
This is ongoing work, not a one-time project. Every month your books are reviewed, updated, and closed out so you always have a current picture of where your business stands. Everything is managed in QuickBooks Online, which keeps your records organized in one place and makes it easy to share information with your CPA at tax time or pull a report when you need one.
Transaction Categorization
Transaction Categorization
Every transaction that flows through your bank accounts and credit cards is reviewed and assigned to the correct category. Revenue goes where it should. Expenses are recorded accurately. Nothing gets lumped into a generic bucket that makes your reports meaningless. Your chart of accounts stays clean and consistent month after month.
Reconciliation and Reporting
Reconciliation and Reporting
Bank and credit card accounts are reconciled monthly to make sure what’s in QuickBooks matches what’s in your accounts. Discrepancies get investigated and resolved, not ignored. You receive a profit and loss statement and balance sheet each month that actually mean something because the numbers behind them are accurate.
Why This Matters
Most small business owners know they should be keeping up with their books. But when you’re running the business, handling clients, managing employees, and putting out fires, bookkeeping is the thing that slides. A few weeks go by. Then a few months. Suddenly it’s October and you haven’t categorized a transaction since March. Now you’re guessing whether you can afford that equipment purchase or whether you’re actually profitable this year.
The other problem is doing it yourself but doing it inconsistently. You categorize transactions when you have time, skip reconciliation because it’s confusing, and end up with books that look mostly right but aren’t. Your CPA finds the errors at tax time and charges you to fix them. Or worse, nobody catches the errors and you file based on bad numbers.
Decisions Without Data
Decisions Without Data
You want to hire someone but you’re not sure if the business can support the cost. You’re thinking about raising prices but you don’t know your actual margins. Without accurate books, every financial decision is based on what your bank balance says today rather than what your business is actually earning and spending over time.
Tax Time Surprises
Tax Time Surprises
When your books aren’t current, tax season becomes stressful and expensive. Your CPA either has to wait for you to catch up or charges extra to sort through a year of unreconciled transactions. Sometimes both. And the rushed cleanup means things get missed, which can lead to overpaying or, worse, underreporting and dealing with notices later.
What Changes
Your books are done every month without you having to think about it. You stop carrying that mental weight of knowing things are piling up. When someone asks how the business is doing, you have an actual answer backed by real numbers. When your CPA asks for your financials, you send them over without scrambling.
Over time, having accurate monthly records gives you something most small business owners don’t have. A clear view of patterns. You can see which months are strong and which ones dip. You can see where your money is going and whether your spending is growing faster than your revenue. That kind of visibility turns your bookkeeping from a chore you avoid into something that actually helps you run the business.
A Steady Process
A Steady Process
You’ll have a consistent monthly rhythm. Transactions categorized, accounts reconciled, reports delivered. No backlog building up, no end-of-year panic. The process is organized and predictable, and you always know where things stand. If something looks off, it gets flagged and addressed right away instead of months later.
Numbers You Can Trust
Numbers You Can Trust
When your profit and loss says you made $8,000 last month, that number is real. It’s not inflated by a miscategorized transfer or missing an expense that hasn’t been recorded yet. You can use your reports to plan, to have conversations with your CPA, and to make decisions about your business with confidence instead of guesswork.
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The Next Step:
A Quick Discovery Call
Tell us where things stand with your books. We'll listen, ask a few questions, and give you a clear quote to get it handled.
