The Bookkeeper

The Bookkeeper

For business owners who want clean, accurate books—without doing it themselves.

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Explanation of Services

Transaction Categorization: Categorizing transactions is the process of reviewing each bank and credit card transaction and assigning it to the correct account in your accounting system (for example: income, cost of goods sold, payroll, rent, marketing, equipment, owner draws). This is what turns a raw bank feed into organized financial data you can rely on. 

Accurate categorization is essential because it directly drives the quality of your financial statements. When transactions are coded correctly and consistently, your profit and loss statement and balance sheet reflect what’s actually happening in the business—making it easier to track spending, understand profitability, and make decisions with confidence. It also reduces cleanup work at month-end and supports a smoother tax process. 

Categorization can be maintained on a cadence that fits your needs—monthly for owners who review results after close, or more frequently for businesses that want timely visibility into cash flow and performance.

Monthly bank and credit card reconciliations are the process of matching the transactions in your accounting system to your bank and credit card statements to confirm that every deposit, payment, fee, and transfer is complete and recorded correctly. This step verifies the accuracy of your books, helps catch missing or duplicate transactions, identifies errors or potential fraud, and ensures your financial statements reflect your true cash position. Regular reconciliations create confidence in your reporting and prevent small issues from becoming larger cleanup projects later.

Monthly financial statement preparation turns your bookkeeping into clear, decision-ready reporting—typically including a profit and loss statement, balance sheet, and cash flow insights. Strong financial statements are essential for understanding profitability, controlling costs, managing cash, and communicating results to lenders, investors, and other stakeholders. We don’t simply deliver canned QuickBooks reports; we tailor your financial statements to your business with the right level of detail, consistent classifications, and easy-to-read formatting so you can quickly understand performance and make informed decisions.

1099 preparation is the process of identifying eligible vendor payments and issuing required IRS Form 1099s to contractors and other qualifying payees. The IRS requires businesses to report certain types of non-employee compensation and other payments, and timely, accurate 1099 filing helps maintain compliance and avoid penalties. We review your vendor records and payment history, confirm which vendors meet reporting thresholds, and prepare the information needed to issue forms and complete year-end filings. 

Monthly financial review meetings ensure you’re not left to interpret financial statements on your own. Instead of simply emailing a report, we meet with you each month to walk through your results, explain what’sdriving the numbers, and highlight key trends in revenue, expenses, profitability, and cash flow. You leave with clear takeaways, context for what changed, and a practical understanding of how the financials apply to your business and upcoming decisions. 

Bookkeeping clean up services: Are you behind on your books? That’s ok. We’ll categorize transactions and reconcile past periods so your financial statements are accurate, consistent, and trustworthy. We correct miscodings, resolve uncategorized or duplicated items, and tie out key account balances so your profit and loss and balance sheet reflect what actually happened. The result is clean books you can rely on—reducing tax-time stress, avoiding costly surprises, and setting you up for smooth ongoing monthly bookkeeping. 

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