Behind on your books? Get them caught up and tax-ready.
We reconcile every bank and credit-card account, fix what is miscategorized, and hand you financial statements a tax preparer can use. You see the formula before you ask for a quote.
Four questions, then name and email. We confirm scope and fee in writing after review.
In short: Catch-up bookkeeping costs $395 per month of backlog with a $1,250 minimum, confirmed in writing after a sample review. We work in your QuickBooks Online or Xero file, reconcile every account for the period, and deliver a profit & loss and balance sheet. Tax returns and payroll are separate.
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How many months behind are the books?
Estimated catch-up fee
$2,370
$395 per month of backlog, $1,250 minimum. An estimate, confirmed in writing after a sample review.
Get my catch-up quoteFour questions. No payment to request a quote.
From behind to reconciled
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Tell us where things stand
Four short questions: what you need, your software, monthly volume, and how far behind the books are.
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Sample review and written quote
We look at a sample of your records and confirm the fee in writing at $395 per month of backlog, $1,250 minimum.
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Engagement letter, then secure access
You accept the scope in writing. Statements arrive through the secure client portal and we join your accounting file as your accountant user.
- 4
Every account reconciled
We categorize each transaction, reconcile every bank and credit-card account month by month, and correct posting errors we find.
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Tax-ready financials
You receive a profit & loss and balance sheet for the period and a written list of anything that still needs your answer.
Included
- Categorization of every transaction in the catch-up period
- Bank and credit-card reconciliation, month by month
- Correction of posting errors and duplicate entries we find
- Profit & loss and balance sheet for the period
- A written list of open questions for you
Scoped separately
- Tax returns, tax planning, and sales tax
- Payroll processing and payroll filings
- Accounting software subscription
- Audit, assurance, or forensic review
- Ongoing monthly bookkeeping after the catch-up
Bookkeeping at Arc & Ledger is led by founder Burak Genc, Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor. View the directory profile
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How every engagement is checked
Every engagement runs through the same written procedure. It is the reason the fee is what it is, and you can hold us to it.
- 1Scope and fee in writing before any work begins.
- 2Documents arrive through the secure client portal, not as email attachments.
- 3A second review on a different day, against a written checklist, before anything is filed.
- 4If the IRS writes about a return we prepared, reviewing the notice with you is free. Any response or representation beyond that review is quoted in writing first.
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