Bookkeeping Cleanup and Catch-Up
Books that are finally right, at a price you know up front.
Most books I open look clean from the outside. Underneath, they are built wrong. A bookkeeping cleanup fixes how they were built and catches them up, so your CPA can file from them without digging.
When it is done Cleanup
The work
What a cleanup covers.
Whatever the diagnostic found. The list is matched to your file, and these are the usual ones. Not sure you need one? Try the free Books Health Check.
- The Balance SheetBalances checked against statements and loan papers, and the ones that do not make sense fixed.
- The Profit and LossIncome and expenses moved to where they belong.
- ReconciliationsEvery account that was never reconciled, or was forced, reconciled properly.
- Duplicates and deletionsTransactions entered twice, or deleted when they should not have been.
- Receivables and payablesOld invoices and bills sorted out, so what you are owed and what you owe are real.
- Opening Balance EquityCleared, the way it should be.
- PayrollPayroll liabilities matched to what your payroll company actually filed and paid.
- Catching upMonths that were never entered, entered, so the file is current.
The deal
- One price, agreed before I start.It comes from the free diagnostic and includes GET. Nothing is ever billed after the fact.
- It starts when I have what I need.The timeline runs from the day I have the last thing I asked for.
- Done means done.Every bank and card account reconciled, and a call to walk you through the numbers.
Where it stops
What a cleanup does not include.
- Tax returns, tax filings or tax advice. That stays with your CPA.
- Running payroll or filing payroll and GET returns.
- An audit, or looking for fraud or theft.
- Monthly bookkeeping after the cleanup. That is its own agreement.
Next
After the cleanup, keep them right.
Monthly bookkeeping keeps them from drifting back.
Ink & Crucible
A short note from me, now and then.
Money, books and running a small business in Hawaii, in plain words.
It costs nothing to find out where your books stand.
I go through your QuickBooks and show you what I find, whether or not you hire me. If your books are clean enough, I'll also show you a few quick moves that could put more money in your pocket.