What you doThree things, and one of them is reading.
- Give us read-only access once. About 15 minutes.
- Answer one short list of questions a month.
- Read one page when it lands.
Bookkeeping in Los Angeles
Do you know what you made last month?
Most owners check the bank balance and guess. We keep your books right and send you one page that tells you. Setting it up takes about 15 minutes of your time.
QuickBooks ProAdvisor in Larchmont, Los Angeles. We help owners all over the US too.
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The problem
Sound familiar?
- You check the bank balance and hope for the best.
- Taxes are due and last year is not done.
- You are in QuickBooks on Sunday night instead of with your family.
- Your CPA asks one question and you go digging through receipts.
Here is what that costs. In the sample report below, a design studio paid for the same software on two cards from May on. $1,188 gone, and nobody saw it. Three clients were more than 60 days late. $6,750 sitting out there, with no one chasing it.
Those are the small ones. The big one is this: you cannot make a good choice with numbers you do not trust. Not about hiring, not about pricing, not about what you can afford to take home.
Those numbers come from the sample report below. It is an example business, and the numbers are made up.What you get
Here is what shows up instead. By the 10th, every month.
Monthly Report · AugustSample
What you made
$18,420 profit in August, up $2,100 from July. Cash on hand covers 2.4 months of expenses.
Who still owes you
3 client invoices more than 60 days unpaid, $6,750 in total.
What is quietly costing you
The same design software charged on two cards since May: $1,188 so far. Two unused subscriptions: $96 a month.
Ready for your CPA
All 4 bank and card accounts reconciled. Contractor totals current for January 1099s.
This month: chase the 3 invoices, cancel the duplicate charge.
One page. Four answers. No accounting words.
- What you actually made, not just what is sitting in the bank.
- Who owes you, and for how long, so the chasing happens this week, not next year.
- What is leaking out: double charges, forgotten subscriptions, costs that jumped.
- Whether you are ready for your CPA, all year, not just in March.
Your full profit and loss and balance sheet come with it, any time you or your CPA want them.
How it works
Your side of it is almost nothing
You hired yourself to run a business, not to sort card charges. So we take the whole job. Starting takes about 15 minutes of your time.
What we doEverything else, every month.
- Pull in every charge from your bank and cards
- Sort all of it into the right place
- Match every account to your bank statement
- Track down whatever does not match
- Close your month by the 10th
- Tell you that same week if something looks wrong
- Keep your file ready for your CPA all year
- Answer your email in one business day
What we do
Two services. Both done properly.
Monthly bookkeeping
We keep your books right every month, close by the 10th, and send you the one page above.
More about monthly bookkeepingQuickBooks setup and cleanup
Starting fresh, or buried in a backlog? We set QuickBooks Online up right, or rebuild what is already there.
More about QuickBooks cleanupYears behind? That is more normal than you think. Start with catch-up bookkeeping.
About us
A small practice, built around getting your books right
Larchmont Bookkeeping is a bookkeeping practice in Larchmont, here in Los Angeles. We work with owner-run businesses across the city, and remotely with owners all over the US.
We are a new practice. You will not find a wall of five-star reviews here, and we will not make one up. Judge the work instead.
- QuickBooks Online ProAdvisor certified. Trained and tested by Intuit on QuickBooks Online, and kept current.
- Read-only access, always. We can see your transactions and nothing else. We cannot move money or pay anyone.
If you are not happy in your first month, you do not pay. No contract either. Leave whenever you like.
Questions we get a lot
How much does it cost?
You pay one flat fee each month. We give you the exact number after a free consultation, once we have seen your books. No hourly rates, no contract, and no surprise bills.
Will you clean up my messy books?
Yes. That is a big part of what we do. Some people are years behind. That is okay. We start by getting you caught up.
Does it matter where my business is, or what kind of work I do?
Not where. We are in Larchmont here in Los Angeles, and we work with owners across the city and all over the US. As for the work, we focus on service businesses with small teams, like marketing and creative agencies, therapy group practices, and architecture and design studios.
Do you get access to my bank account?
Only read-only access, which lets us see your transactions and nothing else. We cannot move money, pay anyone, or change anything in your bank. You can turn that access off any time.
Will you do my taxes too?
No. We do not file taxes. But we get your books ready so your CPA can, and we are happy to work with the CPA you already have.
What if it does not work out?
Your first month is covered. If you are not happy with the work, tell us and you do not pay for it. After that it is month to month, so you are never stuck.
Ready to know where your money went?
You started your business to do the thing you are good at. Not to spend Sunday night in QuickBooks. Let us take it off your plate.