Clear scope. Clear timeline. Clean handoff to monthly accounting.
Account reconciliation
We reconcile bank, credit card, payment processor, loan, and other balance sheet accounts for the catch-up period.
Transaction review
We categorize uncoded transactions and correct material classification problems.
Opening balances and founder transactions
We review starting balances and organize contributions, loans, reimbursements, distributions, and expenses paid personally.
Payroll and contractor records
We reconcile payroll data and review contractor payments against the books.
Revenue and payment systems
We connect revenue records from Stripe and other payment platforms to the accounting file.
Financial statements and tax handoff
We prepare updated statements, organize the completed records for tax work, and flag unresolved items.
Books fall behind for simple reasons. The founder was doing the work, the previous firm stopped responding, bank feeds broke, or tax work exposed problems that had been building for months.
We start with a diagnostic review. You receive a clear scope, the periods to be completed, the records we need, and the issues that require a decision.
Unreconciled accounts and duplicate bank-feed transactions
Personal and company expenses mixed together
Founder funding, loans, or SAFEs in the wrong accounts
Payroll, Stripe deposits, fees, and refunds that do not match
Old receivables, payables, or statements that do not make sense
Completed catch-up periods
Reconciled accounts
Corrected chart of accounts where needed
Updated financial statements
Open-item and missing-document list
Recommended monthly process
Clean handoff to ongoing monthly accounting
01
Diagnostic review
We inspect the accounting file, bank activity, payroll, payment systems, and prior financial statements.
02
Scope and timeline
You receive the periods covered, deliverables, assumptions, price, and information request before work begins.
03
Cleanup, final review, and handoff
We complete the books in order, document open questions, deliver updated statements, and move the clean file into a regular monthly process when engaged.
A controlled cleanup creates a dependable starting point for tax, fundraising, and monthly reporting.
CPA-led review
Startup-specific experience
Direct support on Slack
Price agreed after diagnostic review
Clear record of corrections and open items
How far back can you go?
We confirm this after reviewing the file and available records. Older periods may require more source documents and a separate scope.
Can you give a fixed price?
We price the work after the diagnostic review. The proposal states the periods, assumptions, and included cleanup before work starts.
What if records are missing?
We identify what is missing and use available source records where appropriate. We do not invent support for transactions that cannot be verified.
Can you work with our tax deadline?
We will tell you what timeline is realistic after the review. If a filing extension or another tax step should be considered, the tax team will flag it.
Do you take over monthly bookkeeping afterward?
Yes. The cleanest outcome is to move directly into an ongoing monthly close so the backlog does not return.