United States

Books that work in the US

Bookkeeping to US GAAP for LLCs, S-corps, C-corps and partnerships — clean books, sales tax and 1099 support, and a year-end package your CPA can file straight from.

US GAAP, cash or accrual CPA-ready year-end package Overlap with the ET morning
what we do

What we run for US businesses

US GAAP books, cash or accrual

Whichever basis you report on, kept consistently, with the accrual adjustments documented so your CPA is not reverse-engineering them in March.

AP and AR

Bills captured and coded for your approval, customer invoices and receipts allocated, and aged listings every month.

Sales tax support

Taxable and exempt sales tracked by state and jurisdiction, reconciled to the ledger, so the filings your provider or CPA makes tie back to the books.

1099 support

Vendor classification and payment totals tracked through the year, so the 1099-NEC and 1099-MISC run in January is a report rather than a project.

Payroll journals

Postings and control-account reconciliations from Gusto, ADP, Paychex, QuickBooks Payroll or whoever runs it, tied out every month.

Year-end package for your CPA

Trial balance, supporting schedules, fixed asset roll-forward and reconciliations in the format your CPA asks for.

the local rules

The filings your books have to support

We prepare the records, reconciliations and workings behind these. Your local licensed adviser signs and files them.

Federal returns

Form 1120 for C-corps, 1120-S for S-corps, 1065 for partnerships and Schedule C for sole proprietors. Your CPA or EA files; we produce the books and schedules those returns are built from.

State and local

State income or franchise tax, annual reports and registered-agent filings vary by state. Delaware franchise tax and its annual report are the ones most of our clients ask about first.

Sales tax nexus

Since Wayfair, economic nexus can create a filing obligation in a state you have never set foot in. The books have to track sales by jurisdiction for that to be manageable.

Payroll filings

Form 941 quarterly, Form 940 annually, W-2s in January, plus state withholding and unemployment. We reconcile the payroll control accounts to those filings.

Contractor reporting

Form 1099-NEC and 1099-MISC are due at the end of January. Getting vendor classification right during the year is what makes that deadline painless.

Deadline calendar

Corporate and partnership returns, extensions, estimated tax payments and payroll deposits. We keep the books ahead of the calendar rather than behind it.

Rates, thresholds and deadlines above are stated as a general guide and change from time to time. We confirm what applies to your entity on the scoping call, and we work alongside your local licensed adviser on anything that requires formal advice or a filing signature.

the systems

Software we work in for US clients

QuickBooks Online

The most common system among our US clients. We work inside your existing file, with your CPA retaining their accountant access.

Zoho Books

Our home ground. As a Zoho Advanced Partner we can implement it, migrate you onto it and then run the books on it — the same team does both.

Overlap with your morning

Our day ends as the US east coast starts. Work you send in the evening is done when you open your laptop; work you send in the morning is picked up the same day.

Every set of books is a different amount of work.

Tell us your entity type, rough monthly transaction volume and the software you are on. We will come back with a fixed monthly fee.

Get a fixed monthly quote
how it works

How we work with you

step one

Scope and access

A call to understand the entity, the volumes and your filing deadlines. Scope and fee in writing before anything starts.

step two

Catch-up, then current

Any backlog is cleared period by period and reconciled, with a written note of every adjustment, before we take on the live month.

step three

Monthly close and handover

Books closed on an agreed date, reconciliations attached, reporting pack delivered, and the workings your local adviser needs sent on the same cycle.

questions

Common questions

Do you file our tax returns?

No. We are your bookkeeping team, not your tax preparer. Federal and state returns are filed by your CPA or Enrolled Agent, and our job is to hand them books and schedules they can work straight from.

Will you work with our existing CPA?

Yes, and it works best that way. Your CPA keeps their accountant access to the file, we deal with their queries directly, and you are copied on everything.

Do you handle sales tax?

We track taxable and exempt sales by state and jurisdiction and reconcile them to the ledger, so the filings tie back to the books. The returns themselves are filed by you, your CPA or a sales tax provider such as Avalara or TaxJar.

Can you do our 1099s?

We track vendor classification and payment totals through the year and produce the 1099 workings in January. The filing itself is done by you or your CPA through the IRS system or an e-file provider.

We are behind by several months. Is that a problem?

No. Catch-up work is one of the most common ways US clients start with us. We agree the period, work forward with full reconciliations, and document every adjustment.

Cash basis or accrual?

Whichever you report on. Many small US entities keep the books on cash basis and convert at year end; we can maintain accrual through the year instead if you need real management numbers, and keep the conversion schedules either way.

Do you work in QuickBooks Online?

Yes, and it is the most common system among our US clients. Xero and Zoho Books are equally fine, and we can move you between them if you want to.

How do the time zones work?

India is GMT+5:30. Our working day finishes as the US east coast is starting, so what you send in your evening is usually finished before your next morning. Live calls work best in your morning.

What does it cost?

It depends on transaction volume, the number of bank and card accounts, the number of states you have activity in and the reporting you need. Send us the contact form for a fixed monthly fee.

elsewhere

We also work with businesses in

United Arab Emirates · United Kingdom · Singapore · Australia

let us take a look

Tell us what your books look like today.

Send us your scope and we will come back with a fixed monthly fee and a start date.