Startup accounting that makes month-end stress-free

DIY software runs $30 to $100 per month but consumes founder time and breaks down as volume grows. Outsourced bookkeeping typically costs $500 to $2,500 per month depending on transaction volume and complexity. Our CPA-reviewed bookkeeping starts at $1,200 per month, including accrual books, reconciliations, and a monthly review call.

Hire help when transaction volume passes roughly 100 per month, when you add payroll, when you are preparing to raise, or when uncategorized transactions start piling up. Investors will ask for clean monthly financials in diligence, and retroactive cleanup always costs more than keeping books current.

Accrual. If you have recurring revenue, prepaid customers, or multi-month contracts, cash-basis books misstate your real performance. Investors, auditors, and acquirers all expect accrual financials, and switching later is painful. We run accrual books from day one so your metrics (MRR, burn, runway) are correct from the start.

At minimum: a balance sheet, an income statement, and a cash position with burn and runway. Once you have investors, add a monthly management-accounts pack with commentary, budget-versus-actual, and payroll and software spend analysis. That pack is exactly what our monthly close delivers.

Yes. Catch-up and cleanup work is a standard part of onboarding: we rebuild historical months in Xero or QuickBooks Online, fix miscategorized transactions, reconcile every account, and hand you a clean starting point. Most cleanups take two to four weeks depending on volume and how many entities are involved.

Xero and QuickBooks Online, connected to your banks, payroll providers, and payment processors. For companies with crypto activity we layer a dedicated crypto subledger on top so on-chain transactions flow into the same monthly financials.