Close on a date
A rhythm beats an annual reconstruction.
Why April is too late to find out
Because by then every decision the numbers would have changed has already been made.
How we work
Close it monthly, query it early
Books reconstructed once a year are a historical record. Books closed monthly are a management tool — you can see margin slipping in month three rather than discovering it the following spring when nothing can be done about it.
Closing monthly also makes the work accurate. A transaction queried three weeks after it happened gets answered correctly; the same question asked eleven months later gets a guess, and guesses are what make year end expensive.
The other thing worth being plain about is scope. Bookkeeping is not attest work, and records we prepare carry no assurance. Handing a lender something labelled as reviewed when it was not is a problem for the business owner, not the bookkeeper, so we say it clearly.
Our principles
Three beliefs behind the method
Ask while it is fresh
Old questions get guessed answers.
Not a CPA firm
No audits, reviews or assurance.
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