How much does bookkeeping cost in Texas?

Entry prices published by Texas bookkeeping firms, by metro, from the price index read 2026-10-25. Each metro figure is the median of the local firms there that publish a monthly price on their own site; the state figure pools them. The in-house line is the BLS median wage for a bookkeeping clerk in Texas, May 2025, before payroll taxes, benefits and software.

An entry price buys bookkeeping for a small, simple business: one or two bank accounts, a modest number of transactions, no payroll and no inventory. Three things move a Texas quote most: the number of transactions a month, the number of bank and card accounts reconciled, and whether payroll or inventory is included. Books that are behind add a cleanup project first; across the index, firms pricing catch-up per month of backlog publish a median starting price of $195 per month behind.

The spread between metros is real but smaller than the spread between firms in one metro, so the right question is what is included at the price: reconciliation of every account, monthly statements, a named person, and whether the tax return is prepared from the same books.

A Texas local firm at the $399 a month median knows the state's filings and will take a call. A national online provider at $399 a month usually means software-led bookkeeping with a support queue and the return as an add-on. An in-house bookkeeper at $4,080 a month in wages alone makes sense once the volume fills a seat and someone is there to review the work.

SF Business Solutions has a Texas business address in Pflugerville, a team that is distributed across the US and internationally, and prepares and files the business tax return from the same books it keeps. Most clients pay $250 a month. The books live in your own QuickBooks Online or Xero account, every bank and card account is reconciled to its statement, and the month closes between the 5th and the 15th of the following month, depending on when documents arrive.

Texas has no personal or corporate income tax but does have a franchise tax: most entities file an annual franchise tax report with the Texas Comptroller by May 15, even when nothing is owed. Businesses selling taxable goods or services collect sales tax at the 6.25% state rate plus local rates of up to 2%, and employers file quarterly unemployment tax reports with the Texas Workforce Commission.

SF Business Solutions has a business address in Pflugerville, Texas, so these filings are routine: the books are kept so the sales tax return, the franchise tax report and the quarterly wage report match them, and all three are prepared and filed as part of the tax and payroll work.

A quote comes out of a free consultation and is based on transaction volume and the number of accounts. If the books are behind, cleanup is quoted first on the number of transactions and how far back they go. The firm was founded in 2015, holds the QuickBooks Online Certified ProAdvisor, QuickBooks Online Advanced, Xero Advisor and Xero Payroll certifications, and its team includes a licensed CPA. It is not a CPA firm; audits are available through our CPA partner firms.

Best for a Texas small business that wants the books, payroll and the tax return from one team at a quoted monthly price: SF Business Solutions, serving Austin, Houston, Dallas, San Antonio and businesses across the United States.