Monthly bookkeeping

Monthly bookkeeping, closed on a schedule you can plan around

SF Business Solutions keeps your books every month in QuickBooks Online or Xero: we categorize transactions, reconcile every bank and card account, and close the month between the 5th and 15th of the following month, depending on when your documents arrive.

You get a profit and loss statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement, and monthly bookkeeping starts at $250 a month.

What happens each month

A monthly bookkeeping service should do the same things, in the same order, every month. Ours does this:

  • Bank and card feeds bring transactions into QuickBooks Online or Xero.
  • We categorize each transaction and send you a short list of the ones we can't identify.
  • We reconcile every bank, credit card and loan account to its statement.
  • We book the adjustments: accruals, depreciation, loan interest, payroll entries.
  • We close the month between the 5th and 15th of the following month, depending on when your documents arrive, and send your reports.
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The reports you get

Every month you get three statements. The profit and loss shows what you earned and spent. The balance sheet shows what you own and owe on the last day of the month. The cash flow statement explains why your bank balance moved when profit didn't.

If you invoice customers or pay suppliers on terms, you also get accounts receivable and payable aging reports, so you can see who owes you and whom you owe.

QuickBooks Online and Xero

Our team is certified as QuickBooks Online Certified ProAdvisor, QuickBooks Online Advanced, Xero Advisor and Xero Payroll, and it includes one licensed CPA. We work in your own subscription, so you keep the file if you ever leave.

If your chart of accounts is a mess of duplicate and unused accounts, we set it up properly during onboarding: accounts that match how your business earns and spends, and that map cleanly to your tax return, which we can prepare and file. If your books are in another system, such as Zoho Books, ask us before you move anything.

Payment apps and connected tools

Stripe, PayPal, Shopify and Square pay out your sales net of fees and refunds, so deposits never match sales. We record the gross sales, the fees and the refunds separately and match each payout to its bank deposit.

If you pay bills through Bill.com or run payroll in Gusto, we record that activity in the books and match it to the bank, so the tools and the books tell the same story.

LLCs, S corporations and several entities

A single-member LLC needs its business spending kept separate from personal spending, and owner draws recorded as draws, not expenses. An S corporation also needs officer payroll, shareholder distributions and a balance sheet that ties to the 1120-S.

If you run several companies, each gets its own books. We track what the companies owe each other and reconcile those balances monthly. You can choose cash or accrual basis; lenders and investors usually want accrual.

As you grow

Between roughly $500,000 and $5 million in revenue, most businesses need more than a monthly catch-up: accrual accounting, class or location tracking, and numbers early enough to act on. If you need the books current every day rather than once a month, a dedicated accountant is the next step.

How to start

Three steps. The first one is free.

  1. 1

    Book a free consult

    A 1-hour call about your books, your software and what you need.

  2. 2

    Give us access

    Invite us to QuickBooks Online or Xero and share your bank and card statements.

  3. 3

    We take it from there

    Cleanup first if you are behind. Then we close each month between the 5th and 15th of the following month, depending on your documents.

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  • QuickBooks Online Certified ProAdvisor
  • QuickBooks Online Advanced
  • Xero Advisor
  • Xero Payroll

Questions people ask

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What does a monthly bookkeeping service include?

Categorizing transactions, reconciling every bank and card account, booking month-end adjustments and sending a profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow statement once the month is closed.

How fast should my books be closed each month?

Early enough that the numbers are still useful. We close between the 5th and 15th of the following month, depending on when your documents arrive.

Do you work in QuickBooks Online and Xero?

Yes, both. The team holds QuickBooks Online ProAdvisor, QuickBooks Online Advanced, Xero Advisor and Xero Payroll certifications.

Can you reconcile Stripe, PayPal and Shopify payouts?

Yes. We record gross sales, fees and refunds separately and match every payout to the deposit in your bank.

What bookkeeping does an S corporation need?

Everything a normal business needs, plus officer payroll, shareholder distributions tracked separately and a balance sheet that ties to the 1120-S.

Can you keep books for several LLCs?

Yes. Each company gets its own books, and we reconcile what they owe each other every month.

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