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Bookkeeping

Monthly close, receipts, statements and the client documents bookkeepers chase every month, and how to stop chasing them.

  1. How to Price Monthly Bookkeeping Services

    Most bookkeepers underprice because they price on transactions alone. How to set monthly fees that reflect accounts, complexity and the real cost of chasing clients.

    8 min read

  2. Uncategorized Transactions: How to Get Clients to Actually Answer

    The uncategorized transactions list is where many closes stall. How to ask clients about transactions so they actually answer, with examples and a weekly routine.

    6 min read

  3. Which Payroll Reports to Collect From Clients (and When)

    Payroll touches the books, the business return and the owners' personal returns. Which payroll reports to collect monthly, quarterly and at year end, and how to stop chasing them.

    6 min read

  4. Credit Card Statements vs Bank Feeds: What Bookkeepers Still Need

    Bank feeds made bookkeeping faster, but they didn't replace statements. Why bookkeepers still need monthly card and bank statements, and how to ask for only the ones that matter.

    6 min read

  5. Catch-Up Bookkeeping: What to Collect From a Client Who's Months Behind

    A client who's six months behind needs more than a monthly checklist. How to scope catch-up bookkeeping, the documents to collect in the right order, and how to keep them current afterward.

    9 min read

  6. Bookkeeping Engagement Letter: What to Include

    A bookkeeping engagement letter sets the monthly rules: what you'll do, what the client must send and by when, and what happens when documents are late.

    7 min read

  7. Stripe, Square, Shopify and PayPal Payouts: Documents Bookkeepers Need

    A payout from a payment processor is sales minus fees, refunds and holds, so it never matches revenue. The reports to collect and how a clearing account makes it reconcile.

    7 min read

  8. How Bookkeepers Can Collect Receipts From Clients Without the Monthly Chase

    Receipts are one of the most-chased documents in bookkeeping. How to set a clear receipt policy, give clients one easy capture method and stop chasing every month.

    7 min read

  9. How to Request Bank Statements From Clients (and Get the Right Ones)

    Wrong month, wrong account, missing pages: bank statement requests go wrong in predictable ways. How to ask so clients send the right statements the first time.

    6 min read

  10. Bookkeeping Client Onboarding Checklist: Everything to Collect Before the First Close

    Everything to collect from a new bookkeeping client before the first monthly close: business details, a complete account list, software and bank access, historical records and agreed working rules.

    9 min read

  11. Month-End Close Checklist for Bookkeepers

    A practical month-end close checklist for bookkeepers: what to collect from clients, what to reconcile, what to deliver, and how to fix the bottlenecks that slow every close down.

    7 min read