Bookkeeping & Accounting

Books that close on time, every single month.

B4Q handles the day-to-day bookkeeping, reconciliation, and financial statements that give you real-time visibility into your business — reviewed and delivered by licensed CPAs, not a rotating cast of bookkeepers.

  • Monthly reconciliation & close
  • CPA-reviewed financial statements
  • Tax-ready books, year-round
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Why It Matters

You can't make good decisions on numbers you don't trust.

Every strategic call a business makes — hiring, pricing, raising capital, cutting costs — depends on financial statements that actually reflect reality. When bookkeeping falls behind or transactions get miscategorized, the numbers driving those decisions quietly stop being true.

B4Q keeps your books current, reconciled, and reviewed by a CPA every month — so the P&L you're looking at on the 5th actually matches what happened last month, not a rough approximation from six weeks ago.

  • 01 Real-time visibility into cash flow, not a quarterly surprise.
  • 02 Clean, reconciled books your tax preparer and lenders can trust.
  • 03 A CPA reviewing your numbers, not just entering them.
What's Included

A monthly bookkeeping engagement

Transaction categorizationWeekly
Bank & credit card reconciliationMonthly
Financial statementsP&L, balance sheet, cash flow
Reviewed byA licensed CPA
Delivered by5th business day
SoftwareQuickBooks / Xero, your choice
The Service

Four pillars. One monthly deliverable.

Each pillar feeds the next — clean transactions make reconciliation fast, and clean reconciliation makes your financial statements actually reliable.

PILLAR 01

Bookkeeping

Every transaction categorized correctly, as it happens, not batched at month-end.

  • Transaction categorization
  • Accounts payable & receivable
  • Chart of accounts maintenance
PILLAR 02

Reconciliation

Every bank, credit card, and loan account tied out to the penny, every month.

  • Bank & credit card reconciliation
  • Vendor & customer statement matching
  • Discrepancy investigation
PILLAR 03

Financial Statements

A P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow statement you can actually act on.

  • Profit & loss statement
  • Balance sheet
  • Statement of cash flows
PILLAR 04

Reporting & Insights

A monthly review call that turns numbers into decisions, not just a PDF in your inbox.

  • KPI & trend dashboards
  • Cash flow forecasting
  • Monthly review call with a CPA
Getting the Basics Right

Cash basis or accrual — it changes what your numbers mean.

We help you pick the right method from day one, since switching later means restating prior periods.

Simple, transaction-based

Cash Basis

Revenue and expenses are recorded when cash actually changes hands — simpler to maintain, and often the right fit for smaller service businesses.

SimpleComplexity
Cash flowWhat it tracks
Small bizCommon fit
  • Easier to understand and reconcile month to month
  • Matches what's actually in the bank
  • Common for sole proprietors and small service firms
Invoice sent — not yet recorded
Payment received — recorded now
Books match your bank balance
GAAP-aligned, period-matched

Accrual Basis

Revenue and expenses are recorded when earned or incurred, regardless of when cash moves — required for GAAP reporting, most audits, and investor-facing financials.

GAAPComplexity
True performanceWhat it tracks
Growth-stageCommon fit
  • Matches revenue to the period it was actually earned
  • Required for most investor and lender reporting
  • Needed before most formal audits or SOX work
Invoice sent — recorded as revenue now
Payment received — cash account updated
Books reflect true period performance
How We Work

From onboarding to a close you can set your calendar by.

The same cadence, every month, so you always know when your numbers are coming.

01

Onboarding & Chart of Accounts

We review your current books, set up or clean up your chart of accounts, and connect your bank and card feeds.

02

Weekly Transaction Categorization

Transactions get categorized as they come in, so nothing piles up into a month-end backlog.

03

Monthly Reconciliation

Every account gets reconciled against statements, with discrepancies investigated and resolved.

04

Financial Statement Preparation

Your P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow statement are prepared and reviewed by a CPA.

05

Monthly Review Call

We walk through the numbers with you — what changed, what it means, and what to watch next month.

06

Tax-Ready Handoff

At year-end, your books are already reconciled and organized — ready to hand to your tax preparer without delay.

What We Often Find

The hidden cost of books that fall behind.

None of these show up as one dramatic problem — they compound quietly until a decision gets made on bad information.

General patterns we see across engagements, not a specific client's results.
01

Miscategorized transactions

Expenses land in the wrong account, quietly distorting margin and category-level reporting.

02

Unreconciled accounts

Bank balances and book balances drift apart for months before anyone notices the gap.

03

Late financials

By the time last month's P&L is ready, it's too late to act on what it's telling you.

04

Scramble at tax time

A full year of cleanup gets compressed into a few weeks right before the filing deadline.

Why B4Q

Books reviewed by a CPA, not just entered by one.

The same firm that can carry your books straight through to tax filing, audit, or a raise.

CPA-Reviewed, Every Month

A licensed CPA reviews your statements before they reach you, not just an offshore data-entry team.

Consistent Monthly Cadence

The same close calendar every month, so you're never guessing when your numbers will land.

Tax-Ready All Year

Books stay reconciled continuously, so tax season is a handoff, not a fire drill.

One Firm, Every Stage

From bookkeeping to tax to SOX-ready ICFR, we scale with you instead of handing you off.

50+ Businesses Served

From early-stage startups to companies preparing for their next raise or audit.

96% Client Retention

Clients stay because their books stay clean — and they can feel the difference.

Questions

Bookkeeping & accounting, answered.

What's the difference between bookkeeping and accounting?
Bookkeeping is the day-to-day recording of transactions — categorizing income and expenses as they happen. Accounting takes that data and turns it into financial statements, analysis, and insight. Our service covers both, so nothing gets lost in the handoff between them.
Is this different from your tax services?
Yes — bookkeeping and accounting keep your monthly books accurate and current, while our separate Taxes & Compliance service handles filing and tax planning. Clean monthly books make tax season faster and less expensive, since your preparer isn't starting from scratch.
Should we use cash or accrual accounting?
It depends on your business. Cash basis is simpler and common for smaller service businesses; accrual basis matches revenue to the period it was earned and is typically required for GAAP reporting, investors, or a future SOX program. We help you choose the right method from the start.
How often do you reconcile our accounts?
Every bank, credit card, and loan account gets reconciled monthly as part of the close process, with transaction categorization happening weekly so nothing backs up.
Do you work with QuickBooks or Xero?
Yes — we work in whichever platform you're already using, or help you set one up if you're starting fresh. Your data stays in software you own and control.

Ready for books you can actually trust?

Book a free strategy call and we'll map a monthly bookkeeping cadence around your business.