Monthly Bookkeeping
Every account reconciled. Every month. On schedule.
Open your books and trust what you see. Baywell keeps them current, reconciled, and ready for your tax preparer, so you know where the business stands without asking anyone.
Starting at $300/month
In your words
Sound familiar?
- “The books are three months behind. Maybe more.”
- “The bank balance and the books never match.”
- “Tax season means a weekend sorting receipts.”
- “I couldn’t tell you whether last month was profitable.”
The cost of waiting
The cost of leaving it.
Books that fall behind don’t stay a small problem. The gap compounds quietly, and it tends to surface at the worst time.
- A tax bill larger than planned, because profit was never tracked during the year.
- A lender or auditor asks for financials, and they don’t exist yet.
- A hire, a truck, or a lease decided on numbers that turn out to be wrong.
- Money you thought you had, already committed somewhere else.
What changes
Your month, with the books in order.
By the 15th of each month, last month is done. Every bank, card, and loan account ties to its statement.
You get a profit and loss, a balance sheet, and a cash flow statement, with a short note in plain English on what changed and what to watch.
At tax time, your preparer gets clean books instead of a box of receipts. And your evenings are yours again.
What’s included
What you get, and what it means for you.
- Bank, credit card, and loan reconciliationsThe cash in the books is the cash in the bank, every month.
- Transaction categorization and a clean chart of accountsEvery expense lands where it belongs, so the reports actually mean something.
- Monthly profit and loss, balance sheet, and cash flow statementYou know whether you made money last month while it still matters.
- A plain-English monthly summaryYou don’t need an accounting degree to read your own business.
- Monthly financials callYou’re never left reading a report alone. Each month we go through it together.
- Tax-ready books, all yearTax season becomes a handoff, not a fire drill.
- Kept in QuickBooks Online, Xero, or NetSuiteThe books stay in your system. You keep full access and ownership.
How it works
From first call to a steady rhythm.
Discovery call
Thirty minutes on the business, its accounts, and what you need from the numbers. No charge.
Proposal
A written scope and a fixed monthly price. No hourly billing.
Onboarding
Secure access to your accounting system and bank feeds. If the books are behind, a Cleanup comes first.
Monthly close
Each month, every account is reconciled and categorized, your financial package arrives by the 15th, and we walk through it together on a monthly call.
Deliverables
What you receive each month
- Profit and loss statement
- Balance sheet
- Statement of cash flows
- Reconciliation reports for every bank, card, and loan account
- A one-page summary: what changed, what to watch
- A monthly call to walk through your financials: what changed, what to watch, and your questions
- Answers to your questions, within one business day
Investment
Starting at $300/month
A fixed monthly price, set in your written proposal.
What changes the price
- Volume
- How many transactions run through the books each month.
- Accounts
- The number of bank, credit card, and loan accounts to reconcile.
- Entities
- Whether there is one company or several sets of books.
- Inventory
- Whether the business carries inventory that needs to be tracked.
The price changes only if the scope does, and you hear about it before it changes.
Book a discovery callDo I need to switch accounting software?
No. Baywell works in QuickBooks Online, Xero, and NetSuite. If you use something else, we’ll talk through the options on the discovery call.
My books are behind. Can we start monthly service now?
Monthly service starts from a clean, current set of books. If yours are behind, a Cleanup & Catch-Up project comes first, with a fixed quote.
What do you need from me each month?
Usually a short list of questions about transactions the records can’t explain on their own. Most owners spend a few minutes on it.
Do you prepare taxes?
Not at this time. Baywell works with your tax preparer and hands over clean, tax-ready books.
Your numbers, held to a higher standard.
Thirty minutes, no charge. Tell us about the business and what you need from your numbers.