Small Business Accounting Service

No, that's not in line with our monthly accounting service structure. We want to work with clients who are interested in strategically using financial insight year-round to minimize their taxes.

Learn more about the differences between bookkeeping and monthly accounting here.

You can, but it won't save you any money. Monthly accounting removes the need for additional annual accounting... because it's included!

Learn more about the differences between annual tax accounting and monthly accounting here.

Pricing varies by your company’s needs. It is not based on the size of your company, rather your company’s accounting activity and the complexity of your financial statements.

Our average accounting fee comes out to about $675 per month. Depending on these factors, your fee can range between $500 to $1,000+ per month. We will work with you to arrive at an affordable, fixed monthly fee.

Learn more about the pricing for monthly accounting here.

The service includes all of the following in your monthly fee:

• Monthly bookkeeping & account reconciliation
• Monthly financial statements
• Proactive monthly advice, plus extra communication as needed
• Audit representation
• Tax strategy, preparation, & filing

Learn more about these included services.

As mentioned above, taxes are included in monthly accounting. For more information about the tax portion of our service, please visit our tax service page.

Occurring once per month and lasting about 30 minutes, there is no set agenda for these meetings. Why is that? Every client’s needs are different.

However, many clients will want advice based on their monthly financial statements. They can follow your trends (often over the previous seven or eight months) with:

• Profits
• Bank accounts
• Loans
• How you leverage yourself

We can also cover:

• The outlook for your business
• Your growth plans
• Your challenges
• Any other topics of your choice

Not to mention, we also meet to specifically plan for tax season! 

Learn more about CSI's accounting meetings.

A monthly accountant develops a thorough understanding of your business from working with your finances and talking to you about your operations and goals. They can advise you on:

• Setting KPIs
• Maximizing profitability
• Industry-specific advice
• Sales and marketing ideas
• Insight from financial statements
• Tax planning and projections
• Tax preparation

Learn more about advice from monthly accountants here.

There are a variety of add-on services for accounting. They may include:

• Large consulting projects
• Census Bureau reports
• Responding to IRS and State notices
• Talking with lawyers on your behalf
• Annual Secretary of State filings
• Buying or selling your business
• Entity formation and filings
• Loan procurement assistance

We want to focus on reasonable service offerings, meaning maximizing efficiency and minimizing fees. Because of this, we currently do not offer the following services:

• Bill pay
• Invoicing
• Job costing
• Inventory management
• One-off items (personal financial statements, business valuations, and financial audits)

Learn more about these services that we don't provide.

For the most part, yes! Your dedicated accountant can be reached by call, text, or email and will respond promptly at no extra fee. This is true for one-off questions.

However, as communication ventures into professional consultation project territory, we will need to prepare a contract outlining what we will cover and what it will cost you. You won’t face any surprise fees here.

For the average small business owner, working with a monthly accountant saves you 10-15 hours of bookkeeping each month. We believe that factoring in the value of your time, our service pays for itself.

However, time isn't the only factor. Learn about the problems with doing your own accounting here.

Many small businesses fail to adequately measure and manage their finances, even though this is a major cause of business failure.

If you don’t have good financial practices in place, your business could suffer in a number of ways: 

• Lost revenue
• Insufficient tax planning
• Missed financial opportunities
• Penalties and fines
• Closing your doors 

If you’re doing your own accounting, read about if your self-prepared statements are up to par. 

We primarily use two systems: Xero and QuickBooks Online. That being said, we will work with other systems depending on your preferences and needs.

However, depending on the software you use, your subscription fee may be included in your monthly accounting fee. Read more about your accounting software subscription coverage.