Catch-Up Bookkeeping Cost Estimator
Behind on your books? Get a ballpark price to catch up, based on how many months you are behind and how complex your business is. Free, no sign-up.
Estimates use a per-month-of-cleanup model with a $500 project minimum. Your exact price is always a flat quote provided before any work begins.
This is a ballpark estimate to help you plan, not a quote. Final pricing depends on your records, transaction volume, and complexity once we review them.
How catch-up bookkeeping is priced
Catch-up bookkeeping (also called cleanup) gets your books current when you have fallen months — or years — behind. It is almost always priced by the amount of work to be done, which mostly comes down to how many months need reconciling and how complex each month is.
A reliable way to estimate it: take the monthly bookkeeping rate that fits your business, multiply by the number of months you are behind, and apply a factor of about 80% to 100% per month. There is a project minimum because even one month of cleanup involves setup and review.
What pushes the price up
Beyond the number of months, the biggest cost drivers are transaction volume, the number of bank and credit card accounts, sales tax filings, inventory, payroll, and multiple entities. Missing statements or disorganized records also take longer to reconcile. After catch-up, most owners move to a monthly plan so the books stay current and the cleanup never has to happen again.
The range above is a planning estimate, not a quote. Send us your details and we will give you a flat, all-in price before any work starts.
Frequently asked questions
Usually per month of work — roughly 80% to 100% of the monthly rate that fits your business, times the months you are behind, with a project minimum. You always get a flat quote before work starts.
More months behind, higher transaction volume, multiple accounts, sales tax, inventory, payroll, and multiple entities. Missing or disorganized records take longer to reconcile.
Most businesses move to an ongoing monthly plan once current, so they never fall behind again. The catch-up is a one-time project; the monthly plan keeps things reconciled going forward.
It depends on how far behind you are and how organized the records are. A few clean months can take a week or two; a year across several accounts takes longer. You get a timeline with your quote.
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