Catch Up on Bookkeeping in Sacramento, California
We scope the real backlog on a free call before quoting, so the fixed fee reflects what is actually there rather than a guess.
- A free assessment call before any fee is quoted
- Transfers no longer counted as income
- Books a lender or CPA will accept
When a business holding public-sector contracts falls behind, the missing piece is rarely the numbers. It is the documentation that was supposed to sit behind them — the evidence tying each cost to the agreement that funded it, which is far harder to reassemble a year later than a bank reconciliation.
What our service covers in Sacramento
Everything below is part of the engagement — no surprise add-ons.
Sales tax figure preparation
We prepare the corrected sales tax figures for each backlog period and hand them to your CPA or tax preparer. We do not file the returns ourselves.
Backlog assessment
We look at the actual file first — how many months, how many accounts, how much history is recoverable — before quoting a fixed fee.
Missing period reconstruction
Where months are simply absent, we rebuild them from bank, card and processor statements rather than leaving a gap in the ledger.
Transfer cleanup
Money moved between your own accounts is a common source of phantom income. We identify transfers across the backlog and stop them inflating revenue.
Transaction-by-transaction review
Not sampled, not bulk-categorized by rule. Each transaction in the backlog is reviewed and coded correctly.
What happens after you get in touch
Only the first step needs anything from you.
Free assessment call
We look at the file together and establish the real scope — months behind, accounts involved, condition of the records. No judgment.
One fixed quote
A single flat fee for the whole project before any work starts. It does not move unless you ask us to expand the scope.
We rebuild, then hand over
The backlog is reconstructed period by period, reconciled and documented. At the end you get corrected statements, the change log and a file your CPA can work from.
Why Sacramento businesses choose Feather Accounting
This is a good fit if…
- A previous bookkeeper left the file in poor shape
- You have a filing deadline coming and the books are not ready
- You want monthly bookkeeping but need a baseline first
- You are facing a filing deadline, a loan application or due diligence
The documentation is the hard part
On commercial work a catch-up ends when the accounts balance. On contract-funded work that is roughly half of it, because a cost without supporting evidence may not stand up when someone reviews it.
We reconstruct the attribution alongside the figures, gathering the supporting records back into place as we go, and we tell you plainly where the evidence no longer exists rather than presenting a complete-looking set of accounts that would not survive a question.
Going forward, attaching documents at the point of entry stops the same gap reopening.
Questions about this service
Anything we have not covered, ask on the call — it is free and there is no follow-up sequence.
We are a bookkeeping firm, not a CPA firm, so we do not file returns. We prepare clean, reconciled books and a change log your CPA or California tax preparer can file from.
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What you get
- Free 15-minute consultation
- No long-term contracts
- Dedicated QuickBooks expert
- Books delivered monthly, on time
- Flat-rate, transparent pricing
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