Catch-Up Bookkeeping Services in San Francisco, California
Unfiled returns or unreconciled accounts piling up in San Francisco? We get you current, with restated financials you can actually trust.
- Books a lender or CPA will accept
- Every account reconciled, period by period
- One point of contact for the whole project
Backlogs here are usually discovered rather than accumulated deliberately. A company grows quickly, bookkeeping is nobody's actual job, and the problem surfaces when an investor or an acquirer asks for something the records cannot produce. The timetable is externally imposed and rarely generous.
What our service covers in San Francisco
Everything below is part of the engagement — no surprise add-ons.
Payroll history reconciliation
Payroll runs, tax deposits and clearing accounts are reconciled for each period so wages and liabilities land where they belong.
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.
Restated financial statements
You get a corrected profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow for every period, so you finally see what those years looked like.
Opening balance verification
A catch-up is only as good as the balance it starts from. We verify the opening position rather than assuming the last closed period was correct.
Period-by-period reconciliation
Every bank account, credit card and processor is reconciled for each period, which is where the real errors surface.
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 San Francisco businesses choose Feather Accounting
This is a good fit if…
- You have been filing on estimates and want the real numbers
- The software was set up but never really used
- Bookkeeping stopped when the person doing it left
- Several years have gone by without a reconciliation
Catching up against outside scrutiny
When the reason for the catch-up is that someone else will read the result, the standard is higher than getting the accounts to balance. Treatment has to be consistent across the whole reconstructed period, because inconsistency between quarters is exactly what a reviewer probes.
We restate the full period on one basis rather than closing each month in whatever way is quickest, and we record the judgements made so the reasoning is available when the question comes.
That takes longer than a straightforward catch-up. It is also the only version worth having if the accounts are going to be examined.
Questions about this service
Anything we have not covered, ask on the call — it is free and there is no follow-up sequence.
Restated statements for every period we touched, the reconciled file itself, the documented change log, and a list of anything still open. The books are yours to keep running.
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Tell us about your business and we'll show you how we can simplify your QuickBooks bookkeeping.
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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Let's get your books current
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