Sort Out Your QuickBooks File in Chicago, Illinois
If your QuickBooks numbers no longer add up, we find what is wrong, fix it and give your CPA a file they can actually work in.
- A ranked written list of problems before you commit to anything
- Bank, card and processor accounts reconciled to statement
- One named bookkeeper on the file from start to finish
Files belonging to long-established businesses carry decades of decisions. Accounts created for reasons nobody now remembers, items superseded three times over, name lists still holding customers who stopped trading more than a decade ago. Nothing is broken exactly. It has simply accumulated, one reasonable decision at a time, until nobody can navigate it.
What our service covers in Chicago
Everything below is part of the engagement — no surprise add-ons.
Chart of accounts repair
We merge duplicate accounts and restructure the chart, then remap history so your prior-year comparisons still work.
Bank feed rules review
Feed rules that made sense once quietly miscode transactions for years. We audit the rules in your file, fix the wrong ones and correct what they already miscoded.
Loan and asset account review
Loan balances that never amortize and assets that were expensed instead of capitalized get identified and corrected, with the reasoning documented.
File diagnostic
We review the file account by account and give you a written, ranked list of what is actually wrong before touching anything.
Documentation handover
You get the change log, a note of every decision that needed judgement, and the open questions we could not answer without you.
What happens after you get in touch
Only the first step needs anything from you.
Free diagnostic call
We get read-only access to your file, review it and come back with a written list of what is wrong and what it takes to fix. The findings are yours either way.
One fixed quote
A single project fee for the agreed scope, set before work starts. If we find something substantial, we come back to you rather than adding to the invoice.
We repair and hand back
Corrections are made in order of impact, each documented as we go. You get the repaired file, the change log and a short walkthrough of what changed and why.
Why Chicago businesses choose Feather Accounting
This is a good fit if…
- Your bank reconciliations have not matched in months
- You are behind on sales tax because the figures look wrong
- You need clean books before bringing on a partner or investor
- Your accountant bills extra every year to untangle the file first
Accumulation, not breakage
The risk in cleaning an old file is destroying working conventions along with genuine clutter. An oddly named account may be doing something important that only the person who created it understood.
We establish what each unusual element is actually used for before removing anything, and archive rather than delete wherever the history still matters.
Where the file has grown large enough to affect performance, we deal with that through archiving rather than deletion, so the historical record survives even when it is no longer in daily use.
Questions about this service
Anything we have not covered, ask on the call — it is free and there is no follow-up sequence.
Yes, and it usually speeds things up. Your CPA often already knows what has been irritating them about the file — we take that list, fix it and send back the change log.
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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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