Est. Los Angeles · 90012

Quiet, careful bookkeeping for small businesses.

For
Restaurants, retail, creative practices, and professional services in Downtown LA.
What we do
Monthly close, reconciliation, and clean books your CPA will actually thank you for.
Services

A short list, done well.

01

Monthly Bookkeeping

Categorized transactions, reconciled accounts, and a closed period delivered by the 10th of the following month. Every entry traceable; nothing lumped into "other."

QuickBooks · Xero
Monthly close
02

Bank & Statement Reconciliation

Every statement reconciled to the cent, every supporting document referenced. We catch the $14 charges and the $14,000 ones with the same care.

All accounts
Monthly
03

Payroll & Sales Tax Filings

Run payroll, file sales tax, and keep your 1099 vendor list current — so March doesn't become a panic.

Gusto · ADP
CDTFA filings
04

Tax-Ready Year-End Package

A clean trial balance, depreciation schedule, and statement archive your CPA can pick up and run with. No back-and-forth in April.

Annual
CPA-ready deliverable
Approach

Four small commitments.

Books should be readable.

If you can't open your books and understand last month inside ten minutes, the books are wrong. We categorize specifically, label clearly, and use plain English in memos.

Close on time.

Monthly close lands by the 10th. No drift. You'll know what last month looked like while it's still relevant — not in May.

Source documents matter.

Every statement, every check image, every receipt referenced where it belongs. When the IRS or your CPA asks, the answer is one click away.

One human, one inbox.

You work with the same bookkeeper every month. Questions get a same-day reply. No ticket queues, no offshore handoffs.

Who we serve

Small businesses, in the neighborhood.

Independent operators who'd rather be running their business than reconciling it. A few of the people we keep books for.

Ramen-ya owner behind the open kitchen counter, steam rising from stockpots, wiping his hands on a towel.
Ramen-ya · 12 seats

Daily cash & card reconciliation, monthly close, sales tax filings. Twenty years of receipts, finally in order.

Pet supply store owner in a denim work shirt, kneeling to greet a customer's dog, a tabby cat napping in a cardboard box behind her.
Independent pet supply

Payroll for three, vendor management, inventory tracking, and a clean Schedule C every April.

Gachapon shop owner crouched, refilling a colorful capsule machine, a box of capsules beside him.
Gachapon shop

Sales tax across 60+ machines, vendor 1099s, and a P&L that actually shows margin per machine.

五 — Contact

Tell us about your books.

A 30-minute call, no charge. We'll review where things stand and tell you honestly whether we're a fit.

Office
222 S Central Ave · Los Angeles, CA 90012

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