Bookkeeping
Your books, done by a person, not software you log into.
A real bookkeeper categorizes your transactions, reconciles your bank and card accounts, and sends you a monthly profit-and-loss statement and balance sheet, for a flat $179 a month. Not an app to log into, not a dashboard to babysit. One person who does the books, so you do not have to.
The problem
Why this costs you work.
Most owners do their own books at night, after the real work is done. SCORE, the small-business mentoring nonprofit, puts it at more than 20 hours a month on financial tasks, close to a quarter of a work week, and 60% of owners say they do not know accounting well enough to trust what they are looking at. The fix is not another app. It is a real person who categorizes the transactions, reconciles the accounts, and sends the report, so the books get done and it was not you who did them.
How it works.
We set it up, train it on your business, and run it. You answer when you want.
You connect your accounts once
A short onboarding call to connect your business bank and card accounts and see how your books are kept today. No software for you to set up, no account to configure yourself.
A real person categorizes every transaction
Each month, every transaction gets reviewed and categorized by hand, not auto-sorted and left for you to fix. If something looks off, we ask you directly instead of guessing.
Your accounts get reconciled every month
Bank and card statements are checked against your books line by line, so what your accounts say and what actually happened match, every month, without you doing the checking.
You get reports, not a login
A monthly profit-and-loss statement and balance sheet land in your inbox in plain language, ready to hand to a lender or whoever files your taxes. Nothing for you to log into or run yourself.
One flat number for categorization, reconciliation, and your monthly reports. We confirm scope and fit on a short call first.
Typical small-business bookkeeping runs $300 or more a month, per NerdWallet. This is $179 flat, done by a person, not software you run yourself.
The numbers.
Outside research on small-business bookkeeping, not a Nova result.
- 20+ hrs
- a month the average owner spends on the books, per SCORE
- 60%
- of owners say they don't know accounting well, per SCORE
- $300+/mo
- what bookkeeping typically costs elsewhere, per NerdWallet
- $179/mo
- flat, done by a person, not a program
What you get.
Set up, tuned, and managed for you.
Every transaction categorized by hand, every month
Bank and credit card accounts reconciled line by line
A monthly profit-and-loss statement, in plain language
A monthly balance sheet, ready to hand to a lender or your tax preparer
A real bookkeeper you can reach directly, not a support ticket queue
Bookkeeping only: we categorize and reconcile, we do not file taxes or run payroll
Further reading
Get your books off your plate.
Book a free 20-minute call. Tell us how your books get done today, and we will tell you honestly whether a real bookkeeper at $179 a month is a fit, no pitch.
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Common questions.
- Is this bookkeeping run by AI?
- No. The software is a tool, the same as any bookkeeper uses, but the categorizing, the reconciling, and the monthly report are done by an actual person, not a bot reading your bank feed. If you want something fully automated and unattended, this is not that. This is a person doing your books.
- Does this include tax filing, payroll, or an audit?
- No. This is bookkeeping only: categorizing transactions, reconciling your bank and card accounts, and a monthly profit-and-loss statement and balance sheet. It does not include tax preparation or filing, payroll, or an audit. Your monthly reports are built to hand straight to whoever does your taxes, not to replace them.
- Is the bookkeeper a CPA?
- No, and bookkeeping and tax preparation are different jobs regardless of who does them. What you get here is accurate, reconciled books, done by a person every month, not licensed tax advice. If your business needs a CPA for filing or tax strategy, your monthly reports are formatted to make that handoff straightforward.
- How much should small business bookkeeping cost?
- Typical small-business bookkeeping runs $300 or more a month, according to NerdWallet. This is $179 a month flat, done by a real person, not software you have to run yourself.
- Are bookkeepers cheaper than accountants?
- Bookkeeping and accounting are different jobs. A bookkeeper categorizes transactions, reconciles your accounts, and produces your monthly profit-and-loss and balance sheet — the ongoing, ledger-level work. A CPA handles tax filing, tax strategy, and an audit if you need one. This is bookkeeping only, at $179 a month; your monthly reports are formatted to hand straight to whoever does your taxes, not to replace them.
- What does monthly bookkeeping actually include?
- Categorizing every transaction, reconciling your bank and card accounts, a monthly profit-and-loss statement in plain language, and a monthly balance sheet ready to hand to a lender or your tax preparer, all done by a real bookkeeper you can reach directly. It does not include tax preparation or filing, payroll, or an audit.