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Catch-Up Bookkeeping Cost AZ: Starting at $300
Cleanup pricing = your monthly tier × months behind ÷ 2.
Catch-Up & Cleanup Bookkeeping — Common Starting Prices
Clear catch-up and cleanup bookkeeping pricing for Arizona small businesses behind on their books. Priced by your monthly tier multiplied by months behind, divided by 2. Performed by a QuickBooks Gold Tier ProAdvisor.
Solo tier × 3 months behind ÷ 2. Short backlog, single-member LLC.
For: Solo operators with a quarter of missed reconciliations
- Full transaction review and categorization
- Bank + credit-card reconciliation
- Chart of accounts cleanup
- Tax-ready year-to-date financials
Small Business tier × 12 months behind ÷ 2. Most common cleanup scenario.
For: Established small businesses behind a full tax year
- Full year reconstructed from bank feeds
- Adjusting journal entries
- CPA handoff package for prior-year taxes
- Optional transition into monthly bookkeeping
Growing tier × 12 months behind ÷ 2. Higher-volume business behind a full year.
For: Higher-volume operations behind a full tax year
- Full year reconstructed across multiple revenue streams
- Adjusting journal entries
- CPA handoff package
Multi-year backlogs scoped after a free consultation. Same formula applies.
For: Businesses with multi-year neglected books
- Custom engagement scoped after review
- Multi-year reconstruction
- Coordinated with your CPA
Estimate Your Cleanup Starting Price
Cleanup pricing = your monthly tier × months behind ÷ 2.
This is a starting price, not a final quote. If your file has duplicate transactions or mispostings exceeding 15% of total entries, the price may increase to reflect the actual reconstruction work — flagged on the free consultation before you sign.
What's Included in Every Tier
- Complete transaction categorization
- Bank and credit-card reconciliation
- Adjusting journal entries
- Clean chart of accounts
- Tax-ready P&L + Balance Sheet for each period
- Optional transition to monthly bookkeeping
Not Included
- Tax return preparation or amendments (we coordinate with your CPA)
- Audit representation
- Lookback periods prior to your oldest available bank statement
- Payroll, A/P, A/R, sales-tax filings — case-by-case separate engagements
What You Get on Every Tier
Finally Know the Condition of Your Business
Aside from clean and current books, every tier gets accurate monthly financial reports with a brief analysis identifying the key drivers slowing your business. Every tier also gets quarterly benchmarking within your industry — looking at the KPIs that matter — so you know how you compare to your competitors. Working with The Bookkeeper Guy frees your time, gives you clarity and confidence, and gives you the tools to grow your business.
Monthly Reports + Analysis
P&L, Balance Sheet, and a brief written read on the drivers moving your numbers.
Quarterly KPI Benchmarking
See how your business compares to peers in your industry on the KPIs that actually matter.
Clarity to Grow
Frees your time, gives you confidence, and hands you the data to make growth decisions.
Stephen Blotsky
Founder · QuickBooks Online ProAdvisor Gold Tier
BA Accounting, University of Montana (2020) · Beta Alpha Psi Alum · Full-Time Bookkeeper Since March 2023 · Maricopa, AZ
"Pricing is on the website because honest scope conversations are easier when the number is on the table from the start."
What Catch-Up & Cleanup Clients Say
“Stephen helped me get payroll errors sorted out and working smoothly in QBO. My chart of accounts was a mess, and he cleaned it all up. Highly recommend for anyone who needs their books straightened out!”
Tanner Covington
“Stephen is incredibly professional and makes even the most stressful financial situations feel manageable. He simplified our bookkeeping process and saved us hours every month. Couldn't be happier with his work.”
Phoenix Small Business Owner
“As a small business owner in the Valley, finding a bookkeeper who understands Arizona's unique tax requirements was a challenge. Stephen's expertise with TPT and local compliance has been a game-changer for our operations.”
Valley Contractor
Catch-Up & Cleanup Bookkeeping FAQs
Catch-up pricing is calculated as your monthly tier × months behind ÷ 2. For example, a Small Business client ($350/month) one year behind = ($350 × 12) ÷ 2 = $2,100 starting price. A Solo client ($200/month) three months behind = ($200 × 3) ÷ 2 = $300. The interactive calculator on this page lets you plug in your tier and backlog to see your starting price. Every cleanup includes full transaction review, bank and credit-card reconciliation, adjusting journal entries, and a tax-ready P&L + Balance Sheet.
The work scales with two variables: how many transactions per month you have (your tier) and how many months you're behind. A high-volume business one quarter behind takes the same effort as a low-volume business a full year behind. The formula — monthly tier × months ÷ 2 — keeps pricing fair across both ends of that spectrum without bundling everyone into one-size-fits-all tiers.
Yes. A Small Business 12-month cleanup at the $2,100 starting price typically takes 3–4 weeks once bank statements and QBO accountant access are provided. For Arizona businesses racing an April 15 deadline, we prioritize cleanup engagements starting in early January so your CPA has clean books to file from in March. Book the free consultation by the first week of January to guarantee tax-season turnaround.
Three things: QuickBooks Online accountant-level access, downloadable bank and credit-card statements covering the catch-up period, and a brief list of known problem areas (missing deposits, wrong categorizations, unclear owner draws). That's it — we rebuild from bank feeds. No spreadsheet homework.
If your file has duplicate transactions, mispostings, or broken bank feeds exceeding 15% of total entries, we'll flag the additional scope on the free consultation call before you sign — the starting price may increase to reflect the actual reconstruction work. The goal is honest scope: you see the number before the work starts, not after.
Multi-year backlogs use the same formula but get scoped on a free consultation call. Typical multi-year cleanups run 6–10 weeks and include weekly status reports so you always know where the work stands. If part of the backlog is older than your available bank statements, we'll tell you what we can and can't reconstruct before you sign.
Yes — and that's the recommended path. Once your books are caught up, The Bookkeeper Guy transitions you into the monthly bookkeeping tier (Solo $200, Small Business $350, Growing $500, or Multi-Account $1,000) that matches your volume. The cleanup engagement rolls straight into monthly with no separate onboarding fee.
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