The chart of accounts for your business, one page

Bookkeeping, payroll and reporting for Maryland and DC small businesses

Every service Guirian Bookkeeping offers is listed below the way a ledger lists its accounts: the three that carry most of the work first, then the supporting lines. All of it is kept virtually from Waldorf by an Advanced Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor.

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Core accounts

The three lines that carry the work

Most clients start with one of these. Each has its own page with the full account of how the work is done, and each one can lead into the next: a cleanup becomes monthly bookkeeping, and monthly bookkeeping is where payroll sits.

Posted every monthCore account

Monthly bookkeeping

Every month, the transactions that went through your accounts are pulled in from the bank feeds, categorised, and reconciled to the statements, so the file in QuickBooks matches what the bank says. When the month is reviewed and closed, you get a clean file and a short read of the numbers: what came in, what went out, and what moved. Amy keeps the books virtually from Waldorf, for small businesses, medium-sized businesses and nonprofits across Maryland and DC.

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Corrected to the statementsCore account

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Bookkeeping cleanup

Records fall behind: months left unreconciled, duplicate transactions, receipts in a shoebox. Cleanup means reviewing, organizing and correcting the existing financial records so they accurately reflect what the business did. Statements are gathered, each period is rebuilt and reconciled month by month, and the opening balances are corrected. Then the file is handed back clean, ready to move straight into monthly bookkeeping so it stays that way.

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Run, reviewed, filed awayCore account

Payroll

Payroll is processed in QuickBooks Payroll: hours come in, the run is reviewed and approved, and employees receive pay stubs. Accounts payable and receivable are handled alongside it, so what is owed and what is due sit on the same ledger. At year end, W-2s and payroll records are prepared from that same file. Amy is an Advanced Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor in QuickBooks Payroll as well as QuickBooks Online.

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Supporting accounts

Reports, tax hand-off and QuickBooks help

These three lines sit underneath the core work. Some clients want only one of them, and that is a normal way to begin.

Financial statementsP&L, balance sheet, cash

Reports built from a closed month with consistent categories, plus reporting and budgeting against actuals. Read about financial statements

Tax servicesBooks ready for year end

Categories tidy, receipts matched and the year reconciled, so the hand-off at tax time is a clean file. Read about tax services

QuickBooks supportOnline and Payroll

Setup, chart of accounts and Payroll fixes in QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Payroll, in remote sessions by appointment. Read about QuickBooks support

Who the books are kept for

Organizations with real records to keep

Small businessesOwner-run, one set of books

Medium-sized businessesMore accounts, more people

NonprofitsRecords that answer to others

The practice works remotely, with consultation meetings by appointment, for clients in Waldorf, White Plains, Washington DC, Bethesda and Silver Spring. If you are not sure which line your situation falls under, say so on the contact page or call (301) 848-6619. To see who is on the other end of the call, read about the practice and its owner.