FAQ
Bookkeeping FAQ
Everything owners ask before booking a discovery call. Still have a question? Email ryan@booksreadynow.com.
Do you do monthly or quarterly bookkeeping?
Yes. Monthly Financials start at $175 a month — Solo starts at $175/mo, Growing starts at $225/mo, Established starts at $325/mo. Quarterly Financials start at $250 per quarter — Solo starts at $250/qtr, Growing starts at $325/qtr, Established starts at $450/qtr. Year-End Cleanup starts at $750 (Solo starts at $750, Growing starts at $1,050, Established starts at $1,600). Same tiers for realtors and other cash-basis businesses. Your flat fee depends on accounts, transactions, and how messy the books are. We confirm it on a free 15-minute call. Medical, dental, and other higher-volume offices are custom-quoted on a free 15-minute call. Get a free estimate.
What does the 1-week guarantee cover?
Year-End Cleanup (up to 12 months) and the catch-up when you start Monthly or Quarterly mid-year are done within 1 week (5 business days) of receiving all documents and account access. Quarterly Financials are delivered by the 20th day after quarter end. Monthly Financials are delivered by the 10th business day of the next month. Those dates are not the 1-week guarantee. A 3-business-day rush is 25% more when the schedule allows.
How much does catch-up bookkeeping cost?
Catch-up bookkeeping is the Year-End Cleanup package. Solo (1–2 accounts, up to 75 transactions a month) starts at $750. Growing (3–4 accounts, up to 150) starts at $1,050. Established (5–6 accounts, up to 250) starts at $1,600. Your flat fee depends on accounts, transactions, and how messy the books are. We confirm it on a free 15-minute call. Backlog beyond 12 months is starting at $75 per month. Medical, dental, and other higher-volume offices are custom-quoted on a free 15-minute call. You get the flat fee on a free 15-minute discovery call, before any work starts. No hourly billing. Want a number first? Get a free estimate — it’s an estimate only and can change after additional questions on the call.
Who do you work with — and who is not a fit?
Realtors, brokers, and other cash-basis service businesses — professional services like legal, marketing, HR, consulting, and recruiting, plus medical practices like dental, veterinary, and chiropractic. Out of scope: accrual basis, inventory, invoicing/AR tracking, job costing, payroll, tax filing/estimates/1099 filing, and trust/escrow. Insurance agencies route to Trident.
How can you do 12 months of bookkeeping in 1 week?
Year-End Cleanup is done within 1 week (5 business days) of receiving all documents and account access. We use Kick, an AI-powered ledger that auto-categorizes ~90% of transactions on import using our 60+ standard vendor rules. A 7-phase process — categorization, reconciliation, adjusting entries, anomaly QA, delivery — runs on every engagement. Quarterly and monthly delivery dates are separate from that 1-week guarantee.
What if my books are a complete mess and need cleanup beyond the past year?
The 1-week guarantee covers up to 12 months. Backlog beyond 12 months is starting at $75 per month. The call confirms the total flat fee.
What's included in the deliverable?
A complete tax-ready financial package: P&L (annual + by month), balance sheet, trial balance, general ledger, cash flow statement, and a branded CPA Handoff Package PDF with all the reports your accountant needs for tax prep — ready to drop straight into their workpapers.
Do I have to switch software or learn anything new?
No. We handle everything on our side with our own software — you don't need to learn anything, buy anything, or change your tooling. We deliver the finished financials as PDFs, along with the CPA Handoff Package containing all the reports necessary for tax prep.
Who actually does the work?
Ryan Harwell, the founder, personally delivers every engagement in 2026. As we grow, vetted contract bookkeepers will join — all working under the same standardized SOP. You'll always know who's on your account.
Do you work with my CPA, or do I have to coordinate?
We work directly with your CPA if you'd like — we'll email them the handoff package on your behalf and field any clarifying questions they have. Or we just send the package to you and you forward it. Your call.
What entities and tax structures do you support?
Sole proprietorships, single-member LLCs, multi-member LLCs, S-corps, and C-corps. We do not currently support partnerships with complex K-1 structures or businesses with international tax exposure — for those, your CPA's specialty is what you need, and we'd refer out.
Where are you located?
Books Ready Now LLC is based in Woodstock, GA. We serve solo and small business owners nationwide — all engagements are fully remote.