Built by Someone Who Has Sat on Both Sides of the Table
For over fifteen years, Shawheen Amirkhizi ran e-commerce businesses and hired accounting firms to keep his books. He knows what delays, silence, and miscommunication feel like from the client's side. Then, as Director of Operations at a multi-state CPA firm, he managed its outsourcing partners and saw the same failures from the firm's side: when a vendor falls short, the firm absorbs it.
BooksCaughtUp is the outsourced support he wished his firm had: careful work, clear communication, and files your reviewer can trust.
The Revenue We Turned Away
One tax season, a high-value client brought cleanup and catch-up work just as the firm's whole team was buried in returns. The work was there. The revenue was there. What was missing was experienced capacity to take it on without pulling people off returns.
Hiring someone for a six-week problem made no sense, and the firm had to walk away from the revenue.
Firms don't need another full-time hire. They need experienced capacity that shows up when the work does and steps back when it's done.
What Outsourcing Usually Gets Wrong
At the firm, outsourcing partners were part of the workflow, and the same pattern kept repeating. They said they'd work the firm's way, then missed what the firm needed. The work was generic. Files came back needing a full review, sometimes two. Rework and overbilling ate the savings.
The people doing the work were often overworked and underpaid, even when the firm was paying a fair rate. Quality follows how people are treated, and the model was broken on both ends.
How BooksCaughtUp Is Built Differently
Every decision below comes from a problem Shaw watched happen in real firms.
Experienced, Not Entry-Level
Reviewers with 10+ years and bookkeepers with 5+ years of US accounting experience. Review is part of the work, not something your firm does afterward.
Fairly Paid, Properly Staffed
People who are paid well and not overloaded do careful work. That is the whole quality strategy.
Pay as You Go
Capacity when your firm needs it, nothing when it doesn't. Fixed quote, fixed scope.
U.S.-Led, With Experienced Overseas Expertise
BooksCaughtUp is a U.S.-led business. U.S. representatives handle your communication and support, and a highly experienced overseas team does the work behind them. You get U.S. accountability and a team built around depth of experience.
Intelligent Systems, Smooth Handoffs
Plenty of outsourcers say they'll work the way your firm works, then don't. BooksCaughtUp runs on modern, purpose-built systems for reconciliations, schedules, and workpapers, so hours go into judgment instead of data entry. We work inside your tools and to your workpaper standards, so work moves back and forth without friction.
Reviewer-Ready Files
Finished means reconciled, documented, and summarized so your reviewer can sign off without redoing the work. If something is uncertain, it is flagged, not buried.
Everything We Build Is for Accountants
Shaw also operates a technology company that supports accountants. BooksCaughtUp helps firms through the work itself, and the software helps through tools. Both exist for the same reason: accounting firms deserve better support than they've been getting.
Systems We Work In
Software is not a limitation. These are the systems the team works in most often. If your firm or client uses something else, mention it in the first email.
Start With a Conversation
Tell us about the work on your desk. You'll get a fixed quote, a written scope, and a missing-documents list before any work begins.