Industries & Specialized Work

Industry Experience That Shows Up in the Books.

Every industry has its own accounting traps. Trust accounts, retainage, marketplace payouts, reserve funds. We know where they hide, so your firm can take on these clients with confidence.

Industries

Industries We Work In

The work is always for your firm. These are the client types that come through most often.

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E-commerce Sellers

Marketplace payouts broken into gross sales, fees, refunds, and reserves so revenue matches the platform, not the bank deposit.

Shopify & Amazon payoutsMulti-state sales taxInventory & COGSChargebacks
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Law Firms

Trust money kept separate from operating money, with client ledgers that reconcile to the bank every month.

IOLTA trust accountingThree-way reconciliationRetainers & cost advancesClio
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Construction & Contractors

Job-level profitability that holds up, with retainage and progress billing recorded correctly.

Job costingRetainage receivable & payableWIP schedulesSubcontractor 1099s
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Fix-and-Flip Investors

Each property tracked as its own project, with purchase, rehab, and holding costs capitalized until sale.

Property-level trackingCapitalized rehab costsClosing statements bookedHolding costs
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Rental Property Owners

Per-property results, security deposits held as liabilities, and mortgages split into principal, interest, and escrow.

Per-property P&LSecurity depositsMortgage & escrowAppFolio & Buildium
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Home Care Agencies

Revenue tracked by payer and receivables kept collectible, in a business where caregiver payroll is the largest cost.

Medicaid, insurance & private payAR by payerPayroll-heavy filesPayer remittances
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Franchises & Multi-Location

Each branch or location reported on its own and rolled up, with royalties and intercompany balances in agreement.

Location & class trackingRoyalty & ad fund feesIntercompany balancesConsolidated reporting
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SaaS & Subscription

Annual and monthly plans recognized over the service period, with payment processor activity reconciled to billing.

Deferred revenueStripe reconciliationSubscription billingMRR tie-out
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Homeowner Associations

Operating and reserve funds kept apart, assessments tracked by owner, and budgets compared to actual results.

Operating vs reserve fundsAssessments receivableDelinquency trackingBudget vs actual
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Restaurants & Hospitality

Point-of-sale reports, delivery app payouts, and tips reconciled so sales and payroll match reality.

POS reconciliationDelivery app payoutsTips & payrollToast & Square
Specialized Work

The Files Other Providers Turn Down

Difficult files are the core of the work, not the exception.

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Manual Bookkeeping, No Bank Feeds

Books built from PDF bank statements, exported spreadsheets, or handwritten records when no feed or file exists.

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Scanned Documents & Check Images

Transactions recorded from scanned receipts, invoices, deposit slips, and check images, with payees identified.

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Excel-Only or No Prior Records

Clients who kept everything in spreadsheets, or nothing at all, moved into a proper accounting file.

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Multi-Year Catch-Up & Reconstruction

Several years rebuilt in order, each year tied to the filed return before moving forward.

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Payroll Reconciliation Heavy

Payroll expense and liabilities tied to Forms 941, 940, W-2, and state filings, with differences explained.

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AR Reconciliation Heavy

Receivables rebuilt invoice by invoice, payments matched, and uncollectible or duplicate items identified.

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AP Reconciliation Heavy

Payables matched to vendor statements, duplicate bills removed, and open balances supported.

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Inventory Accounting

Inventory counts, COGS, and valuation adjustments recorded so gross margin is reliable.

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Investigation of Unexplained Balances

Specific accounts or differences traced to source documents to explain where the number came from.

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Software Conversions

Cleanup after QuickBooks Desktop to Online moves, Xero migrations, or duplicate imports.

Software

Systems We Work In

Accounting
QuickBooks OnlineQuickBooks DesktopXeroWaveOdooZoho BooksNetSuite
Practice & Workpapers
TaxDomeCanopyKarbonFinancial CentsCCH AxcessCCH ProSystem fx EngagementExcel workpapers
Payroll
GustoADPPaychexQuickBooks PayrollOnPay
AP, Receipts & Spend
Bill.comDextHubdocRampExpensify
Payments & E-commerce
ShopifyAmazon Seller CentralStripeSquarePayPalA2X
Industry Systems
ClioAppFolioBuildiumProcoreToast

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.

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