If your books stopped somewhere last year and tax season is coming, catch-up bookkeeping is exactly what Shea Business Solutions does for small businesses in Orlando, FL. We reconstruct the months you fell behind, get the file tax-ready, and hand you back clean financials, all handled by a QuickBooks Level 2 ProAdvisor. Behind is common. It is also fixable.
Freelancers and busy owners land here the same way. The work took over, the bookkeeping slid, and now there are six or twelve or twenty-four months of unreconciled transactions and a profit and loss that means nothing. You do not need a lecture. You need the file caught up before a deadline.
How Catch-Up Bookkeeping Works
- Free file review. We look at how far behind you are and what shape the file is in. No cost, no commitment.
- Flat quote. You get a fixed price for the catch-up before any work starts. No open-ended hourly billing on a project that could be large.
- Reconstruction. We reconcile every open month, recategorize what the bank feed guessed wrong, strip duplicates, and clear the old uncleared transactions distorting the balance sheet.
- Tax-ready handoff. You end with accurate books you can file from, plus a plan to stay current.
We handle one-year and multi-year catch-ups regularly. A commercial painting contractor came to us two years behind and facing a state payroll audit; we reconstructed 24 months of books, and they passed the audit with zero penalties while uncovering $14,500 in missed deductions. Multi-year is not too far gone.
Behind Usually Means More Than Late
A file that has drifted for a year rarely has just one problem. The common ones we clean up: income double-counted through undeposited funds, personal and business expenses mixed together, payroll tax classifications entered wrong, and net card deposits booked as gross so merchant fees never hit the profit and loss. If any of that sounds familiar, our post on the five signs your QuickBooks needs a cleanup walks through how to spot it.
Then You Stay Current
Catch-up is a one-time project. Staying caught up is the easy part once the foundation is clean. Most clients roll straight from catch-up into flat-rate monthly bookkeeping so the file never falls behind again, and add ProAdvisor support for setup or training if the QuickBooks file itself needs rebuilding. The longer a messy file sits, the more it costs to fix, so the cheapest catch-up you will ever buy is the one you start now.
Frequently Asked Questions
How far behind can you catch up?
One year or several. We handle both single-year and multi-year catch-ups, reconstructing and reconciling every open month until the file is tax-ready.
How much does catch-up bookkeeping cost?
It is quoted flat after a free review of your file, so you know the full price before any work starts. Pricing depends on how many months are behind and the shape the file is in.
Will my books be ready for taxes?
Yes. Catch-up ends with accurate, reconciled books you can file from, and we can prepare the return itself, with tax preparation starting at $90.
What happens after the catch-up?
Most clients move into flat-rate monthly bookkeeping starting at $200 per month so the file stays current going forward.