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Clean books. A clear baseline.
Ready to move forward.

Bring overdue or unreliable records current, resolve the issues within scope, and establish a dependable starting point for reporting, tax preparation, financing, or ongoing accounting.

Books behind, messy, or never set up right?

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Does this sound familiar?

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A tax deadline or audit is coming

Your CPA needs reconciled books before they can file. An auditor is asking for support documentation. We work backward from the deadline and deliver the records they need.

2
You are months or years behind

Filing deadlines are approaching, investors are asking for financials, or you simply let things pile up. We clean up 6 to 24+ months of backlog and get you current.

3
Your previous bookkeeper made a mess

Transactions are miscategorized, accounts are unreconciled, and you cannot trust what is in the system. We rebuild from bank statements up so you have a reliable starting point.

4
You are switching accounting systems

You are moving from spreadsheets to a cloud platform, from desktop to online, or from one system to another. We handle the migration and clean up historical data in the process.

What a cleanup engagement covers

Every period reconciled, corrected, and restated, and the cause fixed, so the books stay clean on their own.

Bank & card reconciliation
Every account matched to statements, period by period
Transaction reclassification
Miscategorized expenses identified and corrected
Chart of accounts rebuild
Restructured to match your business model
Payroll & contractor cleanup
Payroll reconciled, misclassifications corrected
AP & AR discrepancy resolution
Balances reconciled to actual invoices and bills
COGS & inventory reconciliation
Tied to actual purchases and sales
Corrected financial statements
Accurate P&L, BS & Cash Flow for cleaned periods
Support for past-period filings
CPA coordination on amended returns if needed
Beyond the scrub: as we work, we pin down why the books fell behind and build the workflows and controls to keep them current, so you finish set up for growth, not headed for another cleanup.

From scoping call to clean books

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Step 1
Diagnose

A short call to understand the periods involved, your deadline, and what shape the books are in. After the call we review the actual data, then send a fixed project fee.

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Step 2
Reconcile

We work through the backlog period by period. Bank, card, payroll, AP, AR, and inventory all reconciled to source records, with a documented trail of every correction.

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Step 3
Restructure

Chart of accounts rebuilt to match how you actually run the business. Restated P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow delivered for every cleaned period.

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Step 4
Hand off

Final review with you, documentation of every change made, and either a transition into ongoing monthly accounting or a clean handoff to your in-house team.

What shapes scope and price
Every cleanup is scoped individually. The variables we look at: how far back the books go, transaction volume, number of accounts to reconcile, payroll and inventory complexity, and the state of existing records. After the diagnostic call and a review of your data, you receive a fixed project fee in writing before any work begins.
Pricing approach
Cleanups are priced as a fixed project fee based on backlog size and complexity. No hourly billing, no surprises. Use the estimator above for a range tailored to your business.

Two situations this service is built for

What the work involves in each.

Fintech · investor diligence ahead

Books behind, with diligence ahead

Problem

Books well behind, with no handoff documentation from the previous bookkeeper, and a term sheet contingent on producing clean financials before diligence begins.

What the work involves

Reconcile the periods in scope, reclassify misbooked entries, rebuild the chart of accounts, and produce financial statements with the supporting schedules a reviewer will ask for.

How it is scoped

The assessment sets the sequence against the deadline and identifies what needs a client decision or CPA coordination. Ongoing accounting is scoped separately, and is not required.

E-commerce · filing deadline ahead

A year behind, with a filing deadline

Problem

An extension filed, more than a year of unreconciled books, sales tax outstanding in more than one state, and expenses tracked in a spreadsheet that does not tie to the bank.

What the work involves

Reconcile the backlog, rebuild cost of goods and inventory tracking, prepare the outstanding sales tax filings, and produce the statements the CPA needs in order to file.

How it is scoped

The work leaves a corrected baseline and a documented list of anything still open. Whether a filed return needs amending is a question for a qualified tax provider.

Catch-up & Cleanup FAQ

After the cleanup

Finsightic can transition the corrected books to your internal team, bookkeeper, or CPA. If ongoing support is needed, we can separately scope Accounting and Monthly Close, Controller Services, or Fractional CFO support. Ongoing service is not required to complete a cleanup project.

See ongoing options

Establish a reliable baseline and move forward.

A clean, reconciled set of books and a baseline you can build on. We reply quickly.

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