Clean-up is the process of finding and fixing the errors, misclassifications, and unreconciled transactions that build up in your books over time. Most owners don’t realize they need one until a tax filing doesn’t add up or a loan application falls through. We start every engagement with a free 30-minute Financial Health Scan to tell you honestly where your books stand.

Common warning signs:
Your QuickBooks balance doesn’t match your bank statement
Transactions are sitting in “Uncategorized Expenses” or “Ask My Accountant”
Your Profit & Loss doesn’t reflect what you believe you actually made
Accounts haven’t been reconciled in 60+ days
Your tax preparer asks you to “fix a few things” every year before filing
If any of these sound familiar, it’s worth a second look.

Clean-up is priced as a flat project fee, not hourly, typically $1,500 to $25,000+ depending on complexity and years of records involved. Every project starts with a flat-fee Diagnostic Review that tells you the exact scope and price before any work begins.

Construction accounting adds job costing, retainage tracking, and work-in-progress reporting on top of standard bookkeeping, so you always know whether a project actually made money. It’s a specialized skill most general bookkeepers don’t have.

Yes, multi-year clean-up is one of our specialties. We start with a Diagnostic Review, then work through each year in sequence so your financial history holds together correctly going forward.

We specialize in QuickBooks Online. If you’re still on Desktop, we also handle the full migration to QBO, including data conversion, training, and 30 days of post-migration support.

It’s the process of safely moving your financial data from Desktop into QuickBooks Online. We follow a 16-step process that includes a pre-migration cleanup, the official Intuit conversion, side-by-side validation, and 30 days of post-migration support.

Straightforward (1-2 years, limited issues): 2-4 weeks
Moderate (2-3 years, payroll corrections, job costing): 4-8 weeks
Complex (3+ years, structural problems, multi-state issues): 8-12+ weeks
We work virtually with clients across the country, so location is never a barrier.

Clean-up means diagnosing problems and understanding their tax consequences, not just re-entering data. Jon W. Ball is a CPA with 45+ years of experience, so when something we find has tax implications, we fix both the books and the tax exposure.

Free Financial Health Scan. A complimentary 30-minute Zoom call, no obligation.
Diagnostic Review. A modest flat fee gets you a written report and a precise clean-up quote.
Clean-Up Engagement. We execute the agreed scope, then hand off with corrected statements and a walkthrough.
Ready to find out what your books are really telling you?
📧 jball@cleanbooksmagic.com 📞 214-771-5630 🌐 www.cleanbooksmagic.com