Monthly bookkeeping and close
Transactions categorized, bills and invoices recorded, and every account reconciled each month, with a short close checklist you can see.
Bookkeeping · QuickBooks · Reconciliation
Bookkeeping & QuickBooks help in Sacramento.
A.D. Consulting does bookkeeping in Sacramento for small businesses on QuickBooks Online or Desktop. We keep your books current every month, catch up and clean up past years, set up QuickBooks the right way and train your team, and prove every bank and card account against its statement before we call it done.
Who it's for
For owners who want books they can trust.
Most of our bookkeeping clients run the business themselves and do the books at night, or have a QuickBooks file someone else started that no longer adds up. We also work with homeowners associations, and with bookkeeping and accounting firms that need help with reconciliations.
- Restaurants & food service
- Farms & ag businesses
- Trades & home services
- Homeowners associations
- Professional services
- Bookkeeping & accounting firms
What we do
Bookkeeping that ties out.
Six services, one standard: every account proven against its statement.
QuickBooks catch-up and cleanup
Months or years behind? We rebuild the books from the bank and card statements forward, fix miscategorized and duplicate entries, and write down every change.
QuickBooks setup
A new company file with a chart of accounts that fits how your business really works, bank feeds connected, and invoicing and payments set up.
QuickBooks training
One-on-one training for owners and staff, in your own file, on the tasks you do every week.
Bank reconciliation services
Each bank, card and loan account tied to its statement: opening balance plus activity equals the closing balance, month by month, with every difference explained.
Books ready for tax time
Clean, reconciled books handed to your CPA or EA, so tax prep starts from numbers that hold up.
Our standard
Statements first, not the bank feed.
Bank feeds make it easy to categorize every transaction and still be wrong. A missed deposit, a duplicate import or an old uncleared check can sit in the books for months without anyone noticing, and the balance sheet drifts further from the bank every month.
We start from the statements. For every account and every month, the opening balance plus the activity must equal the closing balance on the statement. If it does not, we find out why before we report anything. Then the categories, the reports and the tax-time package are built on books that are complete, not just tidy.
It is the same discipline behind The Reconciler, our bank reconciliation software for teams that reconcile many accounts every month.
How an engagement runs
From statements to signed-off books.
- 01
Free consultation
We look at your QuickBooks file and statements together and talk about what you need.
- 02
Written proposal
A fixed scope, price and timeline, including how many months of catch-up are covered.
- 03
Statements first
We gather every statement for the period and work from them, inside your own QuickBooks file.
- 04
Review and sign-off
Reconciled books, a written list of what changed and why, and a monthly routine from there.
Experience
Bookkeeping with an operator's eye.
Our 16 years of hands-on operations experience means we understand what the numbers stand for: the invoice that was never entered, the tip payout, the equipment repair, the seasonal payroll. That makes the books more useful to you than a list of categories.
We keep the books in your own QuickBooks file, so you own your data and client data stays on client machines.
Service area: on-site in Sacramento, Midtown, Elk Grove, Folsom, Davis and Roseville, and across the greater Sacramento area. Remote anywhere, by video call and screen share, inside your own systems.
Do you work in QuickBooks Online or QuickBooks Desktop?
Both. We work in your own QuickBooks Online or QuickBooks Desktop file, and can set up a new company file if you are starting fresh.
Can you catch up books that are months or years behind?
Yes. We rebuild the books from your bank and card statements forward, month by month, until every account ties to its statement. The proposal says up front how many months are included.
What is a bank reconciliation, and why does it matter?
A bank reconciliation checks your books against the bank statement: the opening balance plus deposits and payments must equal the closing balance, and every difference must be explained. It is how you know the books are complete and correct, not just categorized.
Do you replace our CPA?
No. We keep your books accurate and your operation running well, and hand your CPA or EA clean, reconciled books at tax time.
Find the pinch. Fix it.
Tell us where your books stand today and what you need from them. We reply within one business day.