Bookkeeping Cleanup — Catch-Up Service, Spokane WA
Behind on your books? We'll get you caught up.
If your books are a mess — months or years behind — we organize and reconcile your accounts to give you clarity and accuracy, fast.
Who this is for
Bookkeeping cleanup is for businesses whose financial records have fallen behind — whether that's a few months or several years. It's one of the most common reasons new clients come to Avenue Bookkeeping in Spokane. The typical situation: a business owner has been doing their own books inconsistently, or a previous bookkeeper left things in disarray, or the business has simply grown faster than the back-office infrastructure kept up with. Tax season is approaching and the records aren't in shape to hand to a CPA. Or a loan application requires two years of clean financials that don't currently exist. If your books are a mess, cleanup is the starting point before any ongoing service makes sense.
How it works with Avenue
Cleanup starts with an assessment. We review the current state of your QuickBooks file — or whatever records exist — to understand the scope: how many months need reconciliation, whether the chart of accounts is correctly structured, what source documentation is available, and whether there are transactions that can't be categorized without more information from you. That assessment produces a clear scope and a fixed price — you know what you're getting into before any work begins. Once work starts, transactions are reconciled month by month, categories are corrected, and any questions that require your input are batched and addressed efficiently rather than interrupting you constantly. When cleanup is complete, you receive a summary of what was done and the current state of your books. From there, many clients transition directly into monthly bookkeeping.
What's actually involved in a cleanup
Bookkeeping cleanup is more involved than it might seem. Reconciling a bank account isn't just matching transactions — it requires identifying duplicates, correcting misapplied payments, tracking down missing transactions, and ensuring the ending balance in QuickBooks matches the actual bank statement for every month in the cleanup period. If the chart of accounts is misconfigured, transactions may need to be reclassified in bulk. If a previous bookkeeper made systematic errors — applying all credit card charges to a single expense category, for example — those need to be unwound and recategorized correctly. For businesses with payroll, the cleanup often includes ensuring payroll liabilities are tracked accurately. The result of a complete cleanup is a QuickBooks file where every account reconciles cleanly, every transaction is in the right category, and the financial statements accurately reflect the business.