Remote across Colorado · Concept project
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Monthly bookkeeping and plain-English reporting for independent businesses.
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Bookkeeping and reporting only. Not a CPA firm. Not tax, legal, investment, or audit services.
01 · Audience
Who it is for
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Independent shops
Retail and makers who need a monthly picture that matches the till, not a fog of leftover receipts.
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Creative studios
Project work, retainers, and software that pile up. The books should say what actually landed.
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Restaurants
Food cost, labor, and a week that never looks like the last one. Cash has to be readable on Monday.
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Service businesses
Trades and practices billed by the job. You should know what is owed, what was spent, and what is left.
02 · The work
What you receive
Outcomes, not a glossary. Each line is a monthly habit unless you ask for cleanup first.
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Monthly bookkeeping
Transactions categorized, accounts reconciled, and a set of figures you can read without a decoder.
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Catch-up and cleanup
Months that never got entered are brought current so the next report starts from a true floor.
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Cash-flow reporting
What came in, what went out, and what is likely to move next—stated in sentences, not only columns.
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Payroll coordination
We line the books up with the payroll you already run. We do not become your payroll provider.
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Work with your tax preparer
Clean books and a named contact so April is not a scavenger hunt. We do not file the return.
03 · Example pricing
Get a clear estimate
Move the controls. The figure on the right is fictional example pricing for this concept project—not a quote from Plain Figure or from Unredacted Version.
Illustrative monthly example
Example monthly total $403 / month
Plus a one-time cleanup example of $0
- Base books$295
- Transaction volume$80
- Accounts beyond two$28
- Payroll coordination$0
Payroll here means coordinating with the payroll you already use—not running payroll.
How this example is built: $295 base + $40 for every 50 transactions after the first 50 + $28 per account after two + $85 if payroll coordination is included. Catch-up is $165 per month of history, shown separately. These amounts are invented for demonstration.
04 · Demonstration data
Example monthly report
Sample Business · Demonstration Data. No real client. Figures are internally consistent so the picture can be read.
- Cash on hand $24,180
- Monthly revenue $18,640
- Operating expenses $14,210
- Profit margin 23.8%
Revenue Expenses
Questions for the owner
- Two software subscriptions renewed higher in August. Was that expected?
- The owner draw was larger than the two prior months. Confirm it was intentional.
- A July vendor invoice is still open. Should it be marked unpaid, or was it missed?
05 · Method
How a month works
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Connect the accounts
Bank, cards, and payroll exports—whatever you already use. We do not invent a stack for you.
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Clean and organize
Duplicates out, categories set, odd items flagged instead of being forced into a plausible bucket.
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Review the month
A short report in ordinary language, plus the questions only you can answer.
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Make the next decision
Hire, hold, pay down, or wait. The point of the number is the choice it makes possible.
06 · Standing
Plain-language commitments
- You will know what each number means.
- Questions are welcome. Confusion is a defect in the report, not in you.
- Reports arrive in language you can use the same afternoon.
- We coordinate with your tax professional instead of pretending to replace one.
07 · Questions
Asked plainly
What does bookkeeping include here?
Categorizing transactions, reconciling accounts, and sending a monthly report you can read. It is the record of what happened—not advice about what to buy, invest in, or deduct.
What does Plain Figure not provide?
Tax preparation or filing, legal advice, investment advice, audits, or CPA attestation. If you need those, you keep (or hire) the professional who does that work. We make the books usable for them.
Is cleanup available if the books are behind?
Yes. Catch-up months are priced separately in the example above. The monthly figure assumes the record is current; cleanup is how it gets there.
How does collaboration with a tax preparer work?
You name them. We share the organized books and remain available for questions about how a figure was reached. They prepare the return. We do not.
What happens after requesting an estimate?
On a real site, a person would reply with whether the work fits and what to send next. On this page, the request is a demonstration only—nothing is transmitted.
08 · Next
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