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Poised Books

Bookkeeping cleanup · one fixed price


Your books,
finally caught up.

Messy, behind, or co-mingled — we reconcile everything and hand it back tax-ready in two to six weeks. One fixed price, agreed up front. No retainers, no hourly meter, no judgment.


2–6wks
Typical turnaround
$2,500
Fixed price, from
100%
Virtual, all 50 states
0
Hourly billing, ever

The problem

If your books make you wince, you're our kind of client.

Most of the people we help feel a little embarrassed about the state of things. There's no need. Messy books are a consequence of being busy — and every one of these is fixable.

  • 01

    Years behind

    Tax season keeps coming, extensions keep stacking, and the shoebox of receipts keeps growing. Catching up alone never quite happens.

  • 02

    Personal & business, tangled

    One card pays for everything, so your P&L is part fiction and your deductions are a guess. Untangling it by hand is the worst kind of evening.

  • 03

    A bookkeeper who vanished

    They left mid-year with no handoff. Half the work is done, none of it is documented, and you can't tell which numbers to trust.

Why owners choose Poised

A different kind of bookkeeper.

Project-based, fixed-price, and personal — the opposite of a faceless monthly subscription. Here's what that means for you.

  • 01

    You work directly with Elizabeth

    Not a team queue or a junior associate. A West Point graduate, MBA, and QuickBooks Advanced Certified ProAdvisor scopes your cleanup — and is the one who does it.

  • 02

    One fixed price, never hourly

    Quoted in writing before any work begins. No meters, no surprise invoices, no scope creep — even if the file turns out harder than expected.

  • 03

    You keep your own file

    It stays your QuickBooks or Xero the entire way through. No proprietary platform, no lock-in — when we're done, you own clean books outright.

  • 04

    Built to stay clean

    Every cleanup ends with a live walkthrough and training, so your books stay reconciled long after we hand them back.

The process

Five steps from chaos to clean.

A clear, proven path — and a fixed price you approve before any work starts. No surprises, no scope creep.

01

Free consultation

A short, no-pressure call about where your books are and where they need to be.

02

Diagnostic & fixed quote

We review your file and statements, then commit to one fixed price — in writing, before any work begins.

03

Systematic cleanup

Account by account, month by month, until every transaction is categorized and every statement reconciles.

04

Review & delivery

Tax-ready financials, a walkthrough of what we found, and a clean file you fully own.

05

30-day support

Questions, adjustments, and CPA coordination — included for 30 days after delivery.

Not sure where you stand? Take the 2-minute health check or estimate your cost.


Let's get your books
caught up.

Tell us where things stand. We'll review your file, give you one fixed price, and hand you back books you can finally trust.

Elizabeth personally reviews every request — a real reply within 24 hours.