Latshaw & McCown, CPAs

Services — Bookkeeping

Books You Can Actually Rely On

Whether your books need to be cleaned up or simply kept that way, we help create accurate, organized financials that give you a clearer picture of your business.

Getting your books right

From Messy Books to Financial Clarity

Stage 1 — where are your books today? Scroll to watch uncategorized, duplicated, and unreconciled activity resolve into an organized set of records.

Bookkeeping cleanup

01 — Step 1 of 4

We Understand What Happened

We review your existing books, accounts, prior financials, and transaction history to understand what needs to be corrected.

02 — Step 2 of 4

We Clean Up the Books

We work through outstanding issues, reconcile accounts, correct classifications, and organize the underlying accounting records.

03 — Step 3 of 4

We Reconcile & Verify

We reconcile the appropriate accounts and review the resulting balances to make sure the books accurately reflect the information available to us.

04 — Step 4 of 4

You Get a Clean Starting Point

The end result is an organized set of books that can serve as the foundation for better ongoing bookkeeping, tax preparation, and financial decision-making.

General Ledger — March

6 issues found
  • 03/04Card 4412 — VENDOR PMT1,240.00
  • 03/04Card 4412 — VENDOR PMT1,240.00
  • 03/11Office lease — March3,150.00
  • 03/18Merchant deposit batch8,904.37
  • 03/22Owner transfer2,000.00
  • 02/28Opening balance — Operating

Reconciled

38%

Categorized

61%

Variance

$9,412

Getting your books right

Keeping Them Right

With a clean starting point in place, bookkeeping becomes a rhythm — a recurring cycle rather than a once-a-year scramble.

Ongoing bookkeeping

A Recurring Monthly Cycle

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  1. Transactions → Reconcile → Review → Report → Communicate → Next month

Better Books. Better Information.

Good bookkeeping isn't simply about categorizing transactions. It's about maintaining financial information you can actually use—and making tax preparation significantly easier at the end of the year.

Clarity. Confidence. Control. Let's make sense of your finances—together.