Books done. Head clear.

Bookkeeping, tax and payroll for small businesses that are a few months behind and tired of guessing.

Get your fixed feeFrom $240/mo
(01)Monthly bookkeeping, closed by the 5th
(02)Tax filing and every deadline tracked
(03)Payroll for teams of 1 to 40 people
What we do

Three jobs, done every month. No chasing.

JobClosed byIncluded
01

Bookkeeping

The 5th of every month
Bank and card reconciliation
Catch-up when you are behind
02

Tax

Each deadline, a week early
Quarterly estimates
Sales tax, 12 states
03

Payroll

Every pay run, on time
Weekly to semi-monthly
W-2s and 1099s
One fee

No tiers. No hourly billing. No invoice in April.

One plan, priced on how busy your books are, and held for twelve months.

200
6
2
Business entities
Services
The Tally & Rowe plan
$488/ month

$488 a month

  • Bookkeeping, 200 transactions$300
  • Tax, estimates and year-end$95
  • Payroll, 6 people$93
  • Extra entities—
Request a call at this fee

Plus a one-time catch-up of $360 for 2 months behind.

Monthly close

Four days, one close.

  1. The 1st

    You send

    Statements and receipts go into your portal folder.

  2. The 2nd

    We match

    Every account reconciled to the cent, every transaction sorted.

  3. The 3rd–4th

    We check

    A second partner reviews the month and sets aside tax.

  4. The 5th

    You read

    Your numbers, explained in sentences. Like the report below.

Sample report

What lands on the 5th.

Your numbers, and next to them, what they mean.

Sales were $84,210, up 6% on August.

The $3,420 espresso machine repair is a one-off, filed as equipment.

You kept $11,215, a little under August because of that repair.

Andre Rowe, EA · closed October 4 · Set aside $2,900 for January 15

Sample client: Harlow Coffee Co., two shops in Logan Square
AccountSepAug
Sales$84,210$79,640
Cost of goods$26,105$24,690
Payroll$31,480$31,020
Rent, two shops$9,800$9,800
Card fees$2,190$2,060
Repairs and equipment$3,420$180
You kept$11,215$11,890
The partners

Two people who answer their own email.

Mei Tally on the phone and Andre Rowe reading a ledger at a long desk by the office windows
Fig. 1Mei Tally and Andre Rowe, 14th floor, West Adams Street

Mei Tally

Role
CPA. Tax and year-end; she signs every return we file
Since
2011, after nine years in audit at a big firm
Ask her about
S-corp elections, multi-state sales tax, anything with a deadline

Andre Rowe

Role
EA. Books and payroll; he runs the monthly close
Since
2011, and his family's three restaurants since he was nineteen
Ask him about
Catch-up work, tips, moving off spreadsheets
Request a call

A twenty-minute call. Bring the shoebox.

Tell us roughly where things stand; we'll tell you what it takes to get current and what it costs.

20 minutes · $0 · We'll get back to you to confirm

Black-and-white aerial view of downtown Chicago and the lakefront
Fig. 2The Loop, from the north.