Now onboarding a limited number of new businesses this quarter.  We bring your books current within 60 days, however far behind you are.
For owner-operators doing $750K–$10M who are done with April surprises

Know exactly what you owe, what you keep, and what to do about it, every single month.

MonthlyCount is done-for-you monthly accounting that doesn't just close your books. It feeds a year-round tax strategy at Taxstra, so every clean transaction becomes a captured deduction. One team owns your books, your plan, and your filing, your annual tax return included. April becomes a non-event.

  • Your books closed by the 20th, every month
  • Year-round tax planning built to lower your tax bill, not just file it (results vary)
  • One dedicated team for books, planning, filing, and your tax return. No handoffs
  • Fully done-for-you. Connect your feeds once, then review your monthly financials
Free 30-min call. No pitch unless we're a fit. No obligation.
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By the 20th
Your books closed, every month
1 team
Books · Planning · Filing, under one roof
The silent leak

You find out what you owe in March, when it's already too late to do anything about it.

Your books are two or three months behind. Bank feeds aren't reconciled, personal and business money are tangled, and QuickBooks is a black hole of errors you don't have time to fix. Your bookkeeper records history but never advises. Your CPA only sees the numbers at filing, and by then the deductions are gone and the strategy windows have closed. So you manage by bank balance, guess at your margins, and brace for a bill that drops your stomach every April.

The cost of waiting

Every month without a real close is a month of six-figure decisions made blind, and a tax bill you could have legally cut by five figures. Messy books and reactive filing quietly leak $20,000 to $100,000+ a year. Proactive planning only works on dollars before year-end. After December 31, most of those moves are off the table for good.

  • Your books are always behind, and tax time is an annual fire drill
  • You genuinely don't know your real profit, your margins, or your cash position
  • A surprise tax bill blindsides you in April because nobody planned ahead
  • You're almost certainly overpaying the IRS by thousands, because no one's capturing deductions
  • If you got audited tomorrow, your books wouldn't hold up, and you know it
  • You can't tell if you can afford the next hire, the equipment, or a bigger draw
The after state

Imagine next April being a non-event.

Books done. Taxes already planned. Your number already the lowest it can legally be, and you knew it months ago. This is what it feels like when your accounting and your taxes are finally one connected system.

Today

Flying blind into tax season

  • Books months behind, rebuilt in a panic each spring
  • No idea what you'll owe until the bill lands
  • A bookkeeper and a CPA who never talk to each other
  • Decisions on hiring and pay made on gut feel
  • Overpaying the IRS and never knowing by how much
With MonthlyCount

Your numbers, handled every month

  • Your books closed by the 20th. Never a January scramble again
  • A clear, updated number for what you owe, all year long
  • A proactive strategy working to recover $20K–$100K+ before year-end (results vary)
  • Confident calls on hiring, pay and reinvestment
  • Your return prepped by the same team that kept your books

"This is what it feels like when your books and your taxes finally work as one system."

The Connected-Books System

How we turn clean books into a smaller tax bill

Most firms split bookkeeping and tax. We built them as one pipeline, so nothing falls through the cracks, and we can actually help lower your bill.

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1

We take over & clean up your mess

Within your first 60 days, we bring your books fully up to date, however far behind they are. We've cleaned up worse. Full historical reconciliation so every deduction is captured from the start. It's all included.

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We close your books by the 20th

Your dedicated bookkeeper reconciles every account and categorizes every transaction to tax-strategy standards. Every month you get your financials, a full P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow statement in plain English, plus reporting you can drill into for the detail standard bookkeepers never give you.

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Your numbers feed a tax strategy

Your live books flow straight to a Taxstra strategist who works to bring your bill down before year-end: entity structure, owner comp, retirement and depreciation timing. This is where many clients recover $20K-$100K+, mid-year, not next April. Results vary by business.

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We file from books already right

The same team that kept your books files your return, with no handoff, no re-explaining, and no missed deductions. Business and owner returns, prepped fast and audit-ready. Tax time becomes a non-event.

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The
Flywheel
clean books → lower tax → growth
Clean books Deductions captured Bigger savings Sharper planning
Why it compounds

Tax savings aren't created in April. They're captured all year.

MonthlyCount is the engine that makes Taxstra's tax savings possible, a self-reinforcing loop where good bookkeeping compounds into a lower bill. Taxstra can only save what your books can prove. MonthlyCount makes sure your books prove all of it. Clean books aren't an expense. They're the highest-ROI input to keeping more of your money.

Clean books in: every month we reconcile every account and categorize every transaction correctly, accurate and complete, not a shoebox reconstructed in April.

Nothing slips through: accurate categorization surfaces every legitimate deduction in real time (home office, mileage, depreciation, entity write-offs) instead of months later when the receipts are gone.

Planning gets sharp: working from clean, current numbers, Taxstra runs real mid-year strategy (entity structure, estimated payments, retirement and depreciation timing), the moves that can turn into $20K-$100K+.

Savings fund growth: a lower tax bill frees cash you reinvest, which creates more activity and complexity, which makes clean monthly books even more valuable. Back to turn one, stronger.

Everything included

Your complete done-for-you financial back office

This isn't bookkeeping you bolt a CPA onto later. It's a complete books-to-tax pipeline under one roof, every piece engineered to keep more of your money.

60-Day Clean-Slate Catch-Up & Cleanup
We bring your messy, behind books fully up to date in your first 60 days, however far behind you are. Most firms charge extra for this, or refuse it. We include it.
$4,500 value
Done-For-You Monthly Bookkeeping & Reconciliation
A dedicated bookkeeper reconciles every account and categorizes every transaction to tax-strategy standards, not just "balanced." Zero homework for you.
$18,000/yr value
The "Closed-By-The-20th" Monthly Close
Your books are finalized by the 20th of the following month, once your feeds and receipts are in. You always know your real numbers within weeks, not months.
$3,600/yr value
Monthly Financial Statements
A full P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow statement every month, in plain English, plus interactive reporting you can drill into for far more detail than a standard bookkeeper's reports.
$3,000/yr value
Proactive Year-Round Tax Planning by Taxstra
Quarterly strategy sessions using your live, clean books to work your bill down before year-end. The wealth engine, where many clients recover meaningful tax dollars (results vary). Comparable standalone planning often runs $3,000-$10,000/mo.
$36,000/yr value
Annual Tax Return Preparation & Filing
Same firm, no handoff, no re-explaining, no missed deductions. Business and owner returns included.
$5,000/yr value
Dedicated Account Team, Not a Portal
A named bookkeeper, tax strategist, and account lead who know your business. A direct line to real humans and fast answers.
$3,600/yr value
Audit-Ready Documentation & Year-End Package
Clean, defensible records and a tidy year-end package. If the IRS ever asks, your records are clean, organized, and defensible, not a scramble.
$2,400/yr value
BONUSQuarterly Estimated Tax Calculation & Reminders
We calculate and remind you of quarterly estimates so you never eat an underpayment penalty or a surprise April bill again.
$1,500/yr value
BONUSSame-Firm "No-Gap" Advantage
Books, planning, and filing live under one roof, so you never pay two providers to argue over who owns what. The integration itself is the bonus most owners have never had.
$2,000/yr value
Total first-year value $79,600+

You don't buy any of this today. The first step is a free call to see if it fits, where we'll quantify exactly how far behind your books are and how much you're likely overpaying in tax, as a real dollar number, not a pitch.

Compared to hiring in-house
$55K-$75K / yr
A full-time bookkeeper, fully loaded, who still can't plan your tax or file your return.
Compared to doing nothing
$20K-$100K+ / yr
Leaked to overpaid tax and missed deductions from messy books and reactive filing.
The honest comparison

What you actually get, versus the options you've already tried

 
MonthlyCount
Typical cheap bookkeeper
Monthly close, on time
Closed by the 20th, every month
Weeks-to-months behind, no SLA
Tax strategy
Proactive, year-round, baked into the fee
None. Records history, never advises
Who files your return
The same team that keeps your books
A separate CPA who sees it in April
Deductions captured
In real time, built into categorization
Whatever survives the year-end scramble
Your team
Named bookkeeper, strategist & account lead
Rotating offshore contractors or a portal
Cleanup of old mess
Included in your first 60 days
A stinging separate bill, or a refusal
What it costs you, net
Pays for itself in recovered tax
Cheap upfront, expensive in overpaid tax
Simple, premium pricing

Premium accounting that pays for itself

Cheap accounting is how you got surprise tax bills. We're the firm that pays for itself in saved tax and saved time. Pricing scales with your revenue, transaction volume, and complexity, and your exact rate is confirmed on your free call.

Foundation
On average
$1,750/mo
For owners around $750K-$2M who need clean books and no April surprises.
  • Done-for-you monthly bookkeeping & reconciliation
  • Closed-by-the-20th monthly close
  • Monthly financial statements (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow)
  • Quarterly estimated tax calculation & reminders
  • Annual business + owner return prep & filing
  • Dedicated account team, real humans, fast answers
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Growth
On average
$2,500/mo
For owners around $2M-$5M who want their tax bill actively planned down, for roughly half the cost of an in-house bookkeeper who can't plan tax at all.
  • Everything in Foundation
  • Full quarterly proactive tax planning by Taxstra
  • Entity, owner-comp & retirement strategy
  • Real-time, mid-year moves to lower your bill
  • Audit-ready documentation & year-end package
  • Same-firm coverage across books, planning, and filing
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Premier
On average
$3,500+/mo
For owners around $5M-$10M and multi-entity operators who need CFO-level strategy.
  • Everything in Growth
  • Deeper CFO-level tax & cash strategy
  • Multi-entity & multi-property handling
  • Faster SLAs and priority access
  • Cash-flow & owner-pay guidance
  • Senior strategist on your account
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Every plan includes your annual tax return and year-round tax planning, not just the bookkeeping.

Billed monthly on a 12-month engagement. Prepay annually and get one month free. No proprietary lock-in, your books stay in standard QuickBooks and are always yours.

Our commitment

Our commitment to you

We earn premium fees, so we hold ourselves to a premium standard. We bring your books fully up to date within 60 days, no matter how far behind or how messy they are. We've cleaned up worse. From there, your books are closed by the 20th every month and your full financials land in plain English. Your annual tax return and year-round planning are part of the service, handled by the same team. There's no long lock-in: your books stay in standard QuickBooks and are always yours. And the strategy call itself is free and no-obligation, so worst case you walk away with a clearer picture of your numbers and an idea or two you can use, even if we never work together.

Books brought current within 60 days Closed by the 20th, every month Free, no-obligation strategy call No lock-in, your books stay yours
Real reviews

Why business owners trust the team behind MonthlyCount

Taxstra, the CPA firm behind MonthlyCount, holds a 5.0 average across 113 Google reviews. Here's a sample, in their words.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars.

"I am very pleased with Taxstra. They handle all my business and personal accounting. Payroll, monthly P&L, taxes, and tax returns. I highly recommend them."

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars.

"Bryan, my accountant, is truly one of the smartest people I know. He has an incredible understanding of the value of a dollar and always finds ways to maximize financial benefits."

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars.

"I recently had the pleasure of working with Taxstra, and I must say, the experience exceeded my expectations. From start to finish, their professionalism, expertise, and customer care were outstanding."

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars.

"Exactly what I was looking for in a CPA/Tax Prep Company. Returns were filed on time. Highly recommend Bryan Martin and his team to everyone who needs to have their taxes incl. biz taxes done!"

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars.

"From my perspective, I have very complicated taxes and cannot say enough in appreciation for Bryan to figure it all out: His patience, his expertise, his persistence made all the difference in the world!"

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars.

"Brian and his team were very helpful even though I was running behind on taxes. They made me feel comfortable. Everything went great and I'm all caught up."

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Straight answers

Questions owners ask before they book

It's too expensive. I can find a bookkeeper for $300-$500 a month.
You already tried cheap, and that's exactly why your books are a mess and you're here. A $400 bookkeeper who miscategorizes, ghosts you, and forces a cleanup costs you far more in overpaid tax, missed deductions, and your own time. You're not buying data entry, you're buying never thinking about this again, plus tax planning that often more than covers the fee. Our Growth tier at $2,500/mo is roughly half the cost of a $55K-$75K in-house bookkeeper who still can't plan your tax or file your return.
My CPA already handles my taxes. Why a separate monthly service?
Your CPA files a return based on whatever numbers you hand them. If those are a mess, they're filing a mess and you're overpaying. A CPA at tax time is a rear-view mirror. We're the windshield: clean books all year, deductions captured in real time, and strategy run before December instead of discovered in April. With us the bookkeeping and the tax planning are the same team, so nothing falls through the gap where money usually leaks.
I already have a bookkeeper. Switching sounds painful.
The hassle is staying where you are: another year of scramble, another surprise bill, another cleanup bill that stings. Onboarding takes a few hours of your time, not days. You connect your bank and card feeds once and forward a receipts inbox, and we do the heavy lifting of untangling and reconciling. Cleanup of your old mess is included, not billed extra. Within 60 days you have clean books and your evenings back.
I've been burned before. I tried a bookkeeping service and it didn't work.
That's the most common reason people come to us. It usually failed because it was cheap and transactional, treating you like a ticket number with a rotating cast of offshore contractors. The fix is the reason to go premium: a named, dedicated team that knows your business, communicates proactively, closes your books on time every month, and owns the outcome. The churn and re-explaining stops here. And we're CPA-owned and stable, so we won't lock you in or vanish overnight.
How is this different from QuickBooks or cheap online bookkeeping?
Commodity bookkeeping gives you reconciled books and nothing else: no tax strategy, no planning, a separate preparer who only sees the numbers at filing. We give you advice plus tax integration: books built specifically to maximize deductions, year-round planning baked in, and the same team filing your return. You stop babysitting QuickBooks, and you stop leaving money on the table.
Do I have to switch software?
No homework and no learning curve. We run the QuickBooks/ledger stack for you, and your books stay in portable, standard QuickBooks format, yours to keep, never locked into a proprietary system. Your only ongoing "effort" is reviewing your monthly financials and approving the tax moves we recommend.
Is my financial data secure?
Yes. You connect your bank and card feeds once through secure, read-only links, so we can see the data to do the work but cannot move your money. Records are kept clean, defensible, and audit-ready, and you retain full ownership and portability of your books at all times.
Am I locked into a long contract?
The engagement is a 12-month commitment because real cleanup and year-round planning take a full tax year to deliver. Pay monthly, or prepay annually and get one month free. There's no proprietary lock-in: your books are standard QuickBooks and always portable.
What does it actually cost, and what happens on the call?
Pricing runs $1,750-$3,500+/mo depending on your revenue and complexity, confirmed on the call so you get a real number, not a guess. The call is a free 30-minute Tax-Leak & Books Audit: we review your current books and last return, quantify how far behind you are and how much you're likely overpaying, and tell you honestly whether we're a fit. No pitch unless we are. Every plan includes your annual tax return and year-round planning, not just the bookkeeping.
How fast will I actually have clean books?
Week one, we connect your bank and card feeds and pull your history. By day 60 your catch-up and cleanup are done and your books are current and tax-ready, no matter how far behind you were. From there you get a real monthly close by the 20th of the following month, every month, so you're never reconstructing a year in April again.
I have multiple entities or a seasonal business. Does the price blow up?
No surprise add-ons. Pricing scales with revenue and complexity, so multi-entity, multi-property, or seasonal businesses land in the Growth or Premier tier rather than getting nickel-and-dimed. Premier is built specifically for multi-entity operators. We confirm the exact number on your free call, so you know it before you ever commit.
Your free strategy call

Imagine next April being a non-event. Books done, taxes planned, no surprise.

You can keep guessing and keep handing the IRS money you don't owe, or you can know your numbers and your tax position every single month, starting now. The call is free, 30 minutes, zero obligation, and you'll walk away with at least one actionable tax insight even if we never work together.

Limited onboarding slots this month. Every month you wait, more of this year's tax-planning windows close for good.

Free 30-minute Tax-Leak & Books Audit. We'll show you exactly how far behind your books are and how much you're likely overpaying in tax, as a real number. No pitch unless we're a fit. Pick a time below.

No card required · 30 minutes · You'll meet Bryan Martin, CPA, and leave with at least one actionable tax-saving insight, even if we never work together.

Here's our commitment: we bring your books current within 60 days however far behind you are, your annual tax return and year-round planning are included, and there's no long lock-in. We onboard a limited number of new businesses each month, so every client gets a real close and a partner-level relationship.

Free Tax-Leak & Books Audit
30 min · no obligation
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