Short answer: Los Angeles Bookkeeper is an independent site that connects Los Angeles business owners with real bookkeepers at its bookkeeping partner. The team works remotely in QuickBooks, Xero and more on monthly bookkeeping, cleanup, catch-up and tax-ready books for your CPA. It does not file tax returns, and this site never takes payment.
What this site is
Los Angeles Bookkeeper is an independent website for small business owners in Los Angeles who need their books cleaned up, caught up or kept current. The pages here explain how bookkeeping works for different industries and neighborhoods, and the rules that change from one city line to the next.
When you ask to talk to a bookkeeper through this site, your request goes to our bookkeeping partner. Their team does the work.
Who does the bookkeeping
Our bookkeeping partner is a team of real bookkeepers who work remotely with business owners, including here in Los Angeles. They work in QuickBooks, Xero and more, reconcile accounts every month and send owners plain reports and short lists of questions.
This site is not a CPA firm. For tax returns and tax advice, keep working with your CPA. The goal of the bookkeeping is to hand your CPA books they can use without rebuilding them.
Why a local site
Los Angeles is a hard place to keep books. One business can sit in the City of Los Angeles while its second location is in Culver City or Burbank, each with its own license, rate and due date. Sales tax changes at city lines. Industries here, from production companies to wholesale apparel, have their own record keeping habits. This site exists to explain those details in plain language and to connect Los Angeles owners with bookkeepers who will handle them.
Every page on this site was written to be useful even if you never ask for help. If a page has a mistake, tell us and we will fix it.
What we do and do not do
- We do: monthly bookkeeping, cleanup of messy books, catch-up for months or years behind, QuickBooks, Xero and other software setup, and tax-ready books for your CPA.
- We do not: file tax returns, give legal advice or prepare city license renewals.
- We do not have a Los Angeles office. The team works remotely, by phone, video and shared folders.
How a request moves
- You send a note. The form on any page asks where your books stand and which software you use.
- A bookkeeper reads it. Your note goes to our bookkeeping partner, not to a call center.
- You talk. A short call to look at what is behind, what is wrong and what you need next.
- You decide. If you go ahead, you sign up with the partner directly, and you see their name before you agree to anything. This site never takes payment.
How the partnership works
This site and the bookkeeping partner are separate businesses. The site explains bookkeeping and passes requests along. The partner's bookkeepers read them, hold the calls and keep the books.
If you hire them, the engagement is between you and the partner. You know exactly who you are hiring before you sign anything.
How these pages are written
Each page explains one service, trade or part of Los Angeles in plain words. Where a page states a local rule, such as a city business tax or license, it links the official source so you can check it.
Rules change. Every page shows the month it was last updated. If you see something out of date, send a note through the form and we will fix it.
How we handle your information
When you send a request, we share your name, contact details and what you wrote with our bookkeeping partner so a bookkeeper can reply. The privacy policy explains this in full. We do not sell your information.
Questions
Who owns this site?
This is an independent site. The bookkeeping is done by our partner's team, and you will see their name before you agree to anything.
Are your bookkeepers in Los Angeles?
They work remotely. You will not need to visit an office.
Are you a CPA firm?
No. We provide bookkeeping. Tax returns stay with your CPA.