Bookkeeping services for Seattle businesses
Finding out whether last month made money shouldn't take a weekend and a spreadsheet. For Seattle business owners who still do their own books at night, Unicorn Consulting handles the monthly work and sends you reports you can read.
Book a free discovery callWhat monthly bookkeeping covers
Your bookkeeper sets up your accounts and chart of accounts, or migrates them from your current system. After that, the monthly work is bank and credit card reconciliation, recording income and expenses, tracking fixed assets and depreciation, payroll accounting, and keeping receivables and payables current.
The output is financial statements, a cash flow view with forecasting, and reports built around the numbers you actually look at. See the full bookkeeping and accounting service.
What a Seattle business's books have to support
Each of these filings is built from the monthly books.
Washington B&O tax
Washington's business and occupation tax is a gross receipts tax. It is calculated on the total value of products sold or the total income the business earns, and expenses can't be deducted from it. Returns are filed on the Excise Tax Return through MyDOR. Source: Washington Department of Revenue, business and occupation tax.
Seattle business license tax certificate
If you do business in Seattle, you must have a Seattle business license tax certificate and file a return, even when the gross revenue to report is zero. Annual filers file by April 30 of the following year. Source: City of Seattle, business taxes.
Dates and thresholds come from the linked agencies. Check your own filing schedule with the agency.
How it works for a Seattle business
- You book a free 30-minute discovery call.
- We learn how your business runs and which software you use.
- Your dedicated bookkeeper takes over the monthly work.
The work is done remotely, inside your accounting software.
Questions Seattle owners ask
Which accounting software do you work in?
QuickBooks and Xero. If you use something else, tell us on the call.
Who does the bookkeeping?
Each client has one dedicated bookkeeper. The work is done by accountants who learn how your business runs before they touch the books.
What happens on the first call?
It's a free 30-minute discovery call. We learn what you need, and you get a clear picture of how we can help.
Does bookkeeping include payroll?
Payroll accounting is part of the bookkeeping. Payroll processing is a separate service we offer.
Bookkeeping services in other cities
Start with a free 30-minute call
We'll learn how your business runs and give you a clear picture of how we can help.