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Bookkeeping Built for Consulting Firms

Consulting looks like the simplest business to keep books for, no inventory, no trucks, no job sites, right up until the revenue gets interesting: retainers spanning quarters, milestone payments on multi-month engagements, pass-through travel, subcontracted specialists, and an owner comp structure that quietly determines the tax bill. Simple businesses with sophisticated revenue deserve books that match.

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  • QuickBooks Gold ProAdvisor
  • Intuit Certified Bookkeeper
  • Intuit Enterprise Suite Certified
  • IRS PTIN Holder

What consulting books need to get right

  • Retainers and prepaid engagements recognized as delivered, not when the wire lands
  • Milestone and project billing tracked against engagement budgets
  • Utilization and effective rate reporting, billable hours against capacity, the firm's real throttle
  • Pass-through expenses (travel, tools) billed to clients and kept out of margin math
  • Subcontractor costs mapped to engagements with W-9/1099 records clean
  • S corp owner compensation structured deliberately: reasonable salary, distributions, and quarterly estimates coordinated

Taxes, handled by the same firm

We prepare business and owner tax returns exclusively for our bookkeeping clients, your return gets built on firm books we closed ourselves, twelve months in a row. Quarterly estimates included. Business Tax Preparation Services

What it costs

A flat monthly fee, quoted in writing after a free discovery call and a look at your QuickBooks file. Month to month, no hourly billing. Behind on the books? Fixed-fee cleanup first. Cleanup & Catch-Up Bookkeeping Services

Ivan Dyakov, founder of Steady Tax & Bookkeeping

Founder-led service

Ivan Dyakov

Ivan leads client strategy, major relationships, and service standards, supported by a specialized delivery process built for consistency.

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  • QuickBooks Gold ProAdvisor
  • Intuit Certified Bookkeeper
  • Intuit Enterprise Suite Certified
  • IRS PTIN Holder

A clear next step

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