Report
The close report
Profit and loss, balance sheet and cash, with last month beside every line and a partner’s signature.
Monthly close
Every account tied to the bank and every question asked once. One signed report by the fifth working day.
What arrives
Two documents a month.
List
The question list
Every unclear transaction in one numbered list. Each answer is remembered, so no question comes twice.
Five working days
From bank feed to signature.
The same five days every month. The engagement letter names the fifth.
- 01Day 1: bank feeds tied
- 02Day 2: bills and invoices matched
- 03Day 3: one question list sent
- 04Day 4: payroll and accruals posted
- 05Day 5: report signed and sent
SEP 2026 AUG 2026
Revenue 48,210.00 44,980.00
Cost of sales -19,402.50 -18,115.20
Gross profit 28,807.50 26,864.80
Operating expenses -17,960.00 -17,412.75
Net profit 10,847.50 9,452.05
Operating account tied to statement, 30 Sep ok
Savings account tied to statement, 30 Sep ok
Questions 2 sent, 2 answered
Signed bookkeeping partner, 6 Oct
The terms
- Due
- Fifth working day, every month
- Signed by
- The partner who took intake
- Software
- Yours, unchanged
- Bank access
- Read-only feeds, never payments
- A missed date
- That month’s fee is waived
First close
Close last month first.
Intake sets the fee. The first report follows by the fifth working day of the next month.