Bookkeeping, Tax and Payroll Services for Small Businesses Nationwide
Ledger House Bookkeeping & Tax keeps the books, prepares the taxes and runs payroll for small businesses anywhere in the United States, from offices in New Hampshire. Call (603) 805-2308 or book a free consultation, and we will tell you which of the six services below fits where your books are today.
Bookkeeping
- Monthly Bookkeeping. Every account categorized, reconciled and closed each month, so the numbers are final before you need them.
- Catch-Up & Cleanup Bookkeeping. For the months or years that never went in, or a ledger a previous bookkeeper left half finished.
Tax and payroll
- Tax Preparation & Filing. Business and personal returns prepared from organized books, with a real person to ask when your situation changes.
- Payroll. Pay runs on schedule, and every run is recorded in your books so wages and the ledger agree.
Reports and software
- Financial Reporting. Profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow, explained in plain language so you can act on them.
- QuickBooks Setup & Support. A chart of accounts and bank connections that match how your business runs, plus help when you get stuck.
Two ways to work with us
An ongoing monthly partnership
The recurring work, done on a schedule. Your books are closed each month, payroll runs on time, the reports land where you can read them, and when tax season arrives the return is prepared from records that are already in order.
A one-time cleanup and setup
A defined project with an end. We bring a backlog current or set QuickBooks up properly, and you leave with accurate books. Some owners stop there. Others move straight into the monthly rhythm so the books never slip again.
Which service fits where your books are right now?
Owners rarely call about “bookkeeping” in the abstract. They call because something specific has gone wrong or is about to. Find the line that sounds like your week.
You are months behind, or the accounts have never been reconciled
Start with catch-up and cleanup bookkeeping. Monthly work built on top of a year that never went in only moves the mess forward. Once the history is accurate, the ongoing work has something solid to stand on.
The books are current, but you are the one keeping them at night
That is the job monthly bookkeeping exists for. Each month gets categorized, reconciled and closed, so the numbers are final and you get your evenings back.
A tax deadline is coming and the records are not ready
Tax preparation and filing works best from clean books. If the records are behind, the cleanup comes first and the return is prepared from numbers you can defend.
You are about to make a first hire, or payroll is eating your week
Payroll covers the pay runs and keeps them tied to the books, so wages, withholding and the ledger tell the same story.
A lender, a partner or your own next decision needs real numbers
Financial reporting turns the monthly close into statements you can read and hand over: what came in, what went out, and what the business owns and owes.
You are starting out, or the software was set up wrong from day one
QuickBooks setup and support gets the chart of accounts, bank connections and settings right before the transactions pile up on a bad structure.
Why one team for the books, the taxes and the payroll
These six services are not separate products. They feed each other. Payroll creates entries that land in the books. The monthly close produces the reports. The tax return is only as good as the year of records underneath it.
When three different people handle those pieces, the gaps between them are where the problems hide: a payroll run nobody recorded, a year-end adjustment that never made it back into the ledger, a question from your preparer that sits unanswered for a week. With one team on all of it, the person preparing the return already knows how the books were kept.
Where we work
You will not find a list of towns here, because the work does not depend on one. Our offices are in New Hampshire and every service above is delivered in the cloud, so a business in any state gets the same six services from the same team.
Years of New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts filings also mean multi-state questions are familiar ground: an owner who lives in one state and works in another, customers across a state line, or a first out-of-state hire. For the state-level detail, read our guides to New Hampshire small business taxes and Massachusetts small business tax filings.
Questions owners ask before they book
What is the difference between bookkeeping and accounting?
Bookkeeping is the recording: every transaction categorized and every account reconciled. Accounting is what gets built on those records, such as the financial statements and the tax return. We do both halves for small businesses, and our bookkeeping vs accounting guide goes through where one stops and the other starts.
Where do I start if my books are months behind?
With the backlog. Catch-up bookkeeping brings the missing months in and reconciles them, and only then does a monthly routine make sense. The catch-up bookkeeping guide covers what to gather before you call.
How much does a bookkeeper cost for a small business?
It depends on how many accounts you have, how many transactions go through them, and whether the books are current. We do not publish a price list. The free consultation is where we look at your books and talk through what the work involves, and our guide to what a bookkeeper costs explains what moves the number.
When should a small business hire a bookkeeper?
Usually when the books start costing you evenings, when a deadline finds the records unready, or just before a first hire. Any one of those is enough. The when to hire a bookkeeper guide has the longer list.
Can you work with my business if it is not in New Hampshire?
Yes. Our offices are in New Hampshire and we work with small businesses anywhere in the United States. Bookkeeping, tax and payroll work happens in the cloud, so you never need to visit an office.
Do I need every service, or can I start with one?
You can start with one. Plenty of owners begin with a single problem, a backlog or a first hire, and add more later if it makes sense.
Not sure which service you need?
Book a free consultation, with no obligation. Tell us where the books stand and what is worrying you, and we will point you to the service that fits.