The heavy lifting, off your plate
Every transaction sorted
Each deposit, expense and transfer is coded to the account it belongs in, so the chart of accounts matches how you run the business.
You didn't start a business to become its bookkeeper.
We keep your books, run your payroll, and file your GST and PST. Packages start at $295 a month. You see your price in a few minutes, before you give us a name or an email.
A few minutes, no sign-up. If we're not the right fit, we'll say so.
- Chequing reconciledto the cent
- Payroll readyfor your approval
- GST return filedbefore the deadline
- Your reportsby the 15th
- Books reconciled to the cent
- Payroll ready before payday
- GST and PST filed on time
- Reports by the 15th
- Year-end ready for your CPA
- Receipts in one place
- One person who knows your business
What you get, every month
Every report and every filing rests on four jobs, done every month.
Numbers you can trust
Every account reconciled
Bank and card statements matched to the books line by line, to the cent, so errors and duplicates are caught before they compound.
Know who owes you
Invoices out, payments recorded
You always know who owes you and how long it's been out. Collecting stays between you and your customers.
Nothing paid without your say
Bills checked, paid when you say
Bills are recorded as they arrive. Nothing leaves your account until you approve it, and Plooto moves the money.
How a month runs
Four jobs, done every month, without you having to chase anyone.
Monthly books and statements
Transactions categorized and reconciled on a set schedule, and a balance sheet and profit and loss sent to you every month.
Payroll, ready for your approval
Each pay run is worked out from the hours you send and ready before payday. The payroll software is included in your plan.
GST and PST, filed on schedule
Returns prepared and filed before each deadline, monthly, quarterly or annually, whichever schedule you're on.
Year-end, ready for your CPA
Receipts organized, ledgers closed, and the working papers packaged: year-end preparation for handoff to your CPA.
Your portal
We don't just send reports. We help you read them.
Your books live in a portal you can open any time: cash, what's owed to you, what you owe, and the month's statements. Each month we send the numbers with a few lines on what they mean, and we answer when you ask.
A short note with every month
What changed, what to watch, and what we need from you, in plain words, on top of the statements.
Ask about any number
Every figure opens to the transactions and the receipt behind it. Ask us about any of them and you'll hear back from a person.
Your books, always yours
Export everything whenever you like. Leaving is a button, never a negotiation.
Our promise
Your reports by the 15th, or that month's package is free.
Get us your receipts and answers to our questions by the 5th, and last month's statements are in your portal by the 15th. If they're late, that month's package fee is free. No forms to fill in: we'll take it off the next invoice ourselves. Payroll, invoice and bill work, and anything passed on at cost, are billed as usual.
What we keep in order
Monthly bookkeeping, payroll, and sales tax filing, plus year-end preparation for handoff to your CPA. One team keeps it all in order.
- Monthly BookkeepingMonthly bookkeeping that's done before you think to askFrom $295/month
- Receivables & PayablesInvoices out and bills paid, without it landing on your deskFrom $24/month
- Payroll ServicesPayroll that runs on time, every pay periodFrom $91/month
- GST/PST FilingGST and PST, filed on schedulePart of your package, by filing frequency
- Year-End PreparationYear-end, ready to hand to your CPAIncluded, or $800/year on its own
- Catch-Up & Clean-Up BookkeepingBehind on your books? Start here.Priced from the work
Who's on your books
A real person, who knows your business.
One bookkeeper keeps your file, month after month. That's who reconciles your accounts, runs your payroll, and answers when you write, so you never explain your business twice.
Liam
Founder and bookkeeper
I've worked in construction, laying out buildings on site, and I've run two businesses of my own: an exterior detailing company and a volumetric concrete mixer company. So I know the books from the owner's side, the receipts in the truck and the invoices done at the kitchen table at night, and I know how much time a good bookkeeper gives back. That's why I started Tallyforth: so owners across BC can hand that part to someone who gets it.
When I'm not in the books, I'm usually up a mountain, out on the Steveston trails with my dog, or losing golf balls somewhere in the Okanagan.
Behind on your books?
That's most people. We start where you are.
A shoebox of receipts, a year without a reconciliation, a GST return you've been avoiding: none of it surprises us, and none of it needs an apology. We sort it out in order and tell you what it costs first.
How catch-up worksA look at where things stand
If your books need a look, a $225 records assessment counts what's there. It's credited to the work if you go ahead.
One fixed price
Priced from the work and quoted before you commit, so the clean-up can't run on and on.
Then we keep you current
The backlog closes, and monthly bookkeeping keeps it from happening again. Onboarding stays free.
What we do, month to month and at year end
We do your monthly books, payroll, and GST and PST filings ourselves. At year end we close the books and prepare everything for handoff to your CPA, so their work starts from clean, reconciled numbers.
Handled in-house, every month
- Monthly bookkeeping and reconciliation
- Payroll, worked out and ready for your approval
- GST and PST returns
- Receivables and payables
- Catch-up and clean-up projects
Year-end preparation for handoff to your CPA
- Final reconciliation and year-end adjusting entries
- CCA schedule and shareholder loan reconciliation
- Trial balance and working papers, packaged for your CPA
This is probably a good fit if…
- You run a small business in BC: a shop, a studio, a practice, a crew, or a few rentals.
- Your books haven't been touched in a few months, or you're not totally sure.
- You need payroll handled without hiring in-house.
- You'd rather pay a package price that's fixed each month than an hourly rate that changes when a month gets busy.
- You want next tax season to start from clean books.
A few minutes, no sign-up. If we're not the right fit, we'll say so.
…and probably not if
- You want someone to prepare and file your income tax return. We prepare year-end for your CPA; the return is theirs.
- You need a one-off afternoon of hourly help rather than someone on your books every month.
- You already have a finance team in-house and want a controller or CFO.
- You'd like us to chase your customers for payment. Collecting stays between you and them.
Free guides
Want to do it yourself? Here's how we do it.
The checklists we work from, written for BC businesses. Free, with your name and email.
The five-day month-end close
Every step of a month-end close for a BC small business, given a day, an owner, and a test for when it's really done.
Bookkeeper, controller or CFO?
What each role does, what it costs in BC with everything on top of the salary, and how to tell which one your problem needs.
BC year-end checklist
Everything to gather and check before you hand the year to your CPA, so year-end is one email instead of a month of them.
Get an estimate
A few questions, and you'll see your price. We ask for your name and email only if you want the estimate by email or a call.
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