FAQ

Plain answers to fair questions

If yours isn’t here, ask — hello@stealthledgerhq.com gets a reply within one business day.

Why are you called “Stealth” Ledger?

Because the best bookkeeping is invisible — it happens on schedule, without drama, without you thinking about it. Stealth describes the workload you feel, never the books: those stay fully transparent — reconciled, delivered on schedule, and explained in plain English. Invisible effort, total transparency.

What exactly do I get every month?

Categorized transactions, reconciled bank and credit card accounts, a P&L and balance sheet delivered on a fixed monthly close date, and a plain-English summary of what happened and why it matters. Higher plans add AP/AR, payroll coordination, KPIs, forecasting, and a monthly call.

Do you do taxes?

No — deliberately. We’re not a CPA firm and don’t prepare taxes or perform audits. We keep your books so clean that your tax preparer’s job (and often their bill) gets smaller. We’re happy to work directly with them at year-end.

How does switching from my current bookkeeper work?

Quietly and completely on our side of the fence: you grant us accountant access to your accounting platform, we review what exists, quote any cleanup needed as a fixed project, and take over the monthly rhythm. The transition is designed to take under two weeks and about an hour of your time.

My books are a mess. How bad is too bad?

Months behind, years behind, a previous bookkeeper’s mystery entries — backlogged books are the most common place a growing business lands, and cleanup is quoted as one fixed fee after a diagnostic review. No judgment.

What does it cost?

Fixed monthly plans at $650, $1,250, and $2,500, published on the pricing page — plus fixed-fee cleanup projects from $1,500. Month-to-month, no long-term contracts, no hourly billing, ever.

How do you keep my financial data safe?

Inquiry data lives in an encrypted database, every account we operate is protected with multi-factor authentication, and we keep no paper records. We never accept financial documents over email — if we work together, a secure document process is set up before anything is exchanged. The security page describes our practices in plain English.

Do you use AI?

Yes, openly and carefully. AI tooling handles the busywork — drafting, cross-checking, chasing what’s missing — which is part of how the close lands on schedule at a fixed fee. Two things it never does: publish a number without an experienced accountant reviewing it, and your financial data is never used to train anyone’s models.

What accounting software do you use?

Whatever you’re already using — we mold to where your books are kept. QuickBooks Online is where we’re deepest (and we can optimize a messy QBO setup considerably), with a background that runs through ERP systems like NetSuite. The process translates.

Who actually does the work?

The founder — an accounting leader with SaaS finance-team and ERP (NetSuite) experience. The person you talk to is the person in your books; your account is never handed to a junior queue.

What if I want to leave?

You say so, and you leave with everything: your books are yours, current and clean, exported in full. We keep clients with quality, not contracts.

Ready for books you never have to think about?

A 30-minute bookkeeping assessment. No pitch deck, no pressure — an honest look at where your books stand and whether we fit.

Schedule a bookkeeping assessment