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 are fully transparent, reconciled, and visible to you in the portal at all times. 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 by the fifth business day, 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 QuickBooks Online, we review what exists, quote any cleanup needed as a fixed project, and take over the monthly rhythm. Most transitions take under two weeks and require an hour of your time.

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

We haven’t found it yet. Months behind, years behind, a previous bookkeeper’s mystery entries — cleanup is our most common starting point, quoted as one fixed fee after a diagnostic review. No judgment; this is the most normal place for a growing business to be.

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?

Client documents move exclusively through our encrypted portal — never email. Access is logged, accounts are protected with multi-factor authentication, and we keep no paper records at all. The security page describes the full setup in plain English.

Do you use AI?

Yes, openly and carefully. AI tooling handles the busywork — drafting, cross-checking, chasing missing documents — which is a big part of why we can close books by the fifth at a fixed fee. Two things it never does: publish a number without a senior accountant reviewing it, and your financial data is never used to train anyone’s models.

What accounting software do you use?

QuickBooks Online is our home platform, and we can optimize a messy QBO setup considerably. If you’re on something else, ask — the process usually translates.

Who actually does the work?

A senior accountant 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 conversation. No pitch deck, no pressure — just an honest look at where your books stand.

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