Behind on your books with a deadline bearing down?

Urgent bookkeeping is a fast-turnaround engagement to bring books current against a hard deadline. New York businesses typically need it for a loan or SBA application, an approaching tax-filing date, investor or buyer due diligence, a board or partner meeting, or a New York State tax notice with a response window. It's defined by the clock — same-day response and deadline-first scoping — rather than by the type of work, which is similar to a standard cleanup.

Same day. A Certified ProAdvisor will get on a call to understand your deadline and assess how far behind the books are, then begin as soon as scope and access are agreed — there's no multi-week onboarding for urgent work. The first thing we do is tell you honestly whether your deadline is achievable and, if the timeline is tight, what to prioritize so the most important parts are done first.

Pricing depends on how far behind the books are and how compressed the deadline is — typically $1,500 to $10,000 or more, quoted in writing before work begins. Highly expedited timelines may carry a rush component because they require dedicated focus to hit the date. We give you a firm number fast so you can decide quickly, which is what an urgent situation calls for.

The work is largely the same — reconciling accounts, categorizing transactions, and reconstructing accurate financials. The difference is the driver. Cleanup bookkeeping brings messy or behind books current on a normal timeline; urgent bookkeeping does it against a hard deadline, with a same-day start and deadline-first prioritization of exactly what the deadline requires. If you're behind but not against a clock, a standard cleanup is the better-value path.

Yes — producing a CPA-ready, lender-ready result is the entire point. The deliverable is reconciled to source documents, with NYC and New York State sales-tax liability tied out, and documented so it can be handed directly to a lender, investor, or your CPA without rework. We coordinate with your CPA on the handoff so the financials drop straight into the filing or application.

Yes. A common urgent trigger is a New York State tax notice that requires current, reconciled books to respond to. We bring the relevant periods current and reconcile your NYC/NY sales-tax liability to what's been filed, so your CPA or EA has what they need to respond within the window. Note that we prepare the books — your CPA or EA handles the actual response and any representation. See New York state tax notice help.

Most New York businesses that hit an urgent deadline move straight into monthly bookkeeping so the books never fall behind again — the same ProAdvisor who did the rush work keeps the file current. Getting current once is the fix for today; staying current is what prevents the next emergency. We do the books; your CPA files.