Bookkeeping
Every transaction categorized, every account reconciled, and a clean profit & loss and balance sheet in your inbox each month.
- Reconciliations
- Monthly reports
- Catch-up & clean-up
Monthly
- Phoenix, Arizona
- For owner-run businesses
Books closed by the 10th. Tax season, without the scramble.
Tally & Mesa is an independent accounting, tax and advisory practice. We keep your books current every month, run payroll, plan your taxes ahead of the deadline, and sit in as a part-time CFO when bigger decisions come up.
- Bank & card reconciliationsNov 3
- Payroll entries postedNov 4
- Unpaid invoices reviewedNov 6
- Monthly reports sent to youNov 10
Four services, one team that knows your numbers
Take one or combine them. Because the same people do your books, payroll and taxes, nothing gets lost between handoffs.
Tax planning & filing
Business and owner returns prepared on schedule, with planning conversations during the year so filing season holds fewer surprises.
- Business returns
- Owner returns
- Mid-year planning
Yearly, with quarterly check-ins
Payroll
Pay runs, pay stubs, year-end forms and the filings that go with them, handled for small teams and growing ones.
- Pay runs
- Year-end forms
- New-hire setup
Every pay period
Advisory & part-time CFO
Cash flow forecasts, budgets and a standing meeting to talk through hiring, pricing, financing and what the numbers are telling you.
- Cash flow forecast
- Budget vs. actual
- Owner meetings
Monthly or quarterly
How we work together
Most new clients are fully set up within a few weeks. After that, you get the same rhythm every month, so you always know what's coming.
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Intro call
A 30-minute conversation about your business, what's working and what's keeping you up at night. No cost, no pressure.
Week 1 -
Proposal & onboarding
A plain-language proposal with a fixed monthly fee. Once you say yes, we connect your accounts and gather what we need through the portal.
Weeks 1–2 -
Clean-up & setup
If your books are behind, we bring them current and set up a chart of accounts that matches how you actually run the business.
Weeks 2–4 -
Monthly rhythm
Books closed and reports sent by the 10th, a short list of questions when we need you, and a check-in call whenever you want one.
Every month -
Planning sessions
Before deadlines and big decisions, we sit down to look ahead, not just back.
Quarterly
Estimated tax dates, at a glance
Many business owners pay federal estimated taxes four times a year. Pick a year to see the usual due dates and which one is next.
Tax year
General information only. Due dates move to the next business day when they fall on a weekend, and can also shift for holidays or declared disasters. Whether you need to make estimated payments, and how much, depends on your situation. Ask your preparer.
One portal for every document
Clients get a private portal instead of a pile of email attachments.
- Upload receipts and statements from your phone.
- Download monthly reports and past returns any time.
- See exactly what we're waiting on from you, and nothing more.
Sample Co. (demo account)
Documents
Shared by your Tally & Mesa team
| Name | Size |
|---|---|
PDFSample — September P&L | 212 KB |
PDFSample — Balance sheet, Q3 | 184 KB |
XLSSample — Cash flow forecast | 96 KB |
PDFSample — Payroll summary, Sep | 78 KB |
Invoices
Fixed monthly fee, billed on the 1st (sample amounts)
| Invoice | Amount | Status |
|---|---|---|
| SAMPLE-0010 | $0,000.00 | Due Oct 15 |
| SAMPLE-0009 | $0,000.00 | Paid |
| SAMPLE-0008 | $0,000.00 | Paid |
Requests
What we need from you to finish the October close
| Item | Status |
|---|---|
| Receipt for a sample hardware store charge | New |
| Statement for a sample business savings account | New |
| New-hire paperwork (sample employee) | Done |
Illustration only. Every name, file and figure here is sample data.
Book a free consultation
Thirty minutes with someone from our team, by video or at our Phoenix studio. Pick a topic and a time that works for you.
- Length
- 30 minutes
- Where
- Video call or in person, Phoenix
- Cost
- Free, with no obligation
Consultation booked
This is a demo — nothing was sent.
A small team that picks up the phone
You'll work with the same few people every month. They'll know your business well enough to notice when something looks off.
Marisol Vega
Founder, advisoryRuns the owner meetings and forecasts, and likes nothing more than a cash flow plan that holds up.
Theo Lindqvist
Tax planning & filingKeeps the calendar of deadlines and turns tax season into a series of short, scheduled conversations.
Priya Natarajan
Bookkeeping & monthly closeLeads the close each month and writes the short notes that come with your reports.
Sam Whitford
PayrollSets up new hires, runs pay periods and answers the "why is my stub different" questions.
Team members are fictional, for this website concept.
Questions owners ask us
Don't see yours? Ask it on a free consultation.
Do I need to be in Phoenix to work with you?
No. Many clients never visit the studio. Everything works through the portal and video calls, and we're happy to meet in person if you're in the Valley.
How is pricing set?
A fixed monthly fee based on the services you choose and how complex your books are. You'll see the number in your proposal before anything starts, and it doesn't change without a conversation first.
My books are months behind. Can you still help?
Yes. Catch-up work is common. We'll scope it on the intro call, bring things current, and then move you onto the monthly rhythm.
Which accounting software do you use?
We work in the major cloud accounting tools and can usually keep you on what you already have. If a switch would help, we'll explain why and handle the move.
Can you answer a quick tax question by email?
For clients, yes. That's part of the relationship. For everyone else, a consultation is the best place to start, since good answers depend on the details of your business.
Rooted in the Valley, working across Arizona
We're a Phoenix practice built for the businesses that keep the city running: trades, studios, clinics, shops and service companies.
- Phone(602) 555-0148
- Emailhello@example.com
- StudioPhoenix, Arizona, by appointment
- HoursMon–Fri, 8:00–5:00