Services · Catch-up bookkeeping
Get your bookkeeping back up to date
Months or years not booked, booked incorrectly, or your advisor suddenly gone? We bring your bookkeeping* up to date, orderly, traceable and at a fixed price. Missing annual accounts and corrected returns are prepared by our partner tax advisors.
Typical situations
Unbooked months
Receipts and bank statements are lying around unbooked, some for years.
Letters from the tax office
VAT or tax returns are overdue, or the tax office has made an estimate.
Booked, but wrong
Bank accounts do not match, open items are wrong, VAT does not add up.
Advisor gone
Your previous bookkeeper has stopped and did not hand anything over properly.
Figures needed
Bank, investor or buyer want reliable figures, and soon.
Rebuild
The chart of accounts no longer fits the business and should be set up properly.
How we proceed
Backlog check
We review bank accounts, existing bookkeeping and letters from the tax office. You receive a short report: what is missing, what is wrong, what is most urgent.
Plan and fixed price
A schedule by urgency and a fixed price per month.
Upload documents once
Bank statements, receipts and existing DATEV data into the client portal. We ask for anything missing in one go, not receipt by receipt.
Book and reconcile
Month by month, reconciling bank, cash and open items. Every correction is marked and justified.
Closing with the tax advisor
Our partner tax advisors prepare missing or corrected VAT returns, annual accounts and tax returns and handle contact with the tax office.
Stay on track
Afterwards we continue your monthly bookkeeping or hand it over to your team in good order.
What you get
- Reconciled bookkeeping per month in DATEV
- List of all corrections with reasons from the receipts
- Monthly reports for the period caught up
- Orderly handover to our partner tax advisors or your tax advisor
What it costs
After the backlog check you receive a fixed price per month caught up. Corrections of existing entries are billed from €100 per hour. Net, plus VAT.
One year usually takes two to four weeks once the bank statements are complete.
Frequently asked questions on catch-up bookkeeping
May a bookkeeping service book previous years?
Yes. Catching up is booking current business transactions. Annual accounts and tax returns are prepared by the tax advisor.
Do I need every receipt?
No. We start with the bank statements and only request receipts that are really missing for booking.
The tax office has made an estimate. What now?
We book the actual figures. On this basis, our partner tax advisors review an objection or a corrected return.
Can I continue booking myself afterwards?
Yes. We hand over the chart of accounts, booking rules and a short introduction.
Know where you stand
The backlog check shows within a few days what is missing and what it costs.