Bookkeeping built for
Chicago businesses.

We're a US-based remote team that specializes in serving Illinois businesses. Every team member is in the US, and your dedicated bookkeeper is available during Central business hours. We've handled bookkeeping for Chicago companies across finance, manufacturing, restaurants, logistics, real estate, and professional services — we know the Illinois-specific quirks national firms miss. If meeting in person matters to you, we can also arrange that.

Yes — every year, included with your engagement. We file your annual report with the Illinois Secretary of State, manage Personal Property Replacement Tax (PPRT) filings (2.5% for C-corps, 1.5% for S-corps, partnerships, and trusts), and track every deadline so you never get hit with an administrative dissolution notice. We also handle the Chicago-specific business taxes that catch out-of-state firms.

Yes. Trading desk P&L reconciliation, FCM and clearing statements, margin tracking across futures and options, mark-to-market accounting for 1256 contracts, trader tax status determination, and the Section 475 election timing. We've worked with Chicago prop firms, FCMs, and the CTA/CPO complex.

Chicago has the highest big-city sales tax in the country at 10.25% — that's Illinois state (6.25%) + Cook County (1.75%) + Chicago city (1.25%) + RTA (1%). Suburban Cook is lower (typically 8–9%), and collar counties are different again. We track nexus, filing schedules, and remit correctly across every jurisdiction you operate in. If you ship interstate, we handle multi-state economic nexus too.

Not at all. A lot of established Chicago manufacturers, logistics operators, and service businesses still run QBD because it works. We work in it daily. We'll only recommend migrating to QuickBooks Online if it would genuinely serve you better (multi-user remote access, better integrations, etc.) — and if so, we handle the entire migration. No pressure either way.

Yes — small businesses are a big part of who we serve. Whether you're a solo founder finally getting your books in order, an owner-operator running a small shop, or a 1–10 employee business that's outgrown DIY QuickBooks, we're built for you. You get the same dedicated team, the same Portal, the same three-tier monthly close as our largest clients — scoped to where you actually are today. As you grow, we scale with you; we don't push you onto a different tier or hand you off mid-relationship.

Live in 14 days for most Chicago clients from the day you sign on. Onboarding takes about a week (connecting to your software, building your Portal, getting your team up to speed on your business). Catch-up work — if you need 6 or 12 months brought current — runs in parallel and finishes within 30–45 days for most cases. If you need it faster because of a lender, audit, or IL Department of Revenue deadline, tell us during the demo; we can usually accommodate.