Bookkeeping · Houston, TX

Bookkeeping built for
Houston businesses.

AI-powered, expert-reviewed bookkeeping for Houston businesses of every size — from solo founders and corner shops to multi-location restaurants, growing real estate firms, and oil & gas operators. Same dedicated team, same Portal, same monthly close.

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Built for Houston

From oil & gas
to the Medical Center.

Houston runs on more than one industry, and at every size — from solo operators and one-location shops to multi-entity companies. We've handled books for them all, including the Texas-specific quirks the national firms miss.

Oil & Gas / Energy

Depletion schedules, JIB statements, working interest income, K-1 partnership reporting, royalty trusts — we speak energy.

Upstream · midstream · services

Medical & Healthcare

Provider payroll splits, insurance reconciliation, multi-entity practice rollups. From private practice to Medical Center referrals.

Practices · clinics · specialty

Real Estate

Property-level books, syndications, K-1 distributions, depreciation schedules. Houston's market moves fast — your books shouldn't lag.

Multifamily · commercial · STR

Restaurants & Hospitality

Daily sales reconciliation, food cost tracking, tip pooling, multi-location rollups. From Montrose to The Woodlands.

Multi-location ready

Construction & Trades

Job costing, progress billing, retainage, materials vs. labor, 1099 contractor management at scale. Built for the Texas way of doing work.

Job costing built-in

Professional Services

Trust accounting, retainer recognition, partner draws — built for law firms, agencies, and consultancies in the Galleria and beyond.

Law · consulting · agencies
The process

Live in 14 days.
Reviewed every month.

No 90-day onboarding nightmare. No mystery process. Here's exactly what working with us actually looks like.

01

Discovery call

30 minutes. We review your current setup, walk you through the Yesler Portal, and quote a clear monthly engagement scoped to your business — before any work begins.

02

Onboarding

We connect to your bookkeeping software (or set you up fresh in QuickBooks/Xero), build your Portal, and your dedicated Houston-savvy team learns your business. Live in 14 days.

03

Monthly close, 3-tier review

AI handles the first pass. Your dedicated specialist reviews and catches edge cases. Senior management or our in-house CPA signs off. You see every step in the Portal.

Why Houston picks us

Texas-aware bookkeeping.
Real humans on every account.

National firms treat you like a number. Small local shops disappear when their one bookkeeper takes vacation. We're built differently.

Texas-specific expertise

We file your annual Texas Franchise Tax Report and PIR, handle multi-city sales tax across the Houston metro, know oil & gas accounting cold, and understand the realities of TWC compliance for Texas employers.

Three layers of review on everything

AI handles the repetitive work. Your staff specialist checks it and handles edge cases. Senior management or our in-house CPA signs off before anything is finalized. No single point of failure, no "trust us" black box.

Multi-platform specialists

QuickBooks Online & Desktop, Xero, FreshBooks, Wave, Sage. We work where you already do — your books stay where your CPA, lender, and tax software expect them.

Texas business hours

Your dedicated team is available during CST. Same-day responses on weekday messages. No outsourced call centers, no 3am email chains.

Right-sized for your business — and scales with you

Whether you're a one-person shop, an owner-operator with a small team, or a multi-entity company outgrowing your last firm, we scope every engagement to where you actually are. As you grow, your team stays the same — we scale alongside you instead of handing you off to a different tier.

Free 30-min demo

Built to scale with your business.

Whether you're a solo founder finally getting your books in order or a multi-entity company outgrowing your last firm — we'll show you what life looks like with Yesler running your back office.

  • Same dedicated team as you grow
  • Free Portal walkthrough
  • Month-to-month, cancel anytime
  • Books stay in your software
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We switched from a national firm that treated us like a number. Yesler actually knows our business — and they understand Texas franchise tax better than our last CPA. Monthly close used to be a fire drill. Now it's just done.

Marcus T. · Owner · Energy services company · Houston, TX
FAQ

Questions Houston business owners ask.

Honest answers to what we hear before every demo.

Are you actually based in Houston?
We're a US-based remote team that specializes in serving Texas businesses. Every team member is in the US, and your dedicated bookkeeper is available during Houston business hours (CST). We've handled bookkeeping for Houston companies across oil & gas, the Medical Center, real estate, restaurants, and trades — we know the Texas-specific quirks national firms miss. If meeting in person matters to you, we can also arrange that.
Do you handle Texas Franchise Tax?
Yes — every year, included with your engagement. We file your annual Texas Franchise Tax Report and Public Information Report (PIR), and determine which form (No Tax Due, EZ, or Long Form) applies based on your total revenue and entity structure. We track the May 15 deadline, file extensions if needed, and keep your Comptroller account in good standing year-round.
We're in oil & gas — can you handle the complexity?
Yes. Depletion schedules, JIB (Joint Interest Billing) statements, working interest income, royalty trust accounting, K-1 partnership reporting, and MLP distributions — we've worked with the full spectrum, from upstream operators to oilfield services. We also handle the regulatory and ad valorem reporting tied to Texas oil & gas operations.
How does Texas sales tax work across multiple cities?
Texas state sales tax is 6.25%, but most Houston-area cities and counties layer on local rates — taking you to 8.25% in many jurisdictions. We track nexus and remit across Harris, Fort Bend, Montgomery, and Galveston counties (plus all the special purpose districts that catch businesses off-guard). If you ship out of state, we handle multi-state sales tax compliance too — including the post-Wayfair economic nexus thresholds that trip up Houston ecommerce sellers.
We're already in QuickBooks Desktop — is that a problem?
Not at all. A lot of Houston construction, oil & gas, and established 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.
I'm a solo founder / small business — am I the right fit?
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.
How fast can you actually start?
Live in 14 days for most Houston 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 or tax deadline, tell us during the demo; we can usually accommodate.

Ready to get your Houston books in order?

Tell us about your business. We'll show you what life looks like with a Texas-aware bookkeeping team running your back office — built for businesses of every size, from solo founders to multi-entity companies.