Bookkeeping · New York, NY

Bookkeeping built for
New York businesses.

AI-powered, expert-reviewed bookkeeping for NYC businesses of every size — from solo founders and corner shops to multi-location restaurants, growing tech startups, finance firms, and fashion brands. Same dedicated team, same Portal, same monthly close.

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Built for New York

From Wall Street
to Williamsburg.

NYC runs on more than one industry, and at every size — from solo creators in Brooklyn to multi-entity firms in Midtown. We've handled books for them all, including the New York-specific quirks the national firms miss.

Finance & FinTech

High-volume reconciliation, fund accounting, mark-to-market, Section 475 elections, FinTech infrastructure. Built for Wall Street, hedge funds, and FinTech startups.

Funds · prop · FinTech

Tech & SaaS

Stock-based comp, ARR/MRR tracking, R&D credits, multi-state nexus, deferred revenue. Built for pre-seed through Series B startups across Manhattan and Brooklyn.

Pre-seed to growth stage

Real Estate

Property-level books, syndications, K-1 distributions, depreciation, 1031 exchanges. From Brooklyn brownstones to Midtown commercial portfolios.

Multifamily · commercial · STR

Restaurants & Hospitality

Daily sales reconciliation, food cost tracking, tip pooling, multi-location rollups. From Brooklyn coffee shops to Manhattan tasting menus.

Multi-location ready

Fashion & Ecommerce

Inventory accounting, COGS by SKU, multi-channel sales rollups (Shopify, Amazon, wholesale, retail), multi-state nexus. Built for NYC's fashion and DTC scene.

DTC · wholesale · retail

Professional Services

Trust accounting, retainer recognition, partner draws — built for law firms, agencies, PR shops, and consultancies across Midtown, FiDi, and DUMBO.

Law · agencies · PR
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 New York-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 NYC picks us

New York-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.

New York-specific expertise

We handle NY State corporate franchise tax, NYC General Corporation Tax for C-corps, NYC Unincorporated Business Tax (UBT) for pass-throughs, Commercial Rent Tax for Manhattan businesses over the threshold, and navigate the NY Department of Taxation and Finance like locals do.

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.

Eastern business hours

Your dedicated team is available during EST. 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're a Series A SaaS company that moved HQ to FiDi. Our old firm kept giving us conflicting answers on NY state corporate tax and NYC UBT. Yesler took it over, filed our late returns clean, and now monthly close is something I don't even think about. Their Portal lets me see exactly what's happening in real time.

Alex P. · CFO · Series A SaaS · New York, NY
FAQ

Questions NYC business owners ask.

Honest answers to what we hear before every demo.

Are you actually based in NYC?
We're a US-based remote team that specializes in serving New York businesses. Every team member is in the US, and your dedicated bookkeeper is available during Eastern business hours. We've handled bookkeeping for NYC companies across finance, tech, real estate, restaurants, fashion, and professional services — we know the New York-specific quirks national firms miss. If meeting in person matters to you, we can also arrange that.
Do you handle NYC UBT and NY State corporate tax?
Yes — every year, included with your engagement. We file NY State corporate franchise tax, NYC General Corporation Tax for C-corps, and NYC Unincorporated Business Tax (UBT) for pass-throughs (4% on net business income over the threshold). We also handle Commercial Rent Tax (CRT) for Manhattan businesses paying over $250K/year in rent, and track every Department of Taxation and Finance deadline.
We're a hedge fund / fund manager — can you handle the complexity?
Yes. Fund accounting, GP/LP allocations, management fee vs. carry recognition, mark-to-market for 1256 contracts, Section 475 elections, trader tax status determination, K-1 partnership reporting, and the management company vs. fund vs. GP entity structure that's standard in NYC. We've worked with funds, prop firms, and FinTech infrastructure providers.
How does NYC sales tax actually work?
NYC combined sales tax is 8.875% — that's NY State (4%) + NYC (4.5%) + MTA surcharge (0.375%). The state rate applies everywhere; the city/MTA portions vary by location across the five boroughs and Westchester/Long Island. We track nexus, file on schedule, and remit correctly. If you ship interstate — common for NYC fashion, DTC, and ecommerce — we handle multi-state economic nexus too.
We're already in QuickBooks Desktop — is that a problem?
Not at all. A lot of established NYC service businesses, real estate operators, and family-owned shops 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 NYC 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 NY Department of Taxation deadline, tell us during the demo; we can usually accommodate.

Ready to get your NYC books in order?

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