Bookkeeping cleanup · Omaha & Bennington, NE

Bookkeeping Cleanup for Books You Can't Fully Trust

If your accounts have not been reconciled, balances do not make sense, transactions have been duplicated, or financial reports cannot be trusted, continuing to record new activity will not solve the underlying problem. PMK Accounting provides detailed bookkeeping cleanup services for businesses that need to understand what went wrong and establish a reliable starting point.
Signs your books may need cleanup

You may need a cleanup if:

Bank or credit-card accounts have not been reconciled

You're not actually sure the numbers in QuickBooks match your real-world bank balance.

Opening balances or historical adjustments remain unresolved

Something from a previous year (or a previous bookkeeper) never got squared away, and it's still throwing things off.

Transfers appear as income or expenses

Moving money between your own accounts shouldn't show up as revenue or a bill — but it does.

Loan balances do not match lender statements

Your books say one number, your lender's statement says another.

Payroll activity does not match payroll reports

What QuickBooks shows for payroll doesn't line up with what your payroll provider actually ran.

Undeposited funds contains old balances

There's a running balance sitting in "Undeposited Funds" that's months, or years, old.

Accounts receivable or payable appears inaccurate

You're not confident the "who owes you" or "who you owe" numbers are actually right.

Duplicate transactions are present

The same bill or deposit shows up twice, inflating what's really going on.

Personal and business activity has been mixed

Personal purchases have ended up coded as business expenses, or the other way around.

Financial reports change unexpectedly

You pull the same report twice and somehow get two different numbers.

You are preparing for taxes, financing, a sale, or significant growth

Something big is coming up, and you need to actually trust the numbers before it happens.

Not sure whether your books need a full cleanup?

Let's look before you spend money fixing the wrong thing.

Request a Books Review
Real cleanups I've done

This is exactly the kind of thing a cleanup catches.

$900K

Years of double-expensed bills

Bills marked paid by check while the original bill also sat as an unpaid expense — double-counted for years.

$700K

Double-counted income

Deposits entered manually and synced from the bank feed, inflating the books by $700K.

$350K

Profit gap in one year

Credit card expenses never linked to QuickBooks — the client thought they'd made $500K. Reality: $150K.

What a cleanup may include

Depending on the condition of the books, PMK may:

  • Review the chart of accounts
  • Reconcile bank and credit-card accounts
  • Identify duplicated or omitted transactions
  • Correct improperly recorded transfers
  • Review loan and liability balances
  • Reconcile payroll activity
  • Correct transaction classifications
  • Investigate unusual or unsupported balances
  • Review accounts receivable and payable
  • Address clearing-account and undeposited-funds issues
  • Prepare adjusting entries when appropriate
  • Document unresolved questions
  • Produce corrected financial reports
  • Establish a cleaner monthly bookkeeping process
The process

Simple, clear, and no judgment.

01

Talk

We discuss what's happening and where you feel stuck.

02

Review

I look at your current books and figure out what's actually true.

03

Fix

We clean up the problems and put better processes in place.

04

Move Forward

You get accurate books and, if you want it, ongoing monthly support.

Pricing

Cleanup Pricing Begins With a Review

Every cleanup is different. Pricing depends on the number of accounts, months involved, transaction volume, available documentation, and complexity of the errors.

Before quoting the work, PMK reviews the file to determine what needs to be corrected and what information will be required from you. Cleanups for law firms often involve additional trust-account review — see Omaha Bookkeeping for the full range of who PMK works with.

After the Cleanup

A cleanup should not end with corrected numbers and no plan.

PMK can establish a reliable monthly bookkeeping process so accounts remain reconciled, financial reports stay accurate, and bookkeeping problems do not quietly rebuild.

Ready for a reliable starting point?

Let's take a look at what's actually going on.