Outsourced Accounting Firm for Small Businesses That Need One
Datastub is an outsourced accounting and bookkeeping firm supporting small and mid size businesses with bookkeeping, tax, payroll, cleanup, and financial operations.
The Numbers Behind Our Work.
What Usually Goes Wrong
Books Behind
Not last month — last quarter, maybe longer. Receipts sit in a folder, accounts go unreconciled, and every time you catch up you find another month behind.
Reports Come Too Late
Last month closes in the mid of next month. By the time you see the numbers, two pay periods have run and the decisions are already made.
Compliance Gaps
Sales tax went unfiled in a state you'd been selling into all year. Someone on your team is a contractor but they should be a W-2 employee.
Waiting on a Reply
You emailed Monday and it's Thursday. Year-end is six weeks out, and the last reply you got ended with "I'll get back to you on this."
Why Businesses Choose Datastub
Built for businesses that need accurate books, responsive accountants, and financial operations that actually work.
Quality control
Will I Be Able to Control Quality Across an Outsourced Team?
- Four-tier review on every output: Accountant → Senior → Lead → Manager
- One named account manager owns your relationship — No Rotation.
Data security
Will My Data Be Safe?
- US-hosted Microsoft security stack, encrypted at every level.
- Role-based, office-only access — and covered by E&O and cyber insurance.
Point of contact
Who's My Point of Contact?
- A dedicated account manager assigned to your engagement — and a 24-business-hour response on every question.
- A monthly meeting to walk through your numbers — not just send them.
Industry knowledge
Have You Worked with My Industry?
- Deep expertise across 7 industries: Contractors, Repair, eCommerce, Home Care, Real Estate, Retail, and Franchisee.
- We serve others too — and we'll be upfront if yours is new to us.
Transition
How Will The Transition Work?
- Onboarding starts within 48 hours of signing.
- If the books need cleanup first, we scope that as a separate engagement.
Flexibility
What If It Doesn't Work Out?
- 60 days' Notice. No long-term contracts.
- A clean handover with all your documents, ready for your next firm.
Services your business needs
Most clients start with bookkeeping. Add others as the business grows.
Bookkeeping
Daily transaction coding. Monthly reconciliations. Reports closed within 15 days. Books current to yesterday.
Accounting
Month-end close, financial statements, balance sheet reconciliations. Beyond bookkeeping — the layer that makes your numbers usable.
Tax preparation
Individual and business tax returns, multi-state tax returns, international tax compliance and ongoing tax planning from experts.
QuickBooks Cleanup
Unorganized books, months of backlog, expenses in the wrong places. We clean it up: reconciled ledgers, audit-ready records, clear profit visibility.
Your Extended Accounting Team
Datastub is an outsourced accounting and bookkeeping firm supporting small and mid size businesses with bookkeeping, accounting, payroll, tax, cleanup, and financial operations — all under one team.
We started in 2019 solving complex accounting problems for operational businesses with messy books, inventory challenges, multi-state compliance, and reporting issues that smaller bookkeeping setups couldn't handle.
Today, our team includes CPAs, QuickBooks experts, onboarding specialists, and accounting professionals working together through structured review and reporting processes designed for long-term growth.
Built by Accountants
Real problems we've solved
Quality Control
Every set of books, every report, every filing runs through a four-tier review before it reaches you.
A client's payroll provider filed state tax wrong, overpaying by $900. The error was buried inside a routine payroll run nobody else caught. We flagged it on monthly reconciliation. The client recovered every dollar.
$900 recovered
Payroll · Service businessIndustry knowledge
We track the rules that change quietly - like nexus thresholds - so you don't get a surprise penalty letter from 10 states at once.
An eCommerce client had crossed economic nexus thresholds in 10 states. Their previous accountant hadn't flagged it. We caught it during onboarding, registered all 10 states in time, and filed on schedule. Zero penalties, zero interest.
10 states registered
Zero penalties. · Multi-state · eCommerceTransition / Cleanup
Three years of disorganized books, wrong software, or a bookkeeper who disappeared - we rebuild from where we find them.
Our first US client in 2019 had 30,000 SKUs, three years of unreconciled books, and no clear software path. We evaluated 15+ options, built them on QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise, and reconciled three years of history. That client is still with us.
3 years reconciled
eCommerce · Wireless repairIndustries we know deeply
We work with businesses in every industry. These are some we know inside out.
eCommerce
Multi-channel sales, inventory by SKU, marketplace fees, returns, multi-state sales tax.
We reconcile Shopify, Amazon, eBay, and Etsy into clean books and handle the nexus filings.
Read More ->Wireless repair
Parts inventory across 30K+ SKUs, multi-location, repair vs. resale sales tax rules.
This is the industry we started with in 2019. We've handled the messiest cases.
Read More ->Contractors
Job costing, WIP, retainage, schedule-of-values, 1099 vs. W-2 classification.
We track every job to a real margin so you know which work is making money.
Read More ->Real estate
Per-property books, depreciation, 1031 exchanges, operator vs. investor entity structure.
One client. Multiple LLCs. Books that roll up cleanly at year-end.
Read More ->Home Care
Caregiver payroll, multi-state compliance, Medicaid billing reconciliation.
We handle the payroll mechanics and the S-Corp election questions that come with growth.
Read More ->We also serve industries
Don't see yours here? We've handled plenty that aren't on this list.
Let's talkFrom signing to operational in Two Weeks
Same process for every engagement. No discovery-call mystery, no surprise timelines.
Discovery
Day 030-min call. Understand scope and current state.
Proposal
Day 1-3Scoped engagement, fixed terms, signed agreement.
Onboarding
Within 7 daysAccount manager assigned. Software access, NDA, document handoff.
Operate
OngoingMonthly close, monthly review call, four-tier review on every output.
Reviews from Real Businesses
Real Google reviews from clients we've worked with. Nothing edited, nothing curated.
Questions Owners Ask First.
The things people want to know before they pick up the phone. Still unsure?
How do you charge – flat fee, hourly, or per project? +
Flat monthly fee for ongoing work, so you know exactly what you’re paying every month – no surprises. Cleanup engagements and one-time projects (catch-up, software setup like QuickBooks Online or Xero) are scoped and quoted separately as fixed-fee. We don’t bill hourly for ongoing bookkeeping.
What software do you work in? Do I need to switch from QuickBooks? +
We work in QuickBooks (Online and Desktop Enterprise), Xero, NetSuite, Sage, Zoho Books, and most major accounting platforms. If you’re already on one of these, you stay on it. If you’re on something that’s holding you back, we’ll help you choose the most appropriate one – and migrate you cleanly if it makes sense. We don’t require you to switch tools.
How do you keep my financial data secure? +
We work on Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Azure infrastructure. All client data is encrypted in transit and at rest. Every account uses two-factor authentication, role-based access, and audit trails – so only the team members assigned to your engagement can see your data, and every change is logged. Every team member signs an NDA before touching a client account.
Do you only do bookkeeping, or also tax and payroll? +
Both. Most clients start with bookkeeping and add tax, payroll, sales tax, or virtual CFO as the business grows. Everything stays under one team, so the bookkeeper who knows your transactions also briefs the accountant who files your taxes. No handoff loss, no repeated explanations.
How quickly can you get started? +
We schedule a discovery call within 24–48 hours of your request. Once the scope is finalized, we send the proposal within 1-3 business days, along with the NDA and engagement agreement for signature. Once signed, onboarding starts within 7 days – account manager assigned, software access set up, documents handed off.
What happens if it doesn’t work out? +
60 days’ notice, either side. You get full access to your data, files, and software – they’re yours, not ours. We’ll spend the transition period briefing your next bookkeeper or tax preparer so nothing falls through the cracks. No exit fees, no friction – clean transition, clean handover.
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