Vol. XII — Bookkeeping, tax & CFO

New York · serving all 50 states

Est. 2014

Books kept beautifully.
Taxes filed early.

Double Entry is a small accounting studio for founders, freelancers and small businesses. Monthly bookkeeping, tax returns and a real person who answers the same day.

Businesses on our books

340

Missed deadlines since 2014

0

Average client rating

4.9 / 5

Ledger entry · No. 0117Open
Q4 estimated tax payment
Form 1040-ES · Due Fri 15 Jan 2027
079
Days
04
Hrs
16
Min
05
Sec
Since 15 Oct14% elapsed
01 Feb1099-NEC & W-2 to recipients97d
15 MarS-corp & partnership returns139d
15 AprIndividual returns & Q1 estimate170d
Deadlines shown for US federal filings, 11:59 pm local time.
Ledger entry · No. 0117Open
Q4 estimated tax payment
Form 1040-ES · Due Fri 15 Jan 2027
079
Days
04
Hrs
16
Min
05
Sec
Since 15 Oct14% elapsed
01 Feb1099-NEC & W-2 to recipients97d
15 MarS-corp & partnership returns139d
15 AprIndividual returns & Q1 estimate170d
Deadlines shown for US federal filings, 11:59 pm local time.

Fig. 1 — The studio in numbers

As of 30 Sep 2026

$41M

reconciled for clients every month

2,300+

tax returns filed since 2014

0

missed filing deadlines, ever

2h 50m

median reply to client email

§ 03 — The estimator

What would clean books be worth to you?

Three sliders, one honest number. Based on what we actually see in a new client’s first year with us.

01 — Your numbers
Slide to describe your business.
Illustrative only. Based on averages across our client books in 2025; your figures will differ.
02 — Estimated first year
Estimate
Hours returned to you
85% of your book-keeping time + 6 min per invoice
215 h
Value of that time
at $95/h, your time
$20,425
Deductions you’re missing
≈ 0.9% of revenue, typical first-year finds
$4,320
Less: our fee
$290/mo + $1.5 per invoice
($4,560)
Net to you, per year
$20,185
Before the calmer April. That one’s free.
Get the real number →

§ 04 — How it works

From shoebox to balanced in three weeks.

Day 1

01

A 20-minute call

We look at where your books are today and what you need. No forms, no hard sell, just a straight answer.

Day 1

01

A 20-minute call

We look at where your books are today and what you need. No forms, no hard sell, just a straight answer.

Weeks 1–3

02

Catch-up & set-up

Read-only access to your bank, cards and Stripe. We tidy the past, then build the system that keeps it tidy.

Every month

03

Closed by the 10th

Reconciled accounts, three reports and a two-line note on what changed. Questions answered the same day.

Every April

04

Taxes, already done

Your return starts from books we know. Drafts land in February. You sign; we file; nobody panics.

§ 05 — Client notes

Kept in their words.

340 small businesses trust us with their numbers. A few of them wrote back.

340 small businesses trust us with their numbers. A few of them wrote back.

11 h saved / month

I used to lose the first week of every January to receipts. Now I get a two-line email on the 10th and my evenings back.

Ruth Adeyemi

Fennel & Rye Bakery

$14,200 saved in year one

They spotted that we should have been an S-corp two years earlier. The switch paid for their fee three times over in year one.

Jonah Weiss

Kestrel Labs

Board pack in 3 days

Our investors comment on how clean our board pack is. That used to be the part of the meeting I dreaded.

Amara Lindqvist

Tidewater Studio

§ 07 — Questions

Asked, answered.

Still wondering about something? Send it over and a real accountant will reply within four business hours.

Q.01

Do you work with businesses outside New York?

Q.02

Which accounting software do you use?

Q.03

How quickly will you reply to my email?

Q.04

Who will I actually talk to?

Q.05

Do you charge by the hour?

Q.06

Is there a minimum contract?

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