Expert Bookkeeping & Business Solutions
Welcome, I'm Dan Stanley, owner and founder of Balance Sheet Bookkeeping, a Downriver, Grosse Ile company based in Southeastern Michigan. I provide reliable bookkeeping support and proven business advisory services for your business. When you work with me, you work with the owner, not some offshore provider. Using secure cloud-based technology, I make it easy to serve clients in any location.
As a Certified QuickBooks Gold ProAdvisor, I help business owners gain the financial clarity they need to make confident decisions and support sustainable growth.
As a Lean 6-Sigma Business Advisor, I work hard to identify roadblocks that prevent your business from achieving maximum profitability and growth and eliminate waste at all levels. "A business first has to acknowledge they have a problem before a solution is developed to fix it."
As a Certified QuickBooks Gold ProAdvisor, I help business owners gain the financial clarity they need to make confident decisions and support sustainable growth.
As a Lean 6-Sigma Business Advisor, I work hard to identify roadblocks that prevent your business from achieving maximum profitability and growth and eliminate waste at all levels. "A business first has to acknowledge they have a problem before a solution is developed to fix it."
Many businesses lose $1,000's/year due to messy books & avoidable tax issues. Clean, reliable bookkeeping costs less than one bad decision. Professional bookkeeping helps put profit back into your business and give you peace-of-mind at tax time
Our Bookkeeping Goal
- Our goal is simple:
- We keep your books clean, current, and accurate while helping make tax time less stressful. • We run the numbers so you can run the business.
- With dependable bookkeeping support, you can: • Feel confident that your financial records are organized and up to date. • Gain the clarity you need to make smart, stress-free business decisions.
- Focus more energy on growing your business with peace of mind.
The National Association of Certified Public Bookkeepers (NACPB) indicates that QuickBooks dominates the accounting software industry, capturing an estimated 75% to 81% of the U.S. small business accounting software market.
Monthly Bookkeeping Services
The Services we Provide:We stay on top of your finances using a reliable monthly bookkeeping process designed to keep your records accurate, organized, and tax ready.
- • Monthly bank and credit card reconciliations to help ensure your accounts stay accurate. • Smart rules and automated categorization to streamline recurring transactions. • Monthly financial statements so you can review performance with confidence. • Email and virtual support for questions between monthly updates.
Cleanup or Catch-up Bookkeeping
Are you behind on your books? We help clean up, rebuild, and organize your financial records so you can file taxes, understand where your business stands, and make decisions with confidence.
- • Rebuild months or years of your bookkeeping records with care and accuracy. • Use advanced tools to import statements and organize historical transactions efficiently. • Review and correct each transaction so your records are complete and reliable. • Prepare a tax-ready handoff documentation for your CPA to support a smoother filing process.
QuickBooks ProAdvisor
Our Three Step Bookkeeping Process
STEP 1: Contact Us
Ready to get your books organized? Tell us about your business by phone, email, or Calendly, so we can help determine the bookkeeping support that best fits your needs. After you reach out, we’ll follow up to learn more and guide you through the next step. Let's book a 30-minute phone or video consultation so I can review your business and needs.
Click on the Calendly link below, select a date and time that works for both or us. Most consultations are weekday evenings and all day Saturday and Sunday. STEP 2: Assessment Review and EstimateWe’ll take a close look at your current business accounts, identify what work is needed, and provide a clear timeline with an upfront service estimate.
STEP 3: Let's Begin a Business PartnershipOnce we begin working together, you can feel prepared for tax season, understand where your money is going, and make business decisions with greater confidence.
Click on the Calendly link below, select a date and time that works for both or us. Most consultations are weekday evenings and all day Saturday and Sunday. STEP 2: Assessment Review and EstimateWe’ll take a close look at your current business accounts, identify what work is needed, and provide a clear timeline with an upfront service estimate.
STEP 3: Let's Begin a Business PartnershipOnce we begin working together, you can feel prepared for tax season, understand where your money is going, and make business decisions with greater confidence.
Our Services
- Essential Monthly Services Perfect for businesses that need dependable monthly bookkeeping support and clear, organized financial records. • Posting and reconciliation of Bank and Credit Card transactions to the proper accounts.
- • Standard Monthly Financial Reports so you can track business performance. • Secure document management for organized recordkeeping. • Expense categorization for profit and loss reporting and Schedule C preparation. • Email, phone, and virtual support for bookkeeping questions. • CPA-ready books at tax time for a smoother filing process.
- Additional Services (Quote on Request) Need support beyond monthly bookkeeping? We also offer add-on services to help keep your financial system organized, accurately, and easier to manage. • Book cleanup, bring your books up to date • QuickBooks set up to get your records and systems organized. • Customer invoicing and billing support to help you manage payments more efficiently. • Inventory analysis to better understand stock levels, costs, and business performance. • Project tracking to monitor income, expenses, and profitability by job or client. • Cash flow management to help you plan ahead and make informed financial decisions. • 1099 filing support and other bookkeeping-related services as needed.
- • Business Advisory Services
- Did You Know? Professional bookkeeping can offer meaningful value for business owners, both day to day and at tax time. • Bookkeeping services are generally 100% tax deductible as an ordinary and necessary business expense.