Bookkeeping Service in Miami, FL
For Miami owners who are months behind on the books and would like to stop dreading the accounting file.
- Bookkeeping & accounting
- Accurate & organized
- Work directly with the owner
- Call, email or WhatsApp
Behind on the books in Miami
It usually goes the same way. Sales are fine, the work gets done, and the bookkeeping stopped somewhere around the last busy stretch. Then a lender, a partner or a tax preparer asks for numbers, and the honest answer is that nobody has reconciled the accounts in months.
JE Ledger is a bookkeeping service for small businesses in Miami. You deal with Javier Echevarria directly, by phone at (305) 748-1367, by email or on WhatsApp. The first job is usually getting the books current. The second is keeping them that way, so the same conversation never has to happen again.
Two receipts from two offices
Operating inside the City of Miami means answering to two tax offices. The city requires a business tax receipt to operate within its limits, and every business also needs a Miami-Dade County local business tax receipt. According to the Miami-Dade Tax Collector, the county's receipts are valid for one year, from October 1 to September 30. The City adds that most businesses need a Certificate of Use, applied for online through MiamiBiz, before the city receipt can be issued.
That paperwork is not bookkeeping in the narrow sense, but each piece costs money on a schedule, and it belongs in the books when it happens. Fees recorded to the right account, receipt numbers kept with the business records, the September renewal on the same calendar as everything else. With current books, a notice from either office is a quick payment rather than a search through old statements.
Catching up a year that got away
A catch-up works best in order. The statements for every bank and card account come first, then each month is entered, categorized and reconciled before the next one starts. Working month by month keeps any difference small enough to find. Questions that only the owner can answer, such as what a transfer was for or whether a purchase was personal, get collected and asked in one batch instead of one phone call at a time.
When the last month reconciles, you have books that match the bank, a profit and loss you can read, and a clean starting point for the business bookkeeping that keeps them current from then on.
After the backlog is gone
Once the books are current, each month gets closed on a steady rhythm: transactions recorded, accounts reconciled, the period settled, and a short note on anything that looks worth a second look. That note is often where the useful conversations start. Why margins slipped in a month that felt busy, or whether the business can carry another wage.
For those questions there is financial consultation, a working session over your own figures with the reasoning shown, so you can check it yourself.
Who can do bookkeeping for a small business in Miami?
JE Ledger is a bookkeeping service for small businesses in Miami, run by Javier Echevarria. It covers business bookkeeping, accounting services and financial consultation: transactions recorded and categorized, every account reconciled against its statement, the month closed, and the result explained in plain language. If the books are behind, the work starts with a month-by-month catch-up. Call (305) 748-1367, email [email protected] or send a message on WhatsApp.
Office hours: Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
Miami Bookkeeping FAQs
Do Miami businesses need both a city and a county business tax receipt?
Inside City of Miami limits, yes. The City of Miami requires its own business tax receipt and says every business also needs a Miami-Dade County local business tax receipt. Most businesses need a Certificate of Use before the city receipt is issued.
When do Miami-Dade business tax receipts renew?
The Miami-Dade Tax Collector says local business tax receipts are valid for one year, from October 1 to September 30. Under section 205.053 of the Florida Statutes, receipts are due on or before September 30, and a late renewal is delinquent and carries a penalty.
How far behind is too far behind?
There is no cutoff. A longer backlog takes longer, and it depends on getting bank and card statements for each month. Tell Javier roughly where the books stopped and he will tell you what catching up involves.
How do we work together?
Directly with Javier Echevarria, by phone or text at (305) 748-1367, by email at [email protected], or on WhatsApp, Monday to Friday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
What does bookkeeping cost in Miami?
It depends on how many accounts there are, how many transactions run through them, and whether there is a backlog. No single figure would be honest for every business. Call (305) 748-1367 and describe where things stand.
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