Current-month routine
Organise the agreed sales, purchases, expenses and payments, then review bank and outstanding balances.
Agree the recurring period and document cut-off.Small-business bookkeeping
Bookkeeping services for small businesses.
Create a steady routine for recording transactions, keeping documents attached, following open balances and preparing cleaner records for review.
Connected workspace
- Repeatable monthly routine
- Documents kept with entries
- Exceptions ready for review
True connections. True progress.
Who this is for
A practical routine, not a month-end rescue.
Good bookkeeping starts with complete source records and a repeatable review rhythm. Truetal connects transaction capture, document evidence, outstanding balances and bank review so missing information can be followed up while it is still fresh.
Best fit: Small businesses whose invoices, bills, receipts and payment records are spread across messages, folders and spreadsheets.
What the workflow covers
Organise the records before deciding the treatment.
Transaction organisation
Keep sales, purchases, expenses and payment records in a consistent structure.
Document follow-up
See which entries still need an invoice, bill, receipt or explanation before review.
Receivables and payables
Track what customers owe and what remains payable to suppliers without treating a reminder as an accounting entry.
Monthly review queue
Separate clear records from exceptions that need an owner, supplier or adviser to answer.
Scope, timing and pricing
Agree the monthly delivery pack before agreeing the fee.
A bookkeeping quote should define the covered period, record-count basis, document cut-off, review responsibilities and delivery date. Ask whether an invoice and its later bank receipt count separately; do not compare two quotes until they use the same counting basis.
Backlog or opening balances
Old missing documents, unreconciled periods and uncertain opening balances require a separately assessed clean-up scope.
Agree which historical months must be reviewed first.Complex payment channels
Marketplace settlements, multiple accounts, inventory or several GST registrations add reconciliation and evidence work.
List each account, channel and registration before quoting.Records and exports we can assess
- Complete statements and accounting exports for the same period, plus the previous closing balances and reconciliation where available.
- Invoices, bills, receipts and customer/supplier outstanding lists; identify missing documents instead of substituting guessed entries.
- A named business contact who can explain transactions and approve corrections. No bank login, OTP or unrestricted access is needed through this form.
The proposed monthly delivery pack
- Period-covered register or working export, with the agreed source references and a record of approved corrections.
- Bank reconciliation showing book balance, statement balance, timing differences and separately approved book adjustments.
- Receivable/payable summaries and an unresolved-items register with evidence needed, owner and next review date.
- A close note stating what was completed, what remains unresolved and who reviewed it; incomplete evidence is not labelled a clean close.
What determines turnaround
Agree the delivery date after the document cut-off, record quality and exception volume are understood. Missing explanations may change the completion date; agree how provisional outputs and follow-ups will be labelled.
What determines the price
- counting basis and monthly record volume
- bank accounts, cards, platforms and settlement batches
- backlog months, opening-balance issues and missing documents
- inventory, registrations and required review frequency
- included outputs versus separately engaged tax review, statutory filing and historical clean-up
This is a scope discussion, not a published service tariff or an automatic outsourced engagement. Software subscription, bookkeeping work, catch-up work and statutory services must be distinguished in the written proposal.
Illustrative review and handover
Worked example: what a reviewed bank reconciliation explains.
Illustrative positive bank balances, not customer results: the cash book shows ₹1,20,000 and the bank statement shows ₹1,09,000 at the same cut-off. A ₹1,000 bank charge is missing from the books and a ₹10,000 customer deposit already recorded in the books has not yet appeared in the bank statement.
Approve the book adjustment
Check the ₹1,000 charge against bank evidence and obtain the agreed approval before recording it. Adjusted book balance: ₹1,20,000 − ₹1,000 = ₹1,19,000. Tax treatment requires separate review.
Explain the timing difference
Add the evidenced ₹10,000 deposit in transit to the ₹1,09,000 statement balance for the comparison: ₹1,19,000. Do not book the receipt a second time merely because it has not appeared in the statement.
Keep the proof with the bridge
Retain the statement period, charge reference, deposit evidence, approved adjustment and reviewer/date. Follow up the deposit against the next statement; an unpresented issued cheque would have the opposite reconciliation sign.
Do not force unexplained differences
If another bank line lacks support, put it in the exception register with an owner and review date. Equal totals do not establish that every transaction is correct.
Acceptance: The agreed period is accepted only after the balance bridge, correction approvals and unresolved items are reviewed. A timing difference is not automatically an error, and an unresolved difference is not silently written off.
Secure handover and exit: Agree an exit pack covering the final cut-off, ledger/register exports, source-file references, opening/closing balances and unresolved issues. Confirm permitted retention and access revocation; do not promise export formats or attachment transfer until compatibility is checked.
How the conversation works
Start with the records you already have.
- Gather the records already used by the business.
- Set a consistent capture and document routine.
- Review bank, customer and supplier exceptions.
- Hand clean records and open questions to the right reviewer.
Clear boundaries
What this page does not promise
- Records are not changed merely to force a reconciliation.
- Unclear transactions stay in review until the business provides evidence.
- Bookkeeping support does not by itself include tax certification, audit or statutory representation.
Practical guides
Understand the decisions behind the service.
Monthly bookkeeping checklist
A practical recurring close for invoices, bills, bank activity and open balances.
Accountant handover checklist
What to collect when moving books from one accountant or bookkeeper to another.
Bank reconciliation software guide
Choose a review-first bank matching workflow instead of forced automation.
A practical next step
Build a bookkeeping routine that your team can follow.
Tell us the months involved, approximate record count and bank or payment channels. We will confirm the review scope and a secure way to share records after the initial conversation. Do not attach confidential records to the public enquiry.