Bookkeeping for Ashland Small Businesses

Bookkeeping and payroll for Ashland businesses. Clean financials for downtown shops, restaurants, and service companies in Virginia's only incorporated Tri-County town.

Bookkeeping for Ashland

Ashland has its own character. The only incorporated town in the Tri-County area, with a downtown that actually feels like a downtown. Train tracks running through the middle of town, local shops and restaurants, Randolph-Macon students walking to class. But behind those storefronts are businesses with the same bookkeeping needs as anywhere else.

We provide bookkeeping services for Ashland businesses from our Richmond office. Monthly closes, payroll, and cleanup work for books that have fallen behind. The financial support you need without hiring someone full-time or driving all over central Virginia to meet with an accountant.

Monthly Bookkeeping

Transactions categorized, accounts reconciled, books closed every month. You get financial statements you can trust without spending your evenings catching up on QuickBooks.

Catch-Up Bookkeeping

Books a few months behind? Longer? We clean up the backlog and get you current. Most Ashland business owners we work with started exactly here.

Payroll

Full payroll service. We handle pay runs, tax deposits, quarterly filings, and year-end W-2s. Your employees get paid correctly and you stop worrying about compliance deadlines.

Tax-Ready Records

When your CPA needs financials, they’re ready. Proper categories, clean reconciliations, documentation in place. Tax season becomes a handoff instead of a scramble.

Ashland Businesses We Work With

Downtown Ashland has the kind of business mix you’d expect from a small Virginia town with a college in the middle of it. Restaurants and cafes that serve students and locals alike. Boutiques and shops that draw people from across Hanover County. Service businesses and professional offices that have been part of the community for years.

These aren’t giant operations. They’re businesses with a handful of employees or just an owner doing most of the work. Big enough to need real bookkeeping but not big enough to justify a full-time bookkeeper on staff. That’s where we fit.

Restaurants and Cafes

Restaurants in Ashland feed everyone from college students to train travelers stopping through. We handle tip reporting, food cost tracking, and the daily reconciliation that keeps a restaurant’s numbers current.

Retail and Boutiques

Downtown shops selling gifts, clothing, antiques, and local goods. We manage inventory tracking, sales tax, and the monthly close so owners can focus on customers instead of spreadsheets.

Service Businesses

Salons, home services, cleaning companies, and repair businesses working in Ashland and across Hanover County. We keep the books straight while you keep the schedule full.

Professional Services

Insurance agents, real estate professionals, consultants, and small firms. If you’re running a business out of a downtown office or your home, we handle the books so you can focus on clients.

Common Questions

Do you work with businesses in Ashland?

Yes. We're based in Richmond, which is about 15 minutes south. Most of our work happens remotely, so your location in Ashland doesn't affect how we serve you.

What does monthly bookkeeping cost?

Starting at $199 per month based on transaction volume. We'll give you an exact price after learning about your business.

Can we meet in person?

Yes. Richmond is a short drive from Ashland. Most clients prefer working remotely once things are set up, but we're available to meet when it helps.

My books are behind. Can you help?

That's how a lot of clients find us. We do catch-up work to get your books current, then move into regular monthly service to keep them that way.

Do you handle payroll?

Yes. We process payroll, handle tax deposits, file quarterly reports, and issue W-2s at year end. You stop tracking deadlines and your team gets paid on time.

Greater Richmond's Small Business Bookkeeper