From the energy companies lining the Galleria corridor and the hospitals anchoring the Texas Medical Center to the freight firms moving cargo through the Port of Houston and the restaurants filling Montrose, Houston’s small businesses power one of the world’s largest metro economies. Tides clears the entire backlog, reconciles every account, and delivers clean, tax-ready financials — clean and on time — so owners across Greater Houston can stop wrestling with QuickBooks and focus on running the business.
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Houston is the energy capital of the world and home to the Texas Medical Center — and when growth outpaces the books, owners end up months or years behind. Here's how catch-up bookkeeping fits its small businesses growing profitably. Here’s how catch-up bookkeeping fits the businesses driving the Houston economy.
Downtown Houston — anchored by the Galleria / Uptown corridor, the Montrose and Heights dining districts, and a dense cluster of energy companies, law firms, and financial services firms — feeds one of America’s most internationally connected business ecosystems. The independent restaurants, creative agencies, tech startups, and professional-services firms that fill Montrose, the Heights, Midtown, EaDo, and the Galleria area run on thin margins and heavy transaction volume, exactly the kind of business where a full year of unreconciled accounts turns tax season into a crisis.
Houston is also an energy and healthcare powerhouse. The Texas Medical Center employs 120,000+ locally, ExxonMobil and Phillips 66 are headquartered in the metro, and the Port of Houston is the nation’s largest port by foreign waterborne tonnage. The small businesses that support them — oilfield service firms, medical staffing agencies, logistics providers, and the trades — often need years of project-based revenue, multiple accounts, and complex payroll reconstructed before a CPA will touch the file.
And then there’s real estate and construction. From downtown and the Galleria to Katy, Sugar Land, The Woodlands, Pearland, and Cypress, the Houston metro’s building boom keeps contractors, real estate teams, and home-service businesses busier than ever. Tides goes back as far as needed, reconciles every account, and hands you a clean, CPA-ready package, fully remote. Want the full local picture? See our Houston bookkeeping services page.
Catch-up bookkeeping isn't just data entry. It's a systematic process that touches every account, every period, and every inconsistency — so your books are accurate when we're done.
Every transaction across every period is reviewed, categorized, and assigned to the correct account. We use your actual business activity to determine categories — not guesses.
Every bank account, credit card, and loan account is reconciled against statements for every month in the catch-up period. Every discrepancy is identified and resolved.
Duplicate accounts, miscategorized items, and structural problems in your QuickBooks are fixed. You get a clean, logical account structure going forward.
Once catch-up is complete, we deliver profit and loss statements for each year or period covered — so you have a real financial history, not a black hole.
Here's exactly what happens from your first call to completed work.
We review your current books, identify the scope of the backlog, and give you a flat project quote. No hourly billing — you know the price before we start.
You grant us access to QuickBooks Online and your bank statements. We handle everything from there — no need to export data or send spreadsheets.
We work backward through each period, reconciling accounts and categorizing transactions. We flag anything that needs your input, but the bulk of the work happens without you.
We walk you through the completed books, deliver your financial reports, and either hand off to your CPA or begin your monthly service cycle.
Whether you've never had a bookkeeper or your last one left things in chaos, catch-up bookkeeping gets you back to solid ground.
You've been running your business for a year or more and have never properly reconciled your books. Tax season is coming and you have no accurate financials.
Your previous bookkeeper left, passed away, or did the work incorrectly. You've inherited a mess and don't know where to start.
It's Q1 and your books are 12 months behind. Your CPA is waiting. You need the year cleaned up fast so you can file on time without penalties.
Most business owners know their books are behind. What they underestimate is what that actually costs them in time, money, and missed opportunities.
When your accountant has to reconcile 12 months of transactions to file your taxes, they charge accordingly — often hundreds or thousands in extra fees that clean books would have eliminated.
Transactions that aren't categorized correctly don't show up as deductions. Behind books mean you're likely overpaying on taxes every year.
Without accurate records, you can't know if your business is truly profitable. Decisions about hiring, pricing, and growth are made on gut instinct instead of facts.
Spending January and February tracking down receipts, matching bank statements, and reconstructing a year of activity costs dozens of hours you'll never get back.
For a limited time, catch-up bookkeeping is 50% off our regular rate. Flat per-month pricing at the same tier as your ongoing plan — quoted upfront, no hourly billing, no surprises. (Example: 6 months behind on Growth = 6 × $325 = $1,950, normally $3,900.)
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"Dan is crucial to the financial management of my business. He helped me beyond simply bookkeeping — resourceful, detail oriented, and most importantly responsive and fast."
Behind on your books? Every industry has different income streams, expense categories, and tax considerations — and we know all of them. We've cleaned up backlogs for contractors, restaurants, real estate agents, and more.
Commission backlogs, rental income gaps, property expense catch-up.
Job cost catch-up, subcontractor 1099s, equipment expense sorting.
Daily sales reconciliation, vendor AP, tip payroll catch-up.
Insurance reimbursement catch-up, patient billing reconciliation.
Retainer income, project billing, and expense catch-up.
Platform fee reconciliation, inventory, and COGS catch-up.
Runway reconstruction, MRR reconciliation, investor-ready clean-up.
Recurring revenue, expense categories, and payroll catch-up.
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