Your books, always current. Your close, always on time.
Daybook is the accounting team that takes your books off your plate for good — closed every month, reviewed by a real CPA, and tax-ready year-round. Nothing reaches your books until a real accountant signs off.
Not another dashboard to babysit. A clean handoff: your context in, closed books out — every month, without you chasing it.
Your books · May · Closed
Acme Studio
Cash flow
Owed to you & by you
Reviewed May 3 · your CPA
- of entries reviewed by a real CPA before posting
- 100%
- of entries reviewed by a real CPA before posting
- of the month — every close, on the same day
- 5th
- of the month — every close, on the same day Sample figure
- in books ever posted without sign-off
- $0
- in books ever posted without sign-off
The kind of business we serve — sample names shown for design
Sample business names shown for design purposes only — not real Daybook customers.
Sample businesses — for design purposes
Who this is for
Built for owner-run service businesses.
Steady monthly books, a real accounting team behind you, and a close that just happens — without you becoming the back office. Whether you're a solo consultant or a 15-person studio, your close still lands on the 5th.
- Agencies & studios
- Consultancies & practices
- Home & field services
- Roughly $500K–$3M a year
The real difference
You became the accounting department — and you never applied for the job.
Stop digging through spreadsheets for the answer you need right now. Daybook takes the books off your plate — the close, the evidence trail, a real CPA’s sign-off. You run your business; when you have a question, you just ask.
You
Run your business.
Daybook
- Monthly close
- Reconciliation
- Evidence trail
- Balanced books
- A real CPA's sign-off
- Tax-ready
This month’s close · May
Acme Studio
- Bank accounts reconciled
- Cards reconciled
- Transactions categorized
- 1 question for you
“The $3,200.00 laptop — a regular expense, or equipment you’ll use for years?”
Daybook suggested: Equipment— big-ticket purchases you’ll use for years are usually tracked here.
Evidence attachedSigned off by your CPA - Accrual entries posted (invoices & bills)
- Tax set-aside calculated
- Reviewed & posted by your CPA
- Closed, tax-ready
Your books are never the thing you're behind on.
Every month, Daybook closes your books end to end: bank and card accounts reconciled, transactions categorized, invoices and bills posted on an accrual-capable ledger, taxes set aside — reviewed and signed off by a real CPA. The only time we interrupt you is for the handful of calls only you can make: was that trip for a client or personal? A regular expense, or equipment you'll keep? Everything else, we handle.
Ask about your finances
Plain EnglishYou spent $13,800.00 on contractors from April to June — about 18% of your spending, across 9 payments to 3 people.
- Northlight StudioDesign · 3 payments$5,400.00
- Fielding DevworksContract dev · 4 payments$6,120.00
- CopyhouseCopywriting · 2 payments$2,280.00
Better. Your gross margin was 61.8% in Q2, up from 57.4% in Q1 — both from your closed, reconciled books, not an estimate.
Ask in plain English. Get the number, and where it came from.
From a quick spend lookup to “is my margin better than last quarter?” — you get a straight answer in seconds, drawn from books a human already reviewed, with the actual transactions behind it. No spreadsheets, no jargon, no waiting on an email.
Your Daybook inbox
acme@in.daybook.com
- Fieldstone Design Co.$1,800.00
Forwarded · Jun 3 · PDF
Design servicesMatched to card - Harbor Freight Supply$425.00
Vendor email · Jun 4 · PDF
MaterialsMatched to bank - Sunline Office Rentals$3,100.00
Forwarded · Jun 5 · Photo
RentMatched to bank
All 3 filed to this month’s books and checked by your accountant.
Ways in— forward an email · vendor billing · snap on mobile
Forward a receipt. That's the whole job.
You get your own Daybook email address. Forward receipts to it, or hand it to vendors as your billing address. We capture every one, pull the vendor, amount, and category, match it to the right transaction, and file it — reviewed, not guessed. You do nothing.
What owners say once the books are finally handled.
“I stopped dreading the 1st of the month. My books are just done, and I actually understand them when my CPA asks a question.”
SampleJ. Alvarez
Owner, Fieldstone Design Co.
“The first month, I kept waiting for something to go wrong. It didn't. Now I just get a summary and one question, tops.”
SampleR. Okafor
Founder, Northlight Studio
“Tax season used to be a scramble through a shoebox. Last year our CPA had everything reconciled and ready in a day.”
SampleM. Chen
Partner, Meridian Ads
Sample quotes for design purposes — replaced with real, consented customer voices before public launch.
May · Profit & Loss
Marketing
3 entries behind this number
- Brightline Print Co.$1,800.00
Categorized by AI · reviewed by your CPA · posted May 3
Source: Receipt → - Meridian Ads$1,530.00
Categorized by AI · reviewed by your CPA · posted May 9
Source: Bank transaction → - Wren & Co. Signage$1,140.00
Categorized by AI · reviewed by your CPA · posted May 21
Source: Bank transaction →
May · Balance Sheet
Accounts receivable
2 open invoices behind this number
- Fieldstone Design Co. — Invoice 1042$7,400.00
Invoiced May 12 · due Jun 11 · reviewed by your CPA
Source: Invoice → - Northlight Studio — Invoice 1043$5,000.00
Invoiced May 28 · due Jun 27 · reviewed by your CPA
Source: Invoice →
You can trust the books because the work is visible.
Pretty reports are easy. Useful books are harder: click into any number, on any report, and see exactly who touched it, when, and what proves it — a receipt, a bank transaction, an invoice, your CPA's sign-off.
The Accurate Books Guarantee.
If our error causes a mistake in your books, we find it, fix it, and make it right — free. That's not a disclaimer buried in a contract. It's how we think about being accountable for your numbers.
Covers errors in work Daybook performed and posted. Does not cover errors in information you provided.
Built for businesses like yours, not businesses in general.
Agencies billing by the project. Studios paying contractors every month. Home-service crews with a truck and a crew of five. Consultancies with retainers and reimbursables. If you run a service business doing roughly $500K to $3M a year with recurring monthly activity, Daybook already knows the shape of your books. If that's not you, we'll say so — putting you in the wrong hands helps no one.
The real hesitations, answered honestly.
No hedging, no sales language — just what actually happens when you hand us the books.
Still unsure? Talk to a real accountant — not a sales rep.
We take on a small number of new businesses each quarter, and work closely with each one.
Get the books off your plate for real.
Tell us about your business and we'll let you know honestly whether Daybook should own the close.