Austin-area store owners from downtown and South Congress to the Domain and East Austin: we untangle your QuickBooks, reconcile every account, and hand you numbers you can trust — usually in 2–4 weeks, for a fixed fee.
Austin scales faster than its back office — revenue arrives before the systems do, and the books are usually the last thing to catch up. For retail stores across Travis County — from downtown and South Congress to the Domain and East Austin — that shows up as purchases expensed on arrival and no periodic counts mean margin and taxes are both wrong and in-store, shopify, amazon, and marketplace fees each behave differently — and none reconcile
Innovation Finances works remotely with Austin owners in a market defined by a technology-and-startup boom layered over hospitality and creative small business. We fix inventory vs. COGS treatment, reconcile every sales channel to the bank, and surface the sales-tax picture before a state does. You get a documented before/after trail your CPA can verify — no offshore rush job, no judgment about how far behind the books have slipped.
The retail business bookkeeping problems we untangle every week:
Purchases expensed on arrival and no periodic counts mean margin and taxes are both wrong.
In-store, Shopify, Amazon, and marketplace fees each behave differently — and none reconcile.
Multi-state marketplace sales create filing obligations nobody tracked.
Two minutes on the form below — no documents needed yet. Tell us roughly how far behind the QuickBooks is.
We review your QuickBooks file and give you a fixed plan and price. We fix inventory vs. COGS treatment, reconcile every sales channel to the bank, and surface the sales-tax picture before a state does.
Backlog cleared, every account reconciled, and a before/after report you and your Austin CPA can act on.
We fix inventory vs. COGS treatment, reconcile every sales channel to the bank, and surface the sales-tax picture before a state does.
Every account reconciled and every anomaly documented before we change a thing.
The backlog cleared with retail business-correct categories — not a generic chart of accounts.
A before/after summary and a simple monthly rhythm so it stays clean after we leave.
If our assessment can’t show you exactly what’s wrong and what it costs to fix, the assessment costs you nothing — no obligation either way.
“Finally handed my CPA a clean QuickBooks file instead of a shoebox.”
“First accurate gross margin in four years of trading.”
“Marketplace fees stopped hiding in “miscellaneous.””
Illustrative examples of typical client situations — not statements from specific named clients.
Tell us a little about the business — we reply within one business day.
Yes — we serve Austin and the wider Travis County area entirely remotely, working from your QuickBooks exports and bank feeds. No office visit required.
Most cleanups finish in 2–4 weeks depending on backlog size and account volume.
Fixed fee, quoted after the free assessment — based on months behind, accounts, and transaction volume. No hourly surprises.
Yes — per-channel clearing accounts so every payout ties to sales, fees, and refunds.
Never. Messy books are a symptom of a busy business. Fixing them is literally what we do all day.