Trusted Bookkeeping Support for Small Businesses and Law Firms

Harbor Bookkeeping LLC provides secure remote bookkeeping services for small businesses and law firms, including IOLTA trust accounting, across the United States. We focus on maintaining accurate records, organized financial reporting, and consistent monthly processes to keep your books clean and reliable.

Behind on your books? Harbor Bookkeeping offers prior-year cleanup for small businesses and trust (IOLTA) reconciliation for law firms to bring your records up to date.

Monthly Bookkeeping for Small Businesses

Our monthly bookkeeping services support the ongoing management of daily, monthly, and annual financial activity, ensuring accurate, organized, and tax-ready financial records.

Services may include, but are not limited to:

  • Bank and credit card transaction recording and reconciliations

  • Billing and accounts receivable support

  • Budgeting and financial reporting

  • 1099 vendor maintenance and annual filing

  • Monthly review meetings to go over financial reporting

Legal Bookkeeping and IOLTA Trust Accounting

Bookkeeping services for law firms include full monthly bookkeeping along with structured support for maintaining compliant trust accounting records.

Services may include, but are not limited to:

  • Monthly bookkeeping for law firm operations

  • Trust account activity tracking and reporting

  • IOLTA trust account three-way reconciliations

  • Support with billing and expense tracking within legal practice management systems

  • Trust account review and cleanup (when needed)

Cleanup and Catch-Up Bookkeeping

Cleanup and catch-up services are available for businesses and law firms needing to bring prior periods up to date and restore accurate financial records. These services are often the first step before transitioning into ongoing monthly bookkeeping support, providing a clean and reliable foundation moving forward.

Services may include, but are not limited to:

  • Prior year bookkeeping cleanup

  • Correction of inaccurate or incomplete records

  • Catch-up of missing transactions

  • Trust / IOLTA cleanup and reconciliation (for law firms)

Cleanup services are provided as a separate, one-time engagement and are scoped and quoted based on the condition and volume of the records.

Payroll Processing

Payroll services support accurate employee and contractor payments and are coordinated through trusted third-party payroll providers.

Services may include, but are not limited to:

  • Setup of payroll tax accounts

  • Payroll processing with direct deposit

  • Filing of payroll taxes and required government forms

  • Contractor payments and reporting

  • Annual W-2 preparation