MARGIN&CO.
Mid-year review
Margin & Co. · Accounting + Tax Strategy

No more April surprises.

Monthly accounting and forward tax strategy for owner-run businesses doing $1M–$10M. Books closed every month. Taxes planned every quarter. An accountant who answers.

“My accountant just files my taxes.”

— every owner we meet. Once a year. Looking backwards.

The bank balance says one thing. Your actual profit is a mystery.

Flying blind, month after month.

Then it’s April.

The surprise bill was decided months ago — while nobody was looking.

Books closed every month. A forecast every quarter.

You know what you’ll owe months before you owe it.

An accountant who answers.

Every message returned within one business day. In writing. No ghosting in September.

“I finally know my numbers.

— what clients say by October.

Found in year one, on average:

$0

tax savings a rear-view accountant never looks for · illustrative

Next April

Just another Tuesday.

It’s July — the best tax-planning window of the year is open. Tax day is decided now. April just prints the receipt.

Book my free mid-year review

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Reconciled monthly.
Not annually.
Drag your number home
The ledger · March
$84,112
Your books$ ?
Reconciled

“My accountant just files my taxes.” Once a year. Looking backwards.

The bank balance says one thing; your actual profit is a mystery. Then it’s April, and the surprise bill was decided months ago.

Reconciled monthly. Not annually.

Books closed every month, a tax forecast every quarter, and an accountant who answers within one business day — in writing.

Next April: just another Tuesday.

It’s July — the best planning window of the year. Tax day is decided now. April just prints the receipt.

How it works

From shoebox to system in one quarter.

No judgment about the state of your books — messy is our specialty. Here’s the path every client walks.

01

Free mid-year review

Forty-five minutes. Bring your last return — we’ll show you what it missed and what this year should look like. We both decide if it’s a fit.

02

Catch-up & clean-up

We rebuild the books, reconcile every account, and take the handover off your hands — you never have to make the awkward call to your old accountant.

03

The monthly close

Your books, closed and current every month, with a plain-English dashboard: real profit, cash runway, and what’s drifting.

04

Quarterly forward planning

Estimated payments sized right, entity and retirement moves made on time, and a running forecast of April — so it never surprises you again.

Flat monthly pricing

No hourly meter. No surprise invoices.

Illustrative tiers for this concept site — the point is the posture: transparent, flat, forward-looking.

Foundation

$950/mo

Monthly bookkeeping and close, reconciliations, year-end filing, and the annual tax return — done properly, on time.

Most chosen

Growth

$2,400/mo

Everything in Foundation plus quarterly tax planning, estimated-payment management, and the monthly owner dashboard.

Advisory

$4,500/mo

Fractional-CFO tier: cash-flow forecasting, pricing and margin analysis, lender-ready reporting, board-level counsel.

Every tier includes the one-business-day reply guarantee.

Why owners switch

The rear-view mirror is expensive.

A once-a-year accountant records history. A monthly one changes it. Sample proof layout for the concept:

$18,400
average year-one tax savings found — illustrative sample figure
1 day
maximum reply time, in writing — the guarantee that ends ghosting
92%
client retention, year over year — sample figure for layout
SampleThey found $7,200 my old firm overlooked — in the first month. I stopped reading the bill after that.
E-commerce owner · $3M revenue — illustrative
SampleQuarterly planning means I knew my April number in July. It was boring. Boring is the dream.
Dental practice owner — illustrative
SampleFirst accountant in ten years who actually calls me back.
General contractor — illustrative
Fair questions

Asked by every owner. Answered straight.

“TurboTax is basically free.”

And at $80K of simple income, it’s fine. At seven figures with payroll, inventory, or contractors, software can only record the past. The savings live in the forward moves — entity, timing, retirement — that no one makes in April.

“My books are a mess.”

Every good client started messy — a shoebox, three apps, a year of unreconciled months. Catch-up is included. We’ve genuinely seen worse than yours.

“Switching sounds painful.”

You sign one authorization. We collect everything from your old accountant ourselves — files, returns, access. You never make the awkward call.

It’s July. Perfect timing.

Book your free mid-year review.

Forty-five minutes with a CPA. Bring your latest return — we’ll show you what it missed, and what the rest of this year should look like. No obligation either way.

Your note goes to a CPA, not a sales queue. Reply within one business day — it’s the guarantee.

Booked-in request received. You’ll hear from us within one business day — in writing.