Bookkeeping & Payroll for Wakefield Businesses
Bookkeeping, payroll, and advisory services for Wakefield businesses. Monthly financials, catch-up work, and strategic guidance from our Andover office.
Bookkeeping for Wakefield Businesses
Wakefield has always managed to hold onto its small-town character while sitting just minutes from Route 128 and downtown Boston. The businesses around Main Street and throughout town reflect that balance. Local shops, professional practices, restaurants by the lake, and service companies that have built their reputation over years of steady work.
We provide ongoing bookkeeping, payroll processing, and financial advisory for Wakefield businesses that need professional accounting support without hiring someone full-time. Our office is in Andover, close enough to understand the area and available when you need to meet in person.
Monthly Bookkeeping
Monthly Bookkeeping
Transaction categorization, bank reconciliation, and monthly close. Financial statements delivered every month so you always know where your business stands.
Payroll Processing
Payroll Processing
Full payroll service including direct deposits, tax withholdings, quarterly filings, and year-end forms. Massachusetts compliance handled correctly from the start.
Catch-Up Bookkeeping
Catch-Up Bookkeeping
If your records have fallen behind, we bring them current. Reconstruct transactions, reconcile accounts, and fix errors so you have books you can actually rely on.
Financial Advisory
Financial Advisory
Strategic guidance when you need more than just bookkeeping. Cash flow forecasting, budget development, and the kind of financial perspective that helps you make better decisions.
Wakefield Industries We Serve
Most Wakefield business owners we talk to started handling their own books because it seemed manageable at first. Then the business grew, the transactions multiplied, and suddenly they’re spending evenings and weekends on accounting instead of the work they actually started the business to do. That’s usually when they call us.
We work with healthcare practices, professional service firms, retail stores, restaurants, and service businesses throughout town. If you’ve reached the point where doing it yourself costs more in time and stress than it saves in money, we can help.
Healthcare Practices
Healthcare Practices
Dental offices, therapy practices, chiropractic clinics, and medical providers. Insurance receivables, patient billing, and the revenue timing issues that make healthcare accounting different from other businesses.
Professional Services
Professional Services
Law firms, consultants, marketing agencies, and other professional practices. Clean financials, overhead tracking, and books organized for partner review or tax preparation.
Restaurants and Retail
Restaurants and Retail
Wakefield’s downtown and lakeside businesses need accurate financials to manage tight margins. Sales tracking, inventory costs, tip reporting, and Andover, MA advisory services that help you understand what the numbers mean.
Service Businesses
Service Businesses
Cleaning companies, home services, childcare providers, and other service businesses. Proper expense tracking, worker classification, and books that are ready when tax season arrives.
Common Questions
Where is your office located?
We're based in Andover, about 15 minutes north of Wakefield. Most of our work happens remotely, but we're close enough to meet when it makes sense.
What does monthly bookkeeping cost?
Starting at $199 per month depending on transaction volume and complexity. We provide a specific quote after reviewing your business needs.
Can you help if my books are months behind?
Yes. Catch-up work is a normal starting point for many clients. We reconstruct and reconcile your records, then move to ongoing monthly service once you're current.
Do you handle payroll and taxes?
Yes. We process payroll, handle tax deposits and filings, and prepare W-2s and 1099s at year-end. Massachusetts and multi-state payroll are both covered.
What makes you different from other bookkeepers?
Our founder spent 15 years in corporate finance before starting Vast Accounting. You get the detail work of a bookkeeper combined with the strategic perspective of someone who has reported to boards and investors.
The Merrimack Valley's Trusted Accounting Partner
The Next Step:
A 15-Minute Call
Tell us about your business and what you're dealing with. We'll listen, ask a few questions, and give you a straightforward quote.
