What a Knotledger sample deliverable looks like.
A side-by-side of a small-business QuickBooks register — the same view, the same lines, before and after the cleanup. Every row below is mocked for “Bayline Bakery LLC”; the numbers, the duplicates, and the mis-categorizations are illustrative, not a real client file.
The deliverable, line by line
Chaos view, then the reconciled register.
The left pane is the file six weeks into a shoebox — uncleared since June, mismatched dates, an owner draw on office supplies. The right pane is the same register after the cleanup: every line categorized, the duplicate flagged and resolved, prior-period errors repaired, and the trial balance tied out to the cent.
Before
Pre-cleanup · Bayline Bakery LLC
| Date | Vendor | Category | Amount | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/14/25 | Stripe Payout | Uncategorized | +$1,842.10 | Payout batch — 12 transactionsDeposited but never split to fee / refund lines |
| 06/22/25 | Whole Foods 03/15 | Uncategorized | −$48.20 | pastry + oat milkDate mismatched to the receipt; vendor truncated |
| 07/02/25 | Stripe Payout | Uncategorized | +$1,842.10 | Payout batch — 12 transactionsDuplicate of the 06/14 line above |
| 11/29/26 | Amazon | Office Supplies | −$312.44 | Lost receipt — do not categorizeMisclassified (personal) and missing vendor name |
| 01/17/26 | (blank) | Office Supplies | −$1,200.00 | Owner draw — Office SuppliesOwner draw charged to a P&L line |
What Knotledger found
Months of uncleared transactions, a mismatched date on a COGS receipt, a duplicate Stripe payout, an owner draw charged to office supplies, and a missing-vendor line that never made it to the right P&L account. Same register — but hard to read, impossible to sign off on.
After
Post-cleanup · Bayline Bakery LLC
| Date | Vendor | Category | Amount | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/14/25 | Stripe Payout | Processing fees · Bank deposit | +$1,842.10 | Payout batch — 12 transactions |
| 06/22/25 | Whole Foods Market | Cost of goods sold · Ingredients | −$48.20 | Pastry + oat milk (COGS)Date corrected → 06/22, vendor expanded |
| 07/02/25 | Stripe Payout | Processing fees · Duplicate flagged | $0.00 | Payout batch — duplicate 06/14Marked duplicate; nets against 06/14 (resolved) |
| 11/29/25 | Amazon – Misc | Prior-period repair · Owner draw | −$312.44 | Bank rec adjustment (prior-period)Corrected to draw, not office supplies |
| 01/17/26 | Owner · J. Park | Owner's draw · Reimbursable | −$1,200.00 | Owner's draw — Reimbursable |
What Knotledger delivered
Every line categorized to a real P&L account, the Stripe duplicate flagged and resolved at $0, an Amazon line reclassified to a prior-period owner draw, and the owner's draw moved out of Office Supplies. The trial balance nets to zero — the CPA opens the file ready to work.
Mocked; no real client data. Bayline Bakery LLC is a fictional bakery used to illustrate the shape of a typical Knotledger cleanup — not a real engagement.
What Knotledger delivered
Four artefacts the CPA can use.
The side-by-side above is the punchline; the deliverable itself is four concrete artefacts, each tied to a flat monthly fee.
Categorized register
Every vendor line split, classified to the right P&L account, and matched to its receipt or payout detail.
Reconciled bank feed
The QB register matches the bank statement to the cent — no Uncleared suspense rows left behind for the CPA to clean up.
Prior-period repair log
A written note explaining every adjustment Knotledger made to a prior-period balance, so the CPA signs the return without re-doing it.
CPA-ready memo
A one-page summary of what changed and what to look for — flat-fee engagement, ready to hand to whoever prepares the return.
Ready when you are
See what a cleanup looks like on your file.
Send the intake — bank statements, current software, and the rough shape of the shoebox. We reply with a flat-fee quote and a written scope within 48 hours. No sales call required.
Illustrative only · Mocked, not a real client file
Bayline Bakery LLC, its transactions, and the numerical values on this page are entirely fictional and exist only to illustrate the shape of a Knotledger cleanup deliverable. No real client is depicted.