Newburyport · Essex County, MA
Bookkeeper in Newburyport, MA
A city set up by merchants and traders. Bookkeeping for the ones working in Newburyport now.
Yes, a Newburyport business can have a bookkeeper who is not in Newburyport. I am Angel Wallace of Business Untangled, a one-woman practice over in Atkinson, and the Advanced QuickBooks ProAdvisor certification is the one I carry. Your books are kept online, and it all starts with a consult that costs nothing.
Local bookkeeping
Your bookkeeper in Newburyport
Newburyport exists because of its business owners. In 1764 the waterside part of Newbury was made a separate town, and the act said why: the people by the water were mostly merchants, traders and artificers, while the rest of Newbury was chiefly husbandmen. The fishing fleet, the shipyards and the clipper ships had their day. What stayed is a seaport city that lives on visitors and on boats, where mooring, winter storage and maintenance of recreational boats still bring in much of the income. Work like that is seasonal by nature. Income bunches up in the warm months and the bills keep coming in February. I keep a Newburyport owner's books steady through both.
The city climbs from Merrimac Street at the river up to High Street on the ridge, where the homes of the old seafaring merchants have widow's walks, and State Street, Green Street and Market Street tie the two together. Market Square is near the waterfront. The Plum Island Turnpike runs out across the marsh on a causeway, and Maudslay State Park follows the Merrimack on the northwest side. Yankee Homecoming brings people back every year. One of the city parks is called Atkinson Common. My Atkinson is the New Hampshire town about 14 miles to the west.
Call or text (603) 453-0154
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How local and remote work runs
A boatyard office or a shop near Market Square does not need a bookkeeper within walking distance. It needs one who can see the accounts. You connect yours to QuickBooks Online, or start smaller with a Google Sheet, and I do the work from Atkinson. When there is something to discuss, you choose a phone call or video.
Services
Services that fit Newburyport businesses
Monthly Bookkeeping
For seasonal Newburyport businesses whose summer deposits and winter bills need one steady record.
Custom Google Sheets
For a new shop or solo boat-service business that is not ready for software.
QuickBooks Clean Up & Set Up
For the owner moving up from a spreadsheet who wants QuickBooks Online built properly.
Newburyport questions
Bookkeeping questions from Newburyport
Does a Newburyport, Massachusetts business need a Massachusetts bookkeeper?
No. A bookkeeper in New Hampshire can do the job, because recording and reconciling a business's money works the same way in both states. Where Massachusetts matters is the tax return, and your Massachusetts tax preparer takes care of that. I send them complete, reconciled books for your Newburyport business so they are not starting from a shoebox.
My Newburyport shop runs on a spreadsheet. How will I know it is time for QuickBooks Online?
You will know when keeping the sheet up has become easier than believing it. The usual causes are a second or third payment app, more bank accounts, people you now pay to help, or a lender who wants formal statements. A tidy sheet is not wasted effort, though. Because the records are already in order, moving them across is simple.
If you build a Google Sheet for my business, whose is it?
Yours. I design the sheet around the way your Newburyport business earns and spends, then I hand it over to you outright. From that point you can go on using it without me for as long as it serves you. If you outgrow it later, QuickBooks Online is the next step and I can help with that.
I hire extra hands for the busy season. Do they each get a 1099?
It depends on how they are paid. If your seasonal help is paid as contractors, a 1099 can be owed once one person's yearly total passes the federal line, which changed for 2026. Help paid as employees runs through payroll. Each payment is recorded under the person who received it, and your tax preparer confirms who gets a form.
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