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North Andover · Essex County, MA

Bookkeeper in North Andover, MA

Trades, farms and home offices from the Old Center to Route 114. Bookkeeping for North Andover.

North Andover businesses, especially trades with crews and trucks, can have their books kept by me. I am Angel Wallace, sole owner of Business Untangled in Atkinson, New Hampshire, and an Advanced QuickBooks ProAdvisor. I track the payments, the miles and the monthly numbers. Begin with a free consult.

Local bookkeeping

Your bookkeeper in North Andover

North Andover was the north parish of Andover until it became a town of its own, and it still has an Old Center that sits closer to the geographic middle than the newer town center does. Barker's Farm, started in 1643, is described as the oldest continually operated business in Massachusetts, which says something about how long people here have worked for themselves. Mills once lined the Shawsheen and the Merrimack while the southwestern land stayed agricultural. Today it is considered a bedroom community, and the businesses that serve those households are landscapers, builders, cleaners and repair crews. If that is your business in North Andover, I can keep the books so every job, helper payment and truck mile ends up recorded.

Lake Cochichewick fills much of the northeastern part of town, with Weir Hill and Osgood Hill beside it, and portions of Harold Parker State Forest lie within the town too. The North Parish Church stands on the Green in the Old Center, where a sheep shearing festival is held in late spring. Route 114, the old Salem Turnpike, and Routes 125 and 133 carry much of the traffic, and Merrimack College is in town. The high school plays Andover every Thanksgiving. Atkinson is about twelve miles north of here, beyond the Merrimack and the state border.

Call or text (603) 453-0154

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Where I work

How local and remote work runs

A crew leader's office is usually the truck, and the books can live there too. Link your accounts to QuickBooks Online from your phone, send me the accountant user invitation, and read your reports wherever you happen to be parked. Anything that needs discussion is a call or a video chat between jobs.

North Andover questions

Bookkeeping questions from North Andover

I run a business in North Andover, MA. Can my bookkeeper be in New Hampshire?

Yes. Nothing about day-to-day bookkeeping is specific to one state, so a North Andover business and an Atkinson bookkeeper fit together fine. The Massachusetts return is the piece that needs local tax knowledge, and that is your tax preparer's work. I supply them with reconciled books and organized records.

Does everyone who works on my North Andover crew get a 1099?

Not everyone. Helpers you pay as employees go through payroll. Helpers you pay as contractors may need a 1099 once their payments for the year pass the federal line, and that line changed for 2026. I record every payment to every person, and your preparer confirms who actually gets a form.

What is the right way to log the miles on my work truck?

Write trips down as they happen, each with its date. The date matters for 2026 because the IRS standard rate was not the same in both halves of 2026. Whether that standard rate or your truck's actual costs works out better is a decision for your tax preparer, and a dated log gives them what they need to make it.

My business is tiny. Is paying a bookkeeper overkill?

Sometimes it is, and I will say so. With a handful of regular customers and one account, a custom Google Sheet can hold everything for much less effort than full bookkeeping. Later, if you add helpers or start taking payment through several apps, monthly bookkeeping is there to take over.

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