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Accounting Proposal Template
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Cover letter
To Morgan Ellis, Finance Director at Maple Street Supply Co.,
Thank you for considering Harbor Ledger Accounting LLC for Maple Street Supply Co.’s outsourced accounting work. This sample proposal covers historical ledger review, cleanup, migration, and recurring support for a growing wholesale distributor.
Our team will organize your transaction records, reconcile accounts, coordinate twice-monthly payroll, and deliver financial reports on the schedule described in this proposal. Morgan Ellis will be our primary contact for records, approvals, and reporting questions.
We will review the existing books before migration and flag missing documents or balances that need a client decision. Complex restatements, forensic work, and statutory audit opinions remain outside the proposed fees unless both parties approve separate work.
Reliable accounting is the base layer for cash control, tax readiness, and informed decision-making.
We appreciate the opportunity to support Maple Street Supply Co. and discuss the proposed service calendar with Morgan Ellis before work begins.
Sincerely, Sender full name*, Sender title* | Firm name*.
Project description and executive summary
Harbor Ledger Accounting LLC proposes to review Maple Street Supply Co.’s 2026 ledger, clean up the chart of accounts, migrate agreed records to a cloud accounting environment, and provide ongoing bookkeeping, payroll coordination, tax support, and management reporting. Morgan Ellis will approve the opening balances and any cleanup decisions before recurring service begins.
Objective
Give Maple Street Supply Co. reconciled books and a dependable monthly reporting baseline.
Goals
Maintain transaction records, AR and AP ledgers, twice-monthly payroll support, and bank reconciliations.
Strategic value
Provide secure cloud access and financial reports that management can use to review cash and operating results.
Scope overview
- Historical financial review to identify posting gaps, unreconciled balances, and reporting inconsistencies.
- System cleanup and chart of accounts alignment before ongoing service begins.
- Ledger migration from legacy or disconnected records into the agreed cloud accounting environment.
- Recurring bookkeeping, payroll coordination, tax support, and management reporting within the agreed service calendar.
Scope boundaries
- This proposal covers accounting support and reporting services. It does not include statutory audit opinion services unless added by separate engagement.
- Complex restatements, prior-period dispute resolution, or forensic investigation work should be quoted separately after review.
- Advisory support is based on information supplied by the client and third-party systems used in the engagement.
- Turnaround times depend on timely client delivery of statements, payroll inputs, tax documents, and supporting records.
Agency overview and software integrations
Harbor Ledger Accounting LLC is the sample accounting partner for Maple Street Supply Co. The firm will manage the agreed bookkeeping and reporting workflow, document open items, and route approval decisions to Morgan Ellis. This fictional example does not claim specific licenses or certifications.
Financial experience
A designated bookkeeper will maintain the ledger and track reconciliation exceptions for review.
Professional credentials
Tax return preparation and payroll support will follow the agreed service calendar; any required professional sign-off must be confirmed before engagement.
Compliance posture
Financial records will be shared through approved access, with open questions documented for client review.
Supported software stack
For this sample engagement, Maple Street Supply Co. will use QuickBooks as its target general ledger. The platform comparison on the next page shows other systems that may be encountered during migration or reviewed as alternatives; it does not change the proposed scope.
Platform | Typical use |
QuickBooks | General ledger, bookkeeping, reporting, reconciliations |
Xero | Cloud accounting, bank feeds, management reporting |
SAP | Enterprise finance operations and structured reporting |
Oracle | Financial management, reporting, and process control |
MYOB | Business accounting and payroll administration |
Quicken | Small business financial tracking and record organization |
Multi-tiered cost and expense summary
The following pricing model separates one-time onboarding from recurring service categories. This structure helps clients distinguish initial cleanup and setup work from monthly, quarterly, and annual support obligations.
Initial account setup
Task / Service Name | Scope Details | Price |
Data Conversion & Cleanup | Historical ledger migration (January 1 through September 29, 2026) | $2,500.00 |
System Setup & Chart of Accounts | Account structure & cloud portal configuration | $500.00 |
Initial Historical Audit | Production of initial baseline reports | $800.00 |
Setup Total | | $3,800.00 |
Monthly services
Task / Service Name | Scope Details | Price |
Daily account reconciliation | Ongoing reconciliation and transaction review | $1,000.00 |
Bi-monthly payroll services | Recurring payroll processing support | $600.00 |
Monthly Total | | $1,600.00 |
Quarterly and annual fees
Quarterly services
Task / Service Name | Scope Details | Price |
Quarterly tax preparation | Preparation support for quarterly tax obligations | $600.00 |
Quarterly filings | Submission support and filing coordination | $300.00 |
Financial reports | Quarter-end reporting package | $800.00 |
Quarterly Total | | $1,700.00 |
Annual services
Task / Service Name | Scope Details | Price |
Year-end financial summaries | Annual closing summary package | $500.00 |
Annual tax return preparation | Annual return preparation support | $500.00 |
Employee benefits report audit | Annual employee benefits report audit support | $300.00 |
Yearly Total | | $1,300.00 |
Consolidated expense summary
Setup total
$3,800.00 in one-time onboarding and cleanup fees.
Monthly total
$1,600.00 for recurring monthly accounting and payroll support.
Quarterly total
$1,700.00 for quarterly tax and reporting services.
Yearly total
$1,300.00 for year-end and annual filing support.
Contract terms and legal clauses
Harbor Ledger Accounting LLC and Maple Street Supply Co. will confirm the service calendar, final scope, and agreement terms before services begin. The clauses below identify matters that the final engagement letter needs to address.
Services and deliverables scope
Define the exact bookkeeping, payroll, tax support, reporting, advisory, cleanup, and migration services included in the engagement, together with any exclusions or separate-fee items.
Confidentiality and data security
Require both parties to protect financial records, payroll data, tax information, login credentials, and other non-public business information using reasonable administrative and technical safeguards.
Client cooperation and document timelines
State that timely delivery of statements, invoices, payroll inputs, tax records, and approvals is necessary for meeting reporting and filing deadlines.
Limitation of liability and termination notice
Set the liability framework for the engagement and specify notice periods, final invoice handling, data return procedures, and orderly disengagement steps.
Notices, choice of law, and entire agreement
Confirm where formal notices must be sent, which governing law applies, and that the signed agreement is the full understanding between the parties.
This template is a commercial starting point. Final legal language should be reviewed by the accounting firm’s counsel before issue to a live client.
- All filing dates, reports, and recurring deliverables should be tied to a service calendar agreed during onboarding.
- Morgan Ellis will provide the records and approvals needed to complete the agreed monthly, quarterly, and annual work.
Authorization and sign-off
Harbor Ledger Accounting LLC and Maple Street Supply Co. may sign below after confirming the final scope, listed fees, service calendar, and engagement terms. The names and company details in this sample proposal are fictional.
On behalf of Client company name*, the undersigned confirms acceptance of the final proposal and contract terms.
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Accounting Proposal Template Overview
Business owners shop for an accountant on trust, and a proposal full of jargon rarely builds it. This accounting proposal template gives you ready sections for services, fees, deliverables, reporting schedule, and onboarding steps, so a client sees exactly what you will do and when. Use it as a free accounting proposal template to start from, then tailor it to each client.
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