Bookkeeping for small businesses in Shreveport–Bossier
Books kept properly. Numbers you can actually read.
I’m Vicki Spurling. I keep the books for owner-run businesses across the Ark-La-Tex and beyond, every month, entirely online, so tax time isn’t a scramble and you always know where you stand.
- One bookkeeper, not a rotating team
- Video calls, a shared Dropbox folder, no driving
- A flat monthly fee, agreed in writing
- Replies within one business day
What I do
What happens every month
Bookkeeping is a routine, not a rescue. This is the routine, and it is what the monthly fee covers.
Every transaction recorded and categorised in QuickBooks Online, from your bank and card feeds and the receipts you share
Bank and credit-card accounts reconciled to the statement, every month, line by line
A monthly report in plain English: what came in, what went out, what you own and owe, and what changed
The figures behind your sales tax and other filings, current and ready for whoever files them
Your questions answered as they come up, not saved for tax time
A year-end package your tax preparer can work from without chasing you
Where you start depends on where you are
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Monthly bookkeeping
The routine that keeps your books current, reconciled and ready for whatever comes next, month after month.
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Catch-up bookkeeping
For books that are months, or years, behind. Behind is common. It is also fixable, and it is fixed once.
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A clean start for a new business
If your business is new, we begin with a simple, sensible structure you will not have to undo later.
Who this is for
Sound familiar?
Most people get in touch from one of these four places. None of them is a bad place to start.
You are months behind and dreading it
The receipts are in a box, the software has not been opened since spring, and every week it gets harder to start. This is the most common place people begin.
You have outgrown doing it yourself
A second account, a first employee, a second location. What used to take an evening now takes a weekend, and it is not the best use of yours.
You are just starting and want it right
A new LLC, a new bank account, and a strong preference for never having to untangle the first year.
Your tax preparer keeps asking for cleaner books
They do the return; they do not want to do the bookkeeping. They would rather receive a reconciled set of books than a folder of statements.
How it works
Four steps, and the first one is a conversation
You should know exactly what you are signing up for, and what you get out of it, before you say yes.
Step 1: A short conversation, by video call
You tell me about your business and where the books stand. I ask a few questions. No preparation needed, and nothing to sign.
Step 2: A written quote, then setup
You get a flat monthly fee in writing. If you say yes, we connect your accounts to QuickBooks Online through read-only feeds and set up a shared Dropbox folder for documents. You keep your own logins and your own books.
Step 3: Every month, handled
I record and reconcile everything and send you a report you can read in five minutes. If something looks off, you hear about it early.
Step 4: Tax time, without the scramble
Your tax preparer receives a complete, reconciled set of books, and I am available to answer their questions directly.
Online, on purpose
It happens on screen, not across a desk
Three tools carry the whole of working together. They are why you can be anywhere in the Ark-La-Tex, or anywhere at all, and why you never lose a morning to an appointment. If you are in Shreveport–Bossier and would like to meet in person, that can be arranged.
Video calls when we need to talk
The first conversation, the setup, and any question that is easier said than typed. The rest happens by email, at whatever hour suits you.
A shared Dropbox folder for documents
Receipts, statements and reports live in one folder we both can see, instead of travelling as email attachments.
Read-only bank feeds into QuickBooks Online
Transactions arrive on their own. You never share a password, and nothing can be moved or changed from my side.
How fees work
You will know what you are spending before we begin
No hourly meter, no surprise invoices. The fee is set to fit your business and agreed in writing first, and for service this personal it is more than competitive.
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A flat monthly fee for the monthly routine, sized to how much activity your books carry, not to how long I spend.
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Catch-up work quoted as a fixed project, with the price in writing before I begin, so a box of receipts never turns into an open-ended bill.
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No surprise scope changes. If your business grows and the work grows with it, that is a conversation first and a new number in writing, never a bigger invoice.
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No long contract. Thirty days’ written notice ends it, from either side. Your books live in your own QuickBooks Online account, in your name, so you would leave with a clean, current set of books.
the Ark-La-Tex, specifically
Three states, three calendars, one set of books ready for all of them
Businesses around Shreveport live under three states’ rules and one federal calendar, and each date on it wants a number from the books. The filings themselves are yours, or your tax preparer’s. What I make sure of is that when each date comes round, the figures behind it are current, reconciled and easy to find, so the filing is a small task instead of a reconstruction.
Louisiana
- Sales tax, state and parish Louisiana’s state sales tax and your parish tax (Caddo or Bossier, for most local businesses) are filed through Parish E-File, which since February 2026 can take one combined return. The figures come straight from books that are current.
- Shreveport occupational licence Renews every year on gross receipts, due before 1 March. Current books mean the number is ready instead of reconstructed.
- LLC annual report Due to the Secretary of State on the anniversary of formation, to stay in good standing.
Texas
- Sales tax State tax plus local tax, filed with the Comptroller monthly, quarterly or yearly depending on how much you collect.
- Franchise tax report Due 15 May every year for every LLC and corporation, even when no tax is owed; below the threshold it is an information report, but it still has to be filed.
Arkansas
- Sales tax State tax plus local tax on one return through the Department of Finance and Administration, due on the 20th after each period closes.
- Annual franchise tax report Due to the Secretary of State by 1 May every year for every LLC, with a flat fee attached.
Federal, wherever you are
- 1099s To the people you paid as contractors, by 31 January. Clean books make this a list, not a search.
- Quarterly estimated payments Mid-April, mid-June, mid-September and mid-January. Current books tell you what the number should be before it is due.
- The return itself Your preparer’s job, not mine, and it goes better when the books arrive complete, reconciled and early.
Dates as published by each state on 8 September 2026. They change; the filings are yours or your preparer’s, and the numbers behind them are what I keep ready.
Questions
The things people ask first
What does it cost?
A flat monthly fee, agreed in writing before we start. The amount depends on how much activity your books carry, roughly how many accounts and transactions there are in a month, not on how many hours I spend. There is no meter running, and for service this personal the fee is more than competitive.
Catch-up work is quoted separately as a one-time project, with the price fixed before I begin. After a short conversation about your business, you get a number in writing.
My books are a mess and I am way behind. Is that a problem?
It is the most common starting point there is, and it is fixable. Catch-up bookkeeping is a normal, bounded project: I look at where things stand, give you a fixed price, enter and reconcile every missing month in order, and hand you a clean starting point. Nobody is judged for a box of receipts.
Do we ever need to meet in person?
No. The work and our conversations happen online: video calls when we need to talk, a shared Dropbox folder for documents, and read-only bank feeds into QuickBooks Online for the numbers. That is what lets me work with businesses across the Ark-La-Tex and well beyond it. If you are in the Shreveport–Bossier area and would like to meet in person, that can be arranged.
Do you prepare tax returns?
No. I keep the books; your tax preparer files the returns. What I make sure of is that they receive a complete, reconciled set of books, early, and that they can ask me questions directly instead of chasing you. If you do not have a preparer yet, say so and I will tell you what to look for.
A small first step
Tell me about your business.
A 15 to 20 minute conversation, nothing to prepare, nothing to sign. I reply within one business day, and you get a written quote afterwards.