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Monthly Books Review + Monitoring · For Freelancers, Consultants & Independent Professionals

Your Work Is Excellent. Your Books Should Match.

Connect QuickBooks or upload statements. Every month LedgerAI reviews your books and automatically tracks your software subscriptions, client payment fees, home office expenses, and contractor payments. You review the flagged items. QuickBooks is updated. Tax time becomes a non-event.

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Monthly report you can share with your CPA or bookkeeper · $149/month founding price · 10 founding spots open

LedgerAI  ·  Example Books Review  ·  Freelance Consulting LLC  ·  Q1 2025
287 transactions scanned Jan 1 – Mar 31, 2025
31 Reclassified
7 Needs Review
3 Personal Charges
2 Duplicate Clusters
4 Contractors
$4,200 Flagged for Review
Flagged for your review
Upwork Service Fee · Apr $312.00 Low Confidence
Whole Foods Market $94.20 Personal Charge
Alex T. · Venmo $2,200.00 1099?
1st Books Review free, on your own books
1099 contractor totals tracked all year against the IRS reporting threshold
100% of QuickBooks updates wait for your approval
QB works with QuickBooks Online, or upload statements without it
14-day free trial, no credit card
Applied automatically
Notion, Figma, AWS, Adobe, Stripe fees, and 670+ other known tools categorized without any action from you.
Flagged for your review
Zelle/Venmo payments to contractors, unknown vendors, and personal charges go to your review queue first.
Written back to QuickBooks
Only the corrections you approve get written back. Nothing changes in QuickBooks until you say so.
Never changed silently
Anything outside high-confidence stays in your queue. Your books are never modified without approval.
What LedgerAI Finds

The four things that cost freelancers
the most money at tax time.

LedgerAI looks for the specific issues that hit independent professionals hardest: tools on the wrong account, contractors with no 1099 trail, personal charges in business books, and missed home office deductions.

Tool Expense Error
Software & SaaS Tools on the Wrong Account
Notion, Figma, Linear, AWS, Vercel, Loom, and dozens of other tools routinely land in "Uncategorized" or "Office Supplies." LedgerAI corrects them to Software automatically.
Example · Corrections applied automatically
Notion $16.00 Office Supplies Software
AWS (Amazon Web Services) $142.38 Uncategorized Software
Figma Pro $45.00 Miscellaneous Software
3 tool expenses corrected and applied to QuickBooks
1099 Risk
Contractor Payments Not Tracked for 1099
When you hire other freelancers via Venmo, Zelle, or PayPal, those payments often land in "Uncategorized." LedgerAI routes them to Contract Labor and flags anyone over the IRS reporting threshold for review.
Example · 1099 contractor queue
Alex T. · Venmo $3,200 YTD Needs W-9
Jordan L. · PayPal $1,850 YTD Needs W-9
Sam K. · Zelle $420 YTD Under threshold
Contractor payments tracked all year; vendors over the 1099 review threshold are surfaced for review.
Personal Charge
Personal Expenses Mixed Into Business Books
Grocery runs, streaming services, and clothing purchases on the business card inflate your expenses and distort your home office and equipment deductions. LedgerAI flags them all.
Example · Personal charges detected
Whole Foods Market $94.20 Personal
Spotify $10.99 Personal
H&M Online $67.00 Personal
Personal charges are flagged and kept out of your business P&L for your review
Home Office Tracked
Home Office & Equipment Deductions Captured
Your monitor, desk chair, WiFi, and home office percentage: all categorized correctly so your CPA can apply the right deductions without asking you to reconstruct receipts at year end.
Example · Deductions tracked
Amazon (LG Monitor) $389.00 Equipment
AT&T Internet $85.00 Home Office
Apple MacBook Pro $1,299.00 Equipment
Equipment and home office costs are categorized and organized for your CPA or bookkeeper to review
How It Works

From connected to clean books
in a single run.

LedgerAI handles the mechanical work of the first pass and puts only what actually needs a decision in front of you.

Step 1

Connect QuickBooks in 60 seconds

One-click OAuth. No API keys, no configuration. LedgerAI reads your transactions directly from QuickBooks and starts categorizing immediately.

  • All QB Online plans supported
  • No QB password stored or shared
  • Choose any date range: monthly, quarterly, or full year
Example · QuickBooks OAuth · Connecting...
✓ QuickBooks OAuth authorized
✓ Company: Freelance Consulting LLC
✓ Period: Q1 2025 (Jan 1 – Mar 31)
Loading Q1 2025 data...
287 transactions loaded
Step 2

Freelance tools and fees categorized automatically

Notion, Figma, AWS, Adobe CC, Stripe transaction fees, PayPal fees, Upwork service fees, and 670+ more vendors match instantly. Venmo and Zelle payments to contractors are routed to Contract Labor.

  • Tools, services, and SaaS all handled
  • Your prior corrections applied before anything else
  • AI reviews only genuinely uncertain vendors
Example · Categorization · Running patterns...
Notion $16.00 Software auto
AWS (Amazon Web Services) $142.38 Software auto
Stripe Payout Fee $28.40 Bank Charges auto
Alex T. · Venmo $2,200.00 Needs review... 1099?
272 matched  ·  7 sent to review queue  ·  3 personal detected
Step 3

You approve the decisions that matter

High-confidence corrections are written to QuickBooks automatically. Your review queue shows only what needs a real call: unknown vendors, Venmo payments to contractors, and anything the system is not sure about.

  • One-click approve or correct each item
  • Set a rule so the same vendor is handled automatically next time
  • Designed so a review takes minutes, not hours
Example · Review Queue · 7 items
Alex T. · Venmo $2,200 1099?
Whole Foods Market $94.20 Personal?
Upwork Service Fee $312.00 Low Conf.
Approve (4)
Review All (7)
See It On Your Own Books

Proof you can check yourself.

Your first Books Review is free, so the proof comes from your own books, not from quotes on a landing page.

Recognizes common vendor patterns without setup.
Surfaces vendors and categories that may need review; anyone over the 1099 review threshold is flagged for your call.
Helps organize payments, vendors, and owner questions before they pile up.
Creates a monthly report you can understand or share with your CPA or bookkeeper.
Pricing

Less time on cleanup. Cleaner books for tax time.

If your first books review does not surface meaningful cleanup opportunities, cancel during the trial and pay nothing.

Monthly Annual Save 20%
Essential
$69/mo

Monthly categorization and flagged item review

  • QuickBooks sync (1 company)
  • Unlimited transactions
  • AI auto-categorization with 674+ patterns
  • Contractor 1099 detection
  • Review queue: uncertain items flagged for your approval
  • Corrections written back to QuickBooks
  • Monthly books review report
  • Email support
Agency
$249/mo

For bookkeeping firms managing multiple clients

  • Everything in Pro
  • Up to 5 QB companies ($49 per additional)
  • Per-client vendor profiles
  • White-label reports
  • Priority onboarding

14-day free trial on all plans. No credit card required to start.

Questions freelancers ask.

Does LedgerAI know freelance and SaaS tools? +

Yes. Notion, Figma, Linear, Vercel, AWS, Loom, Stripe, PayPal, Upwork, Fiverr, Calendly, Zoom, Slack, and dozens more are in the built-in pattern library. Software subscriptions, platform fees, and tools are all categorized correctly on the first run.

How does it handle Stripe and PayPal fees? +

Stripe processing fees, PayPal fees, and Venmo/Zelle payments are all recognized and categorized. Payment platform fees go to Bank Charges or Merchant Fees. Payments to other individuals are flagged as potential Contract Labor for 1099 review.

Can I deduct home office expenses? +

LedgerAI tracks internet bills, equipment purchases, and home-office-related spending so your CPA has everything needed to apply the home office deduction. The actual deduction calculation is done by your CPA; LedgerAI makes sure nothing is missing or miscategorized.

What if I hired other freelancers this year? +

Payments to individuals via Venmo, Zelle, PayPal, or check are flagged as potential Contract Labor. Anyone paid over the IRS reporting threshold in the year is added to the 1099 review queue. You confirm the status; your CPA or LedgerAI's summary handles the filing prep.

Can I run a review on past years? +

Yes. The Pro plan supports full-year reviews on any date range going back to 2020. If you have years of messy QuickBooks, run the review on each year. The first run catches the most; every run after is faster.

Will it change my existing QuickBooks data? +

Only miscategorized or uncategorized transactions are updated, and only after you approve the changes. Nothing is written to QuickBooks until you click approve.

Can I cancel anytime? +

Yes. Cancel anytime from your dashboard. No fees, no lock-in.

Connect QuickBooks and see what your freelance books have been missing.

Run a books review, catch every miscategorized tool subscription and missed contractor 1099, and hand your CPA exactly what they need. 14-day free trial.

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