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Monthly Books Review + Monitoring · For Photographers, Videographers & Creative Studios

Your Shots Are Perfect.
Your Books Should Be Too.

Connect QuickBooks or upload statements. Every month LedgerAI reviews your books and automatically tracks your second shooters, equipment purchases, album labs, and software subscriptions. You approve. QuickBooks is updated. Your CPA gets clean books.

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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  ·  Photography Studio  ·  Q4 2024
293 transactions scanned Oct 1 – Dec 31, 2024
31 Reclassified
7 Needs Review
3 Personal Charges
2 Duplicate Clusters
4 Contractors
$4,200 Flagged for Review
Flagged for your review
Victor Chen · Zelle $1,200.00 1099?
Whole Foods Market $87.43 Personal Charge
Photo Rental House LLC $340.00 Low Confidence
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
B&H, Adorama, Adobe, WHCC, and 670+ other known vendors categorized without any action from you.
Flagged for your review
Zelle/Venmo payments to second shooters, 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 photographers
the most money at tax time.

LedgerAI looks for the specific issues that hit creative businesses hardest: gear on the wrong account, second shooters with no 1099 trail, personal charges in business books, and software subs scattered across statements.

Equipment Error
Gear Purchases on the Wrong Account
B&H Photo, Adorama, Best Buy, and Amazon purchases routinely land in "Office Supplies" or "Uncategorized." LedgerAI corrects them to Equipment automatically.
Example · Corrections applied automatically
B&H Photo Video $847.32 Office Supplies Equipment
Adorama Camera $1,240.00 Uncategorized Equipment
Peak Design (Amazon) $189.00 Office Expense Equipment
3 equipment corrections applied to QuickBooks automatically
1099 Risk
Second Shooter Payments Not Tracked
Zelle and Venmo payments to second shooters end up as "Uncategorized Expense." LedgerAI routes them to Contract Labor and flags anyone over the IRS reporting threshold for review.
Example · 1099 contractor queue
Victor Chen · Zelle $3,600 YTD Needs W-9
Ashley R. · Venmo $2,850 YTD Needs W-9
Marcus W. · Zelle $450 YTD Under threshold
Second shooter payments tracked all year; vendors over the 1099 review threshold are surfaced for review.
Personal Charge
Personal Expenses Mixed Into Business
Grocery runs, Netflix, clothing, and food delivery on the business card inflate expenses and distort your deductions. LedgerAI flags them before they close the books.
Example · Personal charges detected
Whole Foods Market $87.43 Personal
Netflix $22.99 Personal
Gap / Banana Republic $114.50 Personal
Personal charges are flagged and kept out of your business P&L for your review
Software Tracked
Software Subscriptions Properly Categorized
Adobe CC, Lightroom, Pixieset, ShootProof, Honeybook, and 17Hats: every subscription correctly categorized to Software so your deductions are complete.
Example · Subscriptions categorized
Adobe Creative Cloud $54.99 Software
Pixieset $20.00 Software
ShootProof $35.00 Software
Software subscriptions are recognized and categorized for 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: My Photography Studio LLC
✓ Period: Q4 2024 (Oct 1 – Dec 31)
Loading Q4 2024 data...
293 transactions loaded
Step 2

Photography vendors categorized automatically

B&H, Adorama, Adobe CC, WHCC, Artifact Uprising, Pixieset, ShootProof, and 670+ more vendors match instantly. Zelle and Venmo payments to contractors are routed to Contract Labor.

  • Equipment, software, labs, and travel all handled
  • Your prior corrections applied before anything else
  • AI reviews only genuinely uncertain vendors
Example · Categorization · Running patterns...
B&H Photo Video $847.32 Equipment Pattern
WHCC Print Lab $312.50 Cost of Goods Pattern
Victor Chen · Zelle $1,200.00 Needs review... 1099?
Adobe Creative Cloud $54.99 Software Pattern
258 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, Zelle 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
Victor Chen · Zelle $1,200 1099?
Whole Foods Market $87.43 Personal?
Photo Rental House LLC $340.00 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.

Your ledger remembers the patterns you trust.

LedgerAI builds a Memory Bank from the categories you confirm, so repeat vendors become easier to review over time.

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
  • Second shooter 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 photographers ask.

Does LedgerAI know photography vendors specifically? +

Yes. B&H Photo, Adorama, Adobe Creative Cloud, Lightroom, WHCC, Artifact Uprising, Pikto, Pixieset, ShootProof, Honeybook, and 17Hats are all in the built-in pattern library. Equipment purchases, lab invoices, and software subscriptions are categorized correctly on the first run without any manual setup.

How does it handle Zelle and Venmo payments to second shooters? +

Payments to individuals via Zelle and Venmo are flagged for your review as potential Contract Labor. You confirm or correct each one. Anyone over the IRS reporting threshold year-to-date is added to the 1099 review queue. You do not need to track this manually across the year.

What if I mix personal and business on the same card? +

LedgerAI detects common personal vendors (grocery stores, streaming services, clothing retailers, food delivery) and flags them as personal charges. You confirm which ones are truly personal and they are separated from your business P&L. This is one of the most common issues for photographers who use one card for everything.

Can I run a review on past years? +

Yes. The Pro plan supports full-year books reviews on any date range going back to 2020. If you have a backlog of messy QuickBooks, run the review on the years you need cleaned up. The first run catches the most; every review after is faster as the system learns your vendors.

Will it change my existing QuickBooks data? +

Only miscategorized or uncategorized transactions are updated, and only after you approve the changes. Every correction shows before and after so you know exactly what changed. Nothing is written to QuickBooks until you click approve.

Does LedgerAI work if I also do commercial or video work? +

Yes. The same system handles equipment, software, travel, contractor payments, and client expense reimbursements across all types of creative work. If you have vendors that are not in the built-in patterns, you correct them once and the system remembers for every future run.

Can I cancel anytime? +

Yes. Cancel anytime from your dashboard. No cancellation fees, no lock-in. Your QuickBooks data stays exactly as-is.

Connect QuickBooks and see what your books have been missing.

Run a books review, catch every miscategorized gear purchase and missed second shooter 1099, and hand your CPA exactly what they need. 14-day free trial.

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