Investor-ready books for Austin businesses — Silicon Hills startups, SXSW-era creatives, and the South Congress food scene — without a $300/mo local bookkeeper.
Austin is 'Silicon Hills' — software, AI, and semiconductors (Samsung, Dell nearby) alongside a huge live-music, film, and food-truck economy. The metro leads large US cities in new-business formation, with roughly 42,000 small businesses. LedgerHelm keeps up with fast-scaling transaction volume and the 1099 sprawl a creative, contractor-heavy economy generates.
We crossed the Texas franchise-tax threshold mid-growth and got caught unprepared.
1099s for musicians, film crews, and freelance consultants pile up fast.
Investors want clean, runway-ready books my spreadsheet can't produce.
Investor-ready books, burn and runway you can actually read.
1099 tracking for a music, film, and festival economy.
Daily POS and vendor bills categorized automatically.
We keep your books structured for the filings that actually apply where you operate — not a generic checklist.
Texas has no personal or corporate income tax — your Austin business owes none.
LLCs and corporations file with the Texas Comptroller by May 15; even under the no-tax-due threshold (about $2.65M for 2026) you file a Public Information Report. Fast-growing Austin firms often cross the threshold mid-year.
6.25% state + 1% city + 1% transit, remitted to the Texas Comptroller. A free sales-tax permit is required to sell taxable goods or services.
Sole proprietors file a DBA with the Travis County Clerk; LLCs and corporations file with the Texas Secretary of State. We keep your books aligned to the registered entity.
Link your Austin business bank in about 30 seconds — no software to learn.
Every transaction categorized automatically, every month.
P&L, Balance Sheet & Cash Flow by the 10th — ready for your Austin CPA and the TX filings that apply.
Let AI do the bookkeeping yourself, or hand it to a dedicated LedgerHelm bookkeeper — same platform, same clean monthly financials. You choose how hands-on to be.
Connect your bank, QuickBooks, or Xero and let AI categorize every transaction, flag anomalies, and prep your month-end close. You stay in control; the busywork disappears.
From $99/mo, billed annually
Hand your Austin books to LedgerHelm's in-house bookkeeping team. We categorize, reconcile, chase down the documents we need, and deliver clean financials every month — AI makes it fast, our bookkeepers make it right.
From $249/mo, billed annually
Start your free trial today — no local office visit, no long onboarding.
Start your Austin bookkeeping