Pricing

How much does Launch Accounting cost?

Launch provides bookkeeping, payroll, and tax as one complete accounting solution for one fixed monthly fee. Most clients invest $650-$1200 per month, with the fee set by the size and complexity of your business. The fee includes payroll, monthly bookkeeping, and your year end business and personal tax work.

You can get an estimate in a few minutes with the calculator below, or read on for what drives the number.

Why we price this way

You should know what your accounting is going to cost every month. One fixed monthly fee covers the whole engagement, payroll included, so the cost never surprises you. That's also why our pricing is on this page instead of behind a sales call.

What the calculator estimates

Use the calculator to estimate your monthly fee. It asks questions and produces an estimate based on our current pricing.

The estimate covers the full monthly engagement: bookkeeping, payroll, tax planning, and year-end tax preparation. A short conversation with our team refines the number to a final quote before you sign anything.

What drives your monthly fee

The fee is scoped to your business up front. The factors that move it:

  • Transaction volume — More monthly activity means more bookkeeping work. Fifty transactions a month is a different job than five hundred.
  • Bank accounts and loans — Each account and loan we reconcile adds to the monthly work.
  • Payroll headcount — Payroll is included in the fee, and the number of people on it affects the scope.
  • Where your crews work — Payroll filed across multiple Ohio cities carries more filings than payroll in one.

Pricing lands toward the low end for businesses with fewer accounts, lighter transaction volume, and payroll in a single city.

Why Quotes Vary So Much Between Providers

A low quote usually covers one piece of the job. An annual CPA files the return; a bookkeeping service keeps the books; a payroll company runs payroll and charges by the pay run. Each piece looks cheap on its own, but no one owns the whole picture, the pieces drift apart, and the surprises land on you at filing. Our fee covers the whole job in one place, which is what a fair comparison should price against.

How Billing Works

Your fee is set before we start and billed monthly. Year end tax work is included in the monthly fee with no separate filing season bill. We also prepare personal tax returns for non-monthly clients.

The cost of the cheaper setup

The patchwork setup costs you in ways that never show up on an invoice: a tax bill you didn't see coming, filings that multiply as you grow, and hours of your own time playing go-between. With books kept current and planning done in the summer and again in late fall, you see your tax bill months ahead, while there's still time to act on it. That's what the fee buys: no costly surprises.

Costs that surprise people at other providers

  • Per-payroll-run fees. Most payroll providers charge a base fee plus a charge every pay period. Our payroll is inside the fixed monthly fee, which most payroll is not.
  • A separate year-end bill. Many firms charge monthly for the books and then invoice separately when the return gets filed. Year-end business work is included in our fee.

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Use the calculator above for an estimate in minutes. When you're ready to talk it through, schedule a call: we'll start with a conversation about your business, on site when we can, and bring you a proposal with your exact monthly fee.

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