The firm
One promise, kept 41 times a month.
“Books closed by the eighth” isn't a slogan — it's a deadline with a penalty clause. Since 2015 the firm has missed it once, refunded the month, and rebuilt the process so it wouldn't happen twice.
How we work
The eighth, guaranteed
Every client's books reconcile and close by the 8th business day, or that month is free. Deadlines with penalties are the only deadlines that mean anything.
Fees in writing first
Published schedule, flat quotes, engagement letters before work begins. The quote is the invoice — hourly surprises are a choice, and we decline it.
English, not accountant-speak
Every close ships with three lines a human can read: what came in, what went out, what changed. If a report needs a translator, it isn't a report.
Dana Quillstone, CPA
An accountant who bills like a grown-up.
Dana spent eight years at a regional firm watching small-business clients get billed by the six-minute increment for questions they were afraid to ask. Quillstone & Co. is the counter-argument: published fees, a close date with teeth, and a standing rule that no client is ever charged for asking a question. Founded 2015; forty-one businesses on the monthly close board and counting.
- CPA · Texas State Board of Public Accountancy
- QuickBooks Online & Xero — your file stays yours
- Questions are free, always — billing for them is how trust dies
- IRS letters answered as part of the engagement
- Deadline calendar + document checklists, automated
Judge us by one close.
Bring one messy month. See the reconciliation, the summary, the fee that matches the quote. Then decide about the rest of the year.