The Bookkeeper Guy

## The Bookkeeper Guy

The Bookkeeper Guy is a solo bookkeeping practice based in Maricopa, Arizona, founded and operated by Stephen Blotsky. The firm serves small businesses across the Phoenix metro area and Pinal County, covering cities including Phoenix, Chandler, Gilbert, and surrounding communities. The practice specializes exclusively in QuickBooks Online bookkeeping.

What stands out immediately is the pricing transparency. Most bookkeeping vendors hide their rates behind a "contact us for a quote" wall, which turns every initial conversation into a negotiation. The Bookkeeper Guy publishes tiered pricing online, starting at $200 per month for monthly bookkeeping, scoped by transaction volume and bank account count. Catch-up and cleanup work is priced using a clear formula: your monthly tier rate multiplied by the number of months behind, divided by two. For context, a small business one full year behind would start at $2,100 for the cleanup engagement. That kind of pricing transparency is genuinely rare in the bookkeeping space, and it signals that the operator is confident in the scope and not looking to expand it quietly after the engagement starts.

Stephen holds a BA in Accounting from the University of Montana (2020) and has been a full-time bookkeeper since March 2023. He is a QuickBooks Online Gold Tier ProAdvisor, Intuit's top certification level, and holds three active Intuit certifications including Level 2 and Payroll. The business operates as an Arizona-licensed LLC. These are verifiable credentials, and the QBO Gold ProAdvisor designation is meaningful for buyers whose businesses run on QuickBooks Online.

### What the Service Actually Covers

Every monthly tier includes monthly bank reconciliation, a Profit and Loss statement, a Balance Sheet, and a brief written analysis identifying the key drivers behind the numbers. That last piece is worth noting. A lot of bookkeepers deliver clean statements and stop there. A brief written read on what's actually moving the numbers is more useful for a small business owner who isn't reading financial statements daily.

Every tier also includes quarterly KPI benchmarking against industry peers. The idea is to give business owners a sense of how their financials compare to similar businesses, not just whether the books are current. That kind of benchmarking is typically reserved for more expensive advisory engagements, so including it across all tiers is a genuine differentiator for a practice at this price point.

The catch-up and cleanup service addresses businesses that have months or years of unreconciled books. This is a common situation for small businesses heading into tax season. The transparent pricing formula removes the ambiguity around what a cleanup will cost, which is often the biggest source of friction in getting started.

Client reviews specifically mention payroll error resolution, chart of accounts cleanup, and Arizona Transaction Privilege Tax (TPT) compliance. Arizona's TPT applies differently depending on business type and jurisdiction, and it trips up a lot of small business owners. Experience with TPT and local compliance is a real, specific competency for Arizona-based businesses.

### Who This Fits

This is a solo practice serving small businesses in the Phoenix metro and Pinal County on QuickBooks Online. The right client here is a small business owner, a sole proprietor, a contractor, or a small LLC that needs clean monthly books, clear financial reports, and doesn't want to manage a bookkeeping relationship that requires constant oversight. The practice is not set up for mid-market companies, multi-entity structures, or businesses running on accounting platforms other than QuickBooks Online.

The pricing starting point of $200 per month is accessible for most small businesses, and the tiered structure based on transaction volume means you're not paying for capacity you don't use. That's a reasonable commercial model for the target client.

### What I Would Verify

This is a young practice, full-time since March 2023, with a small number of Google reviews at the time of writing. That doesn't disqualify it, but it does mean a prospective client should ask a few direct questions before engaging. Ask to see a sample of the monthly analysis and quarterly benchmarking deliverable, not just the reconciled statements. Ask how payroll-related bookkeeping is handled, since reviews mention payroll issues but the scope of payroll services isn't fully detailed on the site. Confirm the cleanup timeline and what the process looks like for a business that is more than a year behind.

I would also verify whether the practice has handled businesses in your specific industry. The quarterly KPI benchmarking implies some level of industry-specific data sourcing. Ask where that benchmarking data comes from and how granular it gets for your sector.

For a Phoenix-area small business running on QuickBooks Online that wants published pricing, monthly reports with a written read, and a credentialed solo operator rather than a large impersonal firm, this is a straightforward fit worth a free consultation call. The transparency on pricing and credentials is a good signal. The limited review history and solo capacity are the things to probe before committing.