Austin-area shop owners from downtown and South Congress to the Domain and East Austin: we untangle your QuickBooks, reconcile every account, and hand you numbers you can trust — usually in 2–4 weeks, for a fixed fee.
Austin scales faster than its back office — revenue arrives before the systems do, and the books are usually the last thing to catch up. For auto repair shops across Travis County — from downtown and South Congress to the Domain and East Austin — that shows up as parts purchases, cores, and returns hit the books untagged, so you can’t see real margin per repair order and napa, o’reilly, and worldpac statements disagree with your books and nobody has time to reconcile them
Innovation Finances works remotely with Austin owners in a market defined by a technology-and-startup boom layered over hospitality and creative small business. We reconcile supplier statements, split parts from labor, and set up categories that match how a shop actually runs. You get a documented before/after trail your CPA can verify — no offshore rush job, no judgment about how far behind the books have slipped.
The auto repair shop bookkeeping problems we untangle every week:
Parts purchases, cores, and returns hit the books untagged, so you can’t see real margin per repair order.
NAPA, O’Reilly, and WORLDPAC statements disagree with your books and nobody has time to reconcile them.
Processor deposits land as lump sums, so fees and shop supplies never get costed into jobs.
Two minutes on the form below — no documents needed yet. Tell us roughly how far behind the QuickBooks is.
We review your QuickBooks file and give you a fixed plan and price. We reconcile supplier statements, split parts from labor, and set up categories that match how a shop actually runs.
Backlog cleared, every account reconciled, and a before/after report you and your Austin CPA can act on.
We reconcile supplier statements, split parts from labor, and set up categories that match how a shop actually runs.
Every account reconciled and every anomaly documented before we change a thing.
The backlog cleared with auto repair shop-correct categories — not a generic chart of accounts.
A before/after summary and a simple monthly rhythm so it stays clean after we leave.
If our assessment can’t show you exactly what’s wrong and what it costs to fix, the assessment costs you nothing — no obligation either way.
“Finally handed my CPA a clean QuickBooks file instead of a shoebox.”
“First time I could see which bays actually make money.”
“Two years of supplier statements reconciled before tax season.”
Illustrative examples of typical client situations — not statements from specific named clients.
Tell us a little about the business — we reply within one business day.
Yes — we serve Austin and the wider Travis County area entirely remotely, working from your QuickBooks exports and bank feeds. No office visit required.
Most cleanups finish in 2–4 weeks depending on backlog size and account volume.
Fixed fee, quoted after the free assessment — based on months behind, accounts, and transaction volume. No hourly surprises.
Yes — we work from your SMS exports (Tekmetric, Shop-Ware, Mitchell 1) and map them cleanly into QuickBooks.
Never. Messy books are a symptom of a busy business. Fixing them is literally what we do all day.