See what bookkeeping actually costs — before you talk to anyone.
Salt runs monthly bookkeeping for founders, agencies, e-commerce brands and professional-services firms in the US, UK, Canada and Australia. Move the two dials below for an indicative monthly range, then leave your email for a written quote — priced on your transaction volume and jurisdiction. No call required to get a number.
Three tiers, sized by transaction volume — not by guesswork.
Essential
Sized for up to 150 transactions a month.
Growth
Sized for 150–500 transactions a month.
Scale
Sized for 500–1,000 transactions a month.
Published ranges. No quote hidden behind a call.
Essential
up to 150 transactions a month
$400/ month
- Salt
- $400
- Local firms
- $400–$700
Up to 43% less than the top of the United States band.
Growth
150–500 transactions a month
$800/ month
- Salt
- $800
- Local firms
- $800–$1,800
Up to 56% less than the top of the United States band.
Scale
500–1,000 transactions a month
$1,500/ month
- Salt
- $1,500
- Local firms
- $1,500–$3,000
Up to 50% less than the top of the United States band.
Larger books
Above 1,000 transactions a month — quoted in 24 hours.
Above this volume the entity count and the state of the ledger drive the price more than the transaction count does, so publishing one figure would be guessing at yours.
| Service | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Catch-up bookkeeping | per month of backlog | $225 |
| Accounting cleanup | 12-month reconstruction | $3,750 |
| Accounts payable | per month · 50–300 invoices | $1,000 |
| Accounts receivable | per month | $800 |
| Payroll — base | per month · up to 10 staff | $200 |
| Payroll — per head | per employee per month | $10 |
| Sales tax · VAT · GST · BAS | per filing | $100 |
| Sales tax · VAT · GST · BAS | per month, managed | $225 |
| Business tax return | per return | $1,200 |
| Personal / director return | per return | $350 |
| Controller / management accounts | per month | $3,000 |
| Virtual CFO | per month | $3,500 |
| Tech stack migration | per entity · standard | $1,750 |
| Fundraising finance | per project | $8,000 |
Rush turnaround
Added when you need turnaround under 48 hours during peak season. Standard turnaround is 48–72 hours and carries no uplift — the surcharge is the exception, and it is agreed in writing before the work starts, never applied to an invoice after the fact.
Transparent by design
Estimate your monthly investment.
Your written quote
Priced on your books, in 24 hours.
Priced on your volume, jurisdiction and layers, in writing. No call first, and no number invented before we've seen the books.