What your firm pays Salt, per client.
One published rate card. What you bill your client is your decision entirely — this is only the cost side of that equation.
Buying for your own business rather than reselling to clients? See business pricing.
Published in full. Theirs is not.
Per client, per hour, per seat or per job — pick whichever matches how your practice already prices. What you charge your client is entirely yours.
Starter
up to 150 transactions per client per month
$300/ client / month
Growth
up to 500 transactions per client per month
$600/ client / month
Scale
up to 1,000 transactions per client per month
$1,125/ client / month
| Grade | Scope | Per hour |
|---|---|---|
| Production | Bookkeeping, AP/AR | $12 |
| Qualified | Accounts, tax preparation | $20 |
| Manager review | Sign-off | $30 |
| Cleanup | 20-hour minimumQuoted before work starts. | $15 |
Production and review are billed separately on purpose. A single blended rate charges you manager money for coding bank lines; here the $12 hour and the $30 hour appear on the invoice as themselves, so review time is the only time you pay review rates for.
L1
Bookkeeper
$1,500/ month
150 billable hours a month, one named person.
L2
Accountant
$1,900/ month
150 billable hours a month, one named person.
L3
Senior / Manager
$2,800/ month
150 billable hours a month, one named person.
- No setup fee
- No recruitment fee
- Month-to-month on 30 days' notice
- Free replacement inside six months
| Job | Firm pays Salt |
|---|---|
| 1120-S / 1065 business return | $90 |
| 1120 C-Corp / complex corporate | $200 |
| 1040 simple | $25 |
| 1040 moderate — itemised, Sch C/E | $60 |
| 1040 complex — multi-state, K-1s | $140 |
| Your client book | Firm pays Salt, per employee per month |
|---|---|
| 1–5 client companies | $3.50 |
| 6–25 client companies | $3.50 |
| 26+ client companies | $3.50 |
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.
What a client is actually worth to you.
Enter what you already bill one client, pick the SKU that would deliver their books, and see the margin — shown as arithmetic, not a percentage you have to trust.
USD, one client's monthly retainer — not your whole book.
The arithmetic
- You bill this client
- $1,500
- Growth to Salt
- − $600
- Gross margin
- $900 (60%)
One client, one SKU. Run it again per client — the rate card does not change with volume across your whole book.
Rate card questions
Send the client file, get the price in writing.
Tell us where you trade and what shape the books are in. You get scope, price and a start date in writing within one business day — no obligation.