Know what your books should look like before you pay anyone to keep them.
Guides, a Tennessee filing calendar, an annual cost index, and a books health check — organized the way an accountant would organize them, not the way a marketing team would.
Monthly Close & Reporting
The close is the only deliverable in bookkeeping that matters — what it consists of, how long it should take, and where it goes wrong.
2 guidesSaaS Revenue & Metrics
Deferred revenue, ASC 606, and the metrics investors actually check — for the software companies Nashville keeps producing.
Tennessee Tax & Compliance
Franchise & excise, county business tax, sales tax on software, and the filing dates Middle Tennessee businesses actually owe.
2 guidesCash Flow & Forecasting
The 13-week forecast, runway math, and the reporting habits that let you see a cash problem while it is still cheap to fix.
2 guidesEvery Tennessee filing date for 2026–27
State, county, and federal — what each filing is, who owes it, and what missing it costs.
See the calendar →The Nashville Bookkeeping Cost Index
What 340 Middle Tennessee businesses actually pay — by revenue band and industry. Free to cite.
Read the findings →How healthy are your books, actually?
Eight questions, a scored grade, and a specific fix list. Three minutes, no email required.
Take the health check →Every guide is written and reviewed by the accounting team at Compass East — a Nashville finance and accounting firm working with growing businesses since 2011. We publish this because the owners who understand their own books make the best clients, and the ones who don't need us anyway are welcome to just take the reference.
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Thirty minutes with one of our accountants, free. You'll get a written list of what to fix either way.
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