Take on
more clients,
without hiring.
A team that works under your review, on your clients’
books, on US Eastern hours.
See what sits underneath you ↓
The work is still pending, while you grow the practice.
- Daily entries fall a week behind
- Vendor invoices sit, payments slip past terms
- AR ages while nobody is chasing
- Reconciliations saved for the last week of the month
- Close date drifts by a week, then two
- Job costs reconciled after the project is done
- 1099 season becomes a January scramble
The work underneath you You review. You sign off.
- Bookkeeping and daily processing
- AP cycle, from invoice through to the payment run
- AR and collections follow-up
- Bank and balance sheet reconciliations
- Month end close and reporting
- Job costing, WIP and retention where the client is a contractor
- 1099 prep support
You own the relationship
We are your team, not another firm in the room. Your client deals with you.
We work behind you, and we stay behind you.
Whether the contract sits with you or with us is a detail we settle on the call. Either way, the review and the sign-off are yours.
We work your hours
The US business day, Eastern time. Send it at 11am and have an answer before you leave.
Daily processing stays current, so you are never opening a set of books that is three weeks behind.
What we do not do
No tax. No advisory.
That is your work. We are not in it.
Strongest in Construction and Real Estate
Job costing, WIP, retention, AIA G702 and G703 progress billing, and lien waiver tracking against payment runs. We work across other industries too, and the daily cycle is much the same wherever the client sits.
We work in QuickBooks, Xero, NetSuite, Jonas Premier and Bill.com, and whatever spreadsheet the client actually runs on.
Why Purple Planet exists
Founder Basavaraj Bagalkot spent six years running the India office of a US construction company in Sunnyvale, California. He ran the whole back office: accounting, payroll, vendors, admin and investor relations.
Not a vendor. Their office, in their org chart.
Some of the people we worked alongside there still work with us today.
He is not an accountant. He builds the team and keeps it together. The people on your clients’ books bring around a decade each of US accounting, and they are still there in month nine.
- Partner pricing
Partner rates are
20 percent below our
published rates
A flat monthly fee, set by the level of work and the volume, and agreed in writing before we start. The same people on the books every month.
No setup fee. Nothing charged outside the agreed scope.
Junior
From
$1,500
a month
Best for books that are current, steady volume.
- Daily processing and coding
- Bank and card reconciliations
- AP and AR cycles
-
Month end close and
financial statements - Job costing, WIP and multi-entity
Mid
From
$2,000
a month
Best for taking month end close off your desk.
- Daily processing and coding
- Bank and card reconciliations
- AP and AR cycles
- Month end close and financial statements
- Job costing, WIP and multi-entity
Senior
From
$2,500
a month
Best for books that are current,
steady volume.
- Daily processing and coding
- Bank and card reconciliations
- AP and AR cycles
- Month end close and financial statements
- Job costing, WIP and multi-entity
Every entry is reviewed by a senior before it reaches you.
Our published direct rates are $1,500, $2,000 and $2,500. You pay less than a client coming to us directly would. That is the point of a partner rate, and it means your margin holds up if anyone ever checks.
The AP cycle, or bank and balance sheet reconciliations. One complete cycle, then you decide.
For books that are current or close to it. Backlog cleanup is priced separately.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does my client know you exist?
That is your call. Most of our work sits behind the CFO and the client never deals with us directly. Some prefer us introduced as their extended team. Both work.
What if I only need someone two days a week?
Then we start with the trial and size it properly after.
How long does it take to start?
Two to four weeks from access to us running a full cycle.
What happens to my client if I stop working with them?
They are your client. Your relationship is yours and it stays yours.
What about data security?
We work as named users inside your systems or your client’s. Nothing is downloaded. Everyone signs an NDA. No shared logins. You can revoke access at any time without asking us.
Do you do tax?
No. No tax and no advisory.
How does notice work?
Change the scope with 30 days’ notice
How do you invoice?
Invoiced monthly. Paid by wire.
Where is the team?
Bangalore, India. Working the US business day on Eastern time.
- Contact
Twenty minutes.
No pitch.
Tell us what is on your desk that should not be. We’ll tell you whether we can take it, what it costs, and what we wouldn’t touch.
- We reply within one working day
- A 20-minute call
- A written scope