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Autopilot Services

Your Whole Back Office on Autopilot.

Bookkeeping, payroll and filings for small businesses, run for you every month by a real team that knows your books, so you can get back to running the business.

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Your Month, Closed

  • Every Bank and Card Account Reconciled
  • Transactions Categorized
  • Bills Paid and Invoices Sent
  • Payroll Run and Taxes Filed
  • Monthly Reports Delivered
  • Midwest Millworks
  • InsureFly
  • Pegasus Robotics
  • Midwest Insurance
  • Raptor Dynamic
  • NarWalt 831 Admin
  • The Zac Group

Most Owners Didn’t Start a Business to Do Its Books

Statements and receipts being checked against the books on a laptop

But the back office does not run itself. The categorizing, the reconciling, the payroll, the reports, the scramble at tax time: it piles up, and it is the first thing to slip when you get busy.

Autopilot Services exists to take all of it off your plate, and to run it so well you stop thinking about it. You deal with us, and we handle the rest. Books, payroll and coordination with your CPA, in one place, run by one team, not scattered across apps and logins you still have to manage yourself.

  • We Keep Your Books Right

    Categorized, reconciled, current and tax-ready, every single month.

  • We Run Your Payroll

    Paid, filed and handled by our team through the Crew add-on, not pushed off to another app you manage.

  • We Keep It Tax-Ready

    Clean books ready for tax season, with filing and CPA coordination available through our network.

Small Business Bookkeeping, Payroll and Filings Under One Roof

The full back office, run on QuickBooks Online by one team. You get the work done and the reports on schedule, without another app to manage.

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  • Bookkeeping

    Transaction categorization, bank and credit card reconciliation, and books that stay clean and current.

  • Reports You Can Steer By

    A P&L and balance sheet, and a clear read on where your cash actually stands.

  • Accounts Payable and Receivable

    Bills paid, invoices sent, and the money tracked in both directions.

  • Payroll, In-House

    Wages, filings and payroll tax run by our own team through the Crew add-on, not handed off to software you operate.

  • Tax, Through One Door

    Books kept tax-ready, and your tax work managed end to end through our CPA partners, with us as your one point of contact.

  • A Person Who Answers

    One team that knows your books, so questions get a straight answer, not a ticket number.

Built for Owner-Operated Businesses

We run the back office for hands-on industries, each with its own quirks in how the money moves.

If you have outgrown doing your own books and want the whole thing handled, you are who we built this for.

  • Trades and Home Services

    Heating, cooling and contracting businesses. The full back office, including in-house payroll, the filings and monthly reporting, so the office keeps pace with the field.

  • Trucking and Freight

    Owner-operated haulers with heavy transaction volume. High-volume books kept reconciled and current on a tight weekly and monthly rhythm.

  • Farming, Land and Equipment

    Family farms and land and equipment operations. Bookkeeping, bill pay and clean year-end reporting across the related entities.

  • Rental and Real Estate

    Rental property owners. Income, expenses and owner reporting kept straight, property by property.

  • Makers and Small Manufacturing

    Millwork shops and small manufacturers. Inventory-aware books and prior-year cleanup, so the numbers match what is on the floor.

  • New and Growing Businesses

    Owners just getting started. Entity setup, registrations and a clean foundation, then the books run from day one.

The Same Rhythm Every Month

The work runs on a schedule, so you always know where you stand.

  1. Done for You

    You run the business, we run the back office. A team that operates it, not a tool you have to.

  2. A Real Team

    People who know your books and pick up the phone, not a rotating queue of strangers.

  3. One Monthly Rhythm

    The work goes out on a schedule, so nothing piles up and nothing gets missed.

  4. Straight With You

    Clear numbers, plain language, and no surprises when tax time comes around.

Your First 90 Days

Exactly what to expect after you sign, from setup to a steady monthly rhythm.

  1. Day 30: Get Set Up

    We meet you, complete the onboarding process together, gather access to your bank feeds and books, and connect your accounts.

  2. Day 60: Get Current

    Your first full month is reconciled and categorized, and your first reports land.

  3. Day 90: Run on Autopilot

    Books closed on time, reports every month, everything on schedule.

Choose Your Altitude

Three bookkeeping plans that climb with the business. Runway and Cruise are fixed shapes at fixed prices; anything bigger or bespoke is Charter, quoted to you.

  • Runway

    $500/month

    1 business, up to 3 accounts

    • Bank and credit card reconciliation
    • Transaction categorization
    • P&L and balance sheet
    • Quarterly check-in call
  • Cruise

    $1,250/month

    1 business, up to 10 accounts

    • Everything in Runway
    • Accounts payable and receivable
    • Management reports and a cash-flow view
    • Monthly review call
  • Charter

    Custom

    Multiple entities, any number of accounts

    • Everything in Cruise
    • Inventory and unit tracking
    • Multi-entity and property reporting
    • Anything bespoke, quoted to you

An account is each bank account and each credit card we reconcile for you. The team sizes your business and confirms your exact quote before anything starts.

Get a Quote

Add to Any Plan

Payroll and new-business setup sit outside the plans, so you only pay for them when you need them.

Crew

Payroll add-on

From$200/month

Payroll is its own add-on. Crew runs payroll in-house for small teams, our own people, not another app, and is priced to your team size. Add it to any plan.

What Crew Runs

  • Payroll runs and direct deposit
  • Federal and state payroll tax deposits and filings
  • New-hire reporting and employee onboarding
  • Quarterly returns, year-end W-2s and 1099s
  • Contractor payments

Launch Bundle

New-business setup

$750one-time

Starting from scratch? We stand the whole business up in one pass, at one price plus the state's own filing fees. You walk away registered and ready to run.

What the Launch Bundle Covers

  • New entity formation
  • EIN registration
  • State registration
  • Operating agreement
  • Sales and payroll tax registration

Compare the Plans

What each plan includes
What’s IncludedRunwayCruiseCharter
Accounts includedUp to 3Up to 10Any number
Bank and credit card reconciliationIncludedIncludedIncluded
Transaction categorizationIncludedIncludedIncluded
P&L and balance sheetIncludedIncludedIncluded
Accounts payable and receivableNot includedIncludedIncluded
Management reports and cash-flow viewNot includedIncludedIncluded
Review callQuarterlyMonthlyMonthly
Inventory and unit trackingNot includedNot includedIncluded
Multi-entity and property reportingNot includedNot includedIncluded

A Few Terms

Plain definitions for the words the plans are built on.

Account
Each bank account and each credit card we reconcile for you. One account is one reconciliation a month, and it is how we size a plan to your books.
Reconciliation
Matching your books against your bank and card statements so the two agree: the check that nothing is missing or counted twice.
Accounts Payable and Receivable
Payable is the bills you owe, which we pay. Receivable is the invoices your customers owe you, which we send and follow up on.
Multi-Entity
More than one business or legal entity, each with its own set of books. That is where Charter comes in.

Add On What You Need

Available on any plan. Start from the base and add the pieces you need, quoted to your situation.

  • Reconciliation Catch-Up

    One engagement to bring behind or messy books to a clean, current baseline, prior years and miscoded transactions included. Priced to how many months behind the books are.

  • Tax and CPA

    Filed through our CPA and EA network, with APS as your single point of contact.

    • Business tax return
    • Personal (1040) return
    • Sales tax filing
    • IFTA filing for truckers
    • Tax planning and implementation
An income tax return form being filled in beside a calculator

Backed by a CPA Network

For tax and the questions that need a licensed hand, APS works with a network of CPA and EA professionals. You still get one point of contact, us, with the right expertise behind it.

Ready to Hand It Off?

Tell us about your business: what you do, how many bank and card accounts you run, and whether you have payroll. The team sizes the right plan and comes back with an exact quote.

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