Accounting, tax & advisory for growing businesses

Accounting and tax advice that pays for itself.

Brightline Accounting keeps your books reconciled every month, files every return on time and finds the tax savings most firms miss, with one dedicated accountant and a live dashboard you can check anytime.

  • Bookkeeping
  • Tax returns
  • Payroll
  • Fractional CFO
  • 4,200+Tax returns filed a year
  • $18.6MSaved for clients in 2025
  • 99.8%Filed on or before the deadline
  • < 1 dayAverage reply time
  • Fixed monthly feesNo hourly billing, no surprise invoices
  • One dedicated accountantA real person who knows your numbers
  • Deadline guaranteeWe pay any late penalty we cause
  • Bank-grade securityEncrypted portal and two-factor sign-in

From $290 / month

Monthly bookkeeping

Clean books are the foundation of everything else: accurate tax, confident decisions and easy conversations with your bank. We reconcile your accounts...

From $1,200 / year

Business tax returns

We prepare your year-end accounts and business tax return, check every allowance and credit you qualify for and explain exactly what you...

From $6 per employee / month

Payroll & compliance

Payroll mistakes cost trust as well as money. Our payroll team runs every pay cycle, files every return and answers your employees'...

From $1,490 / month

Fractional CFO & advisory

When the questions shift from "what happened?" to "what should we do next?", you need a CFO. Ours join your leadership meetings,...

From $240 per return

Personal tax returns

Upload your documents to the portal and we do the rest. We prepare your return, claim every deduction you are entitled to...

From $650 one-off

Start-up & company setup

The decisions you make in the first month shape your tax bill for years. We help you choose the right structure, register...

Monthly bookkeeping, done for you

Books closed by the 5th. Every month.

Your accountant reconciles every bank feed, matches every receipt and posts payroll, then sends a plain-English report you can read in five minutes. Watch each step happen live in your client portal.

  • Bank feeds reconciled daily, not at year-end
  • Receipts snapped on your phone and matched for you
  • A management report and a review call every month
See how it works

How switching works

Changing accountants takes one call.

We handle the handover from your current firm and have your books up to date within 30 days.

  1. Free consultation

    Thirty minutes on your goals, your numbers and what you pay today.

  2. Fixed proposal

    One monthly fee covering everything we agreed, in writing within 48 hours.

  3. Clean-up & handover

    We collect records from your old firm and bring the books up to date.

  4. Monthly rhythm

    Books closed by the 5th, a report, a call and every deadline met.

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Transparent pricing

Fixed fees. No surprises.

Choose the package that fits today and move up as you grow. Every plan includes a dedicated accountant and your year-end accounts.

Essentials

For freelancers and sole traders who want their books handled properly.

$290/ month

  • Bookkeeping up to 150 transactions a month
  • Quarterly sales tax returns
  • Year-end accounts and tax return
  • Client portal and receipt app
  • Email support, reply within a day
Start with Essentials

Scale CFO

For established businesses that want a finance partner at the table.

$1,490/ month

  • Everything in Growth
  • Unlimited transactions and entities
  • Payroll for up to 50 employees
  • Budgets, forecasts and cash-flow models
  • Board and investor reporting
  • Fractional CFO, six hours a month
Talk to us about Scale

Prices exclude sales tax. Personal tax returns from $240. Clean-up of past years is quoted separately.

Proactive tax planning

We plan your tax before the year ends.

Most firms tell you what you owe. We meet every quarter, model your options and act before the deadline, so more of your profit stays in the business.

  • Quarterly tax projections, so there is never a surprise bill
  • Every allowance and credit your business qualifies for
  • Owner pay structured for the lowest overall tax
Get a free tax review

Brightline in numbers

Trusted with the details.

  • 17Years in practice
  • 1,100+Businesses on monthly plans
  • $18.6MTax saved for clients last year
  • 4.9/5Average client rating

Maya Okafor

Founding partner

Maya founded Brightline to give owner-managed businesses the tax planning big companies take for granted.

Daniel Reyes

Head of advisory

Daniel is the CFO our growing clients call before every big decision.

Priya Shah

Senior tax advisor

Priya untangles the tricky returns: property portfolios, capital gains and foreign income.

Oliver Lindqvist

Payroll & bookkeeping lead

Oliver runs the team that closes our clients' books by the 5th of every month.

Client stories

Calmer founders, cleaner books.

We moved from a shoebox of receipts to books closed by the 5th of every month. The first tax plan Maya built saved us more than a year of fees.

Hannah R.Founder, Northwind Ceramics

They took over payroll for 22 people in the middle of our busiest season without a single missed payday. I finally sleep in March.

Tomás E.Owner, Fernhill Kitchens

Clear fixed fee, quick answers and a dashboard I actually open. It feels like having a finance team for the price of an accountant.

Priya N.Co-founder, Loop Studio

Get a free second opinion on your tax.

Send us last year's return and accounts. In 30 minutes we will show you where you could save, with no obligation.

Book my free consultation