Clean, monthly books for Houston businesses — from Ship Channel oilfield-services firms to Montrose restaurants — without the local bookkeeper price tag.
Houston runs on energy and petrochemicals, the Texas Medical Center (the world's largest medical complex), construction, and Port Houston logistics — and roughly 97% of the region's businesses are small businesses. LedgerHelm categorizes the high-volume, multi-job transactions those businesses generate and keeps you ready for the Texas Comptroller.
My franchise-tax Public Information Report sneaks up every May 15 — even in a year I owe $0.
Job costing across multiple crews and job sites never ties out.
Getting the 8.25% Houston sales tax right on every taxable item is a monthly headache.
Per-job costing for oilfield-services and construction crews.
Clean books for clinics around the Texas Medical Center.
High-volume POS and vendor bills, reconciled monthly.
We keep your books structured for the filings that actually apply where you operate — not a generic checklist.
Texas levies no personal or corporate income tax, so your Houston business owes none — one less return to file.
Most LLCs and corporations file annually with the Texas Comptroller by May 15. Below the no-tax-due threshold (about $2.65M for 2026, indexed for inflation) you owe $0 but still file a Public Information Report.
6.25% state + 1% city + 1% METRO transit, all remitted to the Texas Comptroller. We keep taxable vs. exempt items straight.
Harris County businesses file an annual business personal property rendition with HCAD by April 15. Texas raised the exemption to $125,000 of business personal property per location for 2026, so many small businesses now owe nothing — we keep your asset detail ready either way.
Link your Houston business bank in about 30 seconds — no software to learn.
Every transaction categorized automatically, every month.
P&L, Balance Sheet & Cash Flow by the 10th — ready for your Houston CPA and the TX filings that apply.
Let AI do the bookkeeping yourself, or hand it to a dedicated LedgerHelm bookkeeper — same platform, same clean monthly financials. You choose how hands-on to be.
Connect your bank, QuickBooks, or Xero and let AI categorize every transaction, flag anomalies, and prep your month-end close. You stay in control; the busywork disappears.
From $99/mo, billed annually
Hand your Houston books to LedgerHelm's in-house bookkeeping team. We categorize, reconcile, chase down the documents we need, and deliver clean financials every month — AI makes it fast, our bookkeepers make it right.
From $249/mo, billed annually
Start your free trial today — no local office visit, no long onboarding.
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