Bookkeeping for Houston, TX

AI Bookkeeping Services in Houston, TX

Clean, monthly books for Houston businesses — from Ship Channel oilfield-services firms to Montrose restaurants — without the local bookkeeper price tag.

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Greater Houston
Local Houston bookkeepers typically charge $400–$900/mo. LedgerHelm Houston starts at $99/mo. (Houston market, 2025–26)
Up to 89%
less than local bookkeeper rates
By the 10th
clean financials every month
100% remote
serving Houston — no office visit
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Built for Houston

Bookkeeping built for the Houston economy

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.

Houston by the numbers

The local economy we keep books for

~97%
of Houston-region businesses are small businesses
Understanding Houston
663,800+
non-employer businesses across Greater Houston
U.S. Census / Understanding Houston
~1.2M
workers employed by area small businesses
Understanding Houston

Sound familiar, Houston?

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.

Who it's for

Who we serve in Houston

Energy-services & trades

Per-job costing for oilfield-services and construction crews.

Medical & healthcare practices

Clean books for clinics around the Texas Medical Center.

Restaurants & retail

High-volume POS and vendor bills, reconciled monthly.

Local tax & compliance

Bookkeeping built around Houston, TX tax rules

We keep your books structured for the filings that actually apply where you operate — not a generic checklist.

No Texas income tax

Texas levies no personal or corporate income tax, so your Houston business owes none — one less return to file.

Franchise (“margin”) tax

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.

8.25% Houston sales tax

6.25% state + 1% city + 1% METRO transit, all remitted to the Texas Comptroller. We keep taxable vs. exempt items straight.

Business personal property rendition

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.

How it works

Clean Houston books in three steps

1
Connect your accounts

Link your Houston business bank in about 30 seconds — no software to learn.

2
AI handles your books

Every transaction categorized automatically, every month.

3
Get clean reports

P&L, Balance Sheet & Cash Flow by the 10th — ready for your Houston CPA and the TX filings that apply.

Pricing

Two ways to get your Houston books done

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.

Self-serve · Helm

You run the books, AI does the work

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.

  • AI auto-categorization with confidence scores
  • Bank reconciliation & guided monthly close
  • Financial reports and a plain-English AI assistant

From $99/mo, billed annually

Most popular Done for you · HelmPilot

A dedicated bookkeeper, powered by AI

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.

  • A dedicated bookkeeper who owns your close
  • Month-end financials delivered on a schedule
  • Catch-up bookkeeping to get current fast

From $249/mo, billed annually

FAQ

Houston, TX bookkeeping — FAQ

Does LedgerHelm handle the Texas franchise tax?
Texas has no state income tax, but most LLCs and corporations still file annually with the Comptroller by May 15 — and even below the no-tax-due threshold (about $2.65M for the 2026 report year) you must file a Public Information Report. We keep your books structured so that filing is straightforward.
Do I need a bookkeeper with a Houston office?
No. LedgerHelm Houston serves the metro remotely — your books, monthly reports, and support are all online, which is how we come in well under local hourly rates.
Do I need a Houston business license?
Texas has no general business license; Houston only requires activity-specific permits, so most service businesses just register the entity and any assumed name (DBA). We keep the books that back it all up.
What sales tax do I collect in Houston?
8.25% on taxable sales — 6.25% state, 1% city, and 1% METRO transit — all remitted to the Texas Comptroller on the schedule your volume dictates.

Serving Houston and surrounding areas

Downtown & MidtownThe HeightsMontroseThe Galleria / UptownKatySugar LandThe WoodlandsPearland

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