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Your evenings, gone
Hours at the kitchen table after the workday ends — reconciling instead of resting, planning, or selling.
ROD Accounting Inc. · Bohemia, Long Island
Smart Strategies.
Seamless Books.
Stress-Free Taxes.
Your books, closed every month. Your tax strategy, working all year — not bolted on in April. That’s how small businesses keep more of what they earn.
One short form. Lorena reviews every inquiry herself and replies personally.
- Enrolled Agent–ledLorena Javier, EA · M.S. Taxation, Baruch
- Gusto Gold Partner53 Gusto clients — Gusto directory
- From $500/moBookkeeping, tax strategy included
- 1–50 employeesThe businesses we serve, per Gusto
let’s cut to the chase
The True Cost of Doing Your Own Bookkeeping
This math comes from our most-shared post — now it’s yours. Slide it around. Your numbers, your math: an illustration, not a quote.
Doing your own books costs you
$12,000 / year
That’s $6,000 a year more than the fix — and every evening back.
ROD bookkeeping starts at $500/mo ($6,000/yr) — with tax strategy included. Difference at your numbers: $6,000 a year.
Book My CallBring your number. We’ll take it from there.
The five hidden costs — watch them light up as your numbers move:
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Mistakes you can’t see
DIY books hide errors quietly. They surface at tax time, when unwinding them costs the most.
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Deductions never claimed
If nobody is watching for them all year, April is too late. You can’t claim what you never tracked.
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The cleanup bill
Fall behind and the first project is archaeology: months of transactions sorted at cleanup prices — plus penalties for anything filed late meanwhile.
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Decisions on stale numbers
Pricing, hiring, and spending calls made from last quarter’s books. Current books are a decision tool. Old ones are a guess.
Lit by your inputs, not our opinion. Hours are only cost #1 — the other four don’t care what your time is worth.
behind on your books?
Behind on Your Books? You’re Not the First Owner We’ve Caught Up.
You’re probably picturing the cleanup: brutal, expensive, and a little embarrassing. Here’s the truth — catch-up bookkeeping is a service we sell every week, not a secret you have to confess. No lecture. No judgment line-items.
What you get first is a cleanup plan and a straight number for it. Then the monthly rhythm starts — and behind stops happening.
Book My CallTell us how far behind you are. That’s the whole confession.
What “caught up” looks like
- Every transaction categorized
- Banks reconciled to the penny
- Statements you can actually read
- A tax picture with no surprises in it
…and a founder who can finally answer “how’s business?” with numbers.
what we do
Everything a Growing Business Outsources — Under One Roof
“My books run my nights.”
Tax Strategy & Bookkeeping
From $500/mo
Clean, current books every month — categorized, reconciled, and reviewed like a tax plan, because tax strategy is included, not sold back to you later. You get statements you can actually use; we watch for the savings all year.
Start here — most owners do
“Tax time is a scramble.”
Tax Preparation
Priced by complexity
Business and personal returns prepared from books that are already clean — so you get every deduction you deserve. No surprises, just peace of mind.
“Payroll day makes me sweat.”
Payroll & Sales Tax
Priced by team size
Payroll calculated, withheld, and filed correctly — your team paid on time, every time. Sales tax reviewed alongside, before it becomes a notice with your name on it.
When the questions get bigger:
CFO Services
Forecasting, budgeting, and cash-flow strategy for owners making bigger calls. Priced on inquiry.
Startup & Small Business Advisory
Entity setup and structure done right from day one, so the books start clean. Packages tailored to your launch.
the mechanism
The ROD Rhythm™
Monthly bookkeeping is not a pile of tasks. It’s a cadence — the same beats, every month, whether you remember them or not. Scrub the year and watch what changes.
Jan done
Feb done
Mar done
Apr filed — a formality
May done
Jun done
Jul done
Aug done
Sep done
Oct done
Nov done
Dec done
On the Rhythm, April is filed — a formality. The books were already clean; the return is just the paperwork.
Every month, without you asking
- Transactions categorized
- Bank reconciliations
- Financial statements you can read
- Payroll coordinated
- Sales tax reviewed
- Fixed assets tracked
- Year-end tax prep
- Tax strategy — always on
Every quarter: a strategy check with Lorena — estimates, entity, and the moves to make before year-end, while they can still change the bill.
You do
- Run your business
- Glance at your statements
- Approve in the portal
We do
- Everything with a deadline
- Everything with a form
- Everything with a reconciliation attached
It all lives in your secure TaxDome client portal — books, statements, and filings in one place.
Book My Callwho we serve
Built for Businesses Like Yours
Businesses with 1–50 employees, in the industries our Gusto partner profile lists — on Long Island and remotely.
meet your strategist
Hey! I’m Lorena.
I come from a family of entrepreneurs, so I know what a business costs the people who run it. I started ROD as a one-woman operation — and grew it into a team by doing one thing differently: treating your books like a tax plan, not a filing cabinet.
Making money is fun. Keeping it is even better — and keeping it is mostly a matter of what happens in the eleven months before April.
- Enrolled AgentFederally licensed tax professional — the IRS’s own credential.
- CPA CandidateOn the CPA track, with a decade in the field already.
- M.S. in Taxation — Baruch CollegeA master’s degree in the subject your April depends on.
- 10+ years in the tax fieldA decade of returns, books, and strategy behind every engagement.
- Director of Tax — NewWay AccountingLorena also leads the tax department at a second accounting firm.
- Guest speakerTaught tax savings to Long Island owners at Designed by Sisterhood’s “Network & Learn,” Hauppauge — September 2025.
Today ROD is a team of accountants — 5–9 on staff, per our Gusto partner profile — still founder-led, still the opposite of stuffy. We’re not your average number crunchers, and we don’t want to be.
the receipts
Don’t Take Our Word for It
I have had the pleasure of working with Lorena, and I highly recommend her services. She is extremely knowledgeable, providing expert advice and guidance tailored to my needs. Her responsiveness is exceptional, always addressing my inquiries promptly and efficiently. Additionally, her friendly and professional approach makes working with her and ROD a seamless and positive experience. I appreciate her dedication and expertise, and I would not hesitate to recommend ROD to anyone in need of a reliable and skilled accountant.
— A ROD Accounting client, published on rodaccounting.com
Gusto Gold Partner
53 Gusto clients · Partner since 2024 · 5–9 accountants on staff · Accepting new clients · Remote services
From ROD’s Gusto partner directory profile, verified November 7, 2026.
on stage
Guest expert, “Network & Learn”
Lorena taught Tax Savings for Personal & Small Business Success to Long Island business owners — Designed by Sisterhood, Hauppauge, NY, September 2025.
Event published by Designed by Sisterhood.
the free version
6,400+ follow the teaching
On Instagram @rodaccounting, Lorena breaks down taxes and bookkeeping for thousands of owners — including the DIY-cost breakdown the calculator above is built on.
Follower count as shown on Instagram, November 2026.
straight talk on pricing
Our Starting Price Is on the Page. Ask the Other Firms for Theirs.
$500/month
Tax Strategy & Bookkeeping — the published starting price.
- Transactions categorized
- Bank reconciliations
- Financial statements you can read
- Payroll coordinated
- Sales tax reviewed
- Fixed assets tracked
- Year-end tax prep
- Tax strategy — always on
The rest is scoped honestly: tax preparation is priced by complexity, payroll by team size, CFO work on inquiry. The starting point is printed — the rest fits your business, which is the only honest way to price it.
Book My CallROD is for you if…
- You run a business with 1–50 employees
- You do your own books — or get statements you can’t use
- You want tax strategy before April, not apologies after
Honestly not for you if…
- You want the cheapest data entry you can find
- You only want a once-a-year filing, and nothing more
- Your books are already current, strategic, and boring
before you ask
Straight Answers, Up Front
I’m months behind on my books. Can you still take me on?
Yes — catch-up bookkeeping is one of the main reasons owners come to us. We start by catching you up: transactions sorted, banks reconciled, statements you can actually read. Then the monthly rhythm starts, and “behind” stops happening. Book a call and tell us how far behind you are — that’s the whole confession.
What does the $500 a month actually include?
Bookkeeping with tax strategy included: monthly transaction categorization, bank reconciliations, financial statements, payroll coordination, sales tax review, fixed asset tracking, and year-end tax prep — from $500 a month. It’s the firm’s published starting price for Tax Strategy & Bookkeeping, and it’s where most small businesses start.
Is Lorena a CPA?
Lorena is an Enrolled Agent — a federally licensed tax professional, the credential the IRS itself issues — and a CPA Candidate, with a Master’s in Taxation from Baruch College and over a decade in the tax field. We print the credentials exactly as they are. They’re strong enough not to need rounding up.
Do you only work with Long Island businesses?
Our office is in Bohemia, NY, and we love our Long Island clients — but ROD offers remote services and works with businesses wherever they are, through a secure client portal. Office visits are by appointment.
What size business is ROD built for?
Businesses with 1 to 50 employees — the sizes in our Gusto partner profile — across construction and trades, food and beverage, healthcare, professional services, real estate, and retail. If you’re a solo owner doing your own books at night, you’re exactly who the calculator at the top of this page was built for.
Can’t I just keep doing my own books?
You can — plenty of owners do, and some genuinely enjoy it. Run your own numbers through the calculator first. If your time is worth less than the fee and the five hidden costs don’t bite, keep your evenings. If they do bite, you know where to find us.
How do we start?
Book a call through the short form on our contact page — tell us about your project, and Lorena reviews every inquiry herself. We’ll talk about where your books stand, what you actually need, and what it costs. No pressure and no obligation — just a plan you can judge.
Still weighing it? Book My Call — one short form. Lorena reviews every inquiry herself and replies personally.
one last thing
You Didn’t Start Your Business to Be Its Bookkeeper.
Start acting like the owner again. Book the call, bring your number from the calculator, and we’ll map out your books and your tax plan in one conversation.
One short form. Lorena reviews every inquiry herself and replies personally.