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title: "Sale-Ready Books: Prepare Your Financials for a Buyer | MCC"
description: "Prepare several years of clean books and schedules before you sell or bring in an investor. Organized financials and support, not a valuation or audit."
url: "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/projects/sale-ready-books"
---

Bookkeeping project

# Sale-ready books

Buyers and investors look closely at the numbers, and mistakes cost money. We get your books reconciled, consistent and documented before they look.

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For owners planning to sell, take on a partner or raise money.

## What you get

- Several years of books reconciled and consistent, with prior errors corrected and explained
- Monthly and annual statements in a standard layout
- A working capital schedule showing receivables, payables and inventory over time
- A schedule of unusual or one-time items and owner-related costs, with support, for your CPA or broker to review
- Revenue and customer summaries, such as concentration and recurring against one-time
- A debt and obligations schedule, including leases and deferred revenue
- An index of support documents: contracts, statements and invoices, organized by topic

## What we need from you

- Access to your books and past years' statements
- Tax returns and your CPA's contact
- The names of your broker, attorney or buyer's contact if you have them
- Time to answer questions about past years

## How it works

- **Scope the years and the goal.** How far back, and who will read it?
- **Reconcile and correct.** Every account, every year in scope.
- **Build the schedules.** Working capital, unusual items, customers and obligations.
- **Organize support.** An index so a buyer's questions are answered quickly.
- **Review with your advisors.** Your CPA and attorney check what is theirs to check.

## What this is not

- We do not value your business or set an asking price.
- This is not an audit, a review or a quality of earnings report.
- We do not decide which adjustments a buyer will accept.
- We do not give tax or legal advice or negotiate for you.

## Price

**Starting at $4,000** one time.

Your written scope sets the final price before any work starts. What moves it: how many years back and how many accounts. If we are not the right fit, we say so.

## Related

- [Business Valuation Forecaster (Excel)](/toolkits/business-valuation-forecaster)
- [Excel consolidation script](/toolkits/excel-consolidation-script)
- [Are my books ready for a CPA or lender?](/bookkeeping/guides/are-my-books-ready-for-my-cpa-or-lender)
- [All projects](/bookkeeping/projects)
- [Monthly service levels](/bookkeeping/plans)

## Questions

**Will this raise my sale price?**

We cannot promise that. Clean, documented books make diligence faster and reduce surprises, and buyers decide what they accept.

**Do you value the business?**

No. A business broker, appraiser or your CPA does that. Our Business Valuation Forecaster is a planning tool, not an opinion of value.

**How far back do you go?**

As far as your goal needs. Buyers commonly ask for several years. We scope it with you.

**Who should read the owner-related cost schedule?**

Your CPA and broker. They decide what is appropriate to present.

MCC Solutions is not a CPA firm or a law firm. These projects organize and present your own numbers. They are not audits, reviews, tax returns, valuation opinions, or credit, tax or legal advice, and we cannot promise that a lender, buyer or investor will accept them. Rules and requirements change, so confirm anything that matters with the party involved and your CPA.

## Tell us about the project and get a written scope.

[Request a scope](/contact)[Call (908) 444-6373](tel:+19084446373)