Built for solo and small-firm attorneys.
Small practices carrying outsized regulatory weight.
- IOLTA bank reconciliation
- Billable-hour income categorized
- Malpractice, CLE, 1099 spend tracked
We work with 1,200+ attorneys
Bookkeeping for independent professionals
Your hours are billable.
Your bookkeeping shouldn't be.
Outsourced bookkeeping for attorneys, consultants and real estate professionals — so your hours stay billable.
Trusted by 35,000+ independent professionals1M+ months of books completedU.S.-based bookkeepers
20-minute consultation with a real Bench bookkeeper. No pressure, no commitments.
AICPA-aligned bookkeepingGAAP-aligned monthly closeU.S.-based bookkeepersREALTOR® friendly
~ in their own words ~
Trusted by 35,000+ American independent professionals.
“I closed the laptop on bookkeeping months ago. The books land clean every month, every billable hour is in the right place, and my CPA has nothing to complain about at year-end. That's hours back on actual client work.”
Patel & Associates, Esq.
Member, NY State Bar
“Working with Bench has saved me so many times. They understand retainer accounting and project pass-through expenses perfectly.”
Marcus Chen, MBA
Independent Consultant since 2019
“They transitioned my books and gave me real-time financial visibility. Finally, someone who gets MLS dues, staging costs, and the lumpy way commissions actually land.”
Bria Hash
REALTOR®, Licensed Realtor, TX
~ where the person is the product ~
A few professions look like sole props on the surface, and behave nothing alike on the books.
Three workflows, built specifically for the way you bill, expense, and pay yourself.
Built for independent consultants and advisors.
Strategy and technical consultants billing project or retainer.
- Retainer income recognized as delivered
- Pass-through expenses excluded from revenue
- Home office and S-corp split cleanly
We work with 2,400+ consultants
Built for independent real estate professionals.
1099 real estate professionals running businesses on commission.
- Closing-by-closing P&L per deal
- MLS dues, staging, signage, TC fees
- Marketing spend by channel
We work with 1,800+ real estate professionals
~ what you get ~
Everything you need to close your books, nothing you don't.
Dedicated bookkeeper
A real human assigned to your books, available by message and call.
Industry-aware software
Built around how attorneys, consultants, and agents actually get paid.
Monthly bookkeeping
Reconciled, categorized, and closed every month — no catch-up scrambles.
Year-end readiness
Clean books and statements your CPA can file from on day one.
Ongoing support
U.S.-based help when something changes, breaks, or you just need a sanity check.
~ from the desk of an independent professional ~
“Working with Bench has saved me so many times.”
Bria Hash · Founder, Black Women Sales Academy
~ questions we hear from desks like yours ~
The honest FAQ.
Can you handle IOLTA trust account reconciliation?
We reconcile your IOLTA bank account against the bank statement each month and flag anything that doesn't match. Your internal client sub-ledger stays your responsibility, as it should under bar rules, and we don't certify compliance. Most attorneys pair us with their bar's trust accounting guidance for the rest.
How do you account for project-based retainers and pass-through expenses?
Retainers are tracked as deferred revenue and recognized as work is delivered, so you always know what you've actually earned. Pass-through expenses are categorized to keep them out of your taxable revenue. Unlike our competitors, we handle this without making you babysit a ledger.
Will you track my mileage and commission timing for me?
Mileage stays with you or your tax filer. We don't integrate with mileage apps, and we don't want to be the system of record for something the IRS expects you to log contemporaneously. Commission timing is a different story: we structure your books to absorb the lumpy nature of commission cycles, so every closing lands on the right line.
What about quarterly estimated taxes and S-corp distributions?
Quarterly estimates are part of our tax service, not the standalone bookkeeping plan. If you add Bench Tax, we compute them from your actual numbers instead of last year's guess. S-corp distributions are kept separate from owner's draw in your books either way, so your payroll provider and your filer stay aligned.
I'm behind on bookkeeping. Can you do catch-up before tax season?
Yes — catch up bookkeeping services for independent professionals are one of our specialties. Whether you need a full bookkeeping clean up going back one year or more, we rebuild your historical records month by month and get you fully compliant before filing deadlines hit. Most clients are fully current within a few weeks.
~ still have questions? ~
Talk to a Bench bookkeeper, no hard sell.
20 minutes. They'll answer the one thing your CPA hasn't. Bring a coffee.
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Schedule today and we’ll do one prior month of your bookkeeping and prepare a set of financial statements for free.
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See if Bench is right for your business.
With Bench, you get both: A dedicated bookkeeper and the powerful software to back them up.
See if Bench is right for your business.
With Bench, you get both: A dedicated bookkeeper and the powerful software to back them up.
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