bookkeeping shouldn't feel like a second job.

kade turns your bank and card statements into clean, tax-ready books — without accounting software, bank logins, or a single spreadsheet.

why kade exists

kade was built by a bookkeeper. After years of helping small operators — stylists, freelancers, one-person shops — get ready for taxes, the same thing kept happening: the work itself was never the problem. The books were. Shoeboxes of receipts. A year of transactions no one had touched. The quiet dread every spring.

Most of these businesses are simple: money in, money out, a Schedule C at the end of the year. They don't need a full accounting platform with a learning curve. They need their statements sorted, their write-offs found, and their numbers ready when it counts. That's the whole job — so that's the whole product.

what kade believes

Simple beats complete. kade does one thing — turns statements into tax-ready books — and tries to do it so well you never think about it. It leaves the bloat to the big accounting suites.

Your data is yours. No bank logins. You choose what to upload, and you can export or delete it anytime. It's never sold.

Honest about the fit. kade preps; it doesn't file, and it isn't for payroll, inventory, or corporations. If it's not right for you, we'd rather tell you than sell you.

who's behind it

kade is built and run by one person: a QuickBooks Certified ProAdvisor who has spent years doing the books for booth renters, suite owners, and solo bodyworkers in Minnesota, South Dakota, and Iowa — and who got tired of watching them show up in March with a shoebox and no idea what they owed.

It's a small, independent product, not backed by a giant company — which is exactly why it can stay simple, fair, and on your side. If something's off, the email on this site reaches the person who built it, not a ticket queue.