Honest Buck Accounting

Accounting for childcare and early education businesses

Childcare owners are the only clients Honest Buck Accounting takes on. The firm declines to serve dozens of unrelated industries and focuses on the metrics, pressures and opportunities that childcare operators face, from single-site independent centers to multi-site operators, preschools and nonprofit schools.

One advisor for each client

Each client has a dedicated advisor who knows its business and holds regular strategic meetings to review decisions and plan growth. The firm presents this as a partnership rather than a service that checks boxes. Monthly meetings and ongoing guidance are meant to keep the advice current as decisions come up.

Payroll, accounting and budgeting

The firm handles day-to-day accounting and payroll, and it helps clients with budgeting and forecasting so they can set targets and see whether they are on course to hit them.

Tax and compliance through the year

Honest Buck plans tax and compliance across the year rather than only at filing time, and it handles all filings for its clients.

Growth strategy and expansion planning

The firm builds financial models for new locations, program launches, pricing decisions and wider growth, and it helps owners decide when they can afford to raise salaries and benefits.

Dashboards and visibility into the numbers

Clients receive custom financial dashboards that track how the business is performing, so that owners can see which parts are working.

Know Your Numbers course

The firm offers a self-paced online course called Know Your Numbers, built for childcare owners. It covers the difference between fixed and variable costs, how to calculate a break-even point, the measures that show a company's financial health, and several common causes of lost profit.

Service model

Honest Buck says it offers one full level of service to every client, without tiered packages, and that every client receives the same advisory suite whether it runs one center or many.