Revenue that ties out
Sales system revenue matched to the books by location and month. Deferred revenue, refunds and one-offs shown separately.
Fixed fee · for PE-backed platforms
Know the add-on's numbers before you close.
- We tie the target's books, payroll and sales system data together, by location and month.
- Every gap becomes a question for the seller, with the records behind it.
- Fixed fee
- Days, not weeks
- From the seller's exports
What's in the pack
Four checks on every target.
Sized for add-ons, not platform deals.
Labor
Payroll cost and hours by location, as a share of revenue, month by month.
Customers
Retention, visits or appointments, and revenue per customer, from the booking or sales system.
Wage and hour exposure
Premiums and penalties the target's payroll may owe under California rules, from the engine behind our wage and hour audit. Calculations for counsel to review, not legal advice.
Revenue by month: the books against the sales system
Anything that doesn't tie goes on a list of questions for the seller, with the records behind each one.
How it works
Days, not weeks.
The seller sends exports
Accounting, payroll and sales system exports for the months you choose. No access to the seller's systems.
Code ties them out
Every figure is calculated by code from the records, so the same data gives the same numbers.
You get the pack
A short summary, the workbook behind it and the questions for the seller. Employees appear by record ID, never by name.
If you buy
The same data starts the add-on's reporting.
The exports we tie out are the add-on's first months on the monthly reporting package or the Data Engine. Its locations map to your chart of accounts and report with the rest of the platform.
Questions
Is this a quality of earnings report?
No. It's the operating data a quality of earnings review starts from: revenue, labor and customers tied to the books, with the gaps listed. Your accountants and counsel keep their roles.
What do you need from the seller?
Accounting, payroll and sales system exports for the months you choose, usually the last 24-36. We don't need access to their systems.
How is the seller's data handled?
We sign the deal's confidentiality terms before any files arrive. Names are replaced with record IDs before any calculation, and the pack lists employees by record ID.
Can we use it before selling our own business?
Yes. The same pack on your own data shows a buyer clean numbers before they ask, and the monthly reporting package keeps them current after that.
What does it cost?
A fixed fee per target, quoted before we start, based on locations, systems and months reviewed.
Talk to us about an add-on.
Tell us about the deal. You don't need to name the target. We'll reply with what we'd need and how long it would take.