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Bookkeeping · Tax · Advisory for creative businesses

Start wherever
you are.

Clean books, calm taxes, and a plan built around the way you actually make money. For makers, hospitality, artists, and the 180+ creative trades that don't fit a standard mold.

No clean-up shame. No finance-bro jargon. Just a system that finally fits.

Step oneA messy shoebox
Step twoA real system
Step threeNumbers you trust
The pointTime back to create
If this is you

The work is thriving. The books are a black box.

You can price a commission, plate a dish, or close a market day in your sleep — but the bookkeeping piles up, tax season arrives like a surprise, and nobody ever built you a system that speaks creative-business.

You're not behind. You've just been handed tools made for someone else's business.

Creative team planning a business together at a table
Calm, organized desk with open laptop
What changes

Open your books and actually understand them.

Reconciled accounts. Reports that read in plain language. A tax reserve quietly filling in the background so April is a non-event. And someone in your corner who knows what a slow season, a wholesale order, or a pop-up actually does to your numbers.

That's the whole job here — turning your finances from a source of dread into something you can steer.

Who we work with

Built for 180+ creative & experience-based trades.

Fourteen broad lanes — and the list keeps growing. If you make something, serve someone, or build an experience, there's a good chance you're already on it.

HospitalityFood & beverage, lodging, pop-ups
Beverage MakersRoasters, brewers, distillers
MakersTextiles, ceramics, woodwork
Body Care & CosmeticsSkincare, soap, fragrance
Home Goods & DécorCandles, furnishings, art objects
AgriculturalFarms, florals, growers
SpiritualReaders, healers, practitioners
EventsPlanners, florists, rentals
Creative & Fine ArtsArtists, performers, entertainment
Home & Trade ServicesBuilders, cleaners, specialty trades
Beauty ProfessionalsStylists, estheticians, lash & nail
Fashion & ApparelDesigners, stylists, jewelers
WellnessBodywork, fitness, holistic care
Coaching & EducationCoaches, teachers, course makers

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The person behind the ledger

Hi, I'm Deva.

I didn't come to this from a corner office. I came to it from years of planning events, a stint behind a cosmetology chair, and hospitality — I've been the creative small-business owner staring down a tax bill with no plan.

The Artist Ledger is the firm I wished existed back then: bookkeeping, tax, and advisory that treats your craft as a real business and your numbers as something worth understanding — not hiding from.

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Ways to work together

One front door. Several ways in.

Start small with a session, hand off the books entirely, or grab a tool and DIY. Wherever you begin, the pieces connect.

01
Strategy SessionsGet eyes on one specific knot — pricing, a slow season, a decision you keep circling.
Free 15-minor $125 focused hour
02
BookkeepingDone-for-you monthly books in three tiers — Essential, Growth, Strategic.
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03
Tax FilingAnnual or quarterly filing, for bookkeeping clients, handled without the scramble.
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04
AdvisoryOngoing strategy on costing, marketing, and reading your own business clearly.
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05
Done-For-YouDeep-dive projects — costing builds, launches, restructures, menu & pricing.
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06
ClassesLearn the money side on your own terms, built for creative brains.
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Costing Suites & ToolsPricing and costing tools that do the math with you. Built on the five-bucket method.
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Start wherever you are

Let's get your numbers working for you.

Fifteen minutes, no pressure, no prep. Tell me where you're stuck and we'll find the right first step together.

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