The work
Preparing the books on the client files TechBrot assigns you — reconciliations, categorisation, cleanup and catch-up work, the monthly close — inside each client’s own QuickBooks Online file, against a written scope.
Work with TechBrot
Contractor FAQ for bookkeepers, CPAs and EAs
Contract work with TechBrot, answered.
The questions independent bookkeepers, QuickBooks® ProAdvisors, CPAs and EAs ask before applying to deliver assigned work for TechBrot as an independent practice. We’re adding independent bookkeeping practices now. This page describes the terms the work runs on. Nothing here is a job offer, and no figures are promised that are not written into an agreement first.
§ TL;DR
TechBrot keeps every client relationship and gives each client a team: a client advisor, a senior bookkeeper, and a specialist partner practice when the books need one. Every close is reviewed before it reaches the client. Independent practices work only through TechBrot’s QuickBooks Online Accountant access, under written confidentiality and non-solicit terms.
You stay an independent business and set your own capacity; the fee for each client is stated in writing before any work starts.
§ 01 · Four things to know first
What the work is, who checks it, how you are paid, and how it ends.
The full answers are in the FAQ below. The work-with-TechBrot page has the application steps and the criteria.
Quality review
Every close you prepare is reviewed against TechBrot’s written close standard before it reaches the client. Your name appears on the close note as the preparer. Review is an acceptance check against written criteria; how you do the work is yours. Review notes say what to change and why.
Pay
The fee for your part of an engagement is written into the assignment before any work starts. No hourly meter, no published rate card, no figure promised outside an agreement.
Independence and exit
You remain an independent business with your own clients and your own capacity. Either side can end the arrangement with 30 days’ written notice; work in progress is finished or handed over. Nothing about the client, their file or their data leaves with you.
§ 02 · Questions
The questions independent bookkeepers ask most.
Who is contract work with TechBrot for?
For experienced bookkeepers with their own independent practice and a verifiable QuickBooks or Xero certification, who want paid client work without having to sell it. CPAs and EAs work with TechBrot as referral partners, and established firms as independent specialist practices; every credential is verified with its issuer. Specialist partner practices are independent firms that sign with TechBrot to serve specific industries and niches as client demand requires.
What exactly would I be doing?
Preparing the books on the client files TechBrot assigns you — reconciliations, categorisation, cleanup or catch-up work and the monthly close — inside each client’s own QuickBooks Online file, against a written scope. You do not sell, quote or scope for TechBrot.
Does TechBrot review my work before the client sees it?
Yes. Every close you prepare is checked against TechBrot’s written close standard and reviewed by a Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor before it reaches the client. Your name appears on the close note as the preparer. Corrections come back to you with the reason; the client sees only reviewed work.
How and when am I paid?
Each assignment is paid as a fixed fee, agreed before the work starts, by ACH within 15 days of accepted delivery. There is no fee to join. TechBrot does not publish contractor rates, and no client work is billed by the hour.
What does the application involve?
One form on the partners page with a path selector; a fit call if the work matches. For an independent bookkeeping practice: Entry takes a written submission (your credentials with links to verify them, your LinkedIn profile, your experience, your current capacity and what you want from the work), a confidentiality agreement before any client detail, a paid practical test on fictional data scored against a written rubric, a W-9 with a U.S. address, proof of errors-and-omissions insurance and a verifiable QuickBooks or Xero certification. TechBrot does not engage individual bookkeepers based in California, Massachusetts or New Jersey; a practice with its own staff may qualify. A new practice’s first closes run under enhanced review. The Independent Practice Agreement is signed before any client is assigned.
Does TechBrot accept everyone who applies?
No. Applications are declined when the experience is not current, the work cannot be shown, a claim does not verify, or the capacity does not fit the work TechBrot has. The answer is honest either way, including not yet.
Can I keep my own clients?
Yes. Your own practice stays yours. TechBrot’s clients stay TechBrot’s: under the non-solicit terms you do not solicit them, and no client data stays with you after an engagement ends.
How is client data handled?
TechBrot holds the client relationship and all QuickBooks access. You work only through TechBrot’s QuickBooks Online Accountant access, under written confidentiality and non-solicit terms. Access ends with the engagement, and no copies leave with you.
How does the agreement end?
Either side can end the arrangement with 30 days’ written notice; work in progress is finished or handed over. Nothing about the client, their file or their data leaves with you.
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Ready to tell us about your practice?
The application takes a few minutes. A fit call follows if the work matches; verification and a written contractor agreement come before any assignment. Free to apply, no obligation, and a straight answer either way.