AnchorPoint Accounting+

06/10/2026

Great advice!

Strong financial habits are the foundation of a healthy business. Staying organized, tracking cash flow, and maintaining accurate records can help you make better decisions year-round, not just during tax season. ⁣
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06/08/2026

Your tax CPA probably flagged some things this spring like messy books, missing categorization, accounts that don't reconcile. That list doesn't fix itself.

Summer is the best time to clean it up before it becomes next year's problem too.

AnchorPoint Accounting+ works with small business owners to get their financials accurate, organized, and actually useful, not just good enough for tax season.

If you've been meaning to deal with it, now's a good time!

05/07/2026

Thank you IV Nutrition Ankeny for sponsoring tonight’s meeting! It’s really great to be among strong female business owners!

🎁 We’ll be drawing the winners of these amazing door prizes at the Q2 100+ Women Who Care meeting tonight! Hope you can join us!

- $320 Beauty Package
All paid members who bring a friend will be entered to win! 💜

If you’ve commented on any our Q2 Meeting social media posts this quarter you’ll receive a raffle ticket to enter for either prize:
ankeny - $20 Giftcard & Tumbler

- $56 Paddle & Court Package

Huge thank you to our awesome door prize sponsors!!!

6PM Social Hour
7PM Meeting
@ Briarwood Golf Club

04/29/2026

Beautiful facility for the gathering yesterday! 😍

04/22/2026

April 15th is behind us💥

But if this tax season felt like a slog - scrambling for documents, playing catch-up on the books, or getting blindsided by what you actually made (or didn't), THAT is worth paying attention to.

The chaos of tax season isn't just stressful. It's a sign.

The scramble in April didn't start in April.

Here's what I help business owners do:
✅ Keep the books clean and current, not just at year-end
✅ Understand what the numbers actually mean, month to month
✅ Walk into next tax season with zero surprises

If you're tired of dreading this every April, this is exactly the kind of thing I help untangle. Reach out if you're ready.

03/11/2026

Running a business means you've got a lot of smart people in your corner. Your accountant. Your banker. Your attorney. Your insurance agent.

But here's something I see all the time -- they're not talking to each other. And nobody is connecting the dots between all of them.

That's where things get costly. A business owner buys equipment at year-end not knowing if it actually helps their tax situation. They apply for a line of credit but their financials aren't ready to show a banker. They sign a new vendor contract and nobody caught the financial fine print.

Sound familiar?

As an outsourced controller, I work as the financial layer above your bookkeeper and tax team. I get to know your business from the inside, so when decisions come up, the right people are looped in at the right time.

That's what AnchorPoint Accounting + is all about.

You've got enough on your plate. Let me lighten the load.

02/23/2026

Heard something recently that stopped me in my tracks.

A business owner owed $30K in payroll taxes. Painful, but manageable. The bigger problem? Their CPA had never filed the Form 941s — and that mistake piled on another $100K in interest and penalties.

Wild part? The CPA had no Errors & Omissions insurance.

No recourse. Just two parties hurting over something completely avoidable.

Trust but verify. If you ever want a second set of eyes on your financials, that's exactly what AnchorPoint Accounting+ is here for.

02/19/2026

When we pool our money, we can make such an impact! Very exciting to be a part of.

We kicked off the start of our 10th year before our 3 presentations by hearing an update from Traci Schermerhorn of Foster SQUAD, our 4th quarter 2025/last year donation recipient. Traci shared that our donation assisted with costs of their Operation Santa program, providing a Christmas program and wishlist gifts for 700 children (!) in Polk County foster care -- the program served 3300 children statewide!!! ❤️❤️❤️ How wonderful is it to make big impacts together for kids? 🥰 We celebrated with the Big Check and photo op!

02/02/2026

01/20/2026

One of the clearest signals a business is growing isn’t chaos.
It’s weight.

Decisions start to carry more consequence.
Expenses don’t feel “wrong,” but they don’t feel light either.
Cash flow isn’t a crisis, yet it’s harder to tell what’s actually available without double-checking.

Nothing is broken.
But guessing carries more risk now.

This is often the moment when financial support needs to shift from recording the past to helping guide what comes next.