Introducing Cornerstone

You keep the books.
We keep them honest.

For the entrepreneur who manages their own books but needs certainty that those books, your eTIMS records, and what KRA believes about your business all tell the same story, checked every quarter, before a quiet gap becomes a costly finding.

Quarterly Financial & Tax Position Review
KES 22,500
Inclusive of VAT per month, billed quarterly
✓Cross-validation against bank, M-Pesa, and eTIMS records
✓Income tax exposure identified, not just VAT
✓Data entry corrections where needed
✓Clean quarterly management accounts
✓Tax planning and installment strategy before annual filing
Optional add-ons
Statutory Management: KES 1,500 per employee
VAT Compliance: KES 15,000 per month plus VAT
🇰🇪 KRA Tax Amnesty is live — if a quarterly review surfaces old tax debt, we'll flag whether it qualifies for a 100% penalty waiver before 31 Dec 2026. Learn more →
Who Cornerstone is For

Built for the entrepreneur who already does the work.

You are not avoiding your books. You are doing them yourself, on a real accounting system, and keeping on top of every quarter is starting to feel like a lot. You do not need someone to take over. You need someone to check whether your books, your eTIMS records, and KRA's picture of your business actually agree, before a gap between them costs you.

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The DIY bookkeeper, ready for a second pair of eyes

A sale that never made it into eTIMS. A transaction that looks fine on its own but shifts your real income tax position once the full quarter is reviewed. None of these are dramatic in isolation. Left unchecked until annual filing, they become findings, not corrections. Cornerstone catches them while they are still cheap to fix.

Runs own books
Wants a quarterly check
Not ready to hand it all over
Growing steadily
What is Included

Everything that comes with Cornerstone.

A disciplined quarterly process built on professional judgment, not just data matching, plus the option to add statutory and VAT compliance if your business needs it.

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Financial & Tax Risk Assessment

The core of Cornerstone. We validate your records against what KRA and eTIMS actually show, and assess what any gaps mean for your income tax position, not just VAT.

Your records cross-checked against KRA and eTIMS data
Transactions missing from eTIMS identified and assessed
Income tax exposure flagged, not just VAT risk
Professional judgment applied, not automated matching
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Multi-Source Reconciliation

The mechanics that support the assessment above. We go through your books in detail, reconciling, correcting, and producing a clean set of management accounts you can actually trust.

Full reconciliation against bank and M-Pesa records
Data entry corrections where needed
Clean quarterly management accounts
A summary of what we found and fixed
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Tax Planning and Installment Strategy

Findings from the review feed directly into forward planning, so annual filing is confirmation of what you already know, not a surprise.

Tax planning guidance based on your actual numbers
Installment tax calculation and strategy
Early flags on compliance gaps before they become penalties
What This Catches

The gap that costs the most is the one nobody checks for.

A sale that hits your bank account but never makes it into eTIMS is invisible, until KRA cross-checks it. That often happens years later, during a review, with interest and penalties already attached. Cornerstone is built to find that gap in a quiet quarterly review, not have KRA find it for you first.

Why Quarterly, Not Annual

Caught in March costs a conversation. Caught in an audit costs a lot more.

Once your annual return is filed, whatever is in it is locked in for the year. A quarterly cadence means issues surface while they are still a correction, not a restatement, and while there is still time to plan around them before filing, not after.

Optional Add-Ons

Add only what your business actually needs.

If you have employees or are VAT registered, these can be added to your Cornerstone engagement at signup or later.

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Statutory Management
KES 1,500
Per employee, per month

NSSF, SHIF, PAYE, and Housing Levy calculated, filed, and remitted correctly every month for your team.

Add-On
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VAT Compliance
KES 15,000
Plus VAT, per month

Monthly VAT return filing and reconciliation for VAT registered businesses, the same discipline that powers our standalone VAT Compliance service.

How It Works

A simple quarterly rhythm.

No surprises, no scrambling. The same disciplined process, every quarter.

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Your books live on a real system

Record your sales and expenses on any proper accounting system, QuickBooks, ZohoBooks, or similar, not a spreadsheet or notebook. If you are not set up yet, our ZohoBooks Setup service gets you there first, then Cornerstone starts from a real foundation, not a workaround.

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We review at quarter end

Our team reconciles against your bank and M-Pesa records, then cross-checks everything against your eTIMS and KRA data to assess what any gaps mean for your tax position.

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You get clean management accounts

A clear picture of your business for the quarter, plus a summary of what we found and corrected.

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We guide your tax position

Tax planning and installment tax guidance based on your real numbers, not guesswork.

The Her Legacy Journey

Cornerstone is where many businesses begin.

As your business grows and you are ready to hand bookkeeping over entirely, Her Legacy grows with you.

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Cornerstone

Quarterly review and tax planning for the DIY entrepreneur who manages their own books. The Review Package.

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Foundation

When reviewing your own books quarterly is not enough and you want it handled monthly, Foundation takes over full bookkeeping and reporting.

KES 30,000 per month
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Full Circle

Once you are VAT registered and want everything, bookkeeping, VAT, and statutory management, under one managed package.

KES 50,000 per month
Get Started

Ready for a professional second pair of eyes?

Tell us about your business and our team will be in touch shortly to get you started on Cornerstone.

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Not Quite Right?
Find what actually fits

If you want it all handled monthly, Foundation is your next step. If you only need standalone VAT compliance without bookkeeping, explore that on its own.