Flat-fee cleanup for your Wave books. No hourly billing, no surprise scope creep.
Knotledger specializes in Wave catch-up work on a single flat monthly fee — bank-feed transactions, payment deposits, fees, duplicate imports, and unreconciled accounts brought back into shape.
Send the intake today; you get a written scope back within 48 hours. Most engagements close in two to six weeks, depending on the backlog.
What we specifically fix
What we fix inside a Wave file.
Wave cleanup is usually a short list of recurring problems: feed rows that were never categorized, deposits that hide fees, personal spend mixed with business activity, and a reconciliation history that no longer agrees with the statements.
Wave bank-feed transactions
Transactions left uncategorized after a bank connection sync, with missing payees or vague descriptions that make the register hard to trust. Knotledger reviews the feed, cleans the vendor names, and maps each line to the right chart-of-accounts category.
Payment deposits and fees
Wave payment deposits that arrive as one lump sum while processing fees disappear into the wrong account — or never get recorded at all. We split the deposit and fee components so sales, fees, and cash actually agree.
Unreconciled accounts and personal spend
Bank and credit-card accounts that have fallen behind, plus owner or personal spending mixed into business activity. We bring the account history back to the statements, classify owner draws or contributions clearly, and document the decisions for hand-back.
Duplicate imports and historical corrections
A reconnected bank feed can post the same transaction twice, while older periods may carry an incorrect category or opening balance. Knotledger removes duplicate imports, records historical corrections, and leaves a clean audit trail your CPA can follow.
Before · After
A Wave register, before vs. after.
A short slice of what changes when payment deposits, fees, duplicate imports, and reconciliation history are cleaned up together.
Before
Pre-cleanup · Wave register
| Date | Payee | Category | Amount | Register note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/14/25 | Wave Payments | Uncategorized Income | +$1,842.10 | Deposit batch —uncategorizedBank feed landed; payment fees were never split from the deposit |
| 06/18/25 | Wave Payments | Uncategorized Income | +$1,842.10 | Same payout batch, re-importedBank connection re-synced —duplicate import posted |
| 07/31/25 | Business Checking | (no category) | $0.00 | June bank rec —unreconciledJune statement never reconciled; balance is out by $42.10 |
What Knotledger found
A Wave payment deposit that was never split from its processing fee, a re-imported bank-feed row duplicating the same payout, and a June bank reconciliation that was never closed. Three small rows that kept the whole register from being CPA-ready.
After
Post-cleanup · Wave register
| Date | Payee | Category | Amount | Register note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/14/25 | Wave Payments | Sales · Payment fees | +$1,815.27 | Deposit net of fees —categorizedDeposit and processing fee split into the chart of accounts |
| 06/18/25 | Wave Payments | Duplicate import · Removed | $0.00 | Duplicate of 06/14Duplicate removed from the register; source row documented |
| 07/31/25 | Business Checking | Bank rec · Historical correction | −$42.10 | June reconciliation closedReconciled to the June statement; correction noted for the CPA |
What Knotledger delivered
The Wave deposit split into sales and payment fees, the duplicate import removed and documented, and a historical correction posted to close the June reconciliation. The account ties to the cent and the hand-back notes explain why.
Illustrative · mocked Wave register data, not a real client file.
Ready when you are
Send the Wave details. Get back a written scope.
Six short fields — about two minutes. We respond with a flat-fee quote and a written cleanup scope within 48 hours. No sales call required.
Your hand-back stays in Wave, with a CPA-ready chart-of-accounts cleanup and a written note for the historical corrections.