ACP Works

For businesses, nonprofits & municipalities

Your books, payroll, taxes and grants — handled, in one place you can actually see.

ACP Works — the Accounting Control Platform — is the system your accounting firm runs on. You upload once, see what's outstanding, approve what needs approving, and get your financials and your return without chasing anyone.

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Delivered by Evening Star Bookkeeping Service, Schoharie, New York.
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portal.acpworks.ai/maple-street-bakery
Maple Street Bakery LLCClient portal · Wednesday, Sep 16
3
items we need from you
2
approvals waiting
Aug
books closed Sep 8
PDFAugust bank statement — Operating ×4821Needed to finish the August reconciliationUpload
?Sysco payment 8/22 — $1,284.10Food cost or equipment? One tap to answerAnswer
$Payroll for Sep 19 — 11 employeesReview hours and release by ThursdayReview
✓Q2 sales tax return — filedNYS confirmation on fileDone
Drop files here or take a photo on your phone — we'll figure out what it is.

What we promise you

A year with ACP Works

This is the experience we are building for every client of every firm on the platform. Some of it is running today and the rest is on its way — the Where we are section says exactly which is which.

01 — ANY DAY

Upload once.

Drop documents into your portal from your phone or desktop — bank statements, receipts, W-2s, grant awards, whatever arrives. Nothing gets emailed, nothing gets lost.

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Uploading 4 filesMaple Street Bakery
✓Chase_Statement_Aug.pdfRecognized: bank statement · Operating ×4821Filed
✓IMG_2291.jpgRecognized: receipt · Restaurant Depot · $412.88Filed
…Amex_Aug.pdfReading pages 1–672%

02 — EVERY MONTH

See what's outstanding.

Your portal shows exactly what we still need from you and why. When the list is empty, you're done.

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We need 1 more thingAugust close
✓Operating account statementReceived
✓Credit card statementReceived
?Square deposit 8/30 — $2,206.40Was this a catering deposit or regular sales?Answer

03 — WHEN SOMETHING NEEDS YOU

Approve, don't chase.

Bills to pay, payroll to release, a question about a transaction — you answer in the portal and the work moves on.

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Bill to approveDue in 6 days
$3,150.00

VendorHudson Valley Produce Co.

InvoiceHV-20418

Coded to5010 · Food cost

Pay fromOperating ×4821

Approve & scheduleAsk a question

04 — MONTH END

Your books, closed every month.

Reconciled accounts, properly categorized vendors, and financials you can read, delivered on a schedule you can count on.

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August 2026 — Profit & loss● Closed Sep 8
Sales84,920
Food & beverage cost(27,410)
Payroll & payroll taxes(31,180)
Rent, utilities, other(14,655)
Net income11,675

3 accounts reconciled · 212 transactions · 0 open questions

05 — TAX SEASON

Tax season without the pile.

We build your return from your prior year and this year's documents, tell you what's missing, and send it to you to sign — with a clear record of what was filed and when.

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2026 return — Form 1120-SMaple Street Bakery LLC
Documents14 of 14
Matched tolast year
Beingprepared
Review
Sign & file

06 — FOR NONPROFITS & MUNICIPALITIES

Grants and funds, tracked the way funders want.

Spending by grant, by program, and by fund, with the supporting document attached to every transaction — ready for a voucher or an audit.

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NYSCA Folk Arts — FY26Award $50,000
Spent $32,450Remaining $17,550

Artist fees — Apprenticeships$18,000 · 12 docs ✓

Venue & travel — Festivals$9,700 · 17 docs ✓

Who it's for

Built for the organizations we serve

Businesses

Restaurants, contractors, professional practices, S corporations.

  • Bookkeeping closed monthly, with financials you can read
  • Payroll on time, sales tax and payroll tax filed
  • Your return prepared from books you can trust

Nonprofits

Grant-funded organizations that answer to funders and auditors.

  • Grant-by-grant tracking and budget-to-actual by program
  • Functional expense reporting for the 990 and the CHAR500
  • Every expense backed by its receipt — a voucher is a report, not a project

Municipalities

Villages and towns in New York State.

  • Fund accounting for general, highway, water and sewer funds
  • Voucher-based disbursement and payroll with every deduction type
  • Procedures aligned to Office of the State Comptroller requirements

Honest status

What's running now, and what's next

We'd rather tell you exactly where things stand than let you guess. This list is updated as pieces go live.

Running nowLive

  • Client document upload through the portalSecure link per client, no password
  • The accounting ledgerMonthly bookkeeping, reconciliations, vendor management
  • The tax-season workflowIntake, matching to prior year, missing-item tracking, preparer package, review

Coming nextIn build

  • Grant and award tracking for nonprofitsVouching and budget-to-actual · in final build
  • Approvals in the portalBills, payroll releases, transaction questions
  • Financial statements delivered inside the portal
  • Tax planningCurrent-year projection and strategies tracked to completion

Last updated September 2026

Security and ownership

Your documents, handled properly.

Isolated by client

Each client's documents live in their own storage, reached only by a unique secure link and by authorized staff. Data is encrypted in transit and at rest; sensitive identifiers are stored encrypted and never shown in full.

Yours, not ours

Your data is yours. It's exportable, and it is used only to do your accounting, payroll and tax work.

A licensed practice

The service is delivered by Evening Star Bookkeeping Service, a licensed tax practice that built ACP Works to run its own clients, and it fits the written information security plan the IRS requires of every tax preparer.

FAQ

Questions clients ask

Get started

Talk to us

Tell us about your organization and we'll set up a short call. No sales deck — just a conversation about what you need and what your portal would look like.

Or email hello@acpworks.ai.

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