Books that hold up. Advice that pays for itself.
A+ Accounting Services is Jamal Abukar, MBA's Fridley-based practice, serving clients nationwide — bookkeeping, tax preparation, payroll, and advisory work for owners who want a partner who actually reads the numbers, not just files them.
Certified where it actually shows up in your books.
Every certification below is current training on the systems most small businesses already run on — not a badge for its own sake.
A decade in finance before A+ ever opened its doors.
A Minneapolis native — Sanford Middle School, Roosevelt High School — Jamal started his accounting studies at Minnesota State University, Mankato, transferred to Metropolitan State University, and completed his degree at Saint Mary's University. Before founding A+ Accounting in 2018, he spent nearly ten years inside the finance functions of major Minnesota institutions — investment accounting at The McKnight Foundation, grant compliance at Hennepin Health Foundation, corporate controllership at Wells Fargo and Merrill Corporation, and public-sector auditing for the State of Minnesota. He also holds a Minnesota K– 12 teaching license, which shows up in how he explains your numbers — plainly, without the jargon. And because he personally owns and operates a home care agency, he doesn't prepare home care industry books from the outside looking in — he's run the payroll, staffing, and compliance himself.
Six disciplines. One firm.
Most clients start with one service line and add the others as the business grows — everything runs through the same QuickBooks file, so nothing gets re-entered twice.
Bookkeeping & QuickBooks Management
- Monthly reconciliation & categorization
- QuickBooks Online setup & cleanup
- Financial statements you can actually read
Tax Preparation
- Personal & business tax returns — every entity type, e-filed
- Amended returns (personal & business)
- W-2 & 1099 generation and filing for businesses
- ERC & other credit filings
Payroll Processing
- QuickBooks Payroll, certified administration
- Federal & state tax payment handling
- New-hire & contractor onboarding
Advisory & CFO Services
- Cash-flow forecasting & monthly review calls
- Grant, audit & workers'-comp support
- Entity, structure & growth planning
Grant Writing
- Grant research & proposal writing
- Budget narratives tied to your books
- Compliance & funder reporting support
Business Start-Up
- Entity formation & EIN setup
- Initial QuickBooks build-out
- Business plan, projections & licensing guidance
Every industry welcome. Here's who we serve today.
We take on small businesses in any industry, full stop. Right now, the bulk of our roster is home-care and healthcare agencies, so we already know the workers'-comp, grant, and cost-report paperwork that industry runs on — but that same rigor applies to any business we take on, whatever field you're in.
Priced for where your business is now — and where it's headed.
Fixed monthly packages, not hourly guesswork. You know the bill before the month starts, and you can move up a tier the moment the work justifies it.
- Monthly bookkeeping & reconciliation
- Quarterly financial reports
- Email support
- Everything in Essential
- Monthly management report + review call
- Proactive tax-planning coordination
- Everything in Strategic
- On-demand access & cash-flow forecasting
- Fractional-CFO relationship
These are ranges, not quotes — they show what each package includes. Your exact monthly rate is set after a short look at your books, based on volume and complexity.
Tell us about your business.
Three minutes now saves a back-and-forth later — pick what you need and we'll follow up with next steps within one business day.
What happens next
Tell us what you need below, then send it straight to Jamal's inbox — the button opens your email app with a template already filled in, so you just add your details and hit send.
- Recent bank/credit card statements or your QuickBooks login (bookkeeping)
- Prior-year tax return, W-2s/1099s (tax preparation)
- Employee/contractor list with pay rates (payroll)
- Most recent financial statements (advisory/CFO)