{"schemaVersion":1,"profileUrl":"https://nowen.ai/agents/withlaya-com","markdownUrl":"https://nowen.ai/agents/withlaya-com.md","jsonUrl":"https://nowen.ai/agents/withlaya-com.json","name":"Laya","website":"https://withlaya.com","industry":"Accounting","deliveryModel":"services","marketCategories":{"primary":{"name":"Accounting Services","url":"https://nowen.ai/category/accounting-services"},"others":[]},"status":{"trust":"unclaimed","text":"Unclaimed: compiled by Nowen from public sources, not reviewed by the company"},"updatedAt":"2026-11-11T02:49:47.014Z","summary":"Laya helps businesses manage their finances and make informed decisions through accounting, tax preparation, and strategic guidance.","description":"Laya is an accounting firm serving business owners and small and midsized businesses across a range of industries. It provides monthly accounting, tax preparation, and strategic financial guidance through a remote, fixed-fee service model, helping clients maintain clear financial records and make informed business decisions.","mission":"To give business owners the financial clarity they need to make confident decisions — without the complexity of enterprise tools or the limitations of traditional bookkeeping.","directory":{"industryName":"Accounting","agentCount":110,"indexable":true,"hubUrl":"https://nowen.ai/industry/accounting"},"categoryDirectory":{"name":"Accounting Services","agentCount":111,"indexable":true,"url":"https://nowen.ai/category/accounting-services"},"aiReaderFamilies":["OpenAI","Perplexity"],"products":[{"name":"Monthly Accounting","anchor":"product-monthly-accounting","type":"Service","url":"https://withlaya.com/services/monthly-accounting","summary":"Get reliable, current financial records and reporting to understand results and make informed business decisions.","description":"Laya categorizes and reconciles transactions across bank accounts, credit cards, and payment processors, then completes an expert-reviewed monthly close with applicable accruals and adjustments. Clients receive a Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow statement with context on what changed, delivered by the 10th business day of the following month. QuickBooks Online setup and subscription are included with Base, Summit, and Peak plans. Setup includes a business-specific chart of accounts, financial account connections, historical data migration, and reconciled opening balances. Catch-up bookkeeping for behind or disorganized records is available during onboarding and quoted separately based on scope; most clients are fully current within 4–6 weeks.","pricing":{},"features":[{"name":"Reviewed monthly close","value":"Close The Books With Expert Review","valueDescription":"Applicable accruals, correct separation of owner draws, and expert review help produce a complete monthly close before reports are delivered."},{"name":"Business-specific chart of accounts","value":"Tailor Reports To Your Business","valueDescription":"A chart of accounts structured around business operations helps reports reflect the financial details that matter to the client."},{"name":"Opening balance setup and reconciliation","value":"Begin With Verified Balances","valueDescription":"Reconciled accounts and supported opening balances provide a verified foundation for the first monthly close."},{"name":"Transaction categorization and reconciliation","value":"Keep Transactions Organized And Reconciled","valueDescription":"Categorized, reconciled transactions provide a more reliable record of business activity across connected financial accounts and payment tools."},{"name":"Monthly financial statements and context","value":"Understand Monthly Results And Changes","valueDescription":"Monthly statements and explanatory context help clients review financial results and understand changes in their business."},{"name":"Scheduled close delivery","value":"Receive Closed Books By Business Day Ten","valueDescription":"A predictable close schedule gives clients current financial information to use in business decisions and plan around."},{"name":"Financial account connections and feed mapping","value":"Connect And Map Financial Feeds","valueDescription":"Connected accounts and mapped feeds bring transactions into appropriate accounts, reducing manual sorting during bookkeeping."},{"name":"Historical data migration and cleanup","value":"Migrate And Align Historical Records","valueDescription":"Prior financial data is brought into QuickBooks Online and aligned with the new chart of accounts to support consistent historical and future reporting."},{"name":"QuickBooks Online setup and subscription","value":"Use Included QuickBooks Online","valueDescription":"Eligible plans include the QuickBooks Online subscription and setup, with connected accounts and a configured system for monthly accounting work."},{"name":"Plan onboarding and setup timeline","value":"Start With Included Plan Onboarding","valueDescription":"Eligible plan onboarding includes setup without a separate one-time setup charge. Most clients are onboarded in about five business days, depending on account connections and prior records."},{"name":"Catch-up bookkeeping","value":"Bring Overdue Books Up To Date","valueDescription":"Separately scoped historical cleanup can bring behind or disorganized books current before ongoing monthly accounting begins. Most clients are fully caught up within 4–6 weeks."}],"marketCategories":[{"name":"Accounting Services","url":"https://nowen.ai/category/accounting-services"}]},{"name":"Tax Preparation","anchor":"product-tax-preparation","type":"Service","url":"https://withlaya.com/services/tax","summary":"Prepare business and owner returns and plan estimated payments using financial records maintained throughout the year.","description":"Laya provides annual business tax preparation and filing using books maintained and reconciled throughout the year. The service includes applicable federal and state returns, quarterly estimated-tax guidance based on year-to-date results, and tax-aware bookkeeping. Business and owner returns are prepared, reviewed, and filed by Laya, SPA Associates LLC, or another authorized provider as scoped in the engagement letter. Owner personal federal and state returns are available as an add-on. Tax preparation is available to clients whose monthly accounting is also handled by Laya and is included in the Summit and Peak plans.","pricing":{},"features":[{"name":"Annual federal and state business filing","value":"File Federal And State Returns","valueDescription":"Get business federal and applicable state returns prepared and filed from financial records maintained throughout the year."},{"name":"Quarterly estimated-tax guidance","value":"Plan Quarterly Tax Payments","valueDescription":"Use guidance based on current year-to-date financial results to plan quarterly estimated payments."},{"name":"Tax-aware bookkeeping","value":"Keep Books Tax-Ready","valueDescription":"Maintain tax-ready financial records through transaction categorization, owner-draw separation, and attention to capitalizable and deductible costs."},{"name":"Authorized-provider filing coordination","value":"Coordinate Filing Through One Contact","valueDescription":"Work through Laya as the point of contact while the return is handled by the authorized provider specified for the engagement."},{"name":"Owner individual return preparation and filing","value":"Add Owner Personal Returns","valueDescription":"Add preparation and filing of an owner’s personal federal and state income tax returns through the authorized provider specified for the engagement."},{"name":"Accounting-integrated tax service","value":"Pair Tax Filing With Accounting","valueDescription":"Receive tax preparation alongside Laya monthly accounting, using the financial records Laya maintains."},{"name":"Coordinated business and owner filing","value":"Coordinate Business And Personal Filing","valueDescription":"Coordinate owner returns with business tax work through one team."},{"name":"Multi-state business filing support","value":"Address Multi-State Filing Obligations","valueDescription":"Prepare and file applicable state returns within the agreed scope, with activity tracked during the year to help identify new filing obligations."}]},{"name":"Strategic advisory","anchor":"product-strategic-advisory","type":"Service","url":"https://withlaya.com/services/advisory","summary":"Make informed decisions about hiring, pricing, cash flow, and spending with monthly guidance grounded in current financials.","description":"Strategic advisory provides monthly fractional CFO-level guidance from a Laya partner. Using reconciled, current financials, the partner builds forecasts and scenario models, assesses hiring affordability, pressure-tests pricing, and evaluates marketing and operating spend. Each month includes a dedicated 60-minute video session, with the client setting the agenda and leaving with prioritized next steps. Follow-up questions between sessions are handled by email. Advisory is available with accounting and tax on Peak or as the standalone Vista plan for businesses with current books in QuickBooks Online.","pricing":{},"features":[{"name":"Monthly partner advisory session","value":"Get Dedicated Partner Guidance","valueDescription":"Discuss financials and current business decisions in a recurring 60-minute video session with a Laya partner."},{"name":"Financial forecasting and runway projections","value":"See Your Financial Outlook","valueDescription":"Use cash-flow forecasts and runway projections built from actuals to assess how the business may fare as conditions or plans change."},{"name":"Financial scenario modeling","value":"Model Decisions Before Committing","valueDescription":"Compare potential outcomes of decisions, including a new hire, price change, or slow quarter, and see how they could affect the bank balance."},{"name":"Hiring-affordability analysis","value":"Assess Hiring Costs And Runway","valueDescription":"Evaluate a role’s fully loaded cost against revenue and runway, including its effect on monthly burn and remaining cash cushion."},{"name":"Guidance grounded in current financials","value":"Base Decisions On Current Numbers","valueDescription":"Use reconciled, current financials as the foundation for forecasts, models, and business decision discussions."},{"name":"Pricing analysis","value":"Evaluate Pricing Against Margin","valueDescription":"Review pricing in relation to margin so decisions about a new offer or price change are informed by the business’s financial picture."},{"name":"Prioritized next steps","value":"Leave With Clear Next Steps","valueDescription":"Turn the advisory discussion into specific, prioritized actions to work on between sessions."},{"name":"Marketing spend return analysis","value":"Assess Marketing Spend Returns","valueDescription":"Evaluate the return on marketing spend and use the analysis to discuss where the next dollar should go."},{"name":"Operating spend return analysis","value":"Assess Operating Spend Returns","valueDescription":"Review the return on operating spend to inform decisions about where to direct business resources."},{"name":"Email follow-up between sessions","value":"Get Email Follow-Up","valueDescription":"Send questions by email between monthly sessions to continue the advisory conversation before the next meeting."}]},{"name":"Sales tax registration and filing","anchor":"product-sales-tax-registration-and-filing","type":"Service","url":"https://withlaya.com/pricing","summary":"Track sales tax obligations, register in applicable states, calculate tax, and file returns on schedule.","description":"An optional sales tax add-on that monitors sales tax nexus, registers businesses in states where they have obligations, calculates tax across applicable taxable categories, and files returns on each state’s required schedule. 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