# Accounting + Bookkeeping > Connect your bank and every transaction categorizes itself next to your class and membership data — or hand the books to a dedicated bookkeeper each month. Canonical: https://www.arketa.com/features/accounting-bookkeeping --- ## Accounting built in. Bookkeeping done for you. Connect your bank and every transaction pulls in and categorizes itself, next to the class and membership data you already run on Arketa. Want the books fully off your plate? A dedicated bookkeeper closes them every month. [Book a Demo](/demo-add-on) ## The team behind the team at 2,000+ successful studios ## Your profitability, front and center Arketa Accounting connects to your bank and credit cards, so every dollar in and every dollar out lands in one view. The first thing you see isn't a ledger, it's the number you actually run on: what your studio made, what it spent, and what's left each month. ### Arketa Accounting - Software - Run your own books inside Arketa: bank connections, automatic categorization, a full general ledger with a customizable chart of accounts, and bank reconciliation. - For owners who want to see and manage the numbers themselves. ### Arketa Bookkeeping - Service - A dedicated bookkeeper reconciles your books every month and delivers your financial statements. - For owners who want to be fully hands off. - Look at finished reports and speak with a person on any expenses they have questions on. Why Studio Owners Choose Arketa for Accounting and Bookkeeping Built for studios Generic platforms and bookkeepers don't understand memberships, class packs, seasonality, or recurring revenue. Arketa's Accounting and Bookkeeping are built and staffed for how wellness businesses actually run. Everything pulls in on its own Your Arketa sales are already there, and your bank transactions pull in and categorize automatically. No uploads, no inputting things twice, no chasing down numbers. Clear + complete financial reports Instant access to your profit + loss, balance sheet, and cash flow statements. Know exactly where your studio stands without exporting a thing. ## How Arketa Accounting works _Step 1_ ### Connect your bank Transactions from your bank and cards pull in automatically, right next to your Arketa sales. _Step 2_ ### Watch everything sort itself Real-time categorization splits revenue and expenses, so profitability is the first thing you see, not something you calculate. _Step 3_ ### Open your statements Profit + loss, balance sheet, and cash flow, ready whenever you are. ## Words from Arketa partners > "I just put my Arketa page in my Instagram bio and direct my students to the link. It's so easy! This quadrupled my income." > > — Sweat With Sav, On Demand > "Since moving to Arketa, our business has grown dramatically. We've seen an increase in trainer usage, average sessions per day, and class utilization. We're heading in the right direction and Arketa is helping." > > — Solace, New York, NY > "Coming from the tech industry, I understand how important it is to have good software. It needs to be easy to follow, clean, and reliable, and Arketa delivers on all of that." > > — Craft Pilates, New York, NY > "The Arketa team has owned studios, worked front desks, or taught classes. Whatever the role, they have real, lived experience with what I'm going through. It is incredibly reassuring and settling." > > — In Flow Studio, Fishtown, PA > "Arketa allows you to customize, embed and brand things into your site. All of these things are very important for a business owner, and they deliver." > > — Bodycraft, Brooklyn, NY > "When I look at where we were in 2022 versus now, our revenue has increased by about $10,000 a month, consistently." > > — Together Athletics > "If I have a question, I get it answered within minutes." > > — PlankHaus > "Because Arketa has a function for communities and programs, it gives us the ability to make more revenue... we're not just selling memberships and class packs, we can also sell teacher trainings, micro-trainings, and online trainings." > > — CEREMNY Contact us Let's grow your wellness business together ## Frequently asked questions ### What's the difference between Arketa Accounting and Bookkeeping? Arketa Accounting is the software: financial reports, payout and fee tracking, sales tax, and payroll reports, built into the same dashboard that runs your schedule. Arketa Bookkeeping is a service and allows you to be hands off. With Bookkeeping, you receive a team that knows wellness businesses to close your books every month and deliver you your profit and loss, balance sheet, and cash flow statements. The software shows you the numbers; the service does them for you. ### Does Arketa replace QuickBooks for my studio? Yes. Arketa Accounting gives you the pieces you use QuickBooks for: a general ledger, a customizable chart of accounts, bank reconciliation, and profit + loss, balance sheet, and cash flow statements. The difference is it's built into the platform that already knows your memberships, class packs, and payouts. ### Why not just use QuickBooks? Generic accounting software like QuickBooks, Xero, and Wave can keep books for any business, which is exactly the problem: they don't know what a class pack is, and they live in a second tab with a second login and software. Arketa Accounting lives inside the platform that runs your studio. Your revenue is already there, every bank transaction lands next to the classes that earned it, and your books finally speak the same language as your schedule. ### How do I calculate payroll for my instructors? Set a pay rate for each instructor and service type, per class or per participant, and Arketa calculates what everyone earned from the classes they actually taught and who showed up. At the end of the pay period, export one report for your whole staff instead of doing the math person by person. Tips and retail commissions can be tracked too. ### How does expense tracking work? Connect your bank accounts and transactions pull in automatically, categorized in real time so you can see revenue, expenses, and profitability without hand-tagging anything. You can recategorize in bulk and customize your chart of accounts to match how your studio spends.