bookkeeping. payroll. peace of mind.
Bookkeeping that finds the needle in your haystack.
Haystack Business Solutions handles your books, payroll, payables and billing with farm-grown grit and decades of real operations experience — so you can get back to running your business.
Based in Brimfield, MA & Oakley, ID — working with clients all across the U.S.
Client satisfaction
100% 5-star
Since 2020
Haystack Business Solutions, founded & run by Tamara Hardy
25+ years
in business operations, management & accounting
100% remote-friendly
serving clients all across the U.S.
Cloud-based
QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Time, Gusto, Wave & more
More than a bookkeeper. A partner who actually has your back.
Running a business means wearing every hat at once. Tamara and her team take the financial ones off your hands — accurately, on time, and with a real human relationship behind every number. You get clean books, compliant payroll, and clear reporting, plus a bookkeeper who picks up the phone and knows your name.
our services.
Everything your books need, in one place.
Bookkeeping
Accurate, up-to-date financials and clean reconciliations that keep your business healthy, organized, and ready for tax season.
Learn morePayroll & Payroll Taxes
One employee or a hundred, we run payroll with direct deposit and handle the tax filings that keep you compliant.
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We invoice your customers, chase what's owed, and pay your bills on time — so cash keeps flowing.
Learn moreFinancial Reporting
Clear, customized reports — profit & loss, balance sheet, cash flow, budgets — that turn raw numbers into a real picture of your business.
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the haystack difference.
Hometown values. Seasoned hands.
Before Haystack, Tamara spent 25+ years building and running businesses — across legal, real estate, restaurants, commercial manufacturing, and a venture-backed tech startup. She brings that operator's eye to your books, pairs it with the discipline of farm life, and backs every number with a real person who answers the phone.
Meet TamaraTwo decades in operations
25+ years running and building businesses across many industries — odds are she's already worked in a world like yours.
Straight answers
If Haystack isn't the right fit, she'll tell you honestly and point you somewhere better.
A real person
You work directly with Tamara or a member of her team — someone who answers the phone and knows your business by name.
Built for businesses like yours.
From your first invoice to your hundredth employee, we meet you where you are. Our clients range from brand-new ventures to well-established companies and busy individuals.
You'll have confidence in our understanding of your industry — and how naturally we fit in with you and your team.
You might be exactly who we're built for.
Not sure if you need a bookkeeper? Here's who we fit best:
The small shop
Even a one-person business that doesn't have enough work for a full-time bookkeeper, or with a team that's too busy to keep up with the books.
The office that needs backup
You've got someone handling most of it but need extra support without hiring another full- or part-time employee.
The "everything but the books" business
Your billing and payables are handled, but the actual bookkeeping has become too much.
The larger company
That needs occasional or specific, task-based support in any of the areas we cover.
And if we're not the right fit, we'll tell you honestly and point you somewhere better. Tamara only takes on work where she can genuinely help — "if I'm not actually helping my clients, it's not a situation I should be in."
meet tamara.
A bookkeeper who's also a farmer — and yes, that matters.
Tamara Hardy runs the books for businesses across the country and a small farm back in Brimfield, MA. The same discipline that keeps a farm running before sunrise is the discipline she brings to your finances: show up, do it right, don't cut corners.
Read Tamara's StoryTamara took years of messy books and made them spotless in weeks. I finally understand my own numbers — and I get my evenings back.— Sarah M., Small Business Owner
Let's get your books in order.
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