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Small Business CPA Services
Small business tax work is the center of this practice. It is built around owners who are making real decisions with real deadlines rather than filing a form once a year — entity structure, estimates, the books behind the return, and the questions that come up in June rather than April.
What owner-operated businesses actually need
The structure to be right, and revisited
Whether you operate as an LLC, an S corporation or a partnership sets self-employment tax, payroll obligations, owner basis and what a buyer would eventually pay. The choice made at formation is rarely the choice that still fits three years later, and it is worth reviewing when revenue, ownership or headcount changes.
The business and personal return to agree
For a pass-through, the entity return and the owner's personal return are one tax picture split across two forms. Preparing both in the same firm is how the K-1, the basis schedule and the estimated payments stay consistent — and how a question gets answered once instead of twice.
Books that can be relied on
Monthly bookkeeping is not filing-season admin; it is the input to every decision you make in between. Reconciled accounts, consistent coding and a closed month mean the profit and loss you look at in July is telling you the truth.
Estimated payments that are neither late nor excessive
Quarterly estimates are where owners most often lose money in both directions: underpay and the penalty is mechanical, overpay and you have lent the government your working capital for a year.
Where this fits with the rest of the practice
- Business Tax — entity returns, multi-state filings and corporate compliance.
- Bookkeeping Services — monthly close, reconciliations and QuickBooks.
- Tax Planning & Advisory — the decisions that set next year's number.
- Mergers & Acquisitions Tax — for the eventual sale or succession.
The services behind this
Business Tax
Year-round planning, corporate returns, pass-through entities and multi-state compliance.
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Clean books, reconciled monthly, ready for tax time.
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The plan that ties entity choice, timing, property and exit decisions together.
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1040 preparation, tax-saving strategy, and multi-state or expatriate filings.
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Next steps
- Schedule a consultationWhat the first conversation covers, and what is worth having to hand.Go
- CPA services in CharlestonThe James Island office, and what South Carolina changes.Go
- Documents to bringA checklist for the first conversation, so the second is about answers.Go
- Frequently asked questionsEngagement, service area, deadlines, documents and IRS notices.Go
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