ACCOUNTING FIRM · LOS ANGELES
The Los Angeles accounting firm serving businesses from Malibu to Downtown.
One boutique practice covering the whole LA basin — entertainment, tech, healthcare, real estate, and professional services. Tax, books, business management, advisory, and payroll under one roof, with a named partner on every engagement. Since 2013.
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Laléa & Black, LLP is a Los Angeles accounting firm that works across the basin — not a neighborhood shop, not a Big 4 branch. The client base runs from Malibu founders and Pacific Palisades physicians to Downtown developers and East LA operators, with roots in Beverly Hills, Culver City, Santa Monica, Hollywood, Studio City, and everything the freeways connect between them.
What LA business owners hire us for is scope in one place: the business return and the personal return, the monthly books and the year-round planning, the bill pay and the payroll, all handled by a single firm with a named partner who actually knows the file. It reads simple on paper. In practice it is rare.
Practice areas
Business & personal tax — Federal, California, and multi-state returns for entities and their owners. Partner-reviewed, planned year-round.
Bookkeeping & month-end close — QuickBooks Online, CPA-reviewed, on a cadence you can build a forecast on.
Business management — Bill pay, payroll oversight, cash-flow modeling, and coordination with your attorneys, agents, and wealth advisors.
Advisory & CFO — Entity structuring across an LA group, retirement design, compensation analysis, and exit-planning support.
Multi-entity consolidations — Consolidated reporting for LA-based groups with multiple LLCs, S-corps, and real-estate holdings.
Court & trust accounting — Probate Code §1060-1064 and §16063 compliant filings for LA County Superior Court.
Industries we work across in LA
- Entertainment — writers, directors, actors, producers, loan-outs, single-picture entities, residual streams, and business-manager coordination.
- Tech & Silicon Beach — Santa Monica and Playa Vista founders, QSBS §1202 tracking, 409A coordination, R&D credits, and VC-cadence reporting.
- Healthcare & medical groups — Cedars-, UCLA-, and Kaiser-adjacent private practices, physician partnerships, and PC/PLLC structures.
- Real estate & syndications — LA developers, multi-property LLCs, cost segregation, 1031 exchanges, and §754/§743(b) partnership work.
- Professional services — law firms, wealth advisory, architecture, and design, both partner returns and firm returns handled in one place.
- Hospitality & retail — restaurants, boutiques, and lifestyle brands across WeHo, Silver Lake, Downtown, and the beach cities.
Reach across the LA basin
We are based on South Robertson in Beverly Hills, quick to reach off the 405 and the 10, with the 101 pulling in the Valley and the 110 pulling in Downtown. That geography matters when it matters — signature meetings, executed documents, a client wanting a face in the room — and disappears when it should. Most of the work runs cleanly by video and Egnyte regardless of whether the client sits in Malibu, Encino, Mid-Wilshire, or Long Beach.
Credentials on your engagement
Founder Daniel Litvin. Partner David Meyer, CPA. MBA-holding CPAs on every engagement. All staff US-based — we never send your private data to foreign countries. We cap engagements per partner so returns and reviews stay in-house and on time, whether the file sits in Century City or in Long Beach.
What clients say
"Daniel and the Laléa & Black team have been a phenomenal partner. Their attention to detail and proactive advice have saved us significant time and money. They treat our business like it's their own."
— Joe Liebke, Villaway
Frequently asked
Q: Are you really equipped to serve businesses across the whole LA basin?
A: Yes. The work is not tied to a single neighborhood. What matters is a partner who can see the whole picture — entity structure, personal returns, cash flow, tax exposure — regardless of which zip code the client operates in. Most of the file runs by video, Egnyte, and QBO. In-person happens when it should.
Q: We have entities in different parts of LA — is that a problem?
A: The opposite. Consolidated reporting across a multi-entity LA group is one of the things a firm at our scale is built for. One partner sees the whole footprint and coordinates the returns and books so nothing falls between LLCs.
Q: Do you specialize by industry?
A: We have real depth in entertainment, tech, healthcare, real estate, and professional services — which happens to cover most of what makes LA work. What matters more is that the partner reading your file has seen your kind of business before and knows what to look for.
Q: How secure is client data?
A: Egnyte (SOC 2, encrypted at rest and in transit) for document exchange. Bill.com for audit-logged bill pay. Role-based access on every system. All staff US-based. We never send your private data to foreign countries.
How we start
A 30-minute discovery conversation with a named partner. Free, no obligation. We map your current setup — including whatever mix of LA entities, personal returns, and industry-specific quirks you carry — and give you a written engagement letter with scope and fee before any work begins.
One firm for the whole LA footprint. Tax, books, advisory, business management, payroll.
Serving Los Angeles businesses since 2013. MBA-holding CPAs. Thirty-minute discovery conversation.
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Frequently Asked
Los Angeles — questions we hear.
What services does an accounting firm in Los Angeles offer to small businesses?
A Los Angeles accounting firm typically offers bookkeeping, monthly close, payroll, sales tax, business tax returns, S-Corp elections, quarterly tax planning, and CFO-level advisory. Many LA firms also handle business management for entertainment clients, which extends into bill pay, royalty tracking, tour accounting, and personal cash flow oversight. The right firm scales services as the business grows from startup to established operation.
What's the difference between a solo CPA and an accounting firm in Los Angeles?
A solo CPA in Los Angeles usually handles tax prep and light advisory for a limited client base. An accounting firm has multiple CPAs, bookkeepers, and admin staff, so it can absorb payroll, bookkeeping, tax, and planning under one roof with backup coverage during vacations or busy seasons. Firms also carry the systems and quality control needed for multi-entity clients and complex audit or notice work.
How do I know when my business needs to move from QuickBooks to an accounting firm?
The typical trigger points in Los Angeles are hitting roughly $500K in revenue, taking on employees beyond a spouse, adding a second entity, or receiving investor capital that demands clean financials. Once bookkeeping mistakes start creating tax exposure or you're spending more than a few hours a week on the books, moving to a Los Angeles firm usually pays for itself in caught deductions and cleaner reporting.
How do accounting firms in Los Angeles charge — hourly or monthly?
Most Los Angeles accounting firms have moved toward fixed monthly retainers for ongoing work, with hourly billing reserved for one-off projects, audits, or cleanup engagements. Monthly retainers give business owners predictable costs and encourage year-round communication rather than April-only conversations. Tax return preparation is often billed as a flat fee separate from the monthly, based on entity type and complexity.
Can an accounting firm in Los Angeles handle S-Corp elections and payroll?
Yes, and both are common asks. A Los Angeles accounting firm can file the Form 2553 S-Corp election, set up reasonable compensation, run payroll through a provider like Gusto or ADP, and coordinate the California LLC/S-Corp franchise tax minimums. S-Corp elections often save Los Angeles business owners meaningful self-employment tax once net profit reliably exceeds $80,000-$100,000.