ACCOUNTING SERVICES · LOS ANGELES
Full-service accounting for Los Angeles businesses — from single-entity operators to multi-entity groups.
One packaged monthly service that scales from a single WeHo restaurant to a multi-entity LA real-estate group. Books, month-end close, sales tax, payroll oversight, 1099s, business tax renewals, and consolidated reporting — priced as one recurring engagement.
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- Monthly bookkeeping (QuickBooks Online) — categorized transactions, bank and credit-card reconciliations, and clean subsidiary ledgers across every LA entity in scope.
- Month-end close — accrual entries, deferred revenue, prepaids, and closed books by day 15.
- Consolidated financial reporting — P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow by entity and rolled up across the LA group, with a partner-written monthly commentary.
- Sales & use tax — CDTFA quarterly and prepayment filings, LA County city-level use tax, plus multi-state nexus review for e-commerce or SaaS books.
- Payroll oversight — Gusto, ADP, or RUN. Cross-borough workers' comp class-code review, journal integration, and quarterly reconciliations.
- 1099 compliance — year-round W-9 collection; 1099-NEC and 1099-MISC filings at year-end.
- LA Business Tax Registration Certificate (BTRC) & renewals — annual filings with the City of Los Angeles Office of Finance, plus LA County business license renewals.
- Sales tax nexus mapping — for businesses with revenue outside LA County, we run an annual nexus study so exposure does not sneak up.
Who this is for
LA-based businesses somewhere between "our part-time bookkeeper is fine" and "we can hire a controller." The engagement scales from one entity to a dozen: a solo boutique on Larchmont, a two-location restaurant group with sites in WeHo and Silver Lake, a real-estate operator with LLCs across five LA properties, a SaaS founder in Playa Vista with a Delaware C-corp and a California LLC on the side. Typical fit: two to fifty employees, $1M–$50M in revenue, one to a dozen legal entities.
Multi-entity consolidations for LA-based groups
This is the thing LA-scale businesses ask for most: consolidated books across a group. A restaurant operator with three LLCs. A real-estate investor with a QOF, a management company, and property-level LLCs. A creative principal with a loan-out, a production entity, and a family LLC. Each entity gets its own clean books; the reporting rolls up so the owner sees the whole picture on one dashboard, and the tax file at year-end already has the intercompany eliminations sorted.
Geographic reach
We are quick to reach off the 405 and the 10 from our South Robertson base, with the 101 pulling in the Valley and the 110 pulling in Downtown. Most of the recurring service work runs by video, Egnyte, and QBO — meaning delivery is the same whether the client sits in Malibu, Encino, Mid-Wilshire, Long Beach, or a shared workspace in DTLA. Face time when it matters, quiet execution the rest of the year.
How onboarding runs — four steps, roughly 45 days
1. Discovery. A 30-minute scoping call across every LA entity in scope. We ask what breaks, when it breaks, and who owns which piece today.
2. Data migration. QBO file review for each entity, chart of accounts alignment across the group, bank feed setup, and integration wiring for payroll, POS, and merchant processing.
3. 30-day parallel run. We work alongside your current setup for one full month so nothing goes dark during handoff.
4. Ongoing cadence. Month-end close by day 15 across every entity. Consolidated report delivered with partner commentary. Year-end tax and 1099 workflow already primed.
Pricing signal
Recurring packages start in the mid four-figures per month for a single-entity engagement and scale with entity count, transaction volume, and payroll complexity. Actual scoping happens after discovery — a two-entity LA group with clean books runs differently from a five-entity group with three POS integrations and multi-state sales tax exposure.
Signals that you're ready for us
- Your entities were formed over time and no one has ever aligned the chart of accounts across them.
- The consolidated view of the LA group lives in a spreadsheet that only one person understands.
- Intercompany transactions are booked inconsistently between entities.
- You received an LA City BTRC or CDTFA notice you did not expect.
- You are opening a second or third location in LA and the current setup will not scale.
- Your bookkeeper does great work at the entity level but has never been reviewed by a CPA across the whole group.
Frequently asked
Q: Can you take on all our LA entities in one engagement?
A: Yes — that is usually the point. One partner, one team, one chart-of-accounts convention across the group, one monthly delivery.
Q: What about the LA City Business Tax filing?
A: Included on every recurring engagement for LA-city-based clients. We track the BTRC renewals and the annual gross receipts filings.
Q: How fast is month-end close on a multi-entity group?
A: Day 15 across every entity, with the consolidated rollup delivered the same day. Faster on request when a lender or investor deadline requires it.
Q: Do you work in QuickBooks Online only?
A: QBO is our primary. We support QuickBooks Desktop clients we inherit and migrate them to QBO during onboarding. Xero on exception.
Q: Do you actually run payroll?
A: We manage the payroll provider (Gusto, ADP, RUN), integrate journals monthly, and reconcile quarterly. The provider runs the actual checks.
One monthly engagement. Every LA entity. Consolidated and CPA-reviewed.
Serving Los Angeles businesses since 2013. Thirty-minute scoping call — no obligation.
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Frequently Asked
Los Angeles — questions we hear.
What accounting services do businesses in Los Angeles need most?
The most-requested accounting services in Los Angeles are monthly bookkeeping, payroll, sales tax filings, business tax returns, and quarterly tax planning. Larger clients add CFO-level advisory, cash flow forecasting, and business management. Given LA's entertainment and creative economy, loan-out corporation accounting, royalty tracking, and multi-state income sourcing are also frequent add-ons that generalist providers often miss.
How much do accounting services cost in Los Angeles?
Monthly accounting services in Los Angeles typically run $500-$2,500 for small businesses and $2,500-$8,000 for mid-sized companies with payroll, multiple entities, or high transaction volume. Full business management engagements often range from $3,000-$15,000 per month. Tax return preparation is usually priced separately: $1,500-$8,000 for business returns depending on entity and complexity.
Can accounting services in Los Angeles be delivered remotely?
Yes. Nearly all accounting work in Los Angeles is now cloud-based through QuickBooks Online, Bill.com, Gusto, and secure document portals. Even complex business management engagements run remotely with periodic in-person meetings when needed. Being physically local still helps for FTB or IRS meetings, notarizations, and clients who prefer face-to-face planning sessions, but it's no longer a requirement for high-quality service.
What's included in monthly accounting services in Los Angeles?
Monthly accounting services in Los Angeles typically include categorizing transactions, reconciling bank and credit card accounts, producing profit-and-loss and balance sheet reports, sales tax filings when applicable, and a monthly close review. Higher-tier engagements add payroll oversight, accounts payable, budget-to-actual reporting, and a scheduled call with a CPA. Tax return prep and planning are usually priced separately from the monthly retainer.
Do accounting services in Los Angeles include tax filing?
It depends on the scope. Bookkeeping-only providers in Los Angeles typically hand off clean files to a separate CPA for tax filing. Full-service accounting firms bundle bookkeeping, planning, and tax return preparation under one roof, which usually produces better outcomes because the same team owns the numbers all year. Clients should confirm scope in the engagement letter to avoid surprise fees at tax time.