SMALL BUSINESS ACCOUNTING · LOS ANGELES

Small business accounting in Los Angeles — a CPA firm running your books, not a bookkeeping mill.

Monthly close in QuickBooks Online, CPA-reviewed. Payroll through ADP. Bills through Bill.com. Tax prepared by the same firm. One monthly price. No hourly CPA fees. Never outsourced overseas.

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What we do

Small business accounting in Los Angeles has two problems. The first is that most bookkeeping shops are volume operations — cheap monthly fees, but the person on your books has never spoken to a CPA, and the "close" is really just bank feeds categorized and shipped. The second is that when tax season arrives, someone at a different firm has to unwind the mess.

We are a Beverly Hills CPA firm at 256 South Robertson Blvd — LA and California clients since 2008. We handle small business accounting the way a competent internal team would:

- Monthly close on QuickBooks Online — bank and credit card reconciliations, revenue tie-outs, accrued expenses, prepaid amortization, intercompany eliminations, and a locked period so the numbers stop shifting. - A CPA reviews every close. Not a bookkeeper checking a bookkeeper — a licensed CPA signs off before you see the reports. - Payroll coordination through ADP — full-service payroll, tax filings, W-2 / 1099 year-end, integrated to the GL. - Bill pay through Bill.com — vendor onboarding, approval routing, audit-logged payment history. - Monthly reporting package — P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, and a short written summary of what changed month over month. - Year-end handoff straight into tax — books flow into ProConnect. Same firm, no re-explaining.

One monthly price. No hourly CPA fees. All staff U.S.-based. We never send your private data to foreign countries. 24/7 access to your financial data through QuickBooks Online.

Who this is for

LA professional service firms — law, medical, dental, wealth advisory, architecture, engineering — with partner distributions and complex compensation.
Agencies and creative studios — ad agencies, PR shops, design firms, production companies — with project accounting and W-2 / 1099 mixed teams.
E-commerce and consumer brands doing $500K–$5M with inventory, Amazon / Shopify reconciliations, and multi-state sales tax exposure.
Multi-location retailers and hospitality with class or location tracking needs.
Real estate LLCs and small portfolios with entity-level books and K-1 distribution reporting.
SaaS and services businesses past pre-revenue where investors, banks, or landlords are starting to ask for real financials.

Deliverables

Monthly bookkeeping and close on QuickBooks Online, CPA-reviewed, delivered on a fixed calendar day.
Bank and credit card reconciliations for every account, monthly.
Payroll coordination through ADP with GL integration and year-end W-2 / 1099.
Bill pay through Bill.com with approval routing.
Monthly reporting package — P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, KPI tracking, plus a written month-over-month commentary.
Annual tax return — federal, California, and multi-state, prepared through ProConnect from books we already keep.
Sales tax coordination through Avalara or TaxJar for multi-state exposure.

Frequently asked

Q: How is this different from hiring a bookkeeper?

A: A bookkeeper does data entry and reconciliations. Small business accounting through a CPA firm adds monthly close review, management reporting, sales tax and payroll coordination, tax planning, and the same firm preparing the return at year-end. You get a CPA's judgment on accounting treatments, revenue recognition, and cash flow — without paying a controller's salary.

Q: What if my books are behind or a mess?

A: Cleanup is quoted separately from the monthly work — usually a one-time flat fee — and gets your books to a clean opening balance before recurring service begins. We are honest about scope up front so there are no invoice surprises.

Q: Do I need to switch to QuickBooks Online?

A: Yes. We are QBO-only. If you are on QuickBooks Desktop or another system, migration is part of onboarding. See QuickBooks Online bookkeeper Los Angeles.

Q: What size business is this built for?

A: Roughly $500K–$5M in revenue. Below that, an in-house part-time bookkeeper is often more efficient. Above that, we can still serve — but the engagement usually shifts toward outsourced accounting with controllership or outsourced CFO services.

Q: Do you do sales tax and 1099s?

A: Yes. Multi-state sales tax through Avalara or TaxJar. 1099-NEC and 1099-MISC prep and filing at year-end, with the W-9 chase included.

Q: What is the fee structure?

A: One monthly price covering recurring work — bookkeeping, close, reporting, bill pay, payroll coordination, tax prep. Fee depends on transaction volume, entity count, and reporting complexity. No hourly meter on the recurring work.

A CPA firm on your books — for the price of a bookkeeping service.

LA small business accounting on QuickBooks Online, CPA-reviewed monthly, integrated with payroll and tax. One monthly price. Thirty-minute consultation with a named partner.