
Bookkeeping - We offer FREE consultations!
Bookkeeping
Howes Tax offers many levels of bookkeeping services.
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Sorting and calculating expenses for both current and delinquent tax years.
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Setting up your books in QuickBooks, QuickBooks Online or Xero Accounting.
(we are QuickBooks ProAdvisors and Xero Certified)
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Simple monitoring of your online bookkeeping software.
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Clean up of your accounting software for maximum and efficient usage.
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Online software training to help you become more independent.
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Monthly account reconciliation.
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Monthly, quarterly and annual financial reporting.
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Sales and use tax reporting.
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571L – Assessor’s reporting.
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Audits and financial analysis.
Most importantly, we offer unlimited consultations and years of small business bookkeeping knowledge. There are no stupid questions and we are always sympathetic to individuals who are using accounting software for the first time.
Whatever your bookkeeping needs, let us give you a free consultation and outline the way Howes Tax can help you.
Bank Reconciliation
Reconciling your business checking account each month allows us to keep your bank account, accounting, and taxes up-to-date.
Income Statement
An income statement, otherwise known as a profit and loss statement (P&L), basically adds an itemized list of all your revenue and subtracts an itemized list of all your expenses to come up with a profit or loss for the period.
An income statement allows you to...
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Track revenue and expenses so that you can determine the operating performance of your business.
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Determine what areas of your business are over-budget or under-budget.
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Identify specific items that are causing unexpected expenditures.
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Track dramatic increases in product returns or cost of goods sold as a percentage of sales.
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Determine your income tax liability.
Balance Sheet
A balance sheet gives you a snapshot of your business' financial condition at a specific moment in time.
A balance sheet helps you...
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Quickly get a handle on the financial strength and capabilities of your business.
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Identify and analyze trends, particularly in the area of receivables and payables. For example, if your receivables cycle is lengthening, maybe you can collect your receivables more aggressively.
Maintaining a Clean General Ledger
The general ledger is the core of your company's financial records. These records constitute the central "books" of your system. Since every transaction flows through the general ledger, a problem with your general ledger throws off all your books.
Payroll
When it comes to paying employees, strict laws and the IRS have made the payroll function a time consuming nightmare for the small business owner. Small business owners spend an average of eight hours a month performing payroll functions. That's 12 full days a year that could be spent generating sales, prospecting new business opportunities, improving products or services, or servicing customers. We offer payroll solutions that meet your business needs and enable you to spend time doing what you do best - running your company.
Why Outsource Your Payroll...
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It's Cost Effective. Use your staff more efficiently by letting us handle payroll and the associated legal details. Reduce overhead by removing the need to hire specialized employees.
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It's a Time Saver. Our payroll service eliminates the burden of customizing, updating and maintaining your own payroll system. That means no more data entry, no more researching updates or new laws, no more worries.
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Worry Free Payroll Tax Filing. Eliminate the risks of calculating and filing your own payroll taxes by having professionals do it for you. Federal, state and local payroll tax laws are frequently changing and becoming more complex. How much time do you want to spend learning all the rules and keeping your information up to date?
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Allows You To Focus On Core Competencies. Our professional staff allow you to focus on the core competencies of your business. We are accounting professionals. Get the experts working for you and with you.
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Comprehensive Reports. You get a wide variety of user-friendly and accurate payroll reports. For a nominal fee, we will include union reports, certified payroll, workers' compensation reports and much more.
Get the Payroll Solution That Best Fits Your Needs. We know that when it comes to payroll service there's no one size fits all solution. That's why we offer the following 2 custom payroll processing options.
1. Comprehensive Payroll Services
Our Comprehensive Payroll Service takes care of all of the payroll processing for you, so that you won't have to. You get...
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Your payroll checks prepared and printed on-time, every-time.
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All of your payroll checks are laser printed on "blank" check stock to ensure maximum security and meet the micro encoding standards as set forth by the Federal Reserve System.
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Free Direct Deposits
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Worry Free IRS and State tax reporting as well as EFTPS tax deposits.
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User friendly, and easy to understand monthly, quarterly, and annual payroll tax reports, including W-2, W-3 and 1099 forms.
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Detailed reports on your employee's vacation, sick days, and personal days accruals.
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Creation and filing of the required new hire reports.
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Your payroll records maintained in tip top shape.
2. After-the-Fact-Payroll Services
We will take your manually-prepared payroll records and other payroll information and post this information to our data files, so you get...
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Worry Free IRS and State tax reporting as well as EFTPS tax deposits.
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User friendly, and easy to understand monthly, quarterly, and annual payroll tax reports, including W-2, W-3 and 1099 forms.
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Detailed reports on your employee's vacation, sick days, and personal days accruals.
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Creation and filing of the required new hire reports.
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Your payroll records maintained in tip top shape.
Custom Payroll Reports Service. There seems to be an endless amount of special reports Government agencies require. We can prepare the following reports for you.Worker's Compensation AuditsUnemployment ClaimsSocial Security AuditsChild Support AuditsW-2 and W-3 processing1099 and 1096 processingPreparation/assistance with Federal and State registration forms.