CONSULTANTS
Accounting and tax for consultants and professional services firms
You sell your expertise. We make sure you keep more of what you earn. Independent consultants, fractional executives, IT and engineering consultants and small professional firms all run on billable time and client fees. Hart CPA Group gives you CPA-led tax planning, bookkeeping and financial guidance, so taxes are planned, not a surprise, and you always know where your business stands.
What we see with consultants
Without a plan for quarterly estimates, April brings a tax bill you didn't see coming.
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Taxes that arrive as a surprise
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The wrong setup for your income
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Clients in more than one state
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​Growing from solo to a small team
Tax planning all year
Year-round tax planning and projections, so your quarterly estimates are right and April holds no surprises, plus multi-state and pass-through entity tax planning for consultants with clients in other states.
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Year-round tax planning and projections
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Quarterly estimates planned ahead
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Multi-state tax planning
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​Pass-through entity tax planning
The right entity and owner pay
Entity structuring, S-corp elections and reasonable salary planning, plus business formation and entity setup when you're starting out.
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Entity structuring
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S-corp elections
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Reasonable salary planning
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​Business formation and entity setup
Books you can trust, ready to grow
Monthly bookkeeping, reconciliations and financial statements in QuickBooks Online, with catch-up and clean-up if you've fallen behind. Payroll processing, contractor 1099s, and hiring and compensation modeling for when you add your first team members.
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Monthly bookkeeping and reconciliations
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Monthly financial statements
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Payroll processing and contractor 1099s
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​Hiring and compensation modeling
Common questions
Yes. We work with solo professionals and growing teams.
It depends on your profit and goals. We'll look at your numbers on the discovery call and tell you whether an S-corp election makes sense.
Yes. Multi-state and pass-through entity tax planning is part of our tax services.
QuickBooks Online is our preferred system, and we also work in Xero. If you use something else, we'll work with you in your current environment and make suggestions during onboarding.
No. We're based in the Grand Rapids area and work with consultants across West Michigan and nationwide.