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Establish Greater Profitability and Business EffICIENCY!

Your business’ profitability and operational efficiency are at the center of your business’ success!

Our experience, resources, and attention to detail make our accounting services second-to-none. As an experienced accounting team, we look forward to the opportunity to help transform your business’ financials as we work with you to establish short- and long-term strategies for growth and profitability.

Working with us and enlisting our business services could make all the difference!

Whether you need help starting a business, cleaning up your bookkeeping, setting up QuickBooks, handling payroll, or you crave some much-needed business coaching or other strategic consulting, we have been doing this for years, and stay on top of all of the new regulations to help you take the most advantage possible. Legally, and ethically — and profitably.

We work with our clients in a relational way to help them experience the financial success they desire — whether the business is just an idea, relatively new, or a well-established entity. Whether small, large, or in need of some special attention, we have the experience you need so that you can focus on what your business does best.

Separating Truth From Fiction Around The Stimulus Payments For Southern California Taxpayers

Now, more than ever, it’s important to keep your mind clear. With so many of us spending more time than ever online and on our devices, there are even more opportunities for falling — no, DIVING — into rabbit holes of distraction and unproductive emotion. Yes, I’m a…

David Barnes’ To-Do List If You Can’t Pay All Your Taxes

Some of our Southern California clients are STILL pulling their paperwork — which is understandable during this donkey of a year, and with all of the new complications. But sadly, ye olde IRS isn’t extending any payment grace in a couple weeks. (I say…

David Barnes’ Four Keys To Shape Your Financial Future During College

I wish I had been smarter about money when I was younger. (You too?) Now, when I observe the power of compounding interest, and the kinds of possibilities available to those Southern California residents who have accumulated an asset base (however “small”…

David Barnes’ Four Common Investment Mistakes

The stock market has caused some alarm as of late. Will investors wake up panicked or encouraged tomorrow? It’s hard to say. But one thing is clear: basing your peace of mind on market signals is no way to live. That said, I’d love to see my Southern…

Making Children Less Costly For Southern California Families With Kids Through The Child Tax Credit

To be clear, children are costly in the best way possible. Once the dust settles from changing diapers, sweeping floors, slapping bandaids on booboos, driving to sports practice, attending back-to-school meetings, saving for college, and buying countless goldfish…

Smart Planning for Financial Independence in Southern California

I have more to say about financial independence today (since I received some great feedback the last time I wrote about it). But before I get there, I’d like to speak some encouragement to you. A few people in Southern California wrote me saying that they were…

David Barnes’ Parents’ Guide For Telling Their Family’s Financial Story

How we are raised around financial matters can impact us for a lifetime. When a close friend or family member loses their home, or their job (or both), it can be frightening on several levels. You begin to wonder if the same could happen to you. And, as you’re…

A Trusted Southern California Professional’s Thoughts For Your 2019 Taxes

November is a wonderful start for holiday season with several traditions to match: pumpkin-spiced everything, no-shave November (apologies to those spouses affected), watching football and of course … Thanksgiving. Sorry to poke my accountant’s green…

Stimulus Payments, Retirement Account Updates and Tax Changes for Southern California Taxpayers

  Chances are good that you or someone you know and love has lost their job recently. You’ve also probably been touched in some personal way by the actual virus (whether through someone you know, or with whom you keep in touch). This crisis has a…

Truth and Fiction About the Trump Payroll Tax Cuts For Southern California Taxpayers

Right now we’re living through an age in which media trust has been thoroughly decimated. “Expert” authority itself is being questioned (in many cases, rightly), and misinformation is rampant. That’s perhaps one of the reasons I’ve…

How You’re Missing Legal Tax Deductions

Here’s a certain truth: the State and Federal Government would love to have more of your hard-earned money in their accounts. Sure, even though it’s painful, none of us begrudge paying our legal and fair share of taxes.

But the problem is that regular taxpayers, like you, are missing out on legal and safe deductions, to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars in unclaimed refunds every year!