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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.

David Barnes’ Tax Checklist for Southern California Taxpayers

Every year within the independent tax and accounting business community here in Southern California (and on various online channels), we have a little fun laughing at the newest TurboTax or Block commercials. Last year, it was "all people are tax people". This year,...

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 Clears Up Confusion Around The Stimulus Checks

Well, over the weekend, the President signed the big new stimulus bill, and we have been poring over the details ever since.Bear with us ... it is MASSIVE.But it's also full of great benefits for Southern California families and business owners (even those with a...

David Barnes’s Take on Paying Off Your Mortgage Early

We are for sure seeing a "turn signal" of sorts around here as 2022 barrels its way onto the horizon.How about you? Are you beginning to start thinking about next year? The turn of the seasons means a lot of different things to many people, but it seems just yesterday...

David Barnes’ Very Last Minute Tax Moves for 2020

These weeks are disjointed, these holiday weeks. As of this writing, there are only three days left in 2020, and this week contains New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.So if you want to make ANY 2020 moves (outside of IRA things, which can be retroactively applied after...

Effective Financial Documentation Strategies for Southern California Taxpayers

A few timely things to get to, before I offer you my thoughts on a good task for you to do this week...First of all, the IRS has apparently caught up on processing their backlogged mail that stacked up during COVID closures. Or, well enough, they say.That means that...

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 feeling...

IRS Audits Planned To Increase 50% In 2021 by David Barnes

So, this is flying under the radar in the ending of 2020 ... an IRS official just publicly stated that they are massively ramping up audits next year.It was at an event for the AICPA (American Institute of Certified Professional Accounts), and it happened Tuesday:“The...

Barnes Accountancy Corporation on the New $600 Reporting Requirement for Digital Payment Apps

To be fair, the new $600 reporting requirement for digital payment apps isn't a Venmo thing ... it's an IRS thing.(Personally, I'm still amazed by how people share their transactions so publicly on these kinds of platforms. But that's a topic for another day.)And I...

Reflections On The Extended Tax Season By A Local Southern California Tax Professional

I remember at the end of April 2019 that I felt like it had been one of the wildest tax seasons in memory. The TCJA ("Trump Tax Code") had thrown a ton of curveballs our way, and we were looking forward to implementing tax planning strategies for our Southern...

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!