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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.

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…

Trump’s Tax Returns Are Not The Real Story by David Barnes

Like many things political, one of the best ways to look at the tempest of the day is analytical bemusement. This is (always) especially true when it comes to tax issues. And I might have a take today that could surprise you. I am not interested in getting into…

Five Key Habits of the Wealthy Southern California Clients We Serve

The clock is really ticking now on 2020. But before you celebrate, please — for the love of Pete — make SURE that you are getting whatever needs doing done NOW that might affect this year’s taxes. I’ve been banging this drum the last couple…

An Important Update For Southern California Taxpayers On IRS Notices

Even as a Southern California tax professional, when I get a letter from the IRS addressed to my business (or, worse, to my home), I share with you that feeling of initial trepidation: what fresh hell will I now have to deal with? More often than not, it’s…

Stimulus Checks and Unemployment Assistance For Southern California Taxpayers

These are the days when the internet is not necessarily your friend. Let’s leave aside the very true fact that so many of the new, online substitutes for the “real thing” are a pale imitation of what we used to have, and that with more and more time…

A Thank You To Our Southern California Clients For A Successful 2019 Tax Season

This has been one of the wildest tax seasons in recent memory. I saw a note from the IRS last Friday (the 12th) that as of that day, 50 million taxpayers had yet to file. LOTS of extensions happened out there, as all of the tax law changes caused a bunch of confusion….

Barnes Accountancy Corporation on Last-Minute Tax Moves for 2021

I remember reaching the end of 2020 … it seemed as if all of us were breathing a huge collective sigh of relief. And then … more chaos. Is it wrong to hope that 2022 will turn out better? Hard to say … but I do know that what I DON’T want to do…

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…

Key Tips For Southern California Newlyweds On Marriage and Taxes

Do you know what the number one month is for weddings? Check today’s date and there it is: June. With that fact in mind, I’m not sure where you currently fall on the wedding spectrum… Are many of your friends getting married? Are your friends’…

Two Ways Towards Making Money In Marriage Harmonious For Southern California Couples

Summer is nearing an end. Which also means, well, wedding season is slowing down. If you’ve been married, you know that there is a big difference between the “wedding show”, and the real work of being married. One of the best pieces of advice…

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!