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Meaningful, well-organized financial records ensure that your business operations will run more efficiently on a daily basis and are the foundation of a successful business.   Our qualified staff can assist you with the day-to-day record keeping tasks associated with running your business.

We will maintain and generate computerized general ledger, trial balance, and financial statement.  This will save you from the headaches and pains of keeping records and doing taxes on your own.  Also, because the tax laws are changing daily, you need someone who has the resources and the professional personnel to keep on top of your records.  This way you can make sure that you are deducting every available dollar and that you are not going to have surprise penalties, or find out at the end of the year that you owe back taxes.

Accounting and payroll services we offer include compilation financial statements, general ledger, complete listing of adjusting journal entries, cash disbursements, and cash receipts, bank reconciliation, tax awareness, depreciation entry, complete payroll processing, quarterly payroll tax reports, W2's, 1099's and related forms.

We have accounting expertise in a wide range of industries, including:

Retail and wholesale distribution
Commercial and residential rental and investment real estate
Professional and other service industries
Software development
Home Owner's Associations

 

 

Audit, Review, & Compilation - What's the difference?

AUDIT
An audit report provides the highest level of assurance that the financial statements are presented fairly in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.  In an audit the accountant must be independent of the client and the financial statements must contain all required disclosures.  An audit is planned and performed with an attitude of professional skepticism; that is, the auditor designs the audit to provide "reasonable assurance" that significant errors or fraud are detected.  However, irregularities or fraud concealed through forgery or collusion may not be found because the auditor is not trained to catch forgeries, nor will customary audit procedures detect all conspiracies.
 
REVIEW
A review of financial statement produces a report that provides limited assurance that material changes to the financial statements are not necessary.  With respect to reliability and assurance, a review falls between a compilation, which provides no assurance, and the more extensive assurance of an audit.
 
COMPILATION
A compilation is a monthly, quarterly, or annual financial statement.  However, a compilation offers no assurance as to whether material or significant changes are necessary for the statements to be in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles - the set of rules regarding financial statement form.  No probing is conducted beneath the surface unless the data provided is in error or is incomplete.
 

 

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