Bookkeeping & Tax Services for Calabasas Businesses
Bookkeeping and tax services for Calabasas contractors, trades, and service businesses. Clean books, fewer tax surprises, and a CPA who gets blue collar work.
What We Handle
We provide bookkeeping, tax preparation, and accounting services for contractors, trades, and service businesses in Calabasas. Monthly transaction tracking, reconciliations, financial statements, and tax returns built on books we’ve maintained all year. The accounting work your business needs without hiring a full-time employee to produce it.
Calabasas has a steady flow of construction, renovation, and home and property service work driven by the residential market. We work with the businesses doing that work, keeping their books current so financial decisions get made with real numbers instead of rough estimates.
Full-Service Bookkeeping
Full-Service Bookkeeping
Transaction categorization, bank and credit card reconciliation, monthly close, and financial statements. Your books stay current every month without you losing evenings and weekends trying to update QuickBooks.
Catch-Up Bookkeeping
Catch-Up Bookkeeping
Books that are months or years behind get cleaned up and brought current. We organize the backlog, correct errors, and deliver records you can actually use before transitioning to regular monthly service.
Tax Preparation
Tax Preparation
Business and personal tax returns filed correctly because the books backing them up are already clean. Quarterly estimates set so April doesn’t hit you with a number you weren’t expecting.
Tax Strategy
Tax Strategy
Proactive planning around entity structure, equipment purchases, retirement contributions, and timing decisions. The kind of planning that only works when you have accurate financials to plan from.
Calabasas Businesses We Work With
The contractors and trades businesses working in Calabasas are busy. Custom home builds, full remodels, landscaping, pool maintenance, cleaning crews running routes through the hills. What most of them have in common is that the books got pushed aside while they focused on the actual work. Tax season rolls around and everything becomes a scramble.
We are a CPA firm built for construction and trades businesses. If you’re doing $250K to $5M in revenue and you’ve outgrown doing the books yourself but don’t need a full accounting department, that’s exactly the gap we fill.
Construction and Remodeling
Construction and Remodeling
General contractors, home builders, and remodelers working on high-value residential projects throughout Calabasas and the surrounding communities. Job costing that tracks profitability by project so you know which jobs actually made money and which ones didn’t.
Skilled Trades
Skilled Trades
Electricians, plumbers, HVAC techs, and welders. We handle the bookkeeping so your business tax returns capture every eligible deduction. Vehicle expenses, tools, materials, subcontractor payments, all categorized properly throughout the year.
Home and Property Services
Home and Property Services
Landscapers, pool service companies, pest control, and roofers. Calabasas properties keep these businesses running year-round. We track revenue and costs per crew or route so you can see where the profit is and where it isn’t.
Cleaning Services
Cleaning Services
Residential cleaning, commercial janitorial, pressure washing, and window cleaning. Multiple crews, supply costs, and payroll that changes week to week. We keep the financials organized so you can focus on operations instead of receipts.
Frequently Asked Questions
You're based in Long Beach. Do you actually work with Calabasas businesses?
Yes. Everything we do is handled remotely. Document sharing, communication, monthly reviews. Your books get the same attention regardless of where you're located in the LA area. Most of our clients prefer it because there's nothing to schedule and no driving involved.
What does monthly bookkeeping cost for a trades business?
Starting at $200 per month depending on your transaction volume and how complex the work is. We'll give you a flat monthly rate after looking at your books so you know exactly what to expect.
Can you help if I haven't done my books in over a year?
That's a normal starting point for us. We clean up and organize everything that's behind, get your records current, and then move into monthly service going forward. Most of the contractors we work with started exactly this way.
Do you handle both my business and personal tax returns?
Yes. We prepare business returns starting at $1,200 and personal returns starting at $500. Doing both means nothing falls through the cracks between your business income and your personal filing.
What if I get a letter from the IRS?
Michael Garr is a licensed CPA who can represent you before the IRS. You don't respond to the notice yourself. We review it, handle the correspondence, and deal with them directly on your behalf.
Long Beach's CPA for Contractors and Trades
The Next Step:
A Quick Conversation
Tell us about your business and where you need help. We'll ask a few questions, let you know what we can do, and give you a quick quote.
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