Bookkeeping & Accounting for East Los Angeles Businesses
Bookkeeping, tax prep, and accounting for East Los Angeles contractors and trade businesses. Clean books and fewer missed deductions.
Bookkeeping and Accounting for East LA
East Los Angeles is full of working businesses. Contractors, trades, cleaning crews, landscapers, service companies of all kinds. What a lot of them share is a bookkeeping situation that ranges from incomplete to nonexistent. Not because the owners don’t care, but because they’ve been busy actually doing the work. The problem shows up at tax time when deductions get missed and money gets left behind.
We’re a Long Beach bookkeeper and CPA firm that works specifically with blue-collar and service-based businesses. Monthly bookkeeping, catch-up work, tax returns, and the kind of hands-on guidance that helps you make better financial decisions throughout the year. We’re a short drive from East LA and handle most things remotely.
Monthly Bookkeeping
Monthly Bookkeeping
Transactions categorized, bank and credit card accounts reconciled, financial statements delivered every month. You stop guessing where the money went and start seeing where your business actually stands.
Catch-Up Bookkeeping
Catch-Up Bookkeeping
Months or years of unrecorded transactions sorted out and brought current. We reconstruct what’s missing, clean up what’s wrong, and give you a solid starting point going forward.
Business Tax Returns
Business Tax Returns
Tax returns built on books we’ve maintained all year, which means nothing gets overlooked. Proper tax preparation with every eligible deduction captured. Equipment, vehicles, materials, subcontractor costs, all of it accounted for.
Tax Strategy and Planning
Tax Strategy and Planning
Should you buy that truck this year or next? Is your entity structure costing you money? These questions are hard to answer without accurate books. We keep the books clean and then help you plan around what the numbers actually say.
East LA Businesses We Work With
The commercial corridors along Whittier Blvd and Atlantic Blvd are lined with small businesses, and plenty more operate out of yards, trucks, and shops across the area. East LA has one of the densest concentrations of small service businesses in the county. Many of them run lean, with the owner handling everything from estimates to job completion to chasing payments. Bookkeeping falls to the bottom of the list because it doesn’t feel urgent until it is.
We work with businesses doing anywhere from $50K to a few million in revenue. Our focus is on service-based and blue-collar operations where the owner needs a real accounting partner, not just someone filing numbers into a spreadsheet once a year.
Construction and Contractors
Construction and Contractors
General contractors, remodelers, and builders working jobs across LA County. Construction bookkeeping means tracking costs by job, managing subcontractor payments, and keeping financials ready for bonding and bank relationships.
Skilled Trades
Skilled Trades
Electricians, plumbers, HVAC techs, welders. Businesses that run on trucks and tools and don’t have time to reconcile accounts at the end of the day. We handle the books so you can focus on the work that pays.
Cleaning Services
Cleaning Services
Commercial janitorial crews, residential cleaning companies, pressure washing operations. High volume of transactions, tight margins, and payroll that needs to be right. We track it all and keep the numbers current month to month.
Home and Property Services
Home and Property Services
Landscapers, roofers, pest control, pool service. Seasonal swings, equipment expenses, and crews to pay. We keep the books organized so you can see which services are profitable and which ones need adjustment.
Frequently Asked Questions
You're in Long Beach. Do you work with East LA businesses?
Yes. Long Beach is about 20 minutes south depending on traffic. Most of our work happens remotely anyway. We share documents through a secure portal, communicate by phone or email, and meet in person when it actually helps.
What does monthly bookkeeping cost?
Starting at $200 per month based on your total monthly expenses. We give you an exact price after learning about your business so there are no surprises.
My books are a mess or I don't have any. Can you help?
That's how most of our clients start. We do catch-up work to reconstruct what's there, get everything current, and then move to monthly service so it stays that way.
Can you help with taxes too?
Yes. Michael Garr is a CPA with over 10 years of experience. We prepare business and personal tax returns and handle tax planning so you're not leaving deductions on the table.
Do you handle IRS notices?
Yes. If you've received a notice or are dealing with an audit, we can represent you before the IRS and handle the response. You don't need to deal with them directly.
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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