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Bookkeeping and Tax Services for Montebello Businesses

Bookkeeping, tax prep, and accounting for Montebello contractors, trades, and service businesses. Clean books and fewer surprises at tax time.

What We Handle for Montebello Businesses

We provide contractor bookkeeping and tax services for trade and service businesses in Montebello. Monthly bookkeeping, tax preparation, catch-up work for books that have fallen behind, and the kind of ongoing guidance that helps you actually use your numbers to make decisions. All handled by a CPA who has spent over a decade working with businesses like yours.

Montebello sits right along the 60 with easy access to jobs across the San Gabriel Valley and Greater LA. A lot of contractors and service companies are based here, and most of them are too busy running crews and serving customers to stay on top of their financials. That is exactly the kind of business we built this firm around.

Monthly Bookkeeping

Transaction categorization, bank and credit card reconciliation, and monthly financial statements. Your books get closed every month so you always know where you stand financially. No more guessing when someone asks how the business is doing.

Catch-Up Bookkeeping

If your books are months or years behind, we clean everything up and get you current. This is where most of our construction and contractor clients start. Once we are caught up, we keep things moving forward on a monthly basis.

Tax Preparation

Business and personal tax returns prepared by a CPA who already knows your books inside and out. Quarterly estimates tracked throughout the year so April doesn’t hit you with a number you weren’t expecting.

Tax Strategy and Planning

Thinking about buying a truck or adding equipment? We can walk through the tax impact before you commit. Clean books make that conversation possible. Without them, it is just guessing.

Montebello Businesses We Work With

Most business owners who find us have been doing their own books or not doing them at all. They know things are off but there is always a more urgent fire to put out. Then tax season arrives and everything becomes stressful and expensive. We hear this story constantly from trade businesses in Montebello and the surrounding area.

We work with contractors, skilled trades, cleaning companies, landscapers, and other service businesses doing anywhere from $100K to a few million in annual revenue. If you have outgrown the shoebox-of-receipts approach but are not ready for a full-time bookkeeper on payroll, that is the gap we are set up to fill.

General Contractors and Builders

Residential remodels, commercial buildouts, new construction. We track job costs, manage accounts payable and receivable, and keep your full-service bookkeeping current so you can bid with confidence and know your real margins on every project.

Skilled Trades

Electricians, plumbers, HVAC techs, welders. You are running between job sites all day. The last thing you want to think about at night is categorizing transactions. We handle all of that and make sure nothing gets missed when tax time rolls around.

Cleaning and Janitorial

Commercial janitorial crews, residential cleaning services, pressure washing operations. We track labor costs across jobs, manage recurring billing, and keep the financials organized so you can see which contracts are actually profitable.

Home and Property Services

Landscapers, roofers, pest control, pool service companies. Montebello and the surrounding San Gabriel Valley keep these businesses busy year-round. We handle the books so your time goes toward keeping routes full and customers happy.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you work with businesses throughout Montebello?

Yes. We work with businesses across Montebello and the surrounding cities in the San Gabriel Valley. Everything is handled remotely, so your specific location in the area doesn't matter.

What does monthly bookkeeping cost?

Starting at $200 per month. The actual price depends on your monthly expense volume. We'll give you an exact number after a quick conversation about your business.

My books are a year or more behind. Can you fix that?

Yes. Most of the trade businesses we work with come to us in that exact situation. We do catch-up work to get everything current, then move into monthly service so it stays that way.

Can you also handle my taxes?

Yes. Michael Garr is a CPA who handles both bookkeeping and tax preparation. Because we maintain your books throughout the year, tax time is a smooth handoff instead of a scramble.

Do I need to come to your office?

No. We handle everything remotely through secure document sharing and online communication. Our office is in Long Beach if you ever want to meet in person, but it's not required.

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.

Long Beach CPA firm specializing in contractors, trades, and service businesses. Bookkeeping, tax preparation, IRS representation, and advisory services for businesses across the South Bay and Greater LA. Owned and operated by a CPA with over a decade of hands-on experience.

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