Harper Tax CPA
Phoenix Accounting Services for S Corporations and Small Businesses
Harper Tax CPA provides CPA-led bookkeeping, accounting, tax planning, and tax preparation for small businesses throughout Phoenix and the East Valley.
We primarily work with established S corporations, contractors, consultants, professional-service firms, and other owner-operated businesses that want their accounting and tax services coordinated throughout the year.
Instead of working with one provider for bookkeeping and another for tax preparation, you receive an integrated relationship covering your financial records, business tax return, owner tax planning, and applicable Arizona tax requirements.
Our Phoenix accounting services are available to qualifying businesses in:
• Phoenix
• Mesa
• Chandler
• Gilbert
• Queen Creek
• Tempe
• Scottsdale
• Apache Junction
• San Tan Valley
• Ahwatukee
• Other surrounding Phoenix and East Valley communities
All services are provided remotely through secure online systems. Phoenix-area business owners can receive specialized CPA support without traveling to a physical office.
Small Business Accounting Built Around Tax Planning
Bookkeeping affects much more than the numbers shown on a profit and loss statement.
Accurate accounting records can affect:
• Business income-tax returns
• Owner estimated-tax payments
• S corporation reasonable compensation
• Shareholder distributions
• Retirement-plan contributions
• Business loan applications
• Cash-flow decisions
• Contractor job-cost reporting
• Arizona income-tax filings
• Arizona transaction privilege tax reporting
Harper Tax CPA approaches accounting with the business tax return and owner’s individual tax situation in mind.
When bookkeeping, tax preparation, and planning are coordinated, potential problems can often be identified before year-end rather than during tax season or after a filing deadline.
Depending on your service package, our Phoenix accounting services may include:
• Monthly or quarterly bookkeeping
• Bank and credit-card reconciliations
• Financial-statement preparation
• QuickBooks Online support
• Business income-tax preparation
• Individual income-tax preparation
• Estimated-tax planning
• S corporation reasonable-compensation planning
• Shareholder basis and distribution tracking
• Fixed-asset and depreciation schedules
• Loan reconciliation
• Cash-flow reporting
• Contractor job-cost reporting
• Arizona TPT support
• State and multistate tax compliance
Who Our Phoenix Accounting Services Are For
Our services are designed for established business owners seeking an ongoing relationship with a CPA.
Harper Tax CPA may be a good fit if you:
• Want your bookkeeping and tax preparation coordinated
• Need monthly or quarterly financial statements
• Operate an S corporation or partnership
• Want access to tax guidance throughout the year
• Need help coordinating owner compensation and distributions
• Have Arizona or multistate filing requirements
• Need contractor job-cost or project reporting
• Have outgrown bookkeeping-only services
• Want clean, reliable records before tax season
• Prefer to work remotely with a specialized CPA
We are generally not the best fit for businesses seeking only low-cost transaction categorization or once-a-year bookkeeping.
Phoenix Bookkeeping and Tax Services
Our accounting services are designed to keep your books accurate, tax-ready, and useful for managing your business.
Bookkeeping and Account Reconciliations
We categorize transactions, reconcile bank and credit-card accounts, and review the accounting records for missing, duplicated, unusual, or potentially incorrect activity.
Depending on the engagement, we may also reconcile:
• Business loans
• Lines of credit
• Payroll liabilities
• Sales-tax or TPT liabilities
• Owner contributions and distributions
• Fixed assets
• Credit-card balances
• Payment-processing accounts
The goal is to maintain accurate records throughout the year rather than attempting to correct an entire year shortly before the tax deadline.
Financial Statements
Depending on your package, you will receive monthly or quarterly financial statements.
Reports may include:
• Profit and loss statement
• Balance sheet
• Comparative financial statements
• Cash-flow information
• Customized management reports
• Contractor job-cost reports
Monthly and quarterly reports are generally prepared for management and tax-planning purposes. They do not provide audit, review, compilation, or other assurance unless a separate financial-statement engagement is specifically agreed upon.
Business Tax-Return Preparation
Qualifying packages include preparation of specified federal and state business income-tax returns.
This may include returns for:
• S corporations
• Partnerships
• Single-member LLCs
• Sole proprietorships
• Other qualifying closely held businesses
Additional entities, owners, states, elections, specialized schedules, amended returns, or historical issues may require additional fees.
Owner Tax Planning
Business taxes and owner taxes are closely connected.
We coordinate the business return with the owner’s individual return and assist with relevant matters such as:
• Estimated-tax payments
• S corporation reasonable compensation
• Shareholder distributions
• Basis tracking
• Retirement contributions
• Accountable-plan reimbursements
• Owner health-insurance reporting
• Arizona pass-through entity tax elections
• Multistate tax obligations
Year-Round CPA Support
Accounting and tax questions do not arise only during tax season.
Ongoing clients may contact us throughout the year regarding accounting, tax, and business financial matters covered by their service agreement.
Accounting Services for Phoenix S Corporations
S corporations are a primary focus of Harper Tax CPA.
Operating an S corporation involves more than filing Form 1120-S once a year. Owners must coordinate payroll, reasonable compensation, shareholder distributions, basis reporting, estimated taxes, Arizona filings, and their individual income-tax returns.
Our Phoenix S corporation accounting services may include:
• Monthly or quarterly bookkeeping
• Payroll-report reconciliation
• Reasonable-compensation planning
• Shareholder distribution tracking
• Shareholder basis reporting
• Form 7203 coordination
• Owner health-insurance reporting
• Accountable-plan guidance
• Fixed-asset and depreciation tracking
• Federal Form 1120-S preparation
• Arizona Form 120S preparation
• Individual income-tax preparation
• Estimated-tax planning
• Arizona pass-through entity tax analysis
• Multistate income-tax support
Arizona permits qualifying S corporations and partnerships to elect to pay Arizona income tax at the entity level when the applicable owners consent.
Whether the election is beneficial depends on the owners, income, deductions, other states involved, and the federal tax rules applicable to the year being analyzed.
Our goal is to coordinate the bookkeeping, payroll, business return, owner return, and applicable elections as part of one tax-planning process.
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Accounting for Phoenix Contractors and Trade Businesses
Contractors and trade businesses often require more detailed accounting than other small businesses.
A basic profit and loss statement may show whether the company was profitable overall, but it may not show:
• Which jobs were profitable
• Whether labor and materials were priced correctly
• Whether subcontractor costs were assigned to the correct projects
• Whether customer deposits were recorded properly
• Whether equipment purchases were capitalized
• Whether loan balances agree with lender statements
• Whether Arizona TPT was reported under the correct classification
We work with qualifying:
• General contractors
• Remodelers
• Home builders
• Handyman businesses
• Electricians
• Plumbers
• HVAC contractors
• Roofers
• Painters
• Flooring installers
• Landscapers
• Concrete contractors
• Excavation companies
• Cabinet and finish carpentry businesses
• Other specialty trade contractors
Contractor accounting services may include:
• Contractor-oriented chart-of-accounts setup
• Monthly bookkeeping and reconciliations
• Job-cost tracking
• Materials and subcontractor reporting
• Form 1099 tracking
• Equipment and vehicle accounting
• Fixed-asset schedules
• Loan reconciliation
• Customer-deposit accounting
• Progress-billing support
• Work-in-process reporting when required
• Over-and-under-billing analysis
• Cash-flow forecasting
• S corporation tax planning
• Arizona TPT support
• Business and owner tax-return preparation
Arizona applies specialized TPT rules to construction activities. The appropriate treatment can depend on the type of project, the property involved, the contract, the materials, and the location of the work.
Contractors requiring detailed job costing, WIP schedules, surety reporting, multiple entities, historical cleanup, or extensive project tracking will generally receive customized pricing.
Learn More About CPA Accounting and Tax Services for Phoenix Contractors
Accounting for Phoenix Consultants and Professional-Service Firms
Consultants and professional-service firms may have fewer transactions than contractors, but they still face important accounting and tax decisions.
These may include:
• Whether an S corporation makes financial sense
• How much to pay the owner through payroll
• How to document business expenses
• How to handle owner reimbursements
• When to make estimated-tax payments
• How to coordinate retirement contributions
• Whether services create filing requirements in other states
• Whether an Arizona TPT license is required for a particular activity
Our services for consultants and professional-service businesses may include:
• Monthly or quarterly bookkeeping
• Financial-statement preparation
• S corporation accounting
• Payroll and reasonable-compensation coordination
• Estimated-tax planning
• Retirement-contribution planning
• Business tax-return preparation
• Individual tax-return preparation
• Arizona tax-compliance analysis
• Multistate income-tax support
Arizona TPT does not apply to every business receipt or every service. Licensing and reporting requirements should be evaluated based on the company’s actual business activities.
Arizona Transaction Privilege Tax Support
Arizona’s transaction privilege tax is commonly called a sales tax, but it is technically imposed on vendors for the privilege of conducting certain taxable business activities in the state.
Different activities may fall under different classifications, and the applicable treatment can depend on the city, county, business activity, customer, transaction, and location involved.
Businesses should not automatically assume that:
• Every receipt is subject to TPT
• Every service is exempt from TPT
• All Phoenix-area cities use identical treatment
• Retail and contracting activities are reported the same way
• A contractor’s treatment depends only on its license type
• Registering for TPT resolves all classification questions
Depending on the business and service package, we may assist with:
• Evaluating potential TPT filing requirements
• Reviewing business-activity classifications
• Reconciling taxable receipts to accounting records
• Reviewing reported deductions and exempt sales
• Coordinating TPT information with QuickBooks
• Preparing or reviewing periodic TPT filings
• Identifying inconsistencies between revenue and TPT reporting
• Evaluating contractor project classifications
• Correcting accounting processes affecting TPT reporting
TPT research, registrations, voluntary disclosures, historical corrections, amended returns, audits, and complex contractor classifications may require a separate engagement.
Phoenix Accounting Service Packages
Our accounting packages are based on the size, complexity, and reporting needs of the business.
Pricing may be affected by:
• Monthly transaction volume
• Number of bank and credit-card accounts
• Number of loans and fixed assets
• Number of entities
• Number of owners
• Number of states
• Payroll activity
• TPT accounts and filing frequencies
• Contractor job-cost requirements
• Quality of the existing accounting records
• Business and individual tax-return complexity
Historical cleanup and catch-up bookkeeping are quoted separately.
Quarterly Essentials
Starting at $500 per month for quarterly accounting services
Designed for smaller owner-operated businesses with relatively straightforward accounting activity.
Services may include:
• Quarterly bookkeeping and reconciliations
• Quarterly financial statements
• One qualifying federal business income-tax return
• One qualifying state business income-tax return
• One straightforward individual income-tax return
• Email support throughout the year
This package is generally appropriate for businesses that do not need monthly financial reporting.
Monthly Tax-Ready Accounting
Starting at $850 per month
Designed for straightforward S corporations, partnerships, and established small businesses.
Services may include:
• Monthly bookkeeping and reconciliations
• Monthly financial statements
• One qualifying federal business income-tax return
• One qualifying state business income-tax return
• One straightforward owner individual return
• Annual tax-planning meeting
• Basic shareholder basis and distribution tracking
• Payroll and reasonable-compensation coordination
• Year-round accounting and tax support
This is our primary accounting package for Phoenix-area businesses that want their bookkeeping and tax preparation handled together.
Growth Accounting and Planning
Starting at $1,200 per month
Designed for growing businesses that require more frequent planning and customized reporting.
Services may include:
• Monthly bookkeeping and reconciliations
• Monthly financial statements
• Business and owner tax-return preparation
• Semiannual tax-planning meetings
• Cash-flow review
• Customized management reports
• Fixed-asset and loan reconciliation
• Estimated-tax planning
• S corporation compensation and distribution planning
• Limited Arizona TPT filing support
• Limited multistate tax support
Additional entities, owners, states, TPT accounts, tax returns, or filing frequencies may require additional fees.
Contractor and Advisory Accounting
Designed for contractors and trade businesses needing more detailed accounting, project reporting, and tax support.
Services may include:
• Contractor-oriented chart of accounts
• Monthly bookkeeping and reconciliations
• Job-cost reporting
• Subcontractor and Form 1099 tracking
• Materials and equipment reporting
• Fixed-asset and financing reconciliation
• Arizona TPT support
• Quarterly tax-planning meetings
• Cash-flow forecasting
• Customized management reporting
• Work-in-process support when required
• Business and owner tax-return preparation
Contractors requiring detailed WIP schedules, surety reporting, multiple entities, extensive project tracking, or historical cleanup will receive a customized quote.
The exact services, entities, owners, states, tax returns, and filings included in each package will be identified in the engagement agreement.
Serving Phoenix and the East Valley Remotely
Harper Tax CPA provides accounting and tax services to Phoenix-area businesses through a remote service model.
Our secure systems allow clients to:
• Upload accounting and tax documents
• Provide access to QuickBooks Online
• Communicate with our office
• Attend virtual planning meetings
• Review financial statements
• Sign tax returns electronically
• Access completed documents through a secure portal
Remote service allows Phoenix and East Valley business owners to select a CPA based on expertise, responsiveness, industry knowledge, and service structure rather than proximity to a physical office.
Why Phoenix Business Owners Choose Harper Tax CPA
CPA-Led Accounting
Your accounting and tax services are overseen by a licensed CPA with experience in business taxation, state taxation, multistate compliance, and small-business accounting.
Bookkeeping and Tax Services in One Relationship
Coordinating bookkeeping, business tax preparation, and owner tax planning reduces the risk of important information being missed between unrelated providers.
S Corporation Experience
S corporation taxation is a primary service area, including owner compensation, shareholder distributions, basis reporting, payroll coordination, tax planning, and owner return preparation.
Contractor Accounting Knowledge
We understand the additional accounting issues contractors may encounter involving job costs, subcontractors, materials, equipment, financing, project billing, and Arizona TPT.
Year-Round Tax Awareness
We maintain the accounting records with the business tax return and owner tax situation in mind rather than treating bookkeeping as a separate data-entry service.
Practical Communication
We explain accounting and tax issues in practical terms so business owners can understand their options and make informed decisions.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you have to be located in Phoenix to work with Harper Tax CPA?
No.
Harper Tax CPA works remotely with businesses throughout Phoenix, Mesa, Chandler, Gilbert, Queen Creek, Tempe, Scottsdale, Apache Junction, San Tan Valley, Ahwatukee, and surrounding communities.
Documents, meetings, accounting access, signatures, and completed work can be handled electronically.
Do your accounting packages include tax returns?
Most ongoing accounting packages include specified business and owner income-tax returns.
The exact entities, owners, states, tax forms, elections, and filings included will be listed in the engagement agreement.
Do you specialize in Arizona S corporations?
S corporations are a primary focus of Harper Tax CPA.
We assist Arizona S corporation owners with bookkeeping, reasonable compensation, payroll coordination, shareholder distributions, basis tracking, estimated taxes, Arizona Form 120S, pass-through entity tax planning, and individual income-tax preparation.
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Do you work with Phoenix contractors?
Yes.
We work with qualifying contractors and trade businesses that need tax-ready bookkeeping, job-cost reporting, equipment and loan reconciliation, subcontractor tracking, Arizona TPT support, and business tax preparation.
Can you prepare Arizona TPT returns?
Arizona TPT filing support may be included or added depending on the package, number of locations, business classifications, filing frequency, and quality of the accounting records.
Complex registrations, historical filings, amended returns, contractor classifications, voluntary disclosures, or audit matters may require separate pricing.
Do you provide payroll services?
We generally do not process payroll directly.
We coordinate with established payroll providers and help ensure payroll reports are properly reflected in the accounting records, business tax return, and S corporation planning.
Do you provide bookkeeping-only services?
Our primary service combines bookkeeping with tax preparation and tax planning.
We are generally a better fit for businesses seeking an ongoing CPA relationship than businesses seeking only basic or low-cost transaction categorization.
Can you clean up prior bookkeeping?
Yes, depending on the condition of the records and available documentation.
Historical cleanup, catch-up bookkeeping, payroll corrections, loan reconciliation, and prior-period adjustments are quoted separately from ongoing monthly services.
Can you work with my current bookkeeper?
In some cases, yes.
We may be able to provide tax preparation, planning, review, or higher-level accounting support while an existing bookkeeper handles routine transaction entry.
The arrangement depends on the quality of the records and a clear division of responsibilities.
Can you assist a Phoenix business operating in multiple states?
Yes, depending on the number of states and complexity involved.
A multistate business may have income-tax, payroll, sales-tax, TPT, or business-registration obligations outside Arizona. Additional states and filings may require additional fees.
How much do Phoenix accounting services cost?
Ongoing accounting packages start at $500 per month.
The final fee depends on transaction volume, accounts, entities, owners, payroll, tax returns, states, Arizona TPT requirements, job-cost reporting, and the condition of the accounting records.
National and Specialized Accounting Services
Harper Tax CPA also provides remote accounting and tax services to qualifying businesses throughout the United States.
View Our National Small Business Accounting Services
For more specialized information, visit:
Phoenix S Corporation CPA Services
Phoenix Contractor Accounting and Tax Services
Arizona S Corporation CPA Services
Construction and Trade Contractor CPA Services
Schedule a Phoenix Accounting Consultation
Harper Tax CPA works with Phoenix-area S corporations, contractors, consultants, professional-service firms, and other qualifying owner-operated businesses.
During the initial consultation, we will discuss:
• The type of business you operate
• Your current accounting system
• Monthly transaction volume
• Bank, credit-card, and loan accounts
• Payroll and owner compensation
• Business and individual tax-return needs
• Arizona TPT filing requirements
• State and multistate tax obligations
• Contractor job-cost or reporting needs
• Historical cleanup requirements
• The accounting package that best fits your business
Contact Harper Tax CPA to discuss your bookkeeping, accounting, tax preparation, and year-round planning needs.
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