EXCEPTIONALLY ACCURATE AND RELIABLE BOOKKEEPING, TAX PREPARATION, AND PAYROLL SERVICES
*BOOKKEEPING FOR BUSINESSES OF
ALL SHAPES AND SIZES
*TAX PREPARATION FOR INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES
Information and Services
I am an experienced and highly-regarded free-lance small business accountant and Enrolled Agent (EA), operating out of Asheville, NC (previously Santa Cruz, CA). I offer remote bookkeeping and payroll services to businesses in a wide variety of industries, as well as tax preparation services to individuals and businesses. I am efficient, organized, detail-oriented, knowledgeable, personable, and timely.
I specialize in Quickbooks Online and am very familiar with many payroll providers, as well as a number of POS systems and other ERP softwares. Over my nearly 10 years in business, I have helped more than 50 individuals and small businesses with their accounting needs! I am also a passionate animal shelter volunteer and make it a point to donate a portion of my net profits every month to compassionate animal shelters and organizations. Ultimately, my mission in all the work I do is to help those in my community to live happier, less stressful lives!
Available Services
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Full-Service Bookkeeping for LLC's, S-Corps, Self-employed individuals, and other business structures using Quickbooks Online
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Quickbooks Online Setup for new or existing businesses
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EDD and Sales Tax account setup and management
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Payroll using Quickbooks Intuit Payroll, ADP, Paychex, Gusto, etc.
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Tax Preparation for individuals and small businesses
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Small business consulting on any issue about which I am experienced and knowledgeable (which include a lot!)
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Budget support
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Task/project management support and systems design
And SO much more!!
Who am I?
After many years of teaching college ESL and Composition, a friend asked me if I would help him organize his books. At the time, all I had to offer was my fierce attention to detail, my love of organization, my detective's eye, and my ability to communicate. Now, many years later, I bring these natural skills -plus professional training, accounting education through UC Davis, and extensive experience- to my work as a small business accountant, tax preparer, and payroll administrator. I am also an Enrolled Agent, authorized to practice before the IRS.
Call me crazy, but I enjoy accounting and tax preparation. It suits my character, utilizes my strengths, offers me a practical way in which to help people, and allows me the flexible lifestyle I enjoy. My clients are all so different from one another, both as individuals and as businesses, and this is another aspect of my job that I appreciate. I am truly passionate about helping entrepreneurial individuals to set up, clean up, and manage the back-end of their businesses. I also enjoy helping individuals meet their tax-filing obligations with accuracy and timeliness. In short, participating in and facilitating the professional and financial independence of those in my community is an honor I take seriously
and feel grateful for every day of my life. Lastly
If my story resonates with you, please feel free to contact me using the form below, or to give me a call at (415)-846-6840. I look forward to learning about your unique needs and seeing if I can be the one to help you move forward!
Testimonials
"Lauren took my small business from a simple, confusing Excel Spreadsheet, to a respectable QuickBooks file. It's a relief to not be flying so low..."
-Matt L., Pioneer Tree Service Inc.
"Lauren has been a dream for our company. We have a complex payroll and she was fast to figure out how to invoice and do the payroll for 7 of our Spa locations with a myriad of employees. She really helped us at tax time too. It has been a life saver."
-Loma A., Spa Sante
"Lauren is reliable , trustworthy and pretty damn good at what she does."
-Sean C., Curry Bros Tree Care
"The most competent, reliable, honest Bookkeeper I have ever hired!"
-Mark D., Good Guy Builders
"Lauren is an intelligent, trustworthy and highly efficient professional who is a joy to work with. She is perfect at delivering accounting services to a small business such as mine and I feel grateful to have found her."
-Alex S., Anti-Money Laundering Specialists, LLC
"Lauren is smart, intuitive, and always 10 steps ahead. She sees things before anyone else does and is able to communicate with anyone on any level with kindness, humor, and accuracy. She has saved my business on more than one occasion, and for this and many other reasons, I wholeheartedly recommend her."
-Lisa C., Burn SF LLC
