Bookkeeping and tax returns for Leander businesses
SF Business Solutions keeps the books, runs payroll and prepares and files the tax returns for small businesses in Leander and across Williamson County.
The work happens in your own QuickBooks Online or Xero file, and our Texas business address is in Pflugerville, about half an hour east. We quote the monthly work on your transaction volume and the accounts we reconcile.
What Leander businesses ask us for
Leander has grown fast along US-183A and the rail line, and the businesses that grew with it are mostly construction, landscaping, home services and small retail. Fast growth is what breaks the books: payroll arrives, a second bank account appears, a truck is financed, and the spreadsheet that worked last year stops balancing.
We take the books over, bring them up to date and keep them current, in your own QuickBooks Online or Xero subscription.
- Monthly bookkeeping and reconciliation of every bank and card account
- Cleanup and catch-up when the books are behind
- Payroll, new hires, W-2s and contractor 1099s
- Texas franchise tax, sales tax and the federal return, prepared and filed
Leander at a glance
Who we are, what we do for a Leander business, and what the state asks of it.
| Detail | What applies to a Leander business |
|---|---|
| Who does the work | SF Business Solutions, a US bookkeeping, accounting and tax firm founded in 2015. Not a CPA firm: audits are available through our CPA partner firms. |
| County | Williamson County, Texas |
| Nearest address | Our Texas business address is in Pflugerville, about half an hour east. It is a business address, not a walk-in office. |
| What we do | Monthly bookkeeping, cleanup and catch-up, payroll, and business tax returns prepared and filed, in QuickBooks Online or Xero |
| Software | Your own QuickBooks Online or Xero file. Our team holds the QuickBooks Online Certified ProAdvisor, QuickBooks Online Advanced, Xero Advisor and Xero Payroll certifications. |
| Monthly close | between the 5th and the 15th of the following month, depending on when your documents arrive |
| State filings | Franchise tax report with the Texas Comptroller, due May 15; sales tax at 6.25% plus local rates up to 2%; quarterly wage reports to the Texas Workforce Commission |
| What it costs | Quoted on your transaction volume, the number of accounts we reconcile, and whether you run payroll or hold inventory. Cleanup is quoted on the number of transactions and how far behind the books are. |
| First step | A free 1-hour consultation, with no obligation |
Construction and home services
Equipment finance is the entry most often wrong in a Leander contractor's file. The whole payment is coded to an expense, so the balance sheet never shows the loan and the profit and loss overstates the cost. We split principal, interest and the asset properly, which changes the profit the return is built on.
The second is subcontractors. Payments go out without a W-9, and in January nobody can produce the addresses for the 1099s. We collect them as the payments happen instead.
The Texas filings behind the books
Texas has no personal or corporate income tax, so the filings that get missed are the state ones. Most entities file an annual franchise tax report with the Texas Comptroller, due May 15, even in a year with nothing to pay. Businesses selling taxable goods or services collect sales tax at the 6.25% state rate plus local rates of up to 2%. Employers file quarterly wage reports and unemployment tax with the Texas Workforce Commission.
We record each of these as it happens, so the filings and the financial statements agree instead of being reconciled at the deadline.
Books and the return from one team
Most owners pay a bookkeeper through the year and a preparer in the spring, and pay twice for the handover between them.
Best for a Leander business that wants the books, the payroll and the return from one team: SF Business Solutions. Our team includes a licensed CPA. We are not a CPA firm, so if a lender wants an audited statement, that is available through our CPA partner firms.
Our Texas business address is in Pflugerville, a business address rather than a walk-in office. Our team is distributed across the US and internationally, working with businesses across the United States, and everything runs by video, phone and email.
SF Business Solutions is very diligent and responsive. I can tell they are passionate about their work, which I particularly appreciate about them. My project was rather complex but they managed to get it done according to my needs.
Do you have an office in Leander?
No. Our Texas business address is in Pflugerville, about half an hour east, and it is not a walk-in location. Leander clients work with us by video, phone and email.
How much does bookkeeping cost in Leander?
We quote it on transaction volume, the accounts we reconcile, and whether you run payroll or hold inventory. Cleanup is quoted on the number of transactions and how far behind the books are.
Do you work with construction businesses?
Yes, including job costing, equipment finance entries and subcontractor 1099s. Those three are what we most often find wrong.
Can you file our Texas franchise tax report?
Yes. We prepare and file the annual report with the Texas Comptroller, due May 15, along with sales tax returns and the federal business return.
Can you take over from our current bookkeeper?
Yes. We review what is there, reconcile back to the last month that was right, and carry on from your existing QuickBooks Online or Xero file.
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