Since 2011
Your numbers, kept straight and explained in plain English
We look after the books, payroll and tax for about eighty small businesses in Monroe County, on a fixed monthly fee you agree before we start, and you get a partner’s direct line.
- Two CPA partners
- Fixed monthly fees, from $250
- On Monroe Avenue since 2011
1900 Monroe Avenue, Suite 2, Brighton, NY 14618 Get directions
What we look after
Take one thing off your desk, or all of it.
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Bookkeeping
Three months behind and dreading it? Monthly reconciliations and books you can read, in QuickBooks or Xero.
From $250 a month
Not included: catch-up for months already behind, quoted once before we start
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Payroll
Run on time, filed on time, with every notice from the state handled by us.
From $95 a month
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Business tax
Federal and New York returns for LLCs, S-corps and partnerships, planned in the fall rather than discovered in April.
From $450 a month, with the books
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Personal tax
For owners, landlords and anyone whose return has stopped being simple.
From $350 a return
Not included: amended returns for earlier years, quoted on their own
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New business set-up
Entity choice, EIN, sales tax registration and a bookkeeping system that won’t need replacing in a year.
$600, once
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Advisory
Cash-flow forecasts, pricing, buying or selling a business: the conversations before the big decisions.
A fixed fee, quoted first
How it starts
No obligation until you sign the quote.
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A free first meeting
An hour, in person or by video, about where the business is and what’s getting in the way.
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A fixed quote, within three working days
One page: what we’ll do each month and what it costs. No hourly billing.
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Documents through the portal
A link to our secure client portal comes with the quote, or use the drop box by the office door. Never the contact form or email.
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Your first summary
Within six weeks, and by the fourth of every month after that.
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Review, then sign
Every return comes to you as a draft. Nothing is filed until you’ve read it and signed the e-file form.
Licensed and certified
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Certified Public Accountants
Both partners, licensed through the NYS Education Department’s Office of the Professions
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IRS authorized e-file provider
Federal and state returns filed electronically
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QuickBooks ProAdvisors
Certified in QuickBooks Online and Desktop, and Xero certified advisors
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New York State Society of CPAs
Both partners, members since 2011
Fees and software
Paying your fee
- ACH from your bank account, set up once for the monthly fee
- Visa, Mastercard and Amex, through the invoice link
- Checks, payable to Harrow & Finch Accounting
Software we work in
- QuickBooks Online and Desktop
- Xero
- Gusto and ADP for payroll
We never charge a percentage of a refund.
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2011
opened on Monroe Avenue in Brighton
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About 80
small businesses on a monthly fee
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1 day
for a partner’s reply, on working days
Dates to keep
The federal and New York deadlines our clients ask about most.
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Corporate estimated tax
The fourth payment for calendar-year corporations.
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Fourth-quarter estimated payment
For anyone who pays tax quarterly.
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W-2s and 1099s out
We send them for our payroll clients by this date.
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S corporation and partnership returns
Or an extension. Your draft comes to you by March 1.
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Personal returns due
Federal and New York, or an extension, and the first estimated payment of the year.
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Second-quarter estimated payment
For anyone who pays tax quarterly.
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Extended business returns due
S corporations and partnerships, and the third estimated payment.
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Extended returns due
Personal and corporate returns that went on extension in the spring.
Start with an hour
Book a free first meeting. If we’re not the right fit, we’ll say so, and tell you who might be.