Startups & New Businesses
Starting a business is hard enough without also becoming an accountant. We handle the books and taxes while you focus on building.
You Don't Know What You Don't Know
You started a business. Maybe you filed an LLC online. Maybe you’re still operating as a sole proprietor and haven’t formalized anything. Either way, you’re focused on getting customers, making sales, and keeping the momentum going. The financial stuff feels like something you can figure out later.
But you’re already making decisions that affect your taxes and your liability. The entity structure you picked. Whether you opened a separate bank account. How you’re tracking what you spend. These decisions have consequences that show up at tax time. Most new business owners don’t realize they’ve been doing something wrong until it costs them money to fix.
Who This Is For
Who This Is For
New LLCs, first-year businesses, and side hustles turning into something bigger. If you launched in the past twelve months or you’re about to take the leap, this is for you.
The Opportunity
The Opportunity
Getting things right in year one prevents expensive problems later. Clean books from the start mean easier tax returns, more deductions captured, and no messy cleanup projects when you finally hire help.
The Decisions That Matter
Entity selection is the first major choice. LLC, S-Corp, sole proprietor? The right answer depends on your income, your expenses, and your plans for the business. What works for your neighbor’s lawn care company might not make sense for your consulting practice. Getting this wrong means either leaving money on the table or creating unnecessary complexity.
Then there’s the accounting system. Some people use QuickBooks. Some use a spreadsheet. Some use a drawer full of receipts. How you track income and expenses in year one determines how hard tax time will be and whether you’re capturing every deduction you’re entitled to claim.
Entity Selection
Entity Selection
We walk through the options based on your situation. LLC provides liability protection. S-Corp election can reduce your self-employment tax once you hit a certain income level. We help you choose the structure that fits where you are and where you’re headed.
System Setup
System Setup
We configure QuickBooks correctly from the start. Chart of accounts, bank connections, expense categories. When the system is built right, tracking your money takes minutes instead of hours and nothing falls through the cracks.
First-Year Mistakes
The biggest surprise for new business owners is quarterly estimated taxes. When you’re an employee, taxes come out of your paycheck automatically. When you run your own business, nobody does that for you. The IRS expects you to pay as you go, four times a year. Miss those payments and you owe penalties on top of what you already owe.
The second issue is poor record-keeping. You buy supplies, pay for software, drive to meet clients. All of that is potentially deductible, but only if you can prove it. When April arrives, most people either scramble to reconstruct the year from bank statements or they give up and claim less than they could have.
Estimated Taxes
Estimated Taxes
We calculate what you should pay each quarter based on your actual income. You won’t get hit with a surprise bill in April. You won’t owe penalties on top of your tax liability.
Deduction Tracking
Deduction Tracking
We set up systems to capture your deductions as they happen. Mileage, home office, supplies, software subscriptions. Everything you’re entitled to, documented correctly so you keep more of what you earn.
Year One Ends Clean
The goal is simple. Your first year closes with clarity. You know what you made, what you spent, and what you owe. Your books are organized and your tax return is accurate. No scrambling. No reconstructing twelve months of transactions the night before the deadline.
Beyond that first filing, you’ve built habits and systems that grow with you. As your revenue increases and your business gets more complex, your bookkeeping is already set up to handle it. You’re not starting from scratch every year. You’re building on a foundation that actually works.
Clean Monthly Books
Clean Monthly Books
We close your books every month. You have financial statements that actually mean something. When you need to make a decision about the business, you have real numbers to look at instead of guessing.
Year-Round Support
Year-Round Support
Questions come up in July, not just April. We’re here when you need to know if something is deductible, whether you should make a purchase before year-end, or how hiring your first employee will affect your taxes.
The Treasure Valley's Tax and Accounting Team
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