How much are you paying for a CPA and what all are they doing

I have been using ATBS for the last 5 years. At the end of the month, I send them all my reciepts and they send me a monthly statement. Every quater they tell me how much to pay, and at the end of the year they file for me.

$70 a month

I've been thinking about going with a local CPA tho here for 2012...time will tell.

 

I still do it with a ledger book and fresh out out of school kid CPA who is more than happy to take a dinosaurs greenbacks and box of reciepts

 

I use a lady in Northglenn,Co.
She does all my payroll and accounting services for me.
The charge is 191.00 a month.
But that covers sending in my tax money and S.S. payments as well.
I've had her for 5 years now and am very happy with her services.
Just stuff the reciepts into the letter pak and send it off to her.
She sends me my profit/loss statements everything via email
You need her name and number send me a pm.

 

Wow, what some people are shelling out per month or year!

 

Well for her to run my payroll and filing all my reports and such, I'm very happy with my book keepers service.
Yes I could do it myself, but I'm a better trucker driver than booker keeper and tax person..

 

I pay 425.00 for the year and the old guy I use (81 yrs) has forgotten more then we will probably ever know about taxes.

 

I get mine done and my accountant makes me sleep with her.....

 

$500/yr...I put everything into an excel spreadsheet and code it. I send it off and he lets me know what I owe quarterly

 

Do you have a blank copy of that spreadsheet? I have seen a few, but it seems some have way more then needed and others don't have enough. Been trying to put 1 together for some of my drivers. The more info I can find, the better template I can come up with for these guys. They all run 4 wheels and local, but some of them (about 1/2) just don't understand why they always run out of money and end up owing a bunch of taxes at the end of the year.

 

My accountant is really cheap. Sometimes gets mine done early and sometimes late.