Business Accounting and Tax Services
We handle the financial back office for small businesses and their owners — bookkeeping, payroll, sales tax compliance, and entity consulting — all managed by the same team who files your returns and can represent you before the IRS.
The Back Office Problem Most Small Businesses Are Living With
Running a small business back office through three separate services is how most businesses start: a bookkeeper added early on, a payroll platform set up later, a tax preparer who appears at filing season. Each piece works in its own lane. What they rarely do is communicate. The result is a year-end process built around reconciliation, catch-up work, and getting separate records to agree on what the business actually did financially.
When bookkeeping, payroll, and tax preparation are handled by the same practice, the financial picture stays consistent from the first transaction to the filed return. Decisions made in one area — how owner compensation is structured, how expenses are categorized, how payroll taxes are handled — flow correctly into the return without requiring translation between systems. For small business owners, consistent business financial support across all three functions means working from current information throughout the year, not assembling it at the end.
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What Having a Team That Manages Your Books Actually Means
The business accounting and tax services we provide are handled by an Enrolled Agent, which means the same professional managing your records is also federally authorized to represent you before the IRS. For most businesses, that distinction doesn't feel relevant until it suddenly is. An audit or IRS inquiry is a difficult moment to introduce a new professional who has never seen your records and needs to understand the decisions behind the numbers before they can do anything.
When Joelle manages your bookkeeping and files your returns, she maintains records she may eventually have to defend. That orientation shapes how the work gets done, and it means your business comes to any IRS interaction with organized, consistently prepared records and an enrolled agent who already knows them.
Your Full Financial Back Office, All in One Practice
Bookkeeping and Write-Up That Stays Current All Year
We handle ongoing small business bookkeeping and write-up services, keeping your records organized and accurate throughout the year rather than catching up at filing time. For businesses setting up QuickBooks for the first time, we offer setup and configuration consultation to get your systems built correctly from the start. Clean books maintained consistently are the foundation everything else is built on, and the first record the IRS requests when they have questions.
Payroll Processing With Compliance Built In
We handle payroll processing and reporting for small businesses, including payroll tax filings and the employment-related compliance that comes with them. Our professional background in human resources adds a working knowledge of payroll regulations that most tax practices don't carry. For business owners, that means payroll services are handled by someone who understands the compliance obligations in full, not just the numbers side.
Sales Tax Compliance
Sales tax compliance has grown increasingly complex for businesses operating across multiple locations or selling through online channels. We handle sales tax filing and reporting so the obligation is met accurately and on time, without the business owner tracking rate changes and nexus rules across jurisdictions.
Entity Selection
Choosing the right business structure has direct tax consequences that compound over time. We work with business owners at the formation stage and at transition points, when growth or a change in circumstances makes the original structure worth revisiting. The goal is an entity that fits the business's current position and the owner's long-term tax picture.
What accounting services does a small business actually need?
The core services most small businesses need are bookkeeping, payroll, and tax preparation, along with some form of planning as the business grows and tax obligations increase. How those are structured depends on the size and complexity of the operation, but the most common issue is running them through separate providers who don't coordinate with each other. Having all three managed by the same practice eliminates most of the friction and the year-end reconciliation work that tends to come with it.
What are the benefits of all-in-one tax and accounting services for small business owners?
When bookkeeping, payroll, and tax preparation are managed together, the financial information stays consistent throughout the year. Decisions made in one area flow correctly into the others without requiring reconciliation between separate systems. For small business owners, the practical result is less time managing the coordination between providers and more time working from financial information that's actually current.
Thomas Tax Solutions is a Wilmington, NC tax professional practice providing business accounting and tax services, bookkeeping, payroll, and IRS representation for small businesses and their owners. Joelle Thomas, Enrolled Agent, is an active member of the American Society of Tax Problem Solvers, the National Association of Enrolled Agents, and the National Association of Tax Professionals, and is currently pursuing the Certified Tax Resolution Specialist designation. Learn more about our credentials and approach on our About page.