Insights

Tax and bookkeeping, explained plainly

Answers to the questions Chicago business owners ask us most, written without the jargon.

Job costing for Lincolnwood contractors

Deposits, retainage and crew classification for contractors and trades along the Touhy and Lincoln corridors.

Home rule sales tax, S corporation pay and practice payroll for medical, dental and legal offices in Skokie.

Repairs against improvements, owner-occupied splits and Form 990 filings for Rogers Park landlords and nonprofits.

Cash-heavy retail, family payroll and inventory records for the shops on and around Devon Avenue in West Ridge.

The lease transaction tax, the amusement tax and the other Chicago obligations missing from a federal return.

What Chicago small businesses actually pay for monthly bookkeeping, and what moves the number.

The first conversation is free. We read three months of statements, quote a flat figure and hold it. We reply the same working day.