Resources

Plain-English guides
from the partners.

Checklists, guides and worksheets for the deadlines and decisions our clients ask about most.

Resources

Guides, checklists and worksheets

Written by the partners for clients in New York and New Jersey. Search, or pick a topic.

8 resources

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Checklist Tax

Tax-season document checklist

Every form to gather before your return, sorted by who sends it: employers, banks, brokers and your own records.

Get the checklist PDF, 2 pages
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Guide Payroll

Payroll setup guide for your first employee

What to register, what to withhold and which forms go out each quarter once you put someone on payroll.

Read the guide PDF, 9 pages
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Guide Bookkeeping

Year-end close guide

The reconciliations, accruals and review steps that turn twelve months of books into numbers you can file from.

Read the guide PDF, 12 pages
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Worksheet Business setup

Choosing an entity: LLC, S corp or C corp

A worksheet that compares tax, payroll and paperwork for each structure, using your own expected profit.

Get the worksheet Spreadsheet
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Guide Payroll

Working with contractors: the 1099 guide

When someone is a contractor, which details to collect before you pay them, and how to file the 1099-NEC each January.

Read the guide PDF, 6 pages
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Guide Nonprofits

Form 990 primer for nonprofits

Which version of the 990 your organization files, what the board should review, and the dates that apply.

Read the primer PDF, 8 pages
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Worksheet Tax

Estimated tax payments worksheet

Work out your quarterly federal and state payments and keep a record of what you paid and when.

Get the worksheet Spreadsheet
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Checklist Bookkeeping

Record-retention schedule

How long to keep tax returns, receipts, payroll records and bank statements, and what you can shred.

Get the schedule PDF, 1 page
Questions

Questions clients ask

Search, or browse by topic. Anything else goes to your partner at the consultation.

Fees & billing

4 questions

How we price the work and when we bill it.

Working with us

4 questions

Who you deal with, and how quickly they reply.

Tax & deadlines

4 questions

Extensions, estimated payments and letters from the IRS.

Portal & security

4 questions

Where your documents live and who can open them.

Bring last year's return. We'll take it from there.

A free hour with a partner. You leave with a written scope and a fixed fee.