An accountant for Santa Monica, without the guesswork.
Bookkeeping, tax preparation, and business formation for Santa Monica founders, agencies, and professional practices — published rates, one accountable team.
Request a consultation →Santa Monica runs on small technology companies, creative agencies, medical and legal practices, and landlords holding rent-controlled property. Each of those has a different set of accounting traps, and we handle all of them from our Wilshire Boulevard office, twenty minutes east.
Work is done by the same team every month — no seasonal staffing, no handoff to a preparer you have never met. Books are reconciled monthly, returns are prepared in-house, and you keep one point of contact through the year.
Meetings can happen in Santa Monica, at our Beverly Hills office, or entirely by video and secure upload. Most clients never need to drive.
What the engagement covers
- Bookkeeping — $100/hour
Operating, payroll, merchant, and card accounts reconciled every month, with reports before the tenth. Book cleanup, catch-up work, and one-time projects at the same rate.
- Personal tax return — $500
Federal Form 1040 and one California return, with W-2 income, standard or itemized deductions, and basic 1099s. Schedule C, rentals, K-1s, and extra states priced as add-ons.
- Business tax return — from $1,500
S corporations from $1,500; partnerships and LLCs with K-1s from $3,000, with the California minimum-tax and LLC-fee traps handled correctly.
- Business formation — $500
Entity selection, filings, EIN, and the Statement of Information — done in the right order.
- Consultation — $150/hour
Quarterly planning, notice response, and an accountant who answers the telephone.
Do you meet clients in Santa Monica?
Yes — we meet on the Westside by appointment, and most clients work with us remotely through secure document exchange and scheduled video reviews.
What does an accountant cost in Santa Monica?
Our rates are published and identical everywhere we work: bookkeeping $100/hour, personal returns $500, business returns from $1,500, formations $500, consultations $150/hour.
Do you handle Santa Monica business license and city tax filings?
Yes. Santa Monica levies its own business license tax with gross-receipts classifications, and we prepare and track those filings alongside your state and federal work.
Can you take over books that are behind?
Catch-up work is a large part of the practice. We reconstruct prior periods, reconcile every account, and hand back a filing-ready set.
Rates are published. Consultations are complimentary.
Bookkeeping $100/hour · Personal tax return $500 · Business tax return from $1,500 · Partnerships and LLCs with K-1s from $3,000 · Payroll $500/month flat, no setup fee · Business formation $500 · Consultation $150/hour. See the full rate card or read about the firm.