Services
Small Business Accounting in Los Angeles
Year-round accounting built for Los Angeles businesses of every size. We expertly handle payroll, sales and use tax, financial reporting, and the monthly rhythm that keeps a business audit-ready and growth-ready. Includes support for medical practices, restaurants, and e-commerce sellers with industry-specific reporting needs.
Who Is This For
Established businesses that need the numbers to mean something, not just to exist.
- Companies with employees and a payroll to run
- Businesses collecting sales tax or facing use-tax exposure
- Medical and dental practices with insurance and payer reporting
- Restaurants, with tips, inventory and tight margins
- E-commerce sellers with multi-channel and multi-state activity
- Architecture firms with project-based billing and tight timelines
- Entertainment, events and hospitality businesses with variable schedules and vendor payments
- Wellness and holistic businesses with membership and package-based billing
- Creatives and independent professionals with irregular income and project-based work
- Owners who need financial statements a lender or investor will accept
Wondering what this looks like for your business specifically? Michelle will walk through it with you.
What's Included
The Monthly Rhythm
- Financial reporting: profit and loss, balance sheet, cash flow
- Month-end close you can rely on
- Accounts payable and receivable tracking
- Cash-flow visibility ahead of decisions, not after them
Payroll and Compliance
- Payroll processing and the associated filings
- Sales and use tax registration and returns
- Los Angeles business license tax registration and annual renewal
- California FTB, EDD and CDTFA obligations
Industry Support
- Medical and dental practices
- Restaurants and food service
- E-commerce and multi-channel sellers
- Professional services and trades
- Retail and specialty shops
- Real estate and property management
- Architecture firms
- Entertainment, events and hospitality
- Wellness and holistic businesses
- Creatives and independent professionals
City business tax sits outside what most people think of as tax season, which is exactly why it gets missed. It is handled as part of ongoing accounting work.
Reporting Built Around Your Industry
From medical practices to restaurants to online shops, the reporting changes by industry. The rhythm doesn't.
- Medical and dental practices, with insurance and payer reporting
- Restaurants, with tips, inventory and tight margins
- E-commerce sellers, with multi-channel and multi-state activity
Credentials
Why an Enrolled Agent Matters Here
Accounting and tax are the same conversation for a business owner, and splitting them across two providers is where things fall through. When the person keeping your books is also federally licensed to represent you before the IRS, issues get caught during the year instead of surfacing the following April, and there is no handover when they do.
Oak Roots does not perform financial statement audits. If you need an audited statement, that requires a CPA, and Michelle will tell you so rather than take the work.
Related services
The other ways Oak Roots can help
Frequently asked questions
Common Questions
Yes, payroll processing and the associated filings are included in ongoing accounting work for business clients.
Yes. Businesses operating in the City of Los Angeles generally need to register with the Office of Finance and file an annual business tax renewal. Oak Roots handles this alongside the federal and state side.
Most likely. Oak Roots supports medical and dental practices, restaurants, e-commerce sellers, professional services and trades, retail shops, real estate and property management, architecture firms, entertainment and hospitality businesses, wellness and holistic practices, and creatives and independent professionals. If your situation needs something outside that experience, Michelle will say so up front.
Yes, and it is usually more efficient that way. When the person preparing your return already knows your books, there is no handover, and issues get spotted during the year instead of the following April.
Ongoing accounting is usually an hourly rate or a monthly arrangement depending on volume, and project work is a flat fee. Either way you get the number in writing before work begins.
Not necessarily. Oak Roots works in QuickBooks and can take over an existing file. If a change would genuinely help, you will hear the reasoning rather than just the recommendation.
Let's Talk Today!
Ready to take accounting off your to-do list? Tell us what you need help with, and we'll work out the right next step together.
michelle@oakrootsaccounting.com