Business & Personal Tax
Flat-fee preparation for businesses and their owners, built on year-round planning instead of an April surprise.
Tax preparation at Hartwell & Rowe starts in the fall, not the spring. Every business client gets a Q4 planning session where we project the year's liability while there's still time to do something about it — equipment timing, retirement contributions, entity elections, owner compensation. By the time we file, the return is a formality, not a reveal.
We prepare federal and state returns for S corporations, partnerships, C corporations, and the owners behind them. Business and personal returns are handled together, because they are together: the S-corp salary decision, the pass-through deduction, and your personal bracket are one problem, not three.
Pricing is flat and quoted in writing before we begin. If your situation gets more complicated mid-year — a new state, a property sale, an equity grant — we re-quote before doing the work, never after.
- Q4 tax projection and planning session included
- S-corp, partnership, C-corp, and individual returns
- Multi-state filing
- Reasonable-compensation analysis for S-corp owners
- Flat fees quoted in writing up front
- Audit support included for returns we prepare
Business & Personal Tax FAQs
What does flat-fee pricing typically look like?
Most S-corp businesses with an owner return fall in the $2,500–$4,500 per year range depending on complexity, including the Q4 planning session. You'll get an exact written quote after a review of your prior returns — free, at the initial consultation.
Can you fix problems from prior years?
Yes. Amended returns, late elections, and penalty abatement requests are routine work for us. Bring your last three years of returns to the consultation and we'll flag anything worth reopening — occasionally that review alone pays for the engagement.
Stop Guessing at Your Numbers
Book a free 30-minute consultation. We'll review your current setup and tell you plainly what's working, what isn't, and what it would cost to fix.