Accounting & Tax for Newhall and Old Town’s Main Street, Santa Clarita
The restaurant with cash and card tips, the boutique selling on consignment, the crew member with W-2s from several productions, the landlord with an older fourplex, the family market — books, tipped payroll, sales tax returns and the return for Newhall and Old Town, for one flat fee in writing.
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Based in Santa Clarita · Working in Newhall
We’re based in Santa Clarita, so Newhall is about ten minutes away, down Lyons Avenue. Most of the work runs through our secure portal. And when the books live at the restaurant or the shop, we come there.
Typical situations
Do you work with a Main Street business like mine in Newhall?
Yes. The calls we get from Newhall tend to sound like these.
The restaurant on Main Street on a SENSES night
A crew of six, card and cash tips, a register that runs hot on block-party nights. What goes wrong is this: tips never run through payroll as wages, and a block-party night’s cash never reaches the deposit. We run tipped payroll, reconcile the register and the card payouts to the bank every month, file the sales tax returns from the books, and prepare the return. Books and payroll are one flat monthly fee; the business return starts at $850. See how tipped payroll is set up and priced.
The Old Town boutique that sells on consignment
Local artists’ pieces sold on consignment, the shop’s own stock, and a Square 1099-K — the processor’s form reporting the gross of every card sale. Most often, the 1099-K gross gets reported as the shop’s sales when part of it belongs to the artists. Sales tax gets filed on the shop’s commission only, but the shop, as the seller, owes it on the full price. We separate the consignment payouts in the books, reconcile the 1099-K, and file the sales tax returns on the full price. The self-employed return starts at $650.
The camera assistant who lives in Happy Valley
W-2s from several production payroll companies, 1099s for side jobs, union dues, and gear bought in cash. Usually nothing is set aside on the 1099 side, where no tax is withheld, so April brings a balance — and the gear never goes on a depreciation schedule, the year-by-year write-off for equipment. We set the quarterly estimates, put the gear on the schedule, and file. An individual return starts at $350 when it’s all W-2s; self-employed starts at $650 once the 1099 side is real.
The landlord with an older fourplex off Lyons Avenue
Schedule E — the rental page of the tax return — for the building, a depreciation schedule, a new roof and a repiped unit. The usual miss: depreciation never set up — the IRS treats it as taken anyway when the building sells, under the “allowed or allowable” rule — and the new roof written off as a repair when it’s an improvement that has to be depreciated over years. We build the schedule, split repairs from improvements, and plan the sale year. Read what the sale of a rental costs in tax.
The two-generation family market on Lyons Avenue
The parents drawing from the business, the kids working the counter and paid in cash, the handover never planned. What we usually find is the kids off payroll — wages paid to your children for real work are deductible and belong on payroll, not in the register — and the entity — sole proprietor, LLC or S-corp — never revisited before the handover. We put the family on W-2 payroll, keep owner draws and salary straight, and plan the handover with you. Se habla español. The business return starts at $850, the owner’s personal return included.
The salon-suite renter on Newhall Avenue
Booth rent, a 1099-NEC and a 1099-K, and products sold at the chair. Two things tend to be missing: quarterly estimates, and a seller’s permit — the state permit for collecting sales tax — for the product sales. The services aren’t taxed, the products are. We set the estimates, get the permit and the sales tax returns in place, and keep the books. The self-employed return starts at $650. Read how quarterly estimates work the first time.
What we check
What do you check for a Newhall restaurant or shop?
Before a Newhall return goes out, we check the same seven things: tips and cash against the bank, the 1099-K against real sales, sales tax on products and consignment, estimates for every 1099 earner in the household, depreciation on the gear and the building, family payroll against owner draws, and whether the entity still fits.
- Register totals, cash and card payouts against bank deposits, tips run through payroll as wages
- The 1099-K gross against real sales, with consignment payouts and processing fees separated
- The sales tax return against the books — products and consignment taxed, services not
- Quarterly estimates for crew members, booth renters and anyone with a 1099
- Gear, a new roof and a repiped unit on the right depreciation schedule, repairs split from improvements
- The kids and the parents on payroll, owner draws kept separate from salary
- The entity — sole proprietor, LLC or S-corp — re-modeled on this year’s profit
See how the monthly bookkeeping runs and how we prepare the return.
Pricing
How much does an accountant cost in Newhall in 2026?
Individual returns start at $350, self-employed at $650 and business returns at $850 with the owner’s personal return included; bookkeeping and payroll are a flat monthly fee, and every fee is quoted in writing before we start. What moves a quote above the floor here: a crew with tips, cash volume, consignment, sales tax filings, and how far behind the books are.
Individual return
from $350
- A crew member’s W-2s from several productions
- A Newhall household’s W-2s, interest and dividends
- Itemized or standard deduction
- The prior-year comparison
Self-employed
from $650
- Everything in Individual
- Schedule C for a boutique, a booth renter or a 1099 side career, or Schedule E for one rental
- Quarterly estimates from real numbers
- The gear and vehicle review
Business
from $850
- The S-corp or partnership return for a Main Street restaurant or a family market
- The owner’s personal return included
- A books review before filing
- Year-round question access
Bookkeeping and payroll are a flat monthly fee based on your volume, and larger jobs get a written quote before we start. The quote is the price.
How it works
What happens after you book?
A free 15-minute call ends with one price for your situation, and the work starts from there.
The call
About six questions: what you sell, who you pay and how, tips and cash, consignment, sales tax, and how far behind the books are.
Send the documents
Through the secure portal, or we come by the restaurant on Main Street or the shop on Lyons Avenue.
We do the work
The books and payroll or the return, prepared in-house — tips, the 1099-K, the consignment split, the crew’s estimates — and reviewed with you.
You sign off
Nothing is filed until you’ve approved it; if April gets tight, an extension is free.
We stay reachable
Whoever kept the books in March answers the question in July and the letter in September.
Communication
You’ll know where the books, the payroll and the return stand.
The person who picks up is on the same small team that keeps the books, runs the payroll and prepares the return. Every stage gets a status: received, in preparation, ready for review, filed.
The same-day rule
Call or email during business hours and you’ll hear back the same day, all twelve months.
In person in Old Town Newhall
At the restaurant after the lunch rush or the shop on Lyons — or fully remote, your choice. See how on-site visits work.
If an IRS or FTB letter shows up
Our team is admitted to practice before the IRS — forward the letter and we handle it: how we handle IRS letters.
The N&T Tax & Advisory Group team
We’re a small Santa Clarita team covering bookkeeping, payroll, tax preparation and planning, and IRS representation. For Newhall that mostly means restaurants and shops, family businesses, production crews and landlords — and we’re reachable all year.
Bookkeeping & payroll · Tax preparation & planning · IRS representation · Direct line: (661) 554-4495
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Where we work
Are you actually in Newhall, or is this remote?
We’re based in Santa Clarita, about ten minutes away, and we work both ways — through the secure portal, or in person at the restaurant or the shop through our on-site service. See every community we serve and, across the valley, our Valencia page.
Worth reading
What can you read before you call?
Three reads for the situations above: restaurant payroll with tips, putting family on the payroll, and quarterly estimates the first time.
FAQ
What do Newhall owners ask before booking?
Do you work with restaurants and shops in Old Town Newhall?
Yes. Restaurants, bars, boutiques and family shops are most of what we do in Old Town — tipped payroll, the register reconciled to the bank, sales tax returns filed from the books, and the return prepared from the same numbers.
Our Main Street restaurant runs on tips and cash. Can you keep the books and run payroll?
Yes. Tips go through payroll as wages, the register and the card payouts are reconciled to the bank every month, and the sales tax returns are filed from those books. A SENSES night’s cash gets counted against the deposit like any other night.
We sell on consignment. How does that work on the sales tax and the income tax?
On the sales tax return the shop, as the seller, owes tax on the full price of a consigned piece, not just its commission. On the income tax return only the commission is the shop’s income, so we separate the artists’ payouts in the books and reconcile the Square 1099-K to real sales.
I work on productions and live in Newhall. Do I need to pay quarterly estimates?
If part of your income comes on 1099s, yes — nothing is withheld on it, so we set quarterly estimates from your real numbers. Your W-2s from the production payroll companies are handled through withholding, and gear bought for the job goes on a depreciation schedule.
Are you actually in Newhall?
We’re in Santa Clarita, about ten minutes away. The portal carries the paperwork. The on-site visit happens at the restaurant after the lunch rush, or at the shop when the books live there.
How much does it cost for a Newhall business?
The business return starts at $850 with the owner’s personal return included; self-employed starts at $650 and an individual return at $350. Bookkeeping and payroll are a flat monthly fee set by the crew, tips and cash, consignment and sales tax filings — you hear the exact number on the call.
Can we put our kids on the payroll at the family market?
Yes, for real work at a real wage — the wages are deductible to the business and belong on W-2 payroll, not in the register. We set the kids up on payroll alongside the parents and keep owner draws separate from salary.
I rent a salon suite on Newhall Avenue. Do I need a seller’s permit for the products I sell?
Yes — the services you provide aren’t taxed, but the products you sell at the chair are, so you need the permit and the sales tax returns. We get both in place, set your quarterly estimates on the 1099 income, and keep the books.
Ready to get the Main Street books and taxes handled?
One free 15-minute call, and you leave knowing what we’d handle for the restaurant or the shop and what it costs — whether or not you hire us.
Rather talk now? Call (661) 554-4495 — you’ll hear back the same day.
Our team of federally licensed tax practitioners is admitted to practice before the Internal Revenue Service. This page is general information, not tax or accounting advice for your specific situation.