Accounting for San Fernando's Family Businesses
San Fernando runs on family businesses — the restaurants and retail on the Mall, the auto shops on Maclay Avenue, the trades and small offices across its own two square miles. We're a federally licensed firm that does the real work: bookkeeping, payroll, taxes, and IRS representation — a step up from the once-a-year storefront preparer, fifteen minutes down the I-5. Flat fees, same-day response.
Book a free consultation
15 minutes, no obligation. Tell us about your San Fernando business and we'll tell you the flat price for your situation — and we respond the same business day.
Based in Santa Clarita · Fifteen minutes to San Fernando
San Fernando is its own city — not part of Los Angeles — with its own city hall, its own business-license rules, and a merchant community around the Mall and Maclay Avenue that's the heart of the place. We work with those businesses: restaurants, auto and body shops, retail, contractors, and the family S-corps that have outgrown a storefront preparer. Fifteen minutes straight down the I-5 means we can sit down with you in person when that's easier — and you'll hear back the same day, whether it's February or July. We work with English- and Spanish-speaking owners alike; se habla español. For the restaurant with a shoebox, we also do the bookkeeping on-site at your business, sorting it where it sits.
What we do
A real accounting firm for a real business town
A lot of San Fernando's businesses have only ever had a once-a-year tax preparer — someone who files a return and disappears until next spring. We're built differently: a federally licensed firm that keeps the books, runs the payroll, plans ahead, and can stand between you and the IRS. Same team, all year.
For family businesses
The work a storefront preparer never did.
- Real bookkeeping, not a shoebox at tax time
- Payroll for your staff, filed and paid
- Sales tax for restaurants and retail
- The S-corp question once your profit is there
- IRS and FTB representation if a letter shows up
The upgrade from storefront prep
Licensed, year-round, and actually on your side.
- A federally licensed firm that can represent you
- Cleanup for books a preparer never kept
- Quarterly estimates so April isn't a shock
- Planning ahead, not just filing behind
- San Fernando business-license filings, done right
The businesses we see most in San Fernando
A lot of our work looks like this: a Maclay Avenue restaurant whose books live in a shoebox. An auto shop that's grown past what a storefront preparer can handle. A family retail business ready to become an S-corp. An owner who got an IRS letter and doesn't know where to turn. If that sounds familiar, this is exactly what we do.
Why people stay
What you can expect
The same-day rule
Call or email during business hours and you'll hear back the same day. That is how we run the firm.
Federally licensed, so we can represent you
Our team is admitted to practice before the IRS. If a letter shows up, you forward it to us and we handle it — something a storefront preparer simply can't do for you.
Close, right down the I-5
We're fifteen minutes away, so when it's easier to meet in person than trade emails, we can. You get a real firm without leaving the neighborhood behind.
Communication
You'll always know where your business stands.
The problem with a once-a-year preparer isn't only what they don't do — it's the silence in between. A question in June goes unanswered; a letter sits because no one will call the IRS for you. We run on the opposite rule. Specifically:
- — Every call and email answered the same business day, all twelve months
- — A monthly close you can count on — reconciled books, P&L, and balance sheet
- — We handle the IRS and FTB for you, not just the once-a-year return
- — A direct line to the person handling your account — not a queue
It sounds basic. It's also what clients mention most in our reviews.
The N&T Tax & Advisory Group team
We're a small Santa Clarita team — bookkeeping, payroll, tax planning, and IRS representation specialists, admitted to practice before the IRS. People rarely leave an accountant over the numbers; they leave over the silence. Our rule: you always know where you stand, in March and in October alike.
Bookkeeping & payroll · Tax planning · IRS representation · Direct line: (661) 554-4495
How it works
What happens after you book
Book a consult
15 minutes by phone. You get a firm price for your situation, not an estimate.
Send documents
Secure portal, or we meet in San Fernando. We send a checklist.
We do the work
Cleanup, books, payroll, or the return — prepared in-house and reviewed with you.
You approve
Nothing is filed until you've seen it and signed off.
We stay reachable
A question in July, an IRS letter in September — same team, same number.
Pricing
How much does an accountant cost in San Fernando in 2026?
The storefronts charge by the form and won't publish a price. We do — individual returns from $350, self-employed from $650, and business returns from $850, with bookkeeping and payroll quoted as a flat monthly fee. You get the exact number in writing before we start.
Individual return
$350
- Federal + California e-file
- W-2, interest, dividends
- Standard or itemized
- Prior-year comparison review
Self-employed
$650
- Everything in Individual
- Schedule C or E (one business or rental)
- Quarterly estimate calculations
- Deduction review for your trade
Business
from $850
- S-corp, partnership, or C-corp return
- Owner's personal return included
- Basic books review before filing
- Year-round question access
Bookkeeping and payroll are a flat monthly fee based on your volume, and a cleanup or bigger job gets a written quote before we start. The quote is the price.
Reviews
Rated 5.0 on Google
★★★★★ Twelve reviews, every one five stars, every one verifiable. Read all of them on Google →
"I came to this company with previous tax years and bookkeeping that were done incorrectly. They're very knowledgeable about what they do and help me get everything in order at a very reasonable price."
Sayra A. — via Google
"Working with Alex was straightforward. I hadn't looked at my books all year, but he made my life easy and handled the whole profit and loss at the end of the year so I could get my taxes done."
Levon B. — via Google
"Alex helped me resolve a complicated tax situation that had been causing me a lot of stress. He was extremely knowledgeable, responsive, and efficient throughout the entire process."
Kevin B. — via Google
What we handle
Where San Fernando owners start with us
The restaurant with a shoebox
Great food, no books. We build a clean set from the receipts and statements, get sales tax and payroll running right, and set up a monthly rhythm so tax time stops being a scramble.
The shop that outgrew storefront prep
The business grew and the once-a-year preparer can't keep up. We take over the books and payroll, model whether an S-corp now saves you money, and set it up properly if it does.
The IRS letter no one opened
A notice has been sitting on the counter because the preparer won't deal with it. Forward it to us — our team is admitted to practice before the IRS, so we read it, answer it, and handle them for you.
Worth reading
Our services, and the Santa Clarita hub
Where we work in San Fernando
Across the city and right down the I-5
From the Mall to Maclay Avenue to the industrial pockets off Truman Street — if you're in the city of San Fernando, we're fifteen minutes away. We also serve Sylmar, Mission Hills, and the rest of the north valley and Santa Clarita.
FAQ
Questions San Fernando owners ask
What makes you different from the tax shops on Maclay Avenue?
We're a federally licensed firm — our team is admitted to practice before the IRS — so we do more than file a return once a year. We keep your books, run payroll, plan ahead, and can actually represent you if the IRS or FTB sends a letter. Many storefront preparers can't do any of that.
San Fernando is its own city, not LA. Do you know the business-license rules?
Yes — San Fernando is an independent city with its own business-license and tax rules, separate from the City of Los Angeles gross-receipts system. We handle the filings for where your business actually sits, so you're not missing or paying the wrong city's requirements.
My family business has outgrown a storefront preparer. Where do we start?
Usually with a cleanup and a real set of books, then the S-corp question once the profit is there. We get the bookkeeping straight, set up payroll properly, and put you on a quarterly-estimate footing — the things a once-a-year preparer never set up.
Do you handle restaurants and auto shops?
Yes — restaurants, retail, and auto and body shops around the Mall and Maclay Avenue are a natural fit. Bookkeeping, sales tax, payroll, and the return, handled together, plus a cleanup if the books got behind.
How much does it cost?
Tax preparation is flat-fee — individual returns from $350, self-employed from $650, and business returns from $850. Bookkeeping and payroll are a flat monthly fee based on your volume. You get the exact price in writing before we start.
You're in Santa Clarita — is that far?
San Fernando is about fifteen minutes straight down the I-5 from us, so we're close. Most work runs remotely through our secure portal, but we can meet in person when it helps, and we answer the same business day.
Let's talk about your San Fernando business.
One free 15-minute call. You'll leave with a firm price and a straight answer, whether or not you hire us.
Rather talk now? Call (661) 554-4495 — reach us during business hours and 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.