Melissa Fong, CPA, provides virtual strategic tax planning, advisory services and tax preparation for individuals, business owners, high-income professionals, trusts, and estates. Our firm specializes in complex tax matters, including business and individual tax planning, real estate taxation, 1031 exchanges, trust and estate taxation, IRS representation, retirement planning, equity compensation (RSUs, ISOs, NSOs, ESPPs), multi-state taxation, and international tax planning. Whether you're starting a business, buying or selling real estate, planning for retirement, administering a trust, or responding to an IRS notice, we provide personalized solutions designed to minimize taxes, preserve wealth, and support your long-term financial goals.
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Few expenses are as large as Taxes. For a C-Corp, taxes are 30% of your profit. For a pass-through entity (S-Corp, LLC, LP), taxes are approximately 30% of your income (on average and could be more). In English, it means 30% of your "earnings" go to taxes. You get to keep 70%. We can hardly think of a larger expense. We specialize in helping businesses "save tax" and pay "less tax" legally, especially important in times of recession and possible depression where you need to conserve cash and stay afloat. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Acts, The Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act, The Families First Act, and The CARES Act are some of the tools at our disposal to assist you in achieving the goals of lowest tax liability legally possible and maximum refund. We start with a discussion of your business entity type (C-Corp, S-Corp, LLC), tax treatments by the IRS, how it will affect your personal taxes, how to maximize the tax benefits of your entity type, and the pitfalls to avoid. We will give you a comparison of C-Corp, S-Corp, LLC tax attributes, explain their pros and cons, and see which one is most "tax efficient" for you. We are very familiar and up to date with business tax deductions. We will give you a run-down of various tax deduction ideas to keep in mind as you operate your business. For new businesses, we will bring you up to speed on filing requirements, due dates, deadlines, and compliance requirements.
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Espoir Advisory is a strategic tax planning and business compliance advisory firm that serves beauty entrepreneurs with six-figure or more annual revenue. Our primary focus is on beauty educators and salon business owners. We assist businesses in identifying tax inefficiencies, optimizing their entity structure, and implementing proactive tax strategies to minimize tax liabilities and enhance profitability. Our services encompass financial audits, tax diagnostics, business formation, compliance management, bookkeeping oversight, and ongoing advisory support. Unlike conventional tax services, our approach emphasizes year-round strategy, ensuring that your business is structured, taxed, and managed efficiently as it grows. If your business is generating revenue but not seeing it reflected in your bank account, we help you restructure your formation strategy and implement operating systems to maximize your earnings.
We are cloud accounting specialists and have been for the last 10 years. With offices in San Francisco and Sausalito, (Marin County), we provide business advisory, professional accounting/bookkeeping & payroll services for businesses in the San Francisco Bay area and beyond. We are Certified Quickbooks Advisors. Our services are customized to your business. We tailor an accounting solution for you. Get complete, accurate and timely financial reports. Need customized dashboards for your business? We can help. Inventory and Ecommerce - we can help. Bookkeeping & accounting is our focus. We work with all kinds of businesses including startups. Save thousands on your bookkeeping compared to doing it in-house and do it right. Serving the San Francisco Bay area, including Marin, East & South Bay. Note: We do not provide tax advisory services or tax preparation services.
Business Consulting, Accounting, Taxes, Bookkeeping, Financial and Payroll Services.
