We sort late months by whether a deposit can still be named, not by how many statements are stacked.
Being behind is ordinary. Hiding it until the return is due is what makes it expensive. Say it on the first call.
We will split the catch-up from the ongoing month so you can hire one, the other, or both. You are not forced into a bundle you did not ask for.
Current books get a smaller job, and we will say that out loud. A page that pretends everyone is behind is not telling the truth.
Is payday part of this
Payroll setup is part of the work. Running payday every period stays with you, on the service you choose.
We connect that service to the books so wages and withholdings are not typed a second time. You still press the approval.
If payday is only the owner drawing money, say that on the first note. The setup then skips a payroll connection you do not run, and we will not add a service with nobody on it.
Owner pay is a different conversation from employee pay. Both can be on the table. They are not the same decision.
Is the return included
Say if you want the return in the work. Some owners want the close only. Some want the close and the return together. We price the piece you name.
The return is better when we have kept the months. A return built on someone else's unfinished year is a different, slower job, and we will say so.
The SMU Mustangs play for Southern Methodist University in University Park. A school-year business and a calendar-year business feel different in the fall. We will ask which calendar your cash actually follows.
We prepare the return and you are the one who signs it. You will have seen the numbers before that day.
Why the fee is not on this page
A number published here would describe a company we have not seen. Your transactions, your open months, and whether payday is running are the things that change the work.
We tell you those pieces before you commit. If the books are behind, that part is named by itself.
The opening talk names no dollar amount and hires nothing. A fee appears only inside a later writing that lists the job, and nothing starts until that writing exists.
If these months do not need this practice, that is the end of the conversation, and no writing and no fee follow it.
Bring the notice date and the month those records belong to, and we will say whether that month is already closed.
Ask us directly
Write the question in your own words. We read that question before the first call goes out.
You will be talking to the Steven Palmieri practice.
