This page lists bookkeeping and accounting firms that serve home-service and trades businesses such as HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing, landscaping, and general contracting in Las Cruces, NM. Each entry summarizes the firm based on its own website, and notes when a firm serves the area remotely rather than from a local office.
Firms listed: 2.
Southwest Accounting Pros, LLC #
Website: https://www.swapnm.com
Phone: (505) 218-6039
Southwest Accounting Pros, LLC is an accounting firm that serves small and medium-sized businesses in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and the surrounding area. According to its website, the firm states that it is located in Albuquerque, NM, while other pages of the site reference a team of professional accounting consultants in Las Cruces, NM, and also market financial services in Santa Fe, NM, in describing where it provides services. The firm states that it serves clients in Albuquerque and throughout New Mexico, and that it also works with clients located in other states, including Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, and Kansas, with the capability to serve clients throughout the United States. The website describes the firm as family and locally owned and reports that it was founded in 2016.
The firm’s staff is made up of certified public accountants, identified on the site as CPAs, and certified management accountants, identified as CMAs. The firm states that it has over 40 years of combined experience and offers free initial consultations, including virtual consultations conducted by live video from a smartphone, tablet, or computer. Its business hours are listed as Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with weekends closed.
Contractor and construction accounting is a central, clearly developed part of the firm’s practice and is directly relevant to home-service and trades businesses. The firm states that it helps construction and contractor businesses accurately track costs, revenues, and other financial data, which it describes as the backbone of a closely held business and a foundation for growth and positive cash flow. It notes that construction firms face unique financial challenges, that accurate job costing is necessary because profitability varies by project, and that fluctuating costs, market demand, and the involvement of subcontractors and suppliers contribute to irregular cash flow. The firm states that it understands the bonding process and can help clients produce meaningful financial information for bonding and surety requirements, and it reports past success in negotiating surety requirements down from an audit to a review.
The firm describes its accounting services as all-inclusive, with monthly fees that remain unchanged for a year and cover a range of requested services. Its monthly bookkeeping work can include input of transactions such as deposits, checks, and credit card receipts; reconciliation of bank accounts and key balance sheet accounts; assistance with invoicing and monitoring accounts receivable; payroll preparation with automatic employee payments and payroll tax reports; preparation and submittal of the state gross receipts tax report; assistance with vendor invoices and accounts payable; preparation of monthly financial statements with comparisons to prior periods and budgets; and an annual review of financial results compared to industry averages.
Payroll tax services are a defined specialty. The firm notes that there can be severe penalties for non-filing, nonpayment, and late payment of payroll tax obligations, and it offers electronic payment of employees, filing of monthly payroll tax reports including federal forms 941 and 940 and state filings, electronic payroll tax deposits, entry and verification of payroll information, assistance responding to tax notices, and handling of IRS penalty and assessment notices. The firm prepares a range of tax returns, including partnership returns on Form 1065, S corporation returns on Form 1120S, corporate returns on Form 1120, individual returns on Form 1040, and trust returns on Form 1041.
Beyond contractors, the firm lists additional industries it serves, including real estate, where it references 1231 exchanges, component cost studies, break-even analysis, and consulting on available tax deductions; oil and gas, including related service companies; and professional services. The firm also describes assisting business owners with strategic planning and with the transfer of business ownership to family members or key employees, as well as setting up pension plans and producing financial statements that meet creditor requirements.
In summary, Southwest Accounting Pros, LLC is a CPA and CMA staffed firm founded in 2016 that provides all-inclusive accounting, bookkeeping, payroll tax, and tax preparation services to small and medium-sized businesses in Las Cruces and throughout New Mexico and beyond, with a particularly developed focus on contractors and the construction industry. This listing reflects only the services and information the firm publishes about itself.
Southwest Bookkeeping LLC #
Website: https://swbnm.com
Phone: 575-652-4501
Southwest Bookkeeping LLC is a bookkeeping and tax firm with an office at 1065 South Main St, Building D, Suite J, in Las Cruces, New Mexico. According to its website, the firm specializes in client-focused tax and accounting solutions for both individuals and businesses. The firm describes itself as new to the area while stating that it brings over 27 years of tax and accounting experience to its clients. Its listed business hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with weekends closed.
The firm presents its work as built on understanding clients and developing long-term relationships. It states that its fundamental purpose is providing client-focused business and tax solutions and that it is committed to fully understanding a client’s goals for their business or personal finances. The firm notes experience across a range of industries, listing healthcare, consumer finance, retail, logistics, e-commerce, and public accounting among the areas in which it has worked.
Southwest Bookkeeping LLC’s service area covers Las Cruces, New Mexico, and extends to El Paso, Texas, where the firm states that it helps businesses with tax preparation and bookkeeping. The firm describes its service model as flexible, noting that it is frequently onsite with clients at their place of business or connected with them online. It states that some clients still prefer to stop by its Las Cruces office, while conducting business remotely is becoming increasingly popular, and that this capability has allowed it to assist clients in other parts of the country. The firm therefore presents itself as maintaining a physical office in Las Cruces while also serving clients remotely.
The firm’s services are organized into several areas. Its small business accounting offering is described as full-cycle bookkeeping for small businesses with 30 employees or fewer. The firm offers QuickBooks setup and training, covering both the desktop and online versions of the software, and it notes that it is certified in QuickBooks Online and part of the certified ProAdvisor team. As Certified ProAdvisors, the firm states that it has the knowledge and skill to support accuracy and efficiency in understanding the financial health of a business or budget.
In addition to bookkeeping, the firm provides new business formation services, including consultation on business entities and preparation of documents for start-up. Its tax services include tax preparation and planning for all business entity types as well as for individuals. The firm also offers tax issue resolution, which it describes as assistance to taxpayers aimed at quickly resolving tax-related issues. The website indicates that the firm is excited to offer full-cycle small business accounting solutions alongside new business formation and planning.
For prospective clients, the firm provides a client portal and offers a free consultation that can be scheduled through its website. It invites visitors to book an appointment and provides contact options including a phone number, a fax number, and an email address. The firm’s home page presents these services together with its stated emphasis on knowing clients, understanding their needs, and helping them achieve their business and financial goals.
While the firm’s published materials do not single out home-service or construction trades by name, its full-cycle bookkeeping, QuickBooks support, small business accounting, new business formation, and tax services are the kinds of services commonly used by small businesses, including local service and trades operations within its Las Cruces and El Paso service area. The listing notes only what the firm states, and it does not attribute any specialized trades focus that the source does not support.
In summary, Southwest Bookkeeping LLC is a Las Cruces, New Mexico bookkeeping and tax firm that offers full-cycle small business accounting, QuickBooks setup and training, new business formation, tax preparation and planning, and tax issue resolution. The firm maintains an office in Las Cruces, serves clients from Las Cruces to El Paso, Texas, and works both onsite and remotely. This listing reflects only the services and information the firm publishes about itself.