I provide a wide range of services to individuals and businesses in a variety of industries. I strive to meet each client's specific needs in planning for the future and achieving their goals in an ever-changing financial and regulatory environment.
My professional services include:
At Lori I Owens, I guide my clients through a full range of tax planning and preparation decisions with strategies that minimize your tax liabilities, maximize your cash flow and keep you on track to your financial goals. My expertise, experience, analysis and thorough research allow us to optimize financial opportunities to be found in existing as well as recently altered tax laws. I am knowledgeable and up to date on the tax laws and can make sense of your receipts, bills and notices.
From start-ups to established enterprises, businesses rely on accurate and insightful financial information in order to maintain profitability and capitalize on new opportunities. My bookkeeping services steer you closer to these goals with accurate record-keeping and reporting as well as support on financial issues such as initial bookkeeping system setup, cost-containment, tax planning, investments, and employee benefit and profit-sharing plans.
These services include but are not limited to:
I focus on building close client relationships that add long-term value. This includes assuring the solidity of financial records, evaluating financial procedures and working to produce strategies that help our clients face the myriad challenges of business planning and execution. My clients benefit from objective analysis to assist in controlling costs, increasing efficiency, and implementing new technologies and procedures that take advantage of changes in the marketplace, bookkeeping standards, and tax law. My assurance services will improve information quality or its context, meaning more success for your business.
These services include but are not limited to:
My goal is to help you reach your financial goals and maintain financial independence through a comfortable retirement. I can guide you through tough decision-making processes such as asset allocation, investment performance monitoring, college education funding, retirement plans, insurance, and tax, estate, and business succession planning. Whether you are developing an investment strategy or evaluating current investments, I can ensure that your portfolio will take into account tax implications for an advantageous after-tax return. The road to retirement is a long one and we can help you to take the proper steps to reach your goals.
QuickBooks can provide useful and timely information in the form of financial statements, reports and graphs. However, it can only provide this information if you purchase the right product and then install, setup and use it properly. I don't just help you use the software, I help you use it more efficiently and more effectively.
I offer the following solutions to help meet your QuickBooks needs:
I train you personally! Either one-on-one or several individuals within your organization at your company's location.
I install QuickBooks on your stand-alone computer or in a network environment, in either single- or multi-user mode.
I assist new QuickBooks users with initial setup including EasyStep Interview, Preferences, Lists, Customers, Vendors, Employees, Banking, and Reports. I also help experienced users manage their businesses more effectively by improving their current setup. Many users experience problems and lack the ability to generate and track important information as a result of inadequate setup.
My QuickBooks support service can assist you with any installation, setup, or operation assistance you might need. In addition, my support is not limited just to the software part of it, but I can also provide bookkeeping and payroll assistance.
My QuickBooks review service helps companies that have the human resources to perform daily bookkeeping and payroll tasks, but need a bookkeeping and payroll expert to review your transactions, accounts, and reports. This review ensures that you receive timely, relevant, and reliable financial information. I also inform you of any corrections, adjustments, or reclassifications necessary to ensure that the financial information you receive reflects the correct financial condition of your business. Reviews may be conducted at any time, but monthly reviews provide you with up-to-date information and feedback about your business.
Accurate record-keeping is essential to a successful business yet can also be complicated and time consuming. I can help you with the organization and day-to-day tasks of bookkeeping so that you can focus on your core business.
Your business entity has a large impact on your taxes and other liabilities. From your company's inception through its growth and development, I can advise you on choosing an entity type and later restructuring if advantageous. With my knowledge and expertise, you will always be receiving the most advantageous entity type for the functions your business performs.
Professional representation can be vital during an audit, and my experience with tax authorities enables me to guide clients in their dealings with federal and state agencies. If you have been chosen for an audit, the professional representation you can find with my firm can put many of your worries at bay. I am ready and willing to answer any and all questions the IRS may be asking of you.
As technologies rapidly advance, companies increasingly need to update their computer systems. I can audit your system competencies and gauge upgrade needs as well as provide support in choosing and implementing new hardware or network systems. As an expert in this field, I can put your computer problems at bay as well as improve your computer system's performance taking into consideration any budget you may have.
Choosing and administering benefit plans for your employees is often a complex process. I can help you develop, implement, and administer your benefit, retirement, and profit-sharing plans with an eye toward rewarding your employees and reaching your company's financial and business goals. I can also help maximize tax advantages in implementing these plans. As your business grows, your business and your employees will be rewarded for the hard work that contributed to the success of your business.
My payroll services can help you reduce the time spent on administration through developing and implementing a computerized payroll system that will facilitate processing, timely payment and preparation of tax returns.
Good cash management can improve a company's liquidity, reduce costs, and increase profitability. I can help you maintain optimal cash flow levels by tracking sources and uses, forecasting, and budgeting accordingly. To a business entity, cash flow is something that can make or break the business' ability to survive. I can help you analyze your spending, re-balance your budget and/or debts for an optimal cash flow to support your business' success. This balance plan would be revisited if and when there were any major changes in your business structure to ensure that you are operating at an optimal level. With my help and guidance, you will always be on top of your finances and ready for the future.
Whether your needs are corporate or personal, my professionals can assist you in sorting out the different options available for debt management and financing that will lower your payments and/or reduce the total amount of interest paid. Re-balancing your debts can also result in tax deduction savings. Even if you are able to handle the payments and the amounts of your current debts, my expertise may be able to save you money and/or lower your payments.