Books that balance for people who make things.
A licensed virtual CPA firm for makers, online sellers, and independent creators across the country.
What we do
Three things, done properly. Nothing gets filed until you understand it.
Tax preparation
Schedule C, S-corp returns, multi-state sales tax. We tell you what to set aside and when, so April is quiet.
See tax preparationBookkeeping
Monthly books that match your Etsy, Shopify and market-day reality — materials, booth fees, dye lots and all.
See bookkeepingAdvisory
Pricing, entity choice, an S-corp election when it actually pays. Questions between filings are free.
See advisoryWho we serve
We know what your costs are called before you explain them.
Artisans
Potters, woodworkers, leatherworkers, dyers. Kiln repairs, studio rent and craft-fair income, tracked the way you work.
Artisans
Small-batch manufacturers
Cost of goods that holds up, inventory you can count, payroll built for three people rather than three hundred.
Manufacturers
Online sellers
Etsy and Shopify payouts, 1099-K forms that never match the deposits, sales tax in states you've never visited.
Online sellers
Work directly with the CPA responsible for your return.
Chris Barnes is a licensed CPA in the State of California, working with clients in all 50 states. No account manager between you and the person doing the work.
What clients say
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We spent four years handing a shoebox to someone who'd never priced a dye lot. Chris had our books straight in a month, and told us what to set aside before we asked.
The 1099-K never matched our deposits and I'd stopped trying to understand why. Now it reconciles every month, and I actually know what the shop earns.
He talked us out of an S-corp for two years, then told us the exact year it would pay. That's the first time an accountant has saved me money by saying no.
Written for the way you work
Plain answers to the questions that arrive by email twice a week.
What the barn counts as
Farm income, hobby-loss rules, and which costs hold up when the barn is also the workshop.
Read homesteaders
Sole prop, LLC, or S-corp
What each one costs you, what it protects, and the year the election starts to pay for itself.
Read business formationTell us what you make.
Twenty minutes on a call. You say what you make and where it hurts; we say what we'd do about it. Questions are free.