Services

At Johnson, Slaughter, Driver & Northcutt, we guide our 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. Our expertise, experience, analysis and thorough research allow us to optimize financial opportunities to be found in existing as well as recently altered tax laws.

From start-ups to established enterprises, businesses rely on accurate and insightful financial information in order to maintain profitability and capitalize on new opportunities. Johnson, Slaughter, Driver & Northcutt's accounting services steer you closer to these goals with accurate record-keeping and reporting as well as support on financial issues such as initial accounting system setup, cost-containment and tax planning.

These services include but are not limited to:

• General ledger and financial statement preparation
• Bookkeeping (Monthly, quarterly, or annual)
• Accounting system setup and support, specializing in cloud base solutions
• Payroll processing
• Cash flow budgeting and forecasting
• Personal financial statements
• Corporate tax planning and return preparation
• IRS Representations

At Johnson, Slaughter, Driver & Northcutt, we 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. Our 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, accounting standards, and tax law. Our assurance services will improve information quality or its context, meaning more success for your business.

These services include but are not limited to:

• Reviews, and compilations
• Entity selection and restructuring
• Accounting software selection, implementation, and support
• Financial projections and forecasts
• Debt and finances advising
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Transaction structuring and negotiations
• Business succession

Effective estate and trust planning can ensure financial security for loved ones. For businesses, it can maintain a smooth succession of ownership. Johnson, Slaughter, Driver & Northcutt's role is to help you navigate the complex and shifting tax laws to facilitate the transfer of assets and minimize the tax liability of your beneficiaries. Everyone should have a well-thought-out plan as to how to distribute the assets left in one's estate so as to avoid complications and to be sure that the individual’s wishes are followed. Having your taxes and estate thoroughly and carefully planned will ensure that your loved ones don't have any complications to deal with during a time of loss.

QuickBooks can provide useful and timely information in the form of financial statements and reports. However, it can only provide this information if you purchase the right product and then install, setup and use it properly. Your bookkeeping can be streamlined and be used as a tool rather than being a hindrance. We don't just help you use the software, we help you use it more efficiently and more effectively.

Johnson, Slaughter, Driver & Northcutt offers the following solutions to help meet your QuickBooks needs:

Software Selection; Installation; Setup; Support; Review

Your business entity has a large impact on your taxes and other liabilities. From your company's inception through its growth and development, Johnson, Slaughter, Driver & Northcutt can advise you on choosing an entity type and later restructuring if advantageous. With our knowledge and expertise, you will always be receiving the most advantageous entity type for the functions your business performs.

Johnson, Slaughter, Driver & Northcutt's 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.

No one can predict the future perfectly, but we can all benefit from planning for it. Johnson, Slaughter, Driver & Northcutt combines expertise and experience with a gained understanding of your business to produce financial projections that can help you manage your business plan and spending. Forecasting for the future is imperative to your company's success. We make it a point to keep current with market trends and updates so that your business can be prepared for what is to come. Depending on your needs, our work can range from top-level reports to detailed financial models.

Business transactions and transitions are complicated affairs, and whether you're buying, selling, or considering a potential merger, Johnson, Slaughter, Driver & Northcutt can provide professional know-how to help you successfully structure and negotiate the deal. Johnson, Slaughter, Driver & Northcutt, P.A. employs careful analysis and due diligence to determine a fair asking price, pinpoint the most favorable tax structures, evaluate financial and cash flow impact, and assess compatible business functions and tactics. Expanding or contracting your business is a huge undertaking. With our expert advice, you can make the right business decisions for your business for optimum success.