Agro Accounting CPA

A Brooklyn CPA firm for artists, freelancers and creative companies

Agro Accounting CPA works out of Brooklyn, New York, as a CPA practice, and takes on clients across the United States. It says it focuses on artists, freelancers and creative companies, and works with individuals, businesses and not-for-profits whether they work in casual clothes or in formal business dress. The firm puts individuality ahead of everything else in how it describes its approach, and says it is open year-round.

Tax and accounting work

The firm lists income tax preparation, payroll and sales tax, audit representation, and accounting and business consulting, offered either once or on a recurring basis. Sales tax and payroll tax work starts with a complimentary assessment of the filing need. It can also connect a client with a bookkeeper, form a company (limited liability companies, C and S corporations and not-for-profits) and obtain a tax ID. For tax preparation clients the formation help is included. Other items on its list are foreign bank account reporting, preparation of official financial statements, and payment arrangements for tax debt, such as installment plans and offers in compromise.

Working remotely or in person

Clients can run an engagement over the internet and phone or meet the firm face to face. Documents are exchanged through an encrypted portal, which the firm says meets the current IRS security requirements, and it says it follows the ethics of the CPA profession. It states that no commitment is made until a client hires it, even when it needs to look at documents before it can quote a fee. A pricing tool on the site gives an idea of costs, and an automated assistant answers questions at any hour.

Practical guidance for freelancers

The site also carries explanatory notes written for self-employed people. They explain that business income is, at a minimum, the total of deposits in bank and payment-app accounts for the tax year, less items such as gifts from family, personal reimbursements, refunds, salary income reported elsewhere, transfers between accounts and prior-year tax refunds. They also point out that a deduction needs a bank or app statement or a saved receipt behind it, and recommend going through statements month by month and repeating the exercise every couple of months through the year.