Boitnott & Schaben

read moreIf you are looking for a blend of personal service and expertise, you have come to the right place! We offer a broad range of services for business owners, executives and independent professionals. Our rates are affordable. We are experienced and we're friendly. Please call us for a free initial consultation.

read moreOpening your own business is exciting and thrilling. It's everything that comes after the excitement and thrill has worn off that dictates whether a small business will make it or not. It's up to you to maintain and stretch out the "thrill and excitement" period forever. A methodical plan of action is needed to fulfill your dream or goal of being your own boss and running a successful business. Success lies in the approach you choose to take. We help you avoid the common pitfalls that many new small business owners make when starting their new venture.

read moreWhen it comes to paying employees, laws and the IRS have made the payroll function a time consuming nightmare for the small business owner. Small business owners spend an average of eight hours a month performing payroll functions. That's 12 full days a year that could be spent generating sales, prospecting new business opportunities, improving products or services, or servicing customers. We offer payroll solutions that meet your business's needs and enable you to spend time doing what you do best--running your company.

read moreMichael Gerber exposes the myths of management and the traps managers build for themselves. An "E-Myth Manager" knows that people are unmanageable. The minute you try to manage someone you create an object out of him or her. The minute you do that, you create conflict. And the minute you do that you create the worst of all possible worlds; the world of "us and them". An "E-Myth Manager" is someone who knows the distinct and profound difference between trying to manage people and understanding how to manage the system.

read moreEven though the IRS is responsible for successfully collecting over $2.1 trillion in gross collections, there is still an estimated $500 billion in shortchange produced by drug sales, organized crime, and other illegal activities. This huge sector of missed collection has come to be known as the underground economy. This underground economy is being brutally attacked by the IRS and as a result, innocent taxpayers are often being punished. So how are you supposed to know if you are in the line of fire?

read moreAlthough QuickBooks is designed for the layman to understand, the initial setup and installation can be tricky. Save hours of frustration by allowing us to setup QuickBooks for you correctly. Employees in your accounting department will find comfort in knowing that the answers to their QuickBooks questions are only an email or phone-call away. Email and telephone support prevents many wasted hours of aggravation and embarrassment. Whether you need to prepare your books for tax time, a financial review, or you just need to clean up some problem areas, you'll get your Quickbooks running smoothly again with a complete Tune-up.

read moreJoe Schaben moved to Roanoke, after earning his B.B.A. in Accounting from Radford University. He has considerable experience with individual and small business income taxes. He also specializes in audits of non-profit organizations, employee benefit plan audits, and has vast experience with construction and automobile industries. Joe is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Virginia Society of CPAs. He has served as the former president and board member of the Roanoke Valley Chapter of the Certified Public Accountants.

read moreA Limited Liability Company, or LLC, is not a corporation, although it offers many of the same advantages. An LLC is best described as a combination of a corporation and a partnership. LLCs offer the limited liability of a corporation, while allowing more flexibility in managing the business and organization. An LLC does not pay any income tax itself. It's a "flow through" entity that allows profits and losses to flow through to the tax returns of the individual members. Avoiding the double taxation of C-Corporations.