Dale Tax Service

read moreThe Small Business Administration says 50% of startups fail in the first 5 years of operation. Let us help you structure your company for success and help prevent the most common problems from occurring. Dale S. Goldberg certified public accountants (CPAs) specialize in providing individuals, small businesses and startups with tax, accounting, bookkeeping, and payroll services. Learn more about us and our services. Check out our blog for helpful accounting tips, tricks, and advice. Find out whether you have to file a Philadelphia tax return and why it is worth hiring a CPA to do your taxes.

read moreThe Small Business Administration (sba.gov) says half of small businesses fail in the first five years of operation. In our experience, proactive financial advice, planning, and control from a startup accountant / CPA can prevent these problems from occurring by offering an unbiased outside perspective and facts that help you make rational decisions. We will help you figure out help whether you should start a corporation, LLC, LLP or something else. Spend time up-front on the structure and internal controls for your business.

read moreFinancial statements are a good gauge of the overall health of a business and a necessary input when you're preparing taxes, planning to sell your business, applying for loans, trying to raise capital, or just want to rest assured your business is being managed properly and there are no hidden surprises. Our accountants have extensive experience preparing, reading and evaluating business financial statements for small businesses in Philadelphia and South Jersey. Let us work with you to prepare a clear and accurate financial representation of your business.

read moreAs a small business employer, you are legally required to withhold and/or pay taxes on behalf of all employees. You must report payroll taxes to a variety of taxing jurisdictions. Each jurisdiction has different rules. Small business owners are extremely busy. Wading through social security tax rates, base salaries, raises, bonuses, and state and federal unemployment taxes all takes precious time, but failure to properly report taxes can result in an automatic penalty of 2-100 percent. It's also easy to make mistakes.

read moreBack office bookkeeping is usually not a strength or focus area for many small business owners. It is, however, an important part of running your business. You are required by law to maintain accurate financial records, and doing so will save you time, money, and aggravation. A lack of good accounting records is one of the reasons small businesses fail. Incomplete and/or inaccurate financial records lead to under and overpayments, inadequate budgeting and forecasting, late and/or incorrect tax filings, and poor customer service.

read moreThe US federal tax law is approximately 2,600 pages. Wading through all that to figure out exactly how much you owe takes time and energy. It's complex, frustrating, and easy to make mistakes or, worse yet, miss out on a legitimate tax savings opportunity. It's an even bigger challenge for Philadelphia and South Jersey residents because of potentially overlapping property, state, city, and sales taxes. If you add in the possibility of a home purchase or sale, marriage or divorce, inheritance, the birth of a child, job change, and / or any stock or real estate windfalls or losses, the problem quickly compounds.

read moreDale S. Goldberg, CPA works with Intuit and Quickbooks to offer accounting services to Philadelphia and South Jersey clients. According to Business News Daily, Quickbooks is the best accounting software for small business. It's made by Intuit, a three-decade-old, $5.18 billion company headquartered in Mountain View California. Quickbooks consolidates critical business information for quick and easy access. It eases troubleshooting and problem-solving and integrates with your bank account and other vital office tools.

read moreAs accounting professionals, these are some of the questions that are posed to us on a daily basis. We are providing these interactive financial calculators and other tools to assist you with some of the day-to-day questions and concerns that may arise. While these financial tools are not a substitute for financial advice from a qualified professional, they can be used as a starting point in your decision-making process. Since these tools have been designed by others, please give us your feedback (using the contact form above) as to their usefulness.