Everything a small business needs — under one roof.
Choose one service or hand over the whole back office. Every engagement is delivered directly by Tammy Sanford and the Accounting Systems Alternatives team, without call-center runaround.
Bookkeeping & Record Keeping
Your daily financial life — captured accurately, reconciled to the bank, and always tax-ready. No more shoebox receipts. No more April panic.
- Daily transaction entry and categorization
- Monthly bank and credit-card reconciliation
- Accounts payable — track and schedule what you owe
- Accounts receivable — invoice, follow up, and get paid
- Chart-of-accounts cleanup and ongoing maintenance
- QuickBooks Online, Xero, and Sage supported
Tax Preparation & Planning
A tax return is the easy part. The real work is planning throughout the year so April is uneventful and the check you write is as small as the law allows.
- Federal, state, and local returns
- Corporations (S-Corp / C-Corp), partnerships, LLCs, and sole proprietors
- Personal 1040s tied to your business
- Year-round planning — quarterly estimates, entity structure, deductions
- Prior-year cleanup and amended returns
- Audit & notice response with the IRS or Michigan Treasury
Payroll Processing
Pay people correctly, on time, with the right taxes withheld and the right forms filed. We handle the mechanics so you can focus on running the business.
- Weekly, bi-weekly, semi-monthly, or monthly pay runs
- Direct deposit or printable paychecks
- Federal, state, and local withholding calculated and paid
- Quarterly 941s and state unemployment filings
- Year-end W-2s and 1099s
- New-hire onboarding, garnishments, and PTO tracking
Financial Statement Preparation
Numbers you can actually read and decide from. Delivered monthly or annually, in plain English, with a call to walk through them if you want one.
- Balance Sheet — what you own, owe, and are worth
- Income Statement (P&L) — how the business earned or lost this period
- Cash Flow Statement — where the money actually moved
- Trend reports — month-over-month and year-over-year comparisons
- Bank-ready packets for loan applications
- Custom KPI dashboards on request
Whatever else the numbers need
Small businesses always have that one thing that doesn’t fit in a neat category. Odds are we handle it.
Sales & Use Tax
Monthly and quarterly sales-tax filings for Michigan and multi-state sellers.
1099 Filing
Vendor tracking, W-9 collection, and end-of-year 1099-NEC / 1099-MISC preparation.
Entity Setup & Elections
New-business formation coordination, S-Corp elections, and EIN handling.
QuickBooks Cleanup
Untangling months (or years) of DIY entries — no judgment, just repair.
Budgeting & Forecasting
Simple cash forecasts and annual budgets you’ll actually use.
Bank & SBA Prep
Loan-application packets: statements, tax returns, projections, and a clean story.