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Business Tax Preparation
in Alexandria, VA

Tax preparation support in Alexandria, VA for the businesses that make this city — Old Town antique dealers and specialty retailers reconciling 1stDibs/Chairish/eBay sales against multi-state economic-nexus thresholds, Del Ray restaurants threading FICA tip credits and Form 8027, Eisenhower Avenue federal subcontractors with Section 174 R&D capitalization and Form 6765 substantiation. Plus the City of Alexandria's separate BPOL year-end true-up that catches most owners off guard. Verified Intuit QuickBooks ProAdvisor.

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✓Business and personal tax returns filed for Alexandria, VA small businesses
✓S-Corp, LLC, sole prop, partnership — all entity types
✓Year-round Alexandria, VA tax planning — not just April filing
✓IRS notice response included — we handle the letters
Alexandria, VA Tax Tracker
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Business return (1120-S)Mar 17st-ok
Personal 1040Apr 15st-ok
Q2 Estimated paymentJun 15st-due
Year-end tax planningDecst-ok
📍 Alexandria, VA — local noteAlexandria City business license taxes and BPOL filings layer on top of Virginia state returns. We prepare and file every level — federal, state, and city.
Your Alexandria, VA tax prep plan

Everything included — no hidden
add-ons or surprise fees

Every CPA tax accountant Alexandria VA client in Alexandria, VA gets the complete service.

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All entity types
S-Corp (1120-S), LLC, Partnership, Sole Proprietor, and personal 1040. Every return filed correctly and on time.
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Year-round planning
Tax planning that starts in January — not March. We flag deductions and make strategic moves while there's still time.
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State & local expertise
Federal plus every state and local filing your business needs. No missed deadlines, no overlooked forms.
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Maximize deductions
We review every deduction category relevant to your industry and entity type — nothing left on the table.
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IRS correspondence
If the IRS or state sends a notice, we handle it. You don't have to figure out what to do alone.
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Estimated payments
We calculate your quarterly estimated tax payments and remind you before each deadline — no underpayment penalties.
Alexandria-specific tax prep

What Alexandria tax prep
actually requires.

Alexandria is its own thing. The City operates an independent business license tax separate from Arlington's, separate from Fairfax's, and separate from Virginia's state-level filings. Add Old Town's tourist-driven retail with multi-state e-commerce, Del Ray's tight independent food scene, federal contracting along Eisenhower Avenue, and the Amazon HQ2 spillover at Potomac Yard, and you get a tax-prep workload most national firms get wrong on the first try.

City of Alexandria BPOL year-end true-up
Alexandria runs its own Business, Professional & Occupational License tax through the Department of Finance — different rate schedule, different forms, different filing portal than Arlington. Filings are due March 1 each year on prior calendar year gross receipts. We reconcile actual gross receipts against any estimated filings, prepare the BPOL return, and submit through the City portal.
Virginia state returns (760, 502, 502PTET)
Virginia residents file Form 760; pass-throughs file Form 502 with K-1s. The Virginia Pass-Through Entity Tax (PTET) election uses Form 502PTET. Worth modeling each year. Your CPA decides; we make sure the books support the choice and PTET estimated payments hit the right account.
Multi-state e-commerce sales tax (1stDibs, Etsy, Shopify)
Old Town antique dealers and specialty retailers selling online face state-by-state economic-nexus thresholds (typically $100,000 in sales or 200 transactions per year per state). Marketplace facilitators (1stDibs, Chairish, eBay, Etsy) handle some state collection but not all, and direct-to-consumer Shopify sales are entirely the seller's responsibility. We track state-by-state and flag new-state filing requirements.
Restaurant tax prep (FICA tip credit, Section 199A)
Del Ray restaurants and Old Town tasting rooms qualify for the FICA tip credit (Form 8846), which flows to the income tax return. Pass-through restaurants may qualify for the qualified business income deduction (Section 199A) — phases out for high-income owners. Section 263A inventory capitalization rules apply for food costs. We organize the books to support each.
Federal contractor tax (Eisenhower Ave subs)
Federal subs supporting TSA, USPTO, and other Alexandria-based federal facilities face the same Section 174 capitalization, Form 6765 R&D credit, and 1099-NEC reconciliation as Arlington GovCon. We organize qualified-research expense documentation and reconcile 1099-NEC against 1099-K to avoid double-reported phantom income.
Multi-state apportionment
Alexandria-based consultants and federal subs commonly engage in DC and Maryland too. We tag transactions by client jurisdiction throughout the year so multi-state apportionment rolls cleanly into D-30, MD Form 510, and VA Form 502 returns at year-end.
Ongoing books: Alexandria bookkeeping. Alexandria payroll: Alexandria payroll. North in Virginia: Arlington tax prep. Across the river: DC tax prep.
Sound familiar?

Why Alexandria business owners
stop filing their own taxes

→Dreading Tax Season
→Got An Irs Notice
→Years Behind On Filing
→Paying Too Much In Taxes
→Switching From Turbotax
→Need A Real Tax Accountant
→Missed Quarterly Estimates
→Surprised By A Big Tax Bill
→Don't Know What You Can Deduct
→First Year In Business Taxes

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Industries we know cold

Tax prep for the businesses
that actually run Alexandria.

Three Alexandria economies. Three different tax-prep workloads.

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Old Town independent retail
King Street boutiques, antique shops, gift stores, candle & soap makers, jewelers. Multi-state economic-nexus tracking, marketplace facilitator vs. direct-to-consumer sales tax distinctions, COGS for small inventory, Schedule C / Form 1065 / Form 1120-S coordination depending on entity, qualified business income deduction (Section 199A) modeling for pass-through retailers.
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Del Ray restaurants & creative studios
Independent restaurants and cafes along Mount Vernon Avenue, design studios, freelance creatives, yoga and fitness studios. FICA tip credit (Form 8846), Form 8027 for large food/beverage establishments, Section 263A inventory capitalization, Section 199A QBI modeling, and project-based revenue recognition for studios. Toast/Square/Clover integration to QuickBooks.
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Eisenhower Ave federal subcontractors
GovCon subs supporting TSA, USPTO, and other Alexandria-based federal facilities. Section 174 R&D capitalization, Form 6765 R&D credit substantiation, 1099-NEC reconciliation, multi-state apportionment for DMV-spanning contracts, S-corp election analysis for owner W-2 vs. distribution mix.
Local expertise

Why Alexandria, VA businesses choose
Capital Accounting Group

We're not a national chain. We understand Alexandria, VA's local tax rules, industry mix, and what Old Town restaurants and bars owners actually need from a CPA tax accountant Alexandria VA.

What we know about Alexandria, VA tax prep
  • →Alexandria City has its own BPOL tax and business license separate from Virginia state
  • →Old Town Alexandria is one of the DMV's highest-traffic retail and restaurant districts
  • →Alexandria's proximity to DC means many businesses operate in multiple tax jurisdictions
  • →Virginia PTET elections apply to Alexandria S-Corps and partnerships
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Weekly — not monthly
Most bookkeeping services in the area reconcile once a month. We do it every week — your numbers are never more than 7 days stale.
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Risk-free guarantee
We get your books in order within 30 days — or your first month is free. We stand behind the work.
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Fast onboarding
Most Alexandria, VA tax prep clients are up and running within 1–2 weeks. No long contracts, no setup headaches.
How it works

From first call to clean books —
in less than two weeks.

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Free consultation
15 min — we learn your Alexandria, VA business, current setup, and what tax prep you need most.
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Secure access
You grant read-only account access. No sensitive data ever emailed back and forth.
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We get to work
Your first tax prep cycle starts within 1–2 weeks. Clean, fast, no drama.
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Ongoing support
Reports, proactive updates, and real humans who flag problems before they become penalties.
A representative tax-prep engagement

What a typical Alexandria
tax-prep engagement looks like.

An Old Town antique dealer (S-corp, brick-and-mortar storefront plus 1stDibs, Chairish, and Shopify online presence) came to us heading into year five. They had received notices from three different states (CA, NY, FL) requesting back filings for sales tax — Wayfair-era economic nexus had triggered. Their CPA was scrambling to assess multi-state exposure. They also hadn't elected Virginia PTET despite qualifying for years.

Over four weeks we set up state-by-state economic-nexus tracking through the QuickBooks Online sales-tax engine, integrated 1stDibs and Chairish via their connectors so marketplace-facilitator-collected sales were properly excluded, reconciled twelve months of merchant deposits and Stripe payouts to support the back-filing assessment, modeled the PTET election, filed the City of Alexandria BPOL year-end true-up, and supported their CPA in negotiating voluntary disclosure agreements (VDAs) with the three states.

That's a representative composite — not a single real client — but it's a pattern we see in Alexandria's small-shop retail community.

Frequently asked questions

Alexandria, VA tax prep
FAQ.

How much does small business tax prep cost in Alexandria, VA?+
For an Alexandria small business, year-round tax-prep coordination typically runs $350–$1,500 per month. Plans start at $350/month for sole proprietors, $650/month for established businesses needing weekly close, and $1,500/month for the CFO Partner tier. CPA tax-return preparation fees are separate.
What's the difference between Alexandria's BPOL and Arlington's BPOL?+
Different jurisdictions, different rate schedules, different filing portals. The City of Alexandria runs its BPOL through the Department of Finance; Arlington County runs its through the Commissioner of the Revenue. If you operate in both jurisdictions, you may owe both. We sort that out at year-end true-up.
Should my Alexandria S-corp elect Virginia PTET?+
Virginia PTET is elective and can preserve the federal SALT deduction by paying Virginia tax at the entity level via Form 502PTET. Your CPA models the math; we make sure the books support the choice.
Do I owe sales tax in other states if I sell online from Old Town?+
Possibly. If you sell tangible goods to customers in other states above their economic-nexus thresholds (typically $100,000 in sales or 200 transactions per year per state), you may owe sales tax there. Marketplace facilitators (1stDibs, Chairish, eBay, Etsy) handle some state collection but not all. We set up state-by-state tracking and flag new-state filing requirements.
How does the FICA tip credit (Form 8846) work for my Del Ray restaurant?+
The FICA tip credit (Form 8846) lets restaurants claim a credit for the employer FICA tax paid on tips employees report above minimum wage. We make sure tip income is documented through Toast/Square/Clover integration with payroll, allocated tips appear correctly on W-2s, and the credit flows to your Form 1120-S, 1065, or Schedule C.
How does the federal R&D Tax Credit work for an Eisenhower Avenue federal subcontractor?+
Federal R&D credit applies to qualified research expenses — direct R&D labor, supplies, and 65% of contract research. For Alexandria GovCon subs developing software or methodologies, this can be material. We organize project-level documentation throughout the year so your CPA can compile Form 6765 efficiently.
Can you handle multi-state tax filing if my Alexandria consulting firm works in DC and Maryland?+
Yes. We tag transactions by client jurisdiction throughout the year so multi-state apportionment (sales factor, payroll factor, and where applicable property factor) rolls cleanly into D-30 (DC), Form 510 (Maryland), and Form 502 (Virginia) returns at filing time.
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