Tax preparation support in Washington, DC for the small businesses navigating the most distinct tax regime in the DMV — D-30 unincorporated business franchise tax for LLCs and partnerships, FR-500 registration for sales tax and withholding accounts, the annual ballpark fee on businesses above the gross-receipts threshold, multi-tier DC sales tax on prepared food, alcohol, and lodging, plus 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(6) Form 990 coordination for K Street nonprofits and trade associations. We organize the books year-round and coordinate directly with your CPA at filing time. Verified Intuit QuickBooks ProAdvisor.
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DC tax prep is its own animal. The District operates a separate tax authority (Office of Tax and Revenue), separate franchise tax regime (D-30 for unincorporated, D-20 for corporations), separate registration via FR-500, and the ballpark fee that surprises most clients moving from Virginia or Maryland. Below is what we handle as part of standard year-end tax prep coordination with your CPA.
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A small DC-based 501(c)(6) trade association (12-person staff, $4M annual revenue split between dues, conference, and sponsor revenue) came to us five months into the fiscal year. Their auditor was scheduled in two months. The books had conference revenue from the prior year sitting in deferred revenue without being recognized; sponsor contributions weren't separated from membership dues; restricted grant funds weren't tracked separately from operating cash; functional expense allocation between program, management, and fundraising hadn't been done in two years; and the DC franchise tax exemption registration was about to lapse.
Over five weeks, we rebuilt the chart of accounts to support GAAP nonprofit reporting (FASB ASC 958), separated restricted from unrestricted net assets, recognized conference revenue per events held, allocated functional expenses against actual time-and-square-footage data, renewed the DC franchise tax exemption with the Office of Tax and Revenue, and produced an audit-ready statement of activities, statement of financial position, and statement of functional expenses. The auditor proceeded on schedule; the Form 990 filed cleanly two months later. We now close their books monthly and run a Form 990 cross-check the prior week each year.
That's a representative composite — not a single real client — but it's a pattern we see two or three times a quarter in DC's nonprofit and association community.
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