Taxes

• Tax Planning
  At Island Business Services, we offer a broad spectrum of comprehensive and thorough year-round tax assistance for individuals and businesses, from managing sales tax compliance to business and estate tax planning to the preparation of personal and corporate returns to effective representation before taxation authorities. We take an active approach to all aspects of taxation –our seasoned staff monitors compliance to avoid surprises at tax time, and stays current with changes in tax law to identify the tax planning implications, allowing us to proactively apply updated strategies to minimize our clients’ tax liability and maximize their financial growth.
• Charitable Giving
  Island Business Services provides expert preparation of complex federal and state estate, gift, and trust tax returns, as well as offering comprehensive and knowledgeable assistance with the tax implications of your estate plans, business succession plans, and gifting strategies. We can advise you about the efficacy and tax implications of a number of estate planning strategies including irrevocable trusts and charitable giving strategies. We constantly strive to maximize the value of your estate, gift, or trust, and to protect your heirs or beneficiaries from confusion, uncertainty, and the distraction of unforeseen estate tax levies.
• Estate Taxes
• Tax Services
  We have compiled this Resource Center to provide you with tools and information to complement our tax services. From here, you can track your tax refund, use our handy calculators, or stay current on the latest tax issues affecting individuals and businesses.
• Income Tax
  At Island Business Services, we specialize in accurate, quick, and painless preparation of your personal income taxes, offering sensible assistance at reasonable rates. Our knowledgeable and experienced tax professionals ensure that you receive all the deductions to which you are entitled, and speed your refund by filing your return electronically with the IRS and state tax authorities. In addition, we are available year-round to provide valuable assistance with tax planning, helping you minimize your tax liability and avoid surprises during the tax season.
• Tax Return Preparation
  Our experienced, insightful staff believes that providing effective tax services to individual clients involves more than simple tax return preparation. At Island Business Services, the core of our firm’s philosophy is that planning is the key to an individual’s overall financial health, and we believe that staying on track with a strong, comprehensive plan is the best way to minimize your taxes, manage your finances, maximize your assets, and achieve your goals. We don’t just prepare your tax return...we can help you to develop a solid, sensible plan that can help you not only with this year’s taxes but also your future expenses, from saving for your children’s educational expenses, to funding your retirement, to protecting your assets and estate.

Accounting

• Accounting Services
  At Island Business Services, we leverage the power of the cloud to offer an accounting system that allows us to work collaboratively with you, our clients, minimizing costly and time-consuming errors and maximizing efficiency. This highly-customizable system gives you as much or as little direct involvement in your accounting and bookkeeping processes as you like – anything from simply entering checks and deposits to handling advanced bookkeeping transactions. Because you use the same system we use to analyze your trial balance and prepare your financials, this cloud-based system is safe, secure, and eliminates the time-consuming process of transferring data back and forth, for maximum efficiency and flexibility.
• Payroll Services
  Payroll processing can be a labor-intensive chore, particularly for small businesses with limited staff. At Island Business Services, we provide efficient, reliable payroll processing at a reasonable cost, including printing or direct-depositing paychecks, managing deductions, allowances, and withholding, filing quarterly and year-end state and federal payroll tax forms and making electronic tax payments, as well as comprehensive payroll reporting to help you manage your staff and run your business efficiently.
• Bookkeeping Services
  At Island Business Services, we recognize that accurate, well-organized financial information is critical to your corporate or personal financial health. Our detail-oriented and insightful staff is committed to providing the comprehensive reports, analysis, and services you need to manage your finances and assess your financial position. We offer a broad spectrum of meaningful and cost-effective accounting and auditing services, from bookkeeping services to financial statement preparation to financial analysis to help you to manage your finances efficiently and accurately.

Planning

• Financial Planning
  As accounting, tax, payroll, and financial planning considerations are often interrelated, we make every effort to know each our clients individually. Understanding your aims and needs allows us to provide you with a comprehensive package of custom-tailored solutions designed to help you to achieve your personal and professional objectives.
• Gifting Strategies