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ATPP is an affordable, full-service payroll, tax-planning and business accounting firm committed to your success in Southern California.

While we manage your payroll, record-keeping, and tax and financial responsibilities, you focus on running your business. Our payroll specialists make sure your checks are properly processed and delivered on time and that your data is always secure. Services include comprehensive QuickBooks setup and training. Our experienced tax professionals stay on top of changes in state and federal tax regulations and compliance issues - particularly the burdensome changes affecting small and mid-sized businesses and entrepreneurs. We minimize your tax burden and maximize your growth opportunities. We also perform detailed tax planning and develop tax projections. Our skilled accountants provide a complete range of custom financial services so you can improve business operations and efficiency, and have accurate records for banks, investors or other interested parties.

10/24/2026

The end of the year looks different from the payroll side. And 2026 has introduced some new requirements that are worth knowing about now — not in January when W-2 preparation is already underway.

For businesses that pay tips or overtime, the IRS now requires three additional reporting boxes on W-2 forms: Box 12 Code TP for certain tip amounts, Code TT for employer-allocated tips, and Box 14b for qualified overtime compensation. If your payroll system isn't configured for these, the time to find out is now — not the week you're trying to get forms out.

There's also the 1099-NEC threshold change to factor in. The contractor reporting requirement moved from $600 to $2,000 this year, which affects how many forms you'll need to prepare and file by January 31.

None of this is complicated once you know it. But payroll errors and late forms carry penalties that add up quickly — and they tend to surface in January when there's the least time to fix them gracefully.

If your payroll team or advisor hasn't walked through the 2026 year-end requirements yet, October is a good time to have that conversation.

10/21/2026

One of the most powerful tax reduction tools still available to business owners at this point in the year isn't complicated. It's just consistently overlooked.

Retirement contributions.

Through vehicles like a SEP-IRA, Solo 401(k), or defined benefit plan, business owners can shelter significant income from taxation — sometimes tens of thousands of dollars — in a way that also builds long-term wealth.

The window to act is still open, but it isn't unlimited. Some plan types need to be established by December 31 to allow contributions for the current tax year. Others have different timelines. And the amount you can contribute depends in part on how well you understand your actual income picture heading into year-end.

The businesses that make the most of this tend to do two things: they have an accurate projection of their income before the year closes, and they've had a conversation with someone who can match the right contribution strategy to their specific situation.

If you haven't thought about retirement contributions as part of your Q4 planning, it's a good week to add it to the conversation.

10/17/2026

The business you are today may not be the same business you were when you first chose your entity structure.

Most people make that decision early — when the business is new, when revenue looks different, when the priorities are simpler. And then the business grows. The income changes. The team expands. The goals shift.

The entity structure, more often than not, stays the same.

Q4 is the right time to ask whether it should.

Different structures carry different tax implications, different liability profiles, and different flexibility for things like retirement contributions, compensation strategy, and how income is distributed. What works well at one level of revenue or one stage of growth doesn't always carry forward cleanly to the next.

Making a structural change takes time and planning — which is exactly why October matters more than December for this conversation. Some elections and adjustments have deadlines that fall before year-end, and changes that take effect January 1 often need to be set in motion well before then.

If your business has grown or changed significantly in the last few years, it might be worth taking a fresh look at whether your structure is still working as hard as it should.

10/14/2026

There's a change to contractor reporting this year that most business owners haven't heard about — and Q4 is exactly when it starts to matter.

For 2026, the threshold for filing a 1099-NEC increased from $600 to $2,000.

That means if you paid a contractor less than $2,000 this year, you're no longer required to file a 1099-NEC for them. For a lot of businesses that work with multiple freelancers or service providers, this changes the year-end paperwork picture.

It doesn't mean you stop tracking those payments. Good records are always worth keeping. But it does mean the reporting obligation itself has shifted — and any assumptions you or your team made based on the old threshold need to be revisited before January.

Now is a reasonable time to run through your contractor list, review what you've paid out this year, and make sure the people responsible for year-end filing know about the new number.

A small change in the rules can create a bigger gap than expected when it goes unnoticed.

10/10/2026

Q4 performance review from the Chief Woof Officer.

The CWO has completed his fall inspection. His findings are as follows:

The blanket situation has been properly addressed. He approves.

The treat supply remains, in his professional opinion, critically low. He is escalating this matter.

He has reviewed the outlook for Q4 and finds it promising — particularly the increased likelihood of afternoon naps and indoor meetings.

His overall rating: satisfied, pending treat budget resolution.

(If you need a financial team that brings this level of thoroughness to your Q4 review — with slightly fewer snack-related grievances — I'm here for the last quarter.)

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10/07/2026

If you filed an extension back in April, October 15th is no longer a date you can leave in the background.

For sole proprietors, single-member LLCs, and C-corporations on extension, that's the final filing deadline. After that date, the IRS isn't accepting late returns without penalties.

Here's what I find worth saying clearly: an extension gives you more time to file — not more time to pay. If taxes were owed in April and you haven't paid them yet, interest and penalties have been building since then.

This isn't about alarm bells. It's just about knowing what the date actually means — and making sure nothing gets left undone in the final stretch.

If you're working with an advisor who has your return in process, you're in good hands. If you're not sure where things stand, this week is worth a conversation.

What got extended doesn't go away. It just moved.

10/01/2026

October is here.

And with it comes something I think about every year at this time: the last real window to shape how this year ends.

Not the last window to file. Not the last window to panic. The last window to actually do something.

The decisions that change what a business owner owes — or keeps — between now and December 31 are still available. Retirement contributions, equipment purchases, entity elections, income timing, contractor reviews. They're all still on the table.

But the table doesn't stay set forever.

Q4 tends to move fast. And it has a way of arriving at year-end as either something you planned for or something that happened to you.

If you haven't had a year-end planning conversation yet, October is the right time. Not because there's urgency in the alarming sense — but because the later you start, the fewer options you have.

Where does your year stand so far?

04/10/2026

Feeling the sting of missed tax deductions? You’re not alone, but it’s NOT too late to take control.

With April deadlines closing in and many of the 2025 deduction opportunities now in the rearview mirror, I'm seeing that familiar "tax season pressure" starting to set in for business owners.

But here is the truth I share with my clients: Tax preparation is NOT the same as tax planning.

Preparation is REACTIVE.
It’s looking at the mess that’s already been made and trying to fit it into the right boxes.

Planning, on the other hand, is PROACTIVE.
It’s the "white-glove" approach my team and I take... where we help you build a strategy throughout the year so that by the time you reach the filing deadline, there are no surprises—just structure.

For 2026, the landscape has shifted significantly.

If your current support only helps you file, you’re likely missing VALUABLE opportunities to reduce your burden year after year.

Our team goes beyond the forms:
👉 We uncover the specific deductions your business qualifies for under new tax laws.
👉 We identify financial inefficiencies that are quietly eating your profit.
👉 We set you up with the systems to ensure you never have to "scramble" again.

Don’t dwell on what you missed in the past; let’s focus on what’s still possible for your future.

Let’s talk. 📲 818-436-2775

04/07/2026

Standing on the beach, you realize that the ocean doesn’t care how fast you row if you’re heading in the wrong direction.

In my years of working with founders I’ve noticed a distinct pattern...
The clients who really thrive, the ones who aren't just "successful" on paper but are actually happy, all have one thing in common.

It isn’t a secret tax loophole. It isn't a specific industry.

It’s the willingness to let go of the "DIY" badge of honor.

There is a certain point in every business’s growth where the founder’s involvement in the day-to-day financial weeds becomes a liability, not an asset. The owners who scale with grace are the ones who realize that their time is better spent on vision and culture than on reconciling accounts payable or hunting down vendor receipts.

They understand that structure is the foundation of freedom.

When I see a client finally move from "I have to do this myself to make sure it’s right" to "I have a partner I trust to handle this with excellence," their entire energy changes.

Their shoulders drop.
Their focus sharpens.
They start looking at the horizon again instead of the sand at their feet.

Success shouldn't feel like a heavyweight you're dragging across the beach. It SHOULD feel like the wind at your back.

If you’re ready to stop carrying the weight of your own accounting, let’s see if we’re the right fit to take it off your plate. You can reach me at 818-436-2775.

04/03/2026

Every year around this time, the conversation shifts toward "deadlines." But when I look at retirement contributions, I don't see a "date on a calendar," I see a CHOICE to protect the wealth you’ve worked SOOO hard to build.

If you haven’t maxed out your contributions for the 2025 tax year yet, you have until April 15th to do so. For most, that means a limit of $7,000 (or $8,000 if you’re 50 or older).

It’s one of the simplest ways to lower your taxable income while simultaneously investing in your own freedom.

As we look toward the rest of 2026, those opportunities grow. The contribution limit for the current year has moved up to $7,500.

We don't just want you to hit these numbers because a deadline exists; we want you to hit them because they are part of a larger, cohesive strategy that gives YOU peace of mind.

Let's talk about what this should look like for you.
You can reach my office directly at 818-436-2775.

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15760 Ventura Boulevard , # 610
Encino, CA
91436

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Tuesday	9am - 5:30pm
Wednesday	9am - 5:30pm
Thursday	9am - 5:30pm
Friday	9am - 5:30pm

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(818) 436-2775

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http://www.accountingtaxespayroll.com/

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