Charles Harris CPA PLLC

03/22/2025

Enjoyed our time at the .drive.for.kids adult spelling bee. It was a night full of great company for a great cause. Glad to support initiatives like this that are dedicated to helping kids and families in our community.

02/04/2025

I'm helping put on a free webinar for how taxes work. Feel free to join and learn a little on Thursday!

Tax season is officially here, and we have had many questions come up from teachers! Questions such as “How do self employment taxes work?” and “What taxes do I actually need to pay?” and “Does this count as a deduction I can take?” among so many more.

Now is your chance to get your tax questions answered! Andrea and our CPA, Charles will be co-presenting a free tax webinar on Thursday, February 6. Great discussions usually happen in this webinar, so you won’t want to miss out!

Register now at https://www.musicstudiostartup.com/tax/

01/30/2025

Don't worry about saving receipts!😂

01/23/2025

01/22/2025

Pleasure to be on Music Studio Startup podcast.

12/13/2024

While December calendars are jam packed, January starts the beginning of a very busy season for accountants. It may be out with the old and in with the new for everyone else, but accountants are always looking to the past to forecast the future, and to do that, they may ask for your prior-year tax returns. In this post, we talk about the reasons why providing these documents may help your accountant and your business. https://wix.to/zWioMeb

Most, if not all, accountants will ask for a prior-year tax return before they will file your current tax year return. This might seem counterintuitive, especially because an accountant has enough knowledge to file taxes without the prior-year returns. But seeing what was done in the previous year a...

11/16/2024

Approaching an accountant for the first time can be a little intimidating, especially if you aren’t confident your finances are in order. But the best time to reach out is now! They can’t help you if they don’t know you need help. Here are a few things you can expect in the first few conversations with an accountant and what a working relationship with them looks like.

11/16/2024

Approaching an accountant for the first time can be a little intimidating, especially if you aren't confident your finances are in order. But the best time to reach out is now! They can't help you if they don't know you need help. Here are a few things you can expect in the first few conversations with an accountant and what a working relationship with them looks like.
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Working with an accountant can seem scary. You might wonder if you are a big enough company, you might be intimidated because you’re behind on your bookkeeping, and you may feel anxious about being judged. I’m here to reassure you that we accountants have seen it all, and if we haven’t, we’v...

10/29/2024

Key Performance Indicators (KPI) help you track the health and success of your business at a glance, giving you crucial information in a matter of seconds. We're providing you with a few suggestions on KPIs that can immediately give you a sense of where your music studio is at! https://wix.to/mJGbXyd

What is a KPI? KPI stands for Key Performance Indicators. These are measurements of how your business is performing. Though we’ll be focusing on financial KPIs in this post, there are many others that would be useful to music schools, which I hope to cover in future posts. However, KPIs don’t ha...

10/21/2024

Are they an employee or a contractor? At first, this may seem like a fairly easy question to answer, but as with many things in business, it can get complicated pretty quickly. Here are a few helpful ways to put your particular situation in perspective to help you determine what you have an how to support that relationship. https://wix.to/sbDqDUx

10/21/2024

Are they an employee or a contractor? At first, this may seem like a fairly easy question to answer, but as with many things in business, it can get complicated pretty quickly. Here are a few helpful ways to put your particular situation in perspective to help you determine what you have an how to support that relationship. https://wix.to/sbDqDUx

For small music schools, deciding whether to classify someone as a contractor or an employee can be a difficult decision. I encourage you to consult a professional, but let's cover some basics so you can feel more confident when having that conversation.The concern is that if you classify someone as...