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Westfront Tax & Accounting provides CPA-led accounting for Miami small businesses. We connect monthly bookkeeping, CFO-level reporting, and tax planning to give you the financial structure and visibility to grow without guessing.
Westfront works with Miami service businesses earning $500K to $10M a year that want a CPA on the account every month, not just at filing. Typical clients are contractors, dental and medical practices, agencies, and professional firms taxed as S-Corps or LLCs.
Books closed by the 15th, reconciled and audit-ready every month.
Bookkeeping services →A strategy call each quarter, so the April number is one you already knew.
Tax planning & advisory →Margin, cash runway and KPI reporting reviewed with a CPA, not just emailed.
Monthly accounting →Reasonable-compensation set correctly, filings and RT-6s handled.
Payroll services →Monthly pricing shown. Billed weekly. Price moves with the scope of services, financial complexity, transaction volume, and the level of reporting and guidance your business needs. Month-to-month, cancel anytime.
Monthly bookkeeping, reconciliations, financial statements, annual tax return.
Everything in Essentials plus tax visibility, payroll oversight and a CPA strategy call each quarter to tax plan.
Key performance indicators, forecasting, job-level or location-level profitability, monthly leadership review
Cleanup of prior periods is quoted separately, typically $750–$3,000 one-time.
$9.3M revenue, 13 employees, 129 contractors. Two years of unreconciled books, accounting maintained in Excel, unexplained payroll refunds, and unreliable 1099 amounts. We rebuilt the current year, corrected payroll and contractor activity, and identified $81,000 in tax exposure from prior-year mistakes in three weeks.
Downtown Miami and Brickell have a heavy concentration of professional services firms, while healthcare is a major part of Miami's business landscape. Miami is also where local business compliance can easily catch people off guard. Businesses with a physical location in the City usually need approval for the use of that location before getting the City’s Business Tax Receipt. State-regulated practices have another layer to deal with since Miami asks for licensing information for each professional working in the business. On top of the City requirements, there’s also a separate Miami-Dade County Local Business Tax Receipt.
Reduced owner taxes by $17,776 in year one by electing S-Corp treatment. Helped structure U.S. and international scouts’ pay, properly separating employees from independent contractors and providing the financial structure to expand beyond the state and overseas.
Our office is at 200 S. Andrews Ave in Downtown Fort Lauderdale, about 28 miles and 45 minutes from Downtown Miami. We serve Miami clients remotely with a hands-on approach. Clients hear from us at least monthly, with on-site visits arranged when a walkthrough or year-end meeting calls for it.
A business accountant in Miami should feel like your right hand. We take ownership of the numbers throughout the year.
"José and his team make financial decisions
simple, clear and measurable."
"Jose has been fantastic with me for both my business and personal accounting. I highly recommend him..."
Provider profitability, associate compensation tracking, equipment depreciation and practice-owner retirement planning.
Accounting for practices →Client profitability, project margins, and team utilization for marketing and creative agencies.
Accounting for marketing agencies →We learn about your needs and struggles. We send a custom proposal shortly after.
Access your client portal, connect QuickBooks, and access to bank and loan portals.
Prior periods are cleaned up and reconciled, then your first monthly close is delivered.
Best small business accountant in Miami?
The best small business accountant in Miami for you is one who first understands what your business actually needs before selling or advising you on anything. At a minimum, you need clean books just as much as you need help preparing your tax returns. A tax return is only as good as the numbers behind it. We offer a free discovery call and aim to leave you with at least one thing you can improve, even if you don’t hire us.
How do I find a CPA in Miami who works with service businesses?
It’s easier to start by looking for what you don’t want in a CPA in Miami. Avoid firms that seem to serve everybody. Look for a firm that specifically calls out your industry, or at least focuses on service-based businesses like yours. That helps you avoid becoming another number on a long client list. It also gives you a CPA who understands how your business operates and where the financial pressure points usually show up.
Is a CPA worth it for a small business?
A CPA is worth it when you start making decisions your bank balance cannot answer. Cash flow, hiring, taxes, new locations, and major purchases all get harder to judge as the business grows. A good CPA helps you understand the financial impact before making decisions.
What are red flags when hiring a CPA?
Poor communication is the biggest red flag. You should also watch out for getting passed between people or feeling like another name on a long client list. Ask what communication looks like and who you’ll actually be working with. You want a CPA with the capacity and continuity to stay involved with your business.
How do you pick a good accountant?
Start by writing down the problems you need solved, then look for an accountant whose services address them. They should make the discovery process easy and listen to you before selling. Look for quality reviews, not just a high review count. A good accountant makes complicated things easier to understand instead of hiding behind them.
Thirty minutes, no charge, and you leave with at least one thing to change whether or not you hire us.
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