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Our Services

Know your numbers.
Know your business.

We organize our work around the outcomes you care about — not a flat list of bookkeeping tasks. Accurate records are where we start. Real understanding is where we help you go.

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Nine outcomes

More than bookkeeping. A partner in understanding.

Each service below is described by the business outcome it delivers — the clarity, the confidence, and the decisions it makes possible. That is the difference between having accurate books and actually knowing your business.

Accounting & Bookkeeping

Know where your money went, how your business performed, and what your statements are telling you.

We record every transaction — daily, weekly, and monthly — and reconcile every account so your books are always clean, current, and ready when your CPA needs them. No surprises. No missing records. Just accurate books you can count on, all year long.

  • —Full-charge bookkeeping across all accounts and transactions
  • —Bank, credit card, loan, and vendor account reconciliation
  • —Clean, audit-ready books delivered on a schedule that fits your business

Payroll & Compliance

Keep your people paid accurately and every filing on time — without surprises or penalties.

We handle your payroll from start to finish on a trusted, cloud-based platform — calculating and paying federal income tax withholding, Social Security and Medicare, federal and state unemployment taxes, and state withholding. We also handle the filings that go with them — quarterly returns, year-end W-2s and 1099s, and new-hire reporting — so nothing is missed and nothing is late.

  • —Accurate payroll processing with taxes calculated and paid on time
  • —Quarterly returns, year-end forms (W-2s and 1099s), and new-hire reporting
  • —Federal and state unemployment, withholding, and Social Security/Medicare

* While we prepare and file your payroll taxes on your behalf, ultimate responsibility for all payroll taxes and filings remains with the business owner. Our role is to help you stay in full compliance — accurately calculating, timely paying, and properly filing everything required.

Tax Preparation & Compliance

Get your business and personal returns prepared and filed accurately, on time, and in scope.

We prepare and sign federal and state tax returns for businesses and individuals under our active PTIN, within the scope appropriate to our credentials. We also keep your quarterly estimates and filings on track through the year, so tax season is never a scramble.

  • —Federal and state return preparation and filing for businesses and individuals
  • —Quarterly estimates and filings kept on schedule all year
  • —Tax liability planning and year-end coordination with your CPA

* We prepare and sign returns under an active PTIN and do not perform Attest services. We cannot represent clients before the IRS in an audit, a collection matter, or an appeal; for that we will refer you to a CPA and work alongside them.

Financial Reporting

See your business clearly through statements that actually make sense to the people running it.

We prepare easy-to-read reports — profit and loss statements, balance sheets, and cash flow summaries — so you always know how your business is doing. More than that, we help you understand what the statements are telling you, so you can make smart decisions with confidence instead of guessing.

Financial Analysis & Analytics

Turn raw numbers into trends, margins, and the story behind your performance.

This is where standard bookkeeping ends and real understanding begins. We look beyond the totals to find the trends, the margins, and the story your numbers are telling — so you can see not just where your business stands, but where it is heading and why. This is the bridge between having numbers and knowing your business.

  • —Trend, margin, and cash-flow analysis across your financials
  • —The story behind the numbers — what changed, why, and what it means
  • —Clear answers to the questions every owner should be able to answer

Business Advisory

Get clear, grounded guidance on the decisions that move your business forward.

We turn what we learn from your numbers into a simple, clear plan with goals you can track. We hand you the plan and stay by your side as your team moves forward — watching progress, spotting problems early, and helping you get back on track when needed.

  • —Strategic planning with milestones you can actually track
  • —Ongoing advisory and oversight as your team executes
  • —Clear, grounded guidance on the decisions that matter most

Forensic Accounting & Examination

Find what's hidden — errors, discrepancies, and the numbers that don't add up.

When something does not look right, we dig in. We examine your books for errors, discrepancies, and the numbers that do not add up — finding financial leakage, correcting mistakes, and giving you a clear, honest picture of where things actually stand. Whether you are months or years behind, we will sort it out.

  • —Error and discrepancy examination across your records
  • —Financial leakage detection and correction
  • —Clean-up of disorganized books — however far behind you are

Performance Analysis

Measure how efficiently your business runs and where it's gaining or losing ground.

We look at how your business runs day to day — your systems, your workflows, and how your team is organized — and measure how efficiently it all performs. We find the spots where things slow down and tell you exactly what to fix so your business grows steadily and planned, not chaotically.

  • —Operational assessment of systems, workflows, and team structure
  • —Efficiency measurement — where you are gaining or losing ground
  • —Growth strategy and scaling built on real data, not gut feeling

Executive Business Solutions

Bring senior-level strategy and operational leadership to your business — without the full-time cost.

When you are ready to grow, we bring senior-level strategy and operational leadership to your business without the full-time cost. We help you build the systems you need, set clear rules for making big decisions, and make sure your growth is steady and planned — so you can lead with confidence.

  • —Fractional executive leadership for growing businesses
  • —Systems, decision frameworks, and operational oversight
  • —Senior-level strategy without the full-time overhead
Audits & Examinations

Being audited? Let's answer it together.

When a state agency or an insurance carrier comes asking, you are not facing it alone. We work with you, side by side: we help pull the records together, prepare what the auditor asks for, and respond to the agency or carrier on your side, as authorized. It takes effort from both of us, and that is how these get answered well.

WA Dept. of Revenue (DOR)Employment Security (ESD)Labor & Industries (LNI)Insurance premium audits

A note on words: we are not a licensed CPA firm, so we do not perform Attest audits — the formal audits, reviews, or compilations of financial statements that carry an independent CPA's opinion. What we do is work with you on the audit: gathering the records, preparing what the auditor asks for, and responding on your side, as authorized.

Important Scope Notice

MeisterHoff & Associates provides accounting, bookkeeping, payroll, and executive business advisory services. We are not a licensed CPA firm, so we do not perform Attest services — audits, reviews, or compilations of financial statements.

We do help clients answer audits and examinations from state agencies and insurance carriers — including the Washington State Department of Revenue (DOR), the Employment Security Department (ESD), the Department of Labor & Industries (LNI), and workers' compensation and other insurance premium audits. On those, we work on the client's side: we pull the records together, prepare what the auditor asks for, and respond to the agency or carrier for you as authorized.

Under our active PTIN, we can prepare and sign federal and state tax returns for businesses and individuals, within the scope appropriate to our credentials. We cannot represent clients before the IRS in an audit, a collection matter, or an appeal; for that we will refer you to a CPA and work alongside them.

"We provide the Clarity.
You make the Decisions."

Our business advisory services are just that — advice and guidance. We study your situation, build a plan, set clear goals, and check in regularly to make sure things stay on track. We can also assist on your behalf with state agencies and insurance carriers; for anything before the IRS, we will refer you to a CPA and work alongside them. We give you the clarity; your team does the work with our full support behind them.

Common Questions

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Ready to know your numbers?

Every great working relationship starts with a simple conversation. Tell us about your business and we will figure out the best way to help you understand it.

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We bring integrity to every number and clarity to every decision — so the businesses we serve are built to endure.

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