Accounting & Tax Services in Grifton, NC
Bookkeeping, tax preparation, payroll and church accounting for Grifton businesses, churches and individuals, from an accounting firm in Greenville run by a CPA. Grifton is about 13 miles south of Greenville.
- CPA, more than 30 years of experience
- Ramsey Trusted Tax Pro
- Greenville, NC
- Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
An accounting firm for Grifton
Grifton sits on Contentnea Creek about 13 miles south of Greenville, and the creek does something unusual: it forms the county line. Most of the town is on the northeastern side, in Pitt County, while a small piece sits across the water in Lenoir County. The crossing has mattered here for a long time. The settlement was Peter's Ferry in 1756, then Blount's Ford, then Bell's Ferry, and it was incorporated in 1883 before being renamed six years later for a local merchant, C.M.A. Griffin.
About 2,448 people live here. The best known week is the Shad Festival, running since 1971, with roughly forty activities, parades, fishing contests and food cooked by local groups. The rest of the year, Grifton is trades, small shops, farming, and people who drive NC Highway 11 to work. The WITN tower standing 1,985 feet over the fields is the tallest thing for miles.
Elite Accounting is an accounting firm run by a CPA in Greenville, a straight run north on Highway 11. We do bookkeeping, tax preparation and payroll for small businesses, churches and individuals. Mike Hayes has more than 30 years of experience and is a Ramsey Trusted Tax Pro. Come to the office, or send everything through the client portal.
Bookkeeping in Grifton
A Grifton business address can land in Pitt County or Lenoir County depending on which side of the creek it sits on, and that is worth getting right in your records from the start. After that, the work is the usual: a current general ledger, payables and receivables tracked, bank and card accounts reconciled, sales tax reported and filed, and QuickBooks set up or cleaned up. Reports come monthly, quarterly or yearly. For trades doing project work, job costing is included.
More on BookkeepingTax Services in Grifton
Plenty of people in Grifton draw a paycheck up in Greenville or down toward Kinston and run something of their own on the side. That combination fills a return with moving parts. We handle individual preparation for any filing situation, business returns, quarterly estimated tax support and IRS correspondence. Planning and projections happen before the year closes, while choices are still available to you.
More on Tax ServicesPayroll in Grifton
Hiring the first employee is where payroll gets real for a small Grifton operation, because withholding, deposits, new hire reporting and year-end forms all begin at once. We take the whole thing: full-service processing, direct deposit and paystubs, payroll tax filing and payments, W-2 and 1099 preparation, and support during a workers compensation audit. QuickBooks payroll setup is there if you already work in QuickBooks.
More on Payroll ServicesChurch Accounting in Grifton
A small congregation in Grifton may have one part-time pastor, a handful of volunteers, and a budget where every dollar is visible to somebody. Clean records protect all of them. We handle the giving records, the designated funds, the payroll for paid staff and the filings, then produce reports a board can get through in one sitting. The size of a church changes nothing about how carefully its books should be kept.
More on Church AccountingServing Grifton
You run your business. We will handle the rest.
- Books reconciled every month, with reports you can read
- Tax returns prepared and filed by a CPA, and IRS letters handled
- Payroll processed, filed and paid on schedule
- Serving Grifton in person and through a secure client portal
Grifton accounting questions
Grifton is in two counties. Does that change my bookkeeping?
It changes the address and jurisdiction that belong on your records, since part of town is in Pitt County and part is in Lenoir County across Contentnea Creek. We set that up correctly when we build your file. The bookkeeping itself works the same either way.
Is it worth driving to Greenville for an accountant?
It is about 13 miles up Highway 11, so it is a short trip when you want to sit down with us. Most of the time you will not need to, because documents move through the secure client portal and questions get answered by phone at (252) 916-3278.
Can you help if I have never filed a business return before?
Yes. A new business is a good place to get this right, before habits set. We will set up the books, explain how quarterly estimated payments would work for your situation, and prepare the first return.
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