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Business & Entity Return Pricing

Fees for preparing corporate and partnership returns vary, according to the complexity of the tax return.  Prices are generally form-based, with a specific fee assigned to each form and worksheet that needs to be prepared.  Average pricing reflects situations where the businesses financial statements are in good order with few errors or discrepancies. Additional time charges will be applied if it is necessary for our accountants to make corrections to business books to bring them in compliance with tax laws and GAAP. 

To minimize our fees and time spent working on your return, please note:

  1. We recommend you review our tax organizers to ensure you are providing all required information.
  2. We ask you deliver all required information at the same time so that our staff has everything they need when they begin to work on your return.
  3. Missing information will delay timely preparation of any tax return we prepare, for the following reasons:
    • Staff will need to take time make notes about what is missing, and then draft an email, or telephone you, to request the missing information.
    • Staff will need to put your return aside until that information is delivered. 
    • After missing information is delivered, our staff will need to block out more time to review your file, reacquaint themselves with the details of your return, analyze and interpret the newly delivered information to determine if it is correct and complete, and then resume work on your return.
    • Depending on workloads and how far we are from filing deadlines, our staff may not be able to finish your return prior to the filing deadline.
  4. If our staff request additional information from you, please deliver it as soon as you can.  A delay of more than a day or two adversely affects our ability to timely complete your return.  This is because staff can only remember important details about tax return information for a short period of time.  The longer it takes you to get missing information to your preparer, the harder it is for them to remember these important details.

Companies can obtain a price estimate by filling out the appropriate organizer and then calling 503-646-5600 or dropping by our office.

Sole Proprietor Single member LLC

April 15 filing deadline

Single member LLCs generally file Schedule C, unless an election has been made to file as a corporation.  Please see our individual 1040 return pricing page, Example #8 for an idea of what we charge to prepare a Schedule C small business return.

S-Corporation
(1120 S) Returns

March 15 filing deadline

Our average price for an S corporation return is about $2,500.

Very simple returns start at $1,750
Moderate returns $1,800- $2,600
Complex returns are $3,000 and up.

Accounting work to correct errors in business financial statements is billed at an additional $300 per hour.  

To minimize our fees and enable our staff to complete your tax return in a timely manner, please complete our S Corporation Tax Organizer and deliver required information to us as early in the tax season as you can.   Clients who deliver documents to us after the 3rd week of February often need to go on extension.

Partnership
(1065) Returns

March 15 filing deadline

Our average price for a partnership return is about $2,000.

Very simple returns start at $1,750
Moderate returns $1,800- $2,600
Complex returns are $3,000 and up

Accounting work to correct errors in business financial statements is billed at an additional $270 per hour. 

To minimize our fees and enable our staff to complete your tax return in a timely manner, please complete our Partnership Tax Organizer and deliver required information to us as early in the tax season as you can.   Clients who deliver documents to us after the 3rd week of February often need to go on extension.

Corporate
(1120) Returns

April 15 filing deadline (calendar year)

Our average price for a C corporation return is $2,000.

Very simple returns start at $1,750
Moderate returns $1,800- $2,600
Complex returns are $3,000 and up

Accounting work to correct errors in business financial statements is billed at an additional $270 per hour.  

To minimize our fees and enable our staff to complete your tax return in a timely manner, please complete our C Corporation Tax Organizer and deliver required information to us as early in the tax season as you can.   Clients who deliver documents to us after the 2nd week of March often need to go on extension.

Trust/Estate
(1041) Returns

April 15 filing deadline

Our average price for a Fiduciary return is $800-$1,100.

Simple returns start at $800. 
Moderate returns $900 - 1,500. 
Complex returns $1,700 and up.

To minimize our fees and enable our staff to complete your tax return in a timely manner, please complete our Fiduciary Tax Organizer and deliver required information to us as early in the tax season as you can.   Clients who deliver documents to us after the 2nd week of March often need to go on extension.

Estate (706) Returns

Filing deadline is 9 months after date of death

Very few estates need to file 706 returns.  If you are administering an estate valued at more than $1 million, you may be required to file an Oregon Form OR-706 Estate Transfer Tax return. 
If you are required to file Federal returns are generally only required for estates valued at over $5 million.  Beginning 2018, Form 706 will apply only for estates valued at over $10 million.  See our Estates & Trusts Tax Organizer page for more information.

Extremely Simple: $4,000
Common Estate: $4,500 – $7,000
Full Complex Estate: $7,000 – $14,000

Non-profit
(990) organizations

May 15 filing deadline

Pricing for reviewing and filing a simple 990 postcard is $500. 
990-EZ filings usually run $900 - $2,100
Complex 990 long form filings begin at $2,200 with final pricing based on overall complexity.