Best Tax Services for Contractors in Upstate SC (2026)

Elite Pro-Tax is a tax, bookkeeping and payroll firm at 207 Siloam Road, Suite B, in Easley, founded by Greenville native LaToya Clark-Thompson. It works with individuals and small businesses across Greenville, Anderson, Spartanburg, Pickens and Oconee counties, in person or fully virtually through a secure client portal where you upload documents and e-sign.

Its contractor and construction pages describe how its services apply to trade businesses:

• Federal and state tax preparation for self-employed contractors, 1099 earners and S corporations.
• Year-round tax planning, including estimated payments.
• Monthly bookkeeping and catch-up bookkeeping for owners who have fallen behind.
• Full-service payroll as an add-on for businesses with employees.
• SC LLC and corporation formation, and S-corporation election and setup with reasonable-salary guidance.
• Help with IRS and SCDOR notices, back returns and payment plans. Representation before the IRS or SCDOR is handled by an independent licensed CPA the firm partners with.

The office is open Monday through Thursday, 9am to 6pm, and Friday, 10am to 4pm, and appointments can be booked online.

Mitchell and Kuharsky is a CPA firm at 4 Chick Springs Road in Greenville. Its site lists construction first among the industries it serves, alongside restaurants, law firms, manufacturers and real estate.

Its construction page points to the insurance and bonding requirements, labor issues and competitive bidding that set the industry apart, and lists these services:

• Financial statements and construction audits
• Tax preparation and tax planning
• Payroll
• Business valuation

The firm also offers bookkeeping, QuickBooks setup and training, new business formation, and IRS tax relief work such as payment plans and audit representation.

Gregory A. Owens, CPA, has practiced in Greenville since 2005 and has an office at 902 North Pleasantburg Drive. The practice provides accounting, bookkeeping, tax preparation and QuickBooks training for individuals and small to mid-size businesses.

Its site names contractors among the business types it serves and mentions job-costing and 1099 reporting as needs it helps with. That makes it a fit for owner-operators and small subcontracting firms that keep their books in QuickBooks and want a CPA who can also teach them to use it.

Upstate CPAs is a CPA firm at 1425 John B. White Sr. Boulevard in Spartanburg. Its construction page lists a broad set of services for the industry:

• Financial statement compilations, reviews and audits
• Review and setup of financial reporting systems and internal project controls
• Contractor dispute resolution and construction audits
• Tax return preparation
• Payroll
• Business valuation and succession planning

Contractors who bid on bonded work, or who are planning a sale or handoff of the company, may find the assurance and succession services useful alongside annual tax preparation.

GreerWalker is a Carolinas accounting and advisory firm with a Greenville office at 15 South Main Street, Suite 900. Its site states that attest services are provided by GreerWalker Attest, PLLC, a licensed independent CPA firm.

The firm has a construction team that serves general contractors, specialty trades, heavy highway contractors, architects, engineers and home builders. Beyond tax, assurance and accounting, its construction page lists:

• Job cost system design and contract accounting
• Forecasts and benchmarking
• Cost segregation studies
• Internal controls analysis

Elliott Davis is headquartered at 355 South Main Street, Suite 500, in downtown Greenville, which its site calls the firm's largest and longest-operating location. Its site states that audit and assurance services are provided by Elliott Davis, LLC, a licensed CPA firm.

Its construction practice works with contractors, developers and specialty trades, with separate focus areas for:

• General contractors
• Subcontractors and specialty trade companies
• Heavy highway contractors
• Home builders

The firm describes its construction work as a mix of consulting, tax and assurance, aimed at cost control, project-level financial controls and long-term company value. It is a regional firm, so it suits established companies more than a one-truck operation.