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Tax and Accounting Services for Healthcare Practices
Practice income arrives late, unevenly and net of adjustments — which makes cash accounting and tax planning unusually easy to get wrong.
The reimbursement lag
A practice bills at one figure and is paid another, often months later and after adjustments that were not knowable at the time of service. That gap between billed and collected revenue is the central accounting fact of a healthcare practice, and books that do not account for it will misstate performance in both directions.
The tax consequence follows from the timing. A practice that had an exceptional collections year may face a liability that its current cash position does not reflect, and one that had a slow year may be paying estimates calculated on a stronger prior year. Planning here is mostly about not being surprised.
What we handle for practices
- Bookkeeping that reconciles collections against billing rather than assuming they match
- Payroll for clinical and administrative staff, including the filings that follow
- Equipment purchase planning and how the write-off is timed
- Entity structure review for practices and practice owners
- Quarterly estimates set against projected collections, not last year’s figure
- Practice and owner returns prepared together
We provide accounting and tax services to practices. We are not a healthcare compliance advisor, and matters such as clinical or patient-privacy compliance sit outside what we do — we will say so rather than improvise.
The services behind this
Industry pages describe how our work applies to a sector. These are the services themselves.
Bookkeeping
Clean monthly books, reconciled accounts and reports you can actually use.
Learn morePayroll Services
Full-service payroll with tax filings, direct deposit and year-end forms.
Learn moreTax Planning
Year-round strategy so the return in April reflects decisions made all year.
Learn moreS-Corp Setup
S-Corp elections, reasonable salary and the payroll that has to follow.
Learn moreFrequently asked questions
Should a practice use cash or accrual accounting?
It depends on size, structure and what the practice needs the numbers for. Cash accounting is simpler and follows the money; accrual shows performance more accurately when there is a long lag between service and payment. The right answer differs between practices and is worth deciding deliberately.
How should we plan for equipment purchases?
Timing is the lever. Depending on the asset and the year, a purchase may be deductible immediately or over several years, and the better choice depends on your income in the year of purchase and in the years following. It is a planning conversation, not a filing one.
Do you handle payroll for clinical staff?
Yes — full-service payroll including deposits, filings, direct deposit and year-end forms. Clinical and administrative staff are handled the same way for payroll tax purposes.
Do you advise on healthcare compliance?
No. We handle accounting, payroll and tax. Clinical, licensing and patient-privacy compliance are outside our scope, and we would refer you elsewhere rather than take a view on them.
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Learn moreTell us what you need
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