Payroll Companies & Payroll Services in Carson City, NV

Steele & Associates, LLC is a certified public accounting firm in Carson City, Nevada. It has operated in its present form since 1999. For businesses comparing payroll providers, the firm offers payroll processing as one part of a wider accounting and tax practice. That means payroll can sit alongside bookkeeping, tax filings and advisory work under one local CPA team, instead of being handled by a stand-alone processing vendor.

Payroll and Related Services

Payroll appears among the firm's business services. Its tax resolution practice also lists help for employers dealing with payroll tax problems. The website does not describe its payroll workflow in detail, so buyers should ask directly about pay frequencies, filing support and software. The firm works closely with QuickBooks and offers setup, training, tune-ups and discounted purchasing of the software. Its broader menu for business clients includes:

• Payroll and help with payroll tax issues
• Small business accounting and cash flow management
• Part-time CFO and management advisory services
• Tax preparation and planning for businesses and individuals
• IRS representation, including liens, levies, payment plans and offers in compromise
• Forensic accounting, internal controls and succession planning
• Support for bank financing and strategic business planning

Clients and Specialties

The firm serves business owners, executives, independent professionals and individual taxpayers. It has dedicated offerings for attorneys and law practices and for non-profit organizations. Team biographies describe audit, review, compilation and tax experience across a range of sectors:

• Retail and professional services
• Light manufacturing
• Gaming
• HUD-funded housing projects
• Governments
• Employee benefit and pension plans
• Non-profits

Background and Team

Founding partner Benjamin Steele began practicing in Carson City after earning his CPA certificate in 1979. Some client relationships go back roughly two decades. Jonathan Steele, CPA, CGMA, is the managing partner. A Carson City native, he chairs the audit committee of Greater Nevada Credit Union and sits on several local boards.

Vanessa Davis, CPA, CGMA, has more than twenty years of experience. She has also chaired the board of the Nevada Society of Certified Public Accountants. Sheila Jannusch, CPA, holds licenses in New Mexico and Nevada. Staff accountant Nicole Contreras focuses on tax preparation and compilations.

The firm sets an internal goal of at least 50 hours of continuing education per year for its professional staff. As an AICPA member, it undergoes a peer review of its quality control system every three years.

How the Firm Works

Steele & Associates presents itself as a small practice that gives clients direct, personal attention. It is an independently owned member of CPAConnect, an alliance of CPAmerica, which in turn belongs to the Crowe Global network. Through that membership, the firm can draw on specialists at more than 200 independent firms worldwide when a client's needs go beyond local expertise.

Clients use a secure, password-protected online portal to exchange and store financial documents. New clients typically begin with a scheduled consultation, where the team works out which services fit their situation.