Services & Pricing

Dean & Company is proud to be transparent about our pricing, and as such, we offer price quotes at no charge. To give potential clients an idea of where our prices begin:

Tax Return Preparation & Filing

  • Corporate tax returns (“S” or “C”) start at $1,500
  • Partnership tax returns start at $950
  • Individual tax returns start at $450
  • Trust tax returns start at $575
  • Gift tax returns start at $575
  • Estate returns start at $575 Form for 1041 and start at $1,500 for Form 706
  • Non-profit tax returns start at $795 for Form 990-EZ and start at $1,200 for Form 990 or 990-PF
  • FBAR FinCEN Form 114 – start at $475
  • Audit assistance and representation – $275/hour
  • Tax consulting and tax planning services are $275/hour
  • Consulting services are $275/hour

What kinds of things will increase my tax preparation fees?

  • For individual returns, things like: itemized deductions (Schedule A), significant investment income (Schedule B), capital gains & losses (Schedule D) self-employed income (Schedule C), farm income (Schedule F), rental income (Schedule E), pass-through income (K-1’s), various tax credits, tracking depreciation, etc.
  • For business returns, the two biggest factors in cost are: 1) the size and complexity of your business, and 2) the organization and accuracy of the financial information provided by you. Other items that increase fees are: depreciation schedules, balance sheets, if we must calculate or track stock basis, number of members or stockholders, number of states you must file, having to file K-2’s or K-3’s, etc.

Bookkeeping & Accounting Services

  • Monthly/quarterly bookkeeping services – sole proprietors start at $175 per month, small businesses start at $350 per month
  • Quarterly review and clean-up – sole proprietors start at $395 per quarter, small businesses start at $785 per quarter
  • Annual review and clean-up – sole proprietors start at $1,195 per year, small businesses start at $2,500 per year (these fees will be higher if the annual work must be done during our busy season of January 1st and May 15th)
  • Non-profit and church monthly bill-pay and bookkeeping services – starts at $495 per month
  • Internal control analysis for small businesses, churches, and non-profit entities starts at $2,500

Payroll Services

  • We offer multiple levels of service for payroll; from full service where we run your payroll, file your payroll taxes, and file your payroll forms to after-the-fact payroll where we only file your monthly/quarterly/annual payroll taxes and forms from the payroll you provide us.
  • Payroll fees start at $175 per month for after-the-fact and $350 per month for full-service

New Business Set Up and Entity Election Options

  • Entity selection consulting for new start-ups – $275/hour
  • S-corporation election analysis – Don’t believe TikTok or social media. Electing to be treated as an S-corporation is not for every business. It may even end up costing you more money than you will save. We will do an in-depth analysis of your business to see if an S-corporation is a viable option. The cost is $750 if we are provided complete, accurate financials.
  • Tax Identification Number – $195
  • S-Corporation Election – starts at $575

If you would like a free personalized quote for the service(s) you desire, please call our office at 434-385-5999 and one of our associates will provide you with a list of what we need to create the quote.