You can choose to do tax and bookkeeping Irvine California (CA) through a professional bookkeeping company, you can have your own staff member who is a tax expert and bookkeeping specialists, you can use a freelancer who comes in from time to time to do your books, and annual taxes, or you can do it on your own. We would definitely not recommend doing it on your own, for several reasons, even if you have good knowledge of taxes. A bookkeeper gives a different perspective. They can see, pretty much from a glance, where your business is at. Profit or loss? Are you overspending or you do have cash in the bank? What is the future business looking like? A bookkeeper, who is not you, gives an honest perspective, one that is clear. Taxes can also be tricky Yes, you can definitely do your own taxes but this is part of what bookkeeping services specialize in. If you do your own taxes, great, you can do them online and you wait for the tax man. If a bookkeeper does them, again with a fresh or d