Service Area
Accounting in Downtown Richmond
Partner-led accounting and advisory for Downtown Richmond and the wider Richmond metro — fixed fees quoted in writing, free 30-minute consultation.
Clients across Downtown Richmond rely on O’KEEFFECPA & Associates for dependable, professional service.
What We Handle
Every service, for Downtown Richmond
The full firm is available to Downtown Richmond clients — the same people on your engagement from the first call to the last.
Downtown Richmond is the central business district, generally bound by Belvidere Street on the west, I-95 on the north and east, and the James River on the south, with the Fan to the west, Highland Park to the north, Church Hill to the east, and Manchester to the south. If your office, loft, or commute lives inside that box, the CPA question is usually immediate: the return is due, a notice arrived at work, or the business you just formed needs an entity that matches the invoices. O’KEEFFECPA & Associates sits in that district at 1 N. 5th Street, Suite 502, and treats tax preparation, IRS resolution, and small-business setup as one practice.
The same firm also keeps Henrico at 4110 E. Parham Road, Suite 204, and Alexandria at 2121 Eisenhower Avenue, Suite 200, so a Downtown Richmond client who lives in Scott’s Addition or works toward Short Pump is not trapped in one building. Appointment booking, a client portal, online payments, and a free, no-obligation consultation are how the work starts. Neighboring markets—Henrico County, Chesterfield County, Hanover County, even day trips toward Petersburg or Hopewell—show up on downtown files as extra W-2s, 1099s, and K-1s, not as a second website.
Practical and professional here means we talk documents, not slogans. Gerard Madden wrote, “Chris has been doing my taxes since 2006. Always available with excellent advice and service.” Downtown Richmond buyers are often W-2 professionals beside entrepreneurs; they want to know whether they are paying for strategy or clerical processing. We name the tier—filing, planning, books, resolution—before the engagement grows.
About Downtown Richmond
Downtown Richmond is the central business district of Richmond, Virginia, United States. It is generally defined as being bound by Belvidere Street to the west, I-95 to the north and east, and the James River to the south. The Fan district borders it to the west, Highland Park to the north, Church Hill to the east, and Manchester to the south.
Source: Wikipedia
How we work in Downtown Richmond
Individual & Business Tax Preparation
A Downtown Richmond file can be a Form 1040 from a Fan household and a Form 1120-S from a Fifth Street company in the same week. Individual & Business Tax Preparation is that combined work, opened with a free consultation. The client portal holds the organizers so you are not walking a binder across Belvidere unless you want to.
IRS Tax Resolution & Dispute Representation
An IRS letter delivered to a downtown workplace still needs a certified public accountant, not a call-center mill. IRS Tax Resolution & Dispute Representation covers Offer in Compromise, Currently Not Collectible, penalty abatement, and levy relief after we say what is negotiable. No-obligation consult first; we will not sell a package that cannot move the balance.
Small Business Formation & Entity Selection
Forming an LLC or S-corp because a neighboring Church Hill contractor did is not a tax plan. Small Business Formation & Entity Selection matches entity selection and K-1 setup to how the downtown business actually bills. Lowest-cost suitable option first, including staying on Schedule C when that is still right.
Bookkeeping Services
Downtown Richmond companies often confuse “we have a CPA” with “someone is recording the transactions.” Bookkeeping Services is the monthly books; tax preparation is the annual filing. We will explain the split and skip the retainer if your records already support the return.
Payroll Services
Hiring in the district means payroll compliance—withholding and quarterly filings—not a software logo on a slide. Payroll Services is that work when you have employees. If you are still paying yourself as a draw on Schedule C, we leave payroll off.
Tax Planning & Consulting
Year-round Tax Planning & Consulting is for downtown owners who want estimated taxes and structure discussed before December. It is a different deliverable from filing what you already calculated. If clerical processing is all you need this year, we will not relabel it as strategy.
Federal Acquisition Services
Federal Acquisition Services is specialized government-contracting support for clients who actually need that guidance. A Downtown Richmond professional services shop may; a simple household return will not. We add the lane when the work is real.
Amended Tax Returns
Amended Tax Returns from the 5th Street office means prior-year correction, typically Form 1040-X, using documents in the portal. Downtown filers sometimes find a missed 1099 after a job change across the river. We file the amendment; we do not invent a refund.
Back Taxes & Unfiled Returns
Back Taxes & Unfiled Returns for a downtown client is catch-up filing, then resolution if a levy or garnishment is already in motion. We keep that sequence so you are not paying a mill to skip the returns. Honest limitation: some IRS balances are simply due.
Self-Employed & Schedule C Tax Filing
Self-employed work in Downtown Richmond, Manchester, or the Fan often still belongs on Schedule C with estimated taxes. Self-Employed & Schedule C Tax Filing is that return. When incorporation is the next honest step, entity selection becomes a separate, named conversation.
Tax Preparation & Filing
Tax Preparation & Filing remains the front door for downtown W-2 professionals who only need the return done. Use appointment booking, the portal, and online payments, then stop if that is the whole job. Hero services sit beside this one; they are not forced onto a simple Form 1040.
Downtown Richmond questions, answered
Is the 1 N. 5th Street, Suite 502 office where I drop papers, or do I use the client portal?
Either. Downtown Richmond clients can meet at Suite 502 or work through the client portal after booking a free consultation. Online payments are available either way. The portal is usually faster than a paper drop if you already have PDFs.
How do you charge—hourly, flat fee, or by return complexity?
We discuss fee structure on the consult in terms of what the file actually contains: a Form 1040 is not a business return, and bookkeeping is not filing. Market ranges you have seen elsewhere are not our quote. You get a named scope first so extras are not a surprise.
I received an IRS notice at my downtown office. Do I start with resolution or with this year’s Form 1040?
Bring the notice to the no-obligation consultation and we will say which problem is first. Sometimes the current return still has to be filed; sometimes levy relief or penalty abatement is the urgent lane. We will not run both as a bundled scare product.
Do you work with contractors who later incorporate, or only with individual filers?
Both. Individual & Business Tax Preparation, Schedule C filing, and Small Business Formation are in the same practice, which is how a household preparer becomes the business CPA when you incorporate. That is a change in scope we name; it is not an automatic new contract you cannot leave.
A partner will hear your Downtown Richmond situation out — free.
Thirty minutes, no obligation, with the fee in writing before anything begins.
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1 N 5th St · Richmond, VA