Your township accountant is on Baldwin Street, not downtown.
Immediate. Our office is inside the township.
Your accountant is inside the township
Georgetown Township covers Jenison and a large residential and commercial area in eastern Ottawa County, and our office sits inside it on Baldwin Street. For township residents and business owners, that means the accountant preparing your return is a neighbor, not a name on a portal.
The township's mix leans residential, which means a large share of the work here is individual returns for people who own something on the side: a rental property, a consulting practice, a trade run out of a pole barn, a partnership interest.
The side-business return
A W-2 household with a side business has a more complicated return than most people expect. Schedule C brings self-employment tax and Schedule SE. A rental property brings Schedule E, depreciation, and the passive activity rules. Investment sales bring Schedule D and basis questions that are frequently answered wrong.
Our fees are published for exactly this reason. A township filer with a standard 1040 at $250, a Schedule C at $200 and a Schedule SE at $40 can price their own return before calling.
When a side business should become an entity
The most valuable conversation we have with township clients is about when a profitable side business should stop being a Schedule C. Below a certain profit level, the administrative cost of an S corporation exceeds the self-employment tax savings. Above it, the math flips, sometimes substantially.
The threshold depends on your profit, the reasonable salary the role would command, and whether you have other wage income already covering Social Security. We run the actual numbers rather than quoting a rule of thumb.
Notary and the small stuff
We also keep a notary on staff for township neighbors during business hours, which is the kind of thing that is only convenient if it is close by.
Stop in at 511 Baldwin St, Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, or call ahead at (616) 498-0994.
Book a free consultation for your Georgetown Township business
Bring your last return and a payroll register. We tell you what we would change and what it costs. No charge, no obligation.