Martin, Ketterling & Associates in Ventura

Martin, Ketterling & Associates in Ventura provides expert personal tax preparation, small business tax preparation, and professional bookkeeping services. Income tax preparation is the focal point of Martin, Ketterling & Associates  Individuals, LLCs, partnerships, C-corporations, S-corporations, estates and trusts, gift tax returns, we love ‘em all. While our sister company, MKA Tax Resolution Specialists, can assist individuals and businesses alike in relieving them of burdensome tax debt, end their tax problem and get them back on track.

Most of the simple returns we prepare are for a client’s child or retired parent. Give us the complications of a sole proprietorship business, rental properties, capital gains/losses, and Schedule K-1s.  We excel in creating order from the chaos of your tax paperwork.

Our tax preparation fees are based upon a minimum charge for a tax return with a few W-2s and a standard deduction. Every additional schedule or attachment has a set fee. This means our fees reflect the simplicity or complexity of each tax return. These fees include not only our time, but our knowledge and expertise.

Unlike many other tax firms in Ventura County and across the country, we also provide comprehensive tax representation and resolution services for clients with past state and IRS tax debt. Many taxpayers don't realize the plethora of options that exist for taxpayers in these situations, nor how easy it can be to end their ta problem and get the IRS off their back. Chech out our tax resolution page and our blog to gain valuable insight and discover the starting point to tax relief.

The Best Financial Software Available

• We use Ultratax professional tax preparation software by Intuit for all of our income tax services.
• Quickbooks Desktop allows us to create comprehensive financial statements, payrolls reports, and manage your assets.
• CFS Software allows use to handle special issues, federal and state tax forms including Form 571-L, business property statements, loan amortizations, and payrolls calculations.
• PitbullTax is the leading tax resolution software on the market. Not only does it help to discover, analyze and validate various resolution options, it also integrates an excellent customer service package to keep the resolution process streamlined and easy.

Martin, Ketterling & Associates in Ventura is a Quickbooks ProAdvisor

We understand the intricacies and nuances of Quickbooks software, and we use this detailed knowledge to identify the best tax options for our clients. As a Quickbooks ProAdvisor, we can help clients set up their own Quickbooks and ensure the program is configured properly for their own use. Clients may choose to have their Quickbooks data reviewed by us each quarter. This is a valuable service that we offer because we’re able to recode items which may have been miscoded in an income or expense category. Clients can receive a snapshot of their financial picture at anytime while we create tax projections based on real-time financial figures. We also provide financial data entry including deposits, checks, electronic activity, and monthly account balances.