Accounting and bookkeeping for retail and e-commerce, with sales tax handled
Inventory, margins, and sales tax, handled.
- Inventory and margins tracked
- Multi-state sales tax filed
- Seasonal cash forecast
- One firm, books and tax return
- Healthcare
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Professional Services
- Retail
Sound familiar?
Thin margins hide until the books tell you where they went
Retail lives on inventory and thin margins, and if the books do not track inventory and cost properly, you cannot see which products actually make money. The bank balance goes up and down with the season and tells you nothing about whether the mix is working. Reconciled monthly books that show margin by product are the difference between running the store on facts and running it on a feeling, and a general bookkeeper rarely gets inventory right.
On top of that sits the sales tax problem, which changed the day you started selling online. Sell enough into other states and you create filing obligations there too, whether or not anyone told you. Marketplaces collect some of it and not the rest, and reconciling what a platform reported against what you actually owe is where owners quietly fall out of compliance without ever deciding to. A preparer who surfaces in January cannot fix the margin visibility you needed last season or the compliance you needed all year.
The store owners who come to us want books that show where the money is, and the sales tax handled correctly across every state.
Our approach
Books that show margin, sales tax filed everywhere you owe it
At Voss, retail starts with the books: reconciled monthly, with inventory and cost tracked so your margin is visible by product, and cash-flow forecasting for the seasonal swings that define the business. When you can see what actually makes money, the mix stops being a guess.
On that foundation, the sales tax gets handled everywhere you owe it: Mississippi sales and use tax on our calendar, review of the additional states your online sales have created obligations in, and reconciliation of what platforms collected against what you owe. Payroll for hourly staff runs on our calendar too, and the same firm that keeps the books signs the tax return, so what you collected, filed, and reported all agree.
Inventory and cost are reconciled monthly, so you can see what actually makes money.
Mississippi on our calendar, plus the additional states your online sales created, reconciled to what platforms collected.
A flat arrangement, in writing, in an engagement letter you sign first.
The Clean Books Standard
Most firms go silent May through January, then scramble February through April. We run the opposite way — a clean file isn’t an accident, it’s a standard we hold every month.
We move your file and clean it up.
Sign one authorization and we pull your prior returns, schedules, and books from your old firm. The switch happens in the background.
- Prior-year return reviewed for missed deductions
- Every account reconciled, books brought current
- Live within 30–60 days of signing
We project your tax bill before April.
When your year calls for it, we run a full tax projection before year-end, so you know what you’ll owe with months to plan, not days, and weigh the tax impact of big decisions first.
- Tax projections available as needed
- Quarterly federal & Mississippi estimates
- No scrambling for cash nobody warned you about
One firm, every filing, year-round.
Business return, personal return, payroll, sales tax, the Mississippi Department of Revenue (MS DOR), the IRS — all under one roof, all signed by a credentialed CPA. A letter shows up, we handle it.
- A credentialed CPA on the line, not a call center
- Monthly financials hit your inbox
- IRS & MS DOR letters handled by the firm
What that means for you.
Because inventory and cost are tracked, margin is visible by product instead of hidden in a single total.
Because cash flow is forecast, the slow months are planned for instead of survived.
Because Mississippi and your out-of-state obligations get filed and reconciled, you stop falling out of compliance by accident.
Because what platforms reported gets matched to what you owe, the 1099-K and the tax return stop disagreeing.
Because hourly payroll and filings run on our calendar, the staffing side stops eating your time.
Because the books, sales tax, and return sit together, collected, filed, and reported all agree.
Filers who stopped hoping someone checked the work.
A few words from Pine Belt individuals and owners who moved their returns to Voss & Associates.
“My old firm kept handing me to a new preparer every spring. At Voss, the same CPA signs my return every year and actually remembers the rental we sold. The K-1s and brokerage statements stopped being something I dreaded.”
Retired physician · Hattiesburg
“I knew my fee before any work started — in writing. No surprise invoice, no hourly meter. For a return with a partnership K-1 and an IRA distribution, that peace of mind is worth a lot.”
Partnership owner · Petal
“The IRS sent a letter about a prior-year item and I just forwarded it. Ric handled the response and stood behind the work. I didn’t lose a single night of sleep over it.”
Rental owner · Laurel
Before you call
What store owners are quietly worried about
The worry most owners keep quiet is that they have probably been out of compliance on sales tax in some states since they started selling online. That is a common starting point, not a verdict. There are orderly ways to correct prior periods and limit the damage, and waiting only lets the exposure grow while you hope nobody notices.
The next is whether we can actually show you which products make money. Yes: once inventory and cost are tracked properly, margin by product is exactly what the books are built to surface, instead of one blended total that hides the losers.
Cost depends on your inventory complexity and how many states you file, set flat and in writing. A single multi-state assessment on years of unfiled periods usually dwarfs the cost of getting it right from here forward.
Zero pressure. Ever.
Your consultation is a real conversation with a CPA, not a sales pitch. If Voss isn’t the right fit for your business, we’ll tell you on the call and point you toward a firm that is. No contracts to trap you, no surprise invoices, and every return signed by a credentialed CPA who stands behind the work.
Month to month — stay because it works.
Your pricing agreed in writing up front.
Received a tax letter on our work? We handle it.
The questions we hear most.
Hand your return to a CPA who'll still know it next year.
Your pricing in writing, a credentialed CPA who signs the work, and answers when your decisions can’t wait for spring. Start with a no-cost Fit Conversation.