Accounting for Atlanta-area contractors & trades.

A specialist CPA for a competitive market.

The Atlanta metro is one of the most active construction and home-services markets in the Southeast. Competition is tough, labor is expensive and margins can disappear quickly when pricing, payroll and job costs aren't tracked closely.

Most Atlanta accounting firms fall into two camps: large firms built for big companies, and generalist preparers who see you once a year. Tax Pilot was started to fill the gap — a CPA firm with big-firm technical training that focuses on contractors and service businesses and works with them every month.

What Atlanta contractors get from Tax Pilot

• Monthly books with job costing so you can see margins by job, crew and service line.
• Year-round tax planning including S-corp analysis, owner compensation and equipment timing.
• Payroll for growing crews, with filings and year-end forms handled.
• Quarterly CFO meetings on pricing, cash flow and when to hire.
• Help with larger projects — progress billing, retainage and work-in-progress reporting for lenders and bonding.

Georgia tax issues we handle for Atlanta businesses

• Georgia income tax on business profits that pass through to owners, plus quarterly estimates.
• Pass-through entity tax (PTET) election — an option for eligible S corporations and partnerships that can create a federal deduction for state tax paid.
• Sales and use tax on materials. Georgia generally treats contractors as the consumer of the materials they install, so how materials are purchased and taxed matters.
• Payroll withholding and unemployment filings with the Georgia Department of Revenue and Department of Labor.