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Accounting and tax support for Costa Mesa law firms
Costa Mesa law firms in California work with Tucker CPA by phone or video for monthly accounting, financial statements, and business and owner returns. Across ZIP codes 92626 and 92627, 140 law offices have paid employees per 2023 Census data.
Sound familiar?
Monthly reporting for law offices with staff
Realization and collection, and the data on partner compensation, are the lines a firm with staff looks at in its monthly reporting.
Your situation isn’t on this list? Tell us about it — every engagement starts with a conversation.
How we help.
Monthly accounting and financial reporting for small law offices
Where the office already has a bookkeeper, the work is arranged around the books that person keeps. Brent works in the software you already use, or recommends a setup if you don’t have one.
The state’s trust account rules
Money a law firm holds for clients — retainers not yet earned, settlement proceeds, funds held for a transaction — is not the firm’s money. The attorney remains responsible for the trust account under the rules.
Services and starting prices.
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Law Firm Accounting
From $900/moFor solo attorneys and small law firms: monthly accounting, financial reporting, business and owner returns, tax planning and CPA consultation.
Starting prices. Your scope and price are agreed in writing before work begins.
Work directly with Brent.
Licensed CPA · 10+ years in public accounting · Member, AICPA and MICPA
Brent has served legal clients throughout his career, at a boutique firm and at a large national accounting and advisory firm.
Brent Tucker is a CPA licensed in Michigan and serves clients in other states under applicable CPA mobility provisions.
More about BrentCosta Mesa at a glance
140
law offices with paid employees in the ZIP codes 92626 and 92627 that serve Costa Mesa
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023
22%
share of law offices with 10+ employees (estimate)
Source: estimate derived by Tucker from Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023; not a published figure
25.9
law offices per 10,000 tax returns filed in its ZIP codes
Source: derived by Tucker from Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023 and IRS Statistics of Income ZIP code data, tax year 2022
Tax offices for Costa Mesa law firms
City of Costa Mesa Finance Department (Business License)
City business tax and licenses.
77 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Phone (714) 754-5235
Orange County Treasurer-Tax Collector
County property tax collection.
601 North Ross Street, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Phone (714) 834-3411
California Franchise Tax Board (income tax)
State tax and revenue agency.
Phone 800-852-5711
IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center - Santa Ana
Federal tax help in person.
801 Civic Center Drive W., Santa Ana, CA 92701
Phone (657) 247-3438
In Orange County, California, the City of Costa Mesa Finance Department (Business License) is the city office for local taxes, and the Orange County Treasurer-Tax Collector collects property tax.
At the state level, this page lists the California Franchise Tax Board (income tax), while the federal agency on this page is the IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center - Santa Ana.
Using 2023 Census data and 2022 IRS Statistics of Income ZIP counts, Tucker derived an estimated 25.9 law offices per 10,000 tax returns filed in its ZIP codes.
An estimated 22% share of those law offices have 10+ employees, and Brent Tucker, CPA, prepares monthly books and tax returns.
Source: each office's official website, checked October 16, 2026.
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Tell us a little about your business or situation, and Brent will reply personally. No office visit needed — meetings are by phone or video, wherever you’re based.
Call 888-762-4370 · Email brent@brenttuckercpa.com · Prefer to pick a time? Book a consultation online