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Accounting and tax support for Palo Alto law firms
If you run a solo practice or a small firm in Palo Alto, California, Brent Tucker, CPA, prepares the firm's return and each owner's return together. Meetings are by phone or video.
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 BrentPalo Alto at a glance
141
law offices with paid employees in the ZIP codes 94022, 94301, 94303, 94304 and 94306 that serve Palo Alto
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023
25%
share of law offices with 10+ employees (estimate)
Source: estimate derived by Tucker from Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023; not a published figure
26.1
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 Palo Alto law firms
City of Palo Alto Administrative Services Department (business registry and business tax)
City business tax and licenses.
250 Hamilton Avenue, 4th Floor, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone (650) 329-2692
Santa Clara County Department of Tax and Collections
County property tax collection.
110 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA 95134
Phone (408) 808-7900
California Franchise Tax Board (income tax)
State tax and revenue agency.
Phone 800-852-5711
IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center - San Jose
Federal tax help in person.
55 S. Market St., Suite 100, San Jose, CA 95113
Phone (669) 229-1506
Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023 counts 141 law offices with paid employees in the ZIP codes serving Palo Alto, and Tucker CPA estimates that 25% of those law offices have 10 or more employees.
Four offices are listed on this page for Palo Alto law firms in Santa Clara County.
The City of Palo Alto Administrative Services Department (business registry and business tax) is the city office for local taxes, and the Santa Clara County Department of Tax and Collections collects property tax.
The California Franchise Tax Board (income tax) is the state office, and the IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center - San Jose is the federal one.
Source: each office's official website, checked October 16, 2026.
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Let's talk about your numbers.
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