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Accounting and tax support for San Diego law firms
San Diego, California, has 1,850 law offices that employ staff in the 42 ZIP codes serving it, per Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023. Brent Tucker, CPA, supplies monthly accounting and financial reporting to small law firms in San Diego.
Sound familiar?
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.
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.
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How we help.
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 BrentSan Diego at a glance
1,850
law offices with paid employees in the 42 ZIP codes that serve San Diego
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023
26.9
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 San Diego law firms
City of San Diego Office of the City Treasurer
City business tax and licenses.
1200 Third Ave., Suite 100 San Diego, CA 92101
Phone (619) 236-6112
San Diego County Treasurer-Tax Collector
County property tax collection.
1600 Pacific Hwy, Room 162, San Diego, CA 92101-2474
Phone (877) 829-4732
California Franchise Tax Board (income tax)
State tax and revenue agency.
Phone 800-852-5711
IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center - San Diego
Federal tax help in person.
880 Front St., Suite 1247, San Diego, CA 92101
Phone (619) 321-5950
In the ZIP codes that serve San Diego, Tucker CPA derived a ratio of 26.9 law offices per 10,000 tax returns filed, using Census and IRS data.
San Diego County, California, collects property tax through the San Diego County Treasurer-Tax Collector, and the City of San Diego Office of the City Treasurer is the city's office for local taxes.
The California Franchise Tax Board (income tax) is the state office, and the IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center - San Diego is the federal one.
Brent Tucker, CPA, gives San Diego law firms monthly reporting that shows what the firm earns and where it goes, along with tax planning through the year.
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