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Accounting and tax support for Lakeland law firms
Lakeland law firms can hand their books to Brent Tucker, CPA, who does monthly accounting and financial reporting for them. The ZIP codes of Lakeland, Florida, hold 51 law offices with paid employees (Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023).
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 BrentLakeland at a glance
51
law offices with paid employees in the ZIP codes 33803, 33805, 33810, 33811, 33813 and 33815 that serve Lakeland
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023
78%
share of law offices with fewer than 5 employees
Source: derived by Tucker from Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023
17%
share of law offices with 10+ employees (estimate)
Source: estimate derived by Tucker from Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023; not a published figure
Tax offices for Lakeland law firms
City of Lakeland Business Tax Office
City business tax and licenses.
228 S Massachusetts Avenue, Lakeland, FL 33801
Phone 863.834.6025
Polk County Tax Collector
County property tax collection.
Phone 863-534-4700
Florida Department of Revenue
State tax and revenue agency.
5050 West Tennessee Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399
Phone 850-488-6800
IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center - Lakeland
Federal tax help in person.
2133 Harden Blvd., Lakeland, FL 33803
Phone (863) 904-3399
How big are Lakeland law firms? An estimate derived by Tucker from Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023 puts 78% of law offices in its ZIP codes at fewer than 5 employees.
Another estimate puts 17% of those law offices at 10 or more employees. In Polk County, the Polk County Tax Collector collects property tax.
The City of Lakeland Business Tax Office is the city office, the Florida Department of Revenue is the state listing, and IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center - Lakeland is the federal one.
Brent Tucker, CPA, prepares the firm and its owners' returns as a set and builds monthly reports that show what a Lakeland law firm earns.
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