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Accounting and tax support for Columbia law firms
Law firms in Columbia, Maryland, can have Brent Tucker, CPA, keep their monthly accounting current and prepare their returns. ZIP codes 21044, 21045 and 21046 serve Columbia and hold 88 law offices with paid employees.
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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 BrentColumbia at a glance
88
law offices with paid employees in the ZIP codes 21044, 21045 and 21046 that serve Columbia
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023
Tax offices for Columbia law firms
Howard County Office of Assessments (SDAT)
County property assessment.
3451 Court House Drive, Ellicott City, Maryland 21043 (District Court Multi-Service Center)
Phone (410) 480-7940
Howard County Department of Finance
County property tax collection.
Phone (410) 313-2195
Comptroller of Maryland, Taxpayer Services Division
State tax and revenue agency.
Phone 410-260-7980
IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center - Baltimore
Federal tax help in person.
31 Hopkins Plaza, Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone (443) 853-5660
Columbia is unincorporated; Howard County handles local property tax.
Columbia is an unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland. It has no city government of its own, so the county serves it. Howard County Department of Finance collects property tax, and Howard County Office of Assessments (SDAT) assesses property.
Comptroller of Maryland, Taxpayer Services Division is the state listing, and IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center - Baltimore is the federal one.
Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023 counts 88 law offices with paid employees in ZIP codes 21044, 21045 and 21046. For law firms in Columbia, Brent Tucker, CPA, prepares business and owner returns together.
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