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Accounting and tax support for Salem law firms
Brent Tucker, CPA, keeps the monthly books current for Salem solo attorneys and small law firms. Tucker CPA derived that 80% of the law offices in the ZIP code that serves Salem, Massachusetts, have fewer than 5 employees.
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.
Your situation isn’t on this list? Tell us about it — every engagement starts with a conversation.
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 BrentSalem at a glance
60
law offices with paid employees in the ZIP code 01970 that serve Salem
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023
80%
share of law offices with fewer than 5 employees
Source: derived by Tucker from Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023
25.5
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 Salem law firms
Salem Collector's Office
City business tax and licenses.
93 Washington Street Room 4 Salem, MA 01970
Phone 978-619-5621
Massachusetts Department of Revenue
State tax and revenue agency.
Phone (617) 887-6367
IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center - Boston
Federal tax help in person.
15 New Sudbury St., JFK Federal Building, Boston, MA 02203
Phone (617) 316-2850
Salem's law offices can be measured by number and by size. Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023 counts 60 law offices with paid employees in ZIP code 01970.
Tucker CPA derived a ratio of 25.5 law offices per 10,000 tax returns filed in the ZIP codes that serve Salem. Salem is in Essex County, Massachusetts.
The listings on this page are the Salem Collector's Office for the city, the Massachusetts Department of Revenue for the state and the IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center - Boston for the federal government.
Brent prepares the firm's return and each owner's return together, with monthly accounting for the firm.
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