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Accounting and tax support for East Lansing law firms
East Lansing law firms get monthly accounting, financial reporting and tax returns from Brent Tucker, CPA. The ZIP codes that serve East Lansing, Michigan, are home to 44 law offices with employees, per Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023.
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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.
Local taxes on law firms
A city income tax is a local tax on income earned by residents, on work done in the city, or on business profit, and it is separate from the federal and state returns.
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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 BrentEast Lansing at a glance
44
law offices with paid employees in the ZIP codes 48823, 48824 and 48825 that serve East Lansing
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023
15%
share of law offices with 10+ employees (estimate)
Source: estimate derived by Tucker from Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023; not a published figure
24.1
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 East Lansing law firms
City of East Lansing Income Tax Department
City business tax and licenses.
410 Abbot Road, 1st Floor, East Lansing, MI 48823
Phone (517) 337-0448
Ingham County Treasurer
County property tax collection.
341 S. Jefferson, Mason, MI 48854
Phone (517) 676-7220
Michigan Department of Treasury
State tax and revenue agency.
430 W. Allegan Street, Lansing, MI 48922
Phone 517-636-6925
IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center - Flint
Federal tax help in person.
917 N. Saginaw St., Flint, MI 48503
Phone (810) 342-6190
In Ingham County, Michigan, the Ingham County Treasurer collects property tax. The City of East Lansing Income Tax Department is the city office for local taxes.
At state level the listing is the Michigan Department of Treasury, and at federal level it is IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center - Flint.
Tucker derived a ratio of 24.1 law offices per 10,000 tax returns filed in the ZIP codes that serve East Lansing.
The sources are Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023 and IRS Statistics of Income ZIP code data for tax year 2022. Brent Tucker, CPA, builds monthly financial reporting for East Lansing law firms and prepares their business and owner returns.
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.
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