Accounting and tax for real estate in Chapel Hill, delivered remotely

Sound familiar?

• You want a clearer picture of each property.

  Books kept property by property show what each one earns and costs — and carry straight through to your return.

• Properties held in partnerships or LLCs.

  Coordinate the returns and reporting required for your properties and entities with your individual tax return.

• A purchase, sale or refinance is coming.

  The tax effect of a transaction is best understood before it closes, not after. Talk it through with Brent while the choices are still open.

Your situation isn’t on this list? Tell us about it — every engagement starts with a conversation.

How we help.

• Monthly accounting

  Property-level books, reconciled and reported.

• Individual returns with rental properties

  Federal and state, rental activity included.

Services and starting prices.

• 01

  Tax Preparation

  From $300

  Individual returns (federal and one state) from $300; business returns from $750.

• 02

  Accounting + Tax + Planning

  From $900/mo

  Monthly accounting and reporting, business and owner tax returns, proactive tax planning and year-round CPA access.

  Founding Client Rate: $825/month for your first 12 months when you engage by March 31, 2027. Terms

• 03

  Monthly Accounting

  From $400/mo

  Transaction categorization, account reconciliations, financial statements and regular accounting support.

Starting prices. Your scope and price are agreed in writing before work begins.

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Chapel Hill at a glance

• 190

  real estate firms with paid employees in the ZIP codes 27514, 27516, 27517 and 27599 that serve Chapel Hill

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023

• 9%

  share of returns with rental or royalty income (proxy)

  Source: derived by Tucker from IRS Statistics of Income ZIP code data, tax year 2022 (returns filed from the place’s ZIP codes, a proxy for the place)

• 8.9

  property managers 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 Chapel Hill real estate businesses

• Town of Chapel Hill Finance (Business Management Department)

  City business tax and licenses.

  405 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Chapel Hill, NC 27514

  Phone 919-968-2712

  Official website

• Orange County Tax Administration

  County property tax collection and assessment.

  228 S Churton Street Suite 200 Hillsborough, NC 27278

  Phone 919-245-2100

  Official website

• North Carolina Department of Revenue

  State tax and revenue agency.

  501 N Wilmington Street, Raleigh, NC 27604

  Phone 1-877-252-3052

  Official website

• IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center - Raleigh

  Federal tax help in person.

  7751 Brier Creek Pkwy, Raleigh, NC 27617

  Phone (919) 850-1100

  Official website

Chapel Hill is in Orange County, North Carolina, and Orange County Tax Administration both collects property tax and assesses property. Town of Chapel Hill Finance (Business Management Department) is the town's office for local taxes.

North Carolina Department of Revenue sits at the state level, and IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center - Raleigh at the federal level. Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023 counts the 190 real estate firms with paid employees in those ZIP codes.

Tucker CPA's proxy estimate is that 9% of the returns filed from those ZIP codes include rental or royalty income. Brent Tucker, CPA, keeps property-level books reconciled and reported for owners.

Source: each office's official website, checked October 16, 2026.