Accounting and tax support for Cleveland law firms

Sound familiar?

• 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.

• 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.

• 01

  Law Firm Accounting

  From $900/mo

  For 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.

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Cleveland at a glance

• 342

  law offices with paid employees in the 16 ZIP codes that serve Cleveland

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

• 22%

  share of law offices with 10+ employees (estimate)

  Source: estimate derived by Tucker from Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023; not a published figure

• 24.6

  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 Cleveland law firms

• City of Cleveland Municipal Income Tax (Central Collection Agency)

  City business tax and licenses.

  205 West Saint Clair Ave., Cleveland, Ohio 44113

  Phone (216) 664-2070

  Official website

• Cuyahoga County Treasury (Office of the County Treasurer)

  County property tax collection.

  2079 East Ninth Street, Cleveland, OH 44115

  Phone 216-443-7400

  Official website

• Ohio Department of Taxation (Business Tax, general business line)

  State tax and revenue agency.

  4485 Northland Ridge Blvd, Columbus, OH 43229

  Phone (888) 405-4039

  Official website

• IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center - Cleveland

  Federal tax help in person.

  1240 E. Ninth St., Cleveland, OH 44199

  Phone (216) 415-3442

  Official website

Tucker CPA derived an estimate that 22% of law offices in the ZIP codes that serve Cleveland have 10 or more employees. A second ratio it derived is 24.6 law offices per 10,000 tax returns filed in its ZIP codes.

In Cuyahoga County, the Cuyahoga County Treasury (Office of the County Treasurer) collects property tax. The City of Cleveland Municipal Income Tax (Central Collection Agency) is the city office for local taxes.

The Ohio Department of Taxation (Business Tax, general business line) covers the state, and the IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center - Cleveland covers the federal level. Brent prepares the firm's return and each owner's return together and keeps financial reporting current.

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