CPA for Auto Repair & Body Shops in Los Angeles
A busy shop can still have unclear margins. The books need to connect repair orders, parts purchases, technician payroll, sublet work, insurance receivables, and California sales tax so owners can see what the operation is actually producing.
Accounting and tax services for an automotive business
Monthly bookkeeping and cleanup
Bank, card, merchant, payroll, loan, and repair-system reconciliation; financial statements; and cleanup when prior balances are unsupported.
California sales-tax support
Reconciliation of taxable and nontaxable activity to filed returns, review of source reports, and filing support within the agreed scope using current CDTFA guidance.
Business and owner tax
Return preparation and planning coordinated with the shop's books, fixed assets, inventory records, payroll, and known changes in the business.
Entity, payroll, and compliance
Entity and S-corporation review, payroll setup, information reporting, and recurring compliance based on the facts and approved engagement.
California auto-repair sales tax is transaction specific
Parts, labor, supplies, core charges, warranties, insurance work, smog-related activity, and sublet services can be treated differently. We do not apply a single percentage to every repair order. We trace the shop's invoicing setup and filed returns to the CDTFA Tax Guide for Auto Repair Garages and flag questions that require agency or legal interpretation.
Official guidance relevant to the shop
Businesses this page is designed for
- Independent repair garages
- Collision and body shops
- Specialty repair shops
- Smog and inspection businesses
- Detailing businesses
- Multi-location operators