You've had questionsall along. We'reready to listen.
The more complicated tax and accounting sound, the further away they feel. K&S works the other way around — we hear your questions first, answer in plain language, and walk through what the numbers mean, together.
From books, payroll, and filings to business plans and growth strategy, talk to one partner about your business and your family's finances.
Good answers start with good questions. Our partnership starts with a nice coffee chat.
Good question. Shall we look at it together over coffee?
K&S Associates
ABOUT K&S
Our standard is simple: be the firm that's easy to ask.
Most people hesitate to bring up tax and accounting — worried the question is too small, or that the answer will come back too complicated.
K&S Associates closes that distance first. From business and loans to family financial decisions, we listen to any question and answer in plain language. And we're not a filing-season acquaintance — we're the partner who looks at the numbers with you all year long.
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- Practice areas — accounting · tax · consulting
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- A partner listens and answers directly
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- Languages — Korean · English
WHAT WE DO
Three practices, one conversation.
Books, taxes, and the next decision — work that usually lives in separate places, handled in one ongoing conversation with one partner.
Accounting
Books that are always right.
Bookkeeping and financial statements, payroll and payroll tax, sales tax — a clean monthly close is where every good decision starts.
Tax
Planning first, filing second.
Business and individual returns, tax strategy and provision, and representation when an IRS notice arrives. We look ahead before the season does.
Consulting
Decisions backed by numbers.
Business plans, sales and growth strategy, financial analysis — turning the plan in your head into numbers a bank or partner can read.
SERVICES
From the books to the filing — and the decision after that.
The service list will look familiar. What's different is how it runs: every engagement starts with us listening to your questions.
Not sure where to start? Send us your questions firstAll services
Bookkeeping · Financial Statements
A clean monthly close, and statements you can actually read and use.
Payroll · Payroll Tax
Payroll runs, filings, and payroll tax handled in one flow.
Sales Tax
State registrations, collection, and filings — on schedule, not as a surprise.
Business · Individual Tax
Entity and personal returns from one office, so they fit together.
Tax Strategy · IRS Representation
Planning before the season, tax provision, and representation when the IRS writes.
Management Consulting
Business plans, sales and growth strategy, financial analysis — numbers for the next decision.
Not on the list? Ask anyway — listening is the first thing we do.
WHY K&S
One difference: we listen first.
Most accounting firms offer a similar list of services. The difference is in how the work begins.
K&S doesn't lead with a form. We start by hearing what you're wondering and what worries you — then shape the work around those questions.
Questions first
The first meeting isn't us presenting — it's you asking. Over a coffee, starting with the questions that feel too small to ask.
Plain language
We don't hide behind jargon. We explain what the numbers mean and how the options differ, in words you can decide with.
Decisions together
We don't drop a report and disappear. At the forks that matter — entity changes, loans, hiring — we sit at the same table.
WHO WE SERVE
From your business to your family's finances.
Business questions and family-finance questions are ultimately connected. Decisions get easier when one partner can see both.
01 / 03Individuals & families
From personal returns to the big financial moments — a home purchase, tuition, an inheritance — handled at the family level.
02 / 03First-time founders
Choosing an entity, the first books, the first payroll, the first filing. A season where not knowing is normal — cross it with a partner who's easy to ask.
03 / 03Growing businesses
Loans, investors, expansion, hiring. As the numbers get more complex, we back them with strategy and analysis.
GET STARTED
A cup of coffee is all it takes.
No homework required — bring the questions exactly as they are in your head.
Listening is the first thing we do.
- The first meeting is free
- No prep needed — just your questions