siracguy

I have a small hobby business set up as an LLC in California (no revenue yet). Since this is treated as a sole proprietorship, as far as I know the only tax filing requirements are the annual $800 on Form 568, and there should be no other federal or state tax requirements.

Just to be sure, though, I was thinking of consulting an accountant, and asking them to file the annual taxes, 568 etc. Since I'm not yet generating any income and will not be for a while (this is a part-time organic endeavour), I want to keep my costs down as much as possible.

This is turning into a two-part question: a. Does anyone see any flaws in the reasoning? Are there any CA/Fed tax filing requirements anyway even if you don't earn any income, and only have expenses? b. Does anyone have recommendations for an accountant who will do the minimal work required for a very low fee (ideally flat fee)?

A google search of Hacker News and general web sites didn't turn up the answer to the above question, so I thought I'd ask.

In the spirit of giving back, I found that Simplicity Law (based in CO and CA) provided exactly what I needed on the legal side: low flat-fee pricing and understanding lawyers who're willing to work with newbie-personal-startups, mainly via email. [I'm not affiliated with them in any way, email me if you want more info about my interaction with them.] I'm looking for someone exactly analogous for tax/accounting purposes.