Accounting & Tax Services in Newtown, CT
Bookkeeping, payroll, tax and advisory work for Newtown businesses and the people who run them, from an accounting office in Trumbull. Newtown is north up Route 25, two towns past Trumbull through Monroe.
- Trumbull, CT
- Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
- Books, payroll and tax under one roof
- Secure client portal
Who does bookkeeping, payroll and taxes for small businesses in Newtown, CT?
Total BizSolutions LLC, an accounting firm in Trumbull, Connecticut, keeps the books, sets up and cleans up QuickBooks, runs payroll and prepares business and personal tax returns for small businesses in Newtown and Sandy Hook. Newtown is two towns north of Trumbull, up Route 25 through Monroe, and both towns are in Fairfield County. The firm serves small businesses in Connecticut and throughout the United States. Monthly work is priced starting at $500/month. The owner, Dave Salerno, has more than 30 years of experience. Call (267) 710-6742, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.
- Monthly bookkeeping and payroll start at $500/month, and for one-off work such as catch-up bookkeeping, QuickBooks setup or a tax return you ask for a quote.
- QuickBooks Online setup and cleanup, then a monthly reconciliation so the file stays reliable.
- Business and personal returns are prepared from the same books, with tax planning through the year.
- Documents and paperwork move through a secure client portal.
- What monthly bookkeeping covers
- What monthly bookkeeping costs with us
- How to choose a small business accountant in Fairfield County
- One firm for bookkeeping and taxes
Page reviewed October 19, 2026.
An accounting firm for Newtown
Newtown is the largest town we serve by a wide margin. At 57.66 square miles of land it is the fifth largest in Connecticut, and Route 25 connects it to us directly: the road starts at I-95 in Bridgeport, runs as a freeway through Trumbull, then carries on as a two-lane road through Monroe and into Newtown.
It is a town of villages rather than one centre. Sandy Hook, Botsford, Dodgingtown, Hattertown and Hawleyville all have their own names and their own character, the flagpole has stood in the middle of Main Street since 1876, and the northeastern boundary follows the Housatonic where it widens into Lake Zoar along the Monroe line. Newtown carries two ZIP codes, 06470 and 06482, which is unusual for a single town on this list.
Newtown sits in the Western Connecticut Planning Region rather than ours, still inside Fairfield County. For a business that covers a lot of ground across a town this size, the questions below are the ones worth settling first.
Who does bookkeeping for small businesses in Newtown, CT?
Total BizSolutions does monthly and catch-up bookkeeping for Newtown and Sandy Hook small businesses, with monthly work starting at $500/month. Each month the accounts are reconciled against the real bank and card statements and you get monthly reports you can read. If the books have fallen behind, catch-up bookkeeping brings the year current before the monthly work starts. In a town of 57 square miles the vehicle is a working asset, so fuel, mileage and maintenance get their own place in the accounts where you can see them.
More on BookkeepingWho can set up or clean up QuickBooks for a Newtown business?
Total BizSolutions handles QuickBooks Online setup, cleanup and monthly reconciliation for Newtown businesses, working remotely from Trumbull. A cleanup means rebuilding the chart of accounts, sorting out duplicate and miscategorised transactions and tying out the opening balances. A file set up years ago, before a second line of work began, usually needs its accounts restructured so each side of the business reports on its own. Once the file is right, it is reconciled every month so it stays right.
More on QuickBooksWho runs payroll for small employers in Newtown?
Total BizSolutions runs payroll for small Newtown employers, including the 1099s at year end. Plenty of businesses here are small enough that the owner sits on the payroll alongside two or three others, and a payroll that size still has to be run on time and filed. Because the same firm keeps the books, the payroll records and the accounts agree without anyone matching them up by hand.
More on PayrollWho prepares business taxes and does tax planning near Newtown?
Total BizSolutions prepares business and personal tax returns for Newtown owners and does tax planning through the year. Both returns are prepared from the same books, so they agree with each other. Planning means looking at the year while it is still running, when there is time to act on what the numbers show. If a workshop, a barn or part of the property is used for the business, the records have to show how that space is used, and we set that up with you.
More on Tax Preparation and FilingWhat should a Newtown business do with an IRS or Connecticut tax notice?
Read it carefully, keep it, and if it asks for a response, act by the due date printed on it. Total BizSolutions reads the letter with you, explains in plain words what it is asking for, and helps you prepare the reply to the IRS or the Connecticut Department of Revenue Services. If the notice follows a stretch when filing slipped behind the work, we also bring the back returns current.
More on Tax Resolution and IRS HelpCan a small Newtown business get CFO advice without hiring a CFO?
Yes. Total BizSolutions provides outsourced CFO services for small businesses, built on the monthly books it already keeps. For a business covering a town this large, one useful question is how far to travel for a job: what an hour of driving costs once fuel and wages are counted, and what the job at the far end has to bill to be worth taking. We work that figure out from your numbers and keep it current as fuel and wages move.
More on CFO and AdvisoryWho can set up a new LLC or corporation for a Newtown business?
Total BizSolutions sets up new LLCs and corporations: the entity formation, the state registration, the employer numbers where they apply, and a set of books opened in the first month. A business that starts with one customer from the next village over does not need much, as long as the books are built to grow past the first year rather than be reconstructed later.
More on New Business FormationA town of villages, and what that does to your customer list
Newtown is organised as a collection of villages rather than a single centre. Sandy Hook has its own ZIP code at 06482 and takes in Berkshire, Riverside, Walnut Tree Hill and Zoar. Hawleyville was a railroad centre in its own right. Botsford, Dodgingtown and Hattertown are each a place people name when they tell you where they live. For a business invoicing across all of that, the customer list behaves like several small markets landing on one tax return. Where it matters to the books is in how customers and jobs get coded, because that decision is made once and then answers a question you will ask for years: which part of a very large town is actually paying you. Left alone, every job falls into the same bucket and the answer simply is not available.
Is Total BizSolutions a good fit for your Newtown business?
Best for
- Newtown and Sandy Hook owners who want the books, payroll and returns handled in one place
- Trades and service businesses covering a lot of ground that want vehicle costs visible in the accounts
- Owners who are behind and need catch-up bookkeeping or a QuickBooks cleanup before the monthly work starts
- Owners happy to send statements and paperwork through a secure client portal
A different kind of firm fits better if
- You need an audit, review or compilation of your financial statements. Connecticut generally requires a public accounting firm permit for that work, so hire a firm that holds one and check it on the state's eLicense lookup.
- You need full representation before the IRS in an audit, a collection case or an appeal. The IRS gives unlimited representation rights to enrolled agents, CPAs and attorneys, so bring in someone who holds one of those.
- Your current bookkeeper keeps the books current, shows you the reports and answers the phone. A setup that works is worth keeping.
Total BizSolutions keeps books, runs payroll and prepares returns.
What should you have ready before moving your books to a new firm?
Whoever you hire, these four things make the first month quicker.
- Statements for the year so far. Bank and credit card statements for every account the business uses, from January to now.
- Access to the current QuickBooks file. An accountant user invite or an export, so the history comes across instead of being retyped.
- Last year's returns. The business return and the personal return, which show how the year was reported and what carries forward.
- Any letters from the IRS or the state. Every notice still open, with its due date, so nothing runs out while the books change hands.
Serving Newtown
You run your business. We will handle the rest.
- Books reconciled every month, with reports you can read
- Business and personal returns prepared together, and help answering IRS letters
- Payroll processed and filed on schedule
- Documents and paperwork for Newtown businesses move through a secure client portal
Newtown accounting questions
Who does bookkeeping and QuickBooks near Newtown, CT?
Total BizSolutions, at 77 Canoe Brook Rd in Trumbull, does monthly bookkeeping and QuickBooks Online setup and cleanup for Newtown and Sandy Hook businesses. Newtown is two towns north, up Route 25 through Monroe.
How much does bookkeeping cost for a small business in Newtown?
Monthly work with us is priced starting at $500/month. For one-off work such as catch-up bookkeeping, QuickBooks setup and tax returns, ask for a quote.
Do I need a CPA for my small business books and taxes?
Not for most of the monthly work. Any tax professional with an IRS preparer tax identification number (PTIN) may prepare federal returns, and bookkeeping and payroll need no license. A CPA matters when you need an audit, review or compilation of your financial statements, or full representation before the IRS.
Is Newtown too far from Trumbull for you to take on?
No. Documents and paperwork move through a secure client portal, so the distance makes no difference to the work. The firm serves small businesses throughout the United States as well as Connecticut.
We work out of the house and use a barn on the property for the business. Does that complicate the books?
It does not have to. What matters is that the records show how the space is used and that business spending stays separate from household spending. We set that up at the start and keep the books to it.
Can you handle a business that works across four or five towns?
Yes. The step worth taking is coding customers and jobs so you can see where the revenue comes from, which very few files are set up to do.
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