Jeanine Pfeiffer, CEO of Pfeiffers Accounting & Consulting LLC, has a Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration with a concentration in accounting and is an Enrolled Agent licensed to practice before the IRS. She has provided accounting services and worked with a variety of companies in the Puget Sound/Seattle area for 20 years. Her history includes a start in the retail industry where she held the position of office manager/full charge bookkeeper for three furniture stores. At this start in her career, she got a fast-paced look at the accounting and managing processes of the retail industry. She moved on to work for Rena Ware International in their accounting department. At this corporation, she worked closely with the CPA’s assistant controllers, purchasing agents, and bookkeeping department staff working on many accounting projects. She played an active role in managing the inventory control cycle and set up policies and procedures for that cycle due to high inventory variances.
In 2004, Jeanine moved on to starting her own accounting and consulting company and working independently for small business clients. She began by helping clients clean up their records that had not been well maintained. She takes special care in getting all their records up to date, maintaining them once current. Furthermore, Jeanine has been involved in setting up many clients’ financial records which include the retail, interior design, non-profit, property management, service, and consulting industries. In addition, Jeanine prepares personal and business income tax returns including Schedule C’s, partnerships, corporations, LLC’s, along with any required schedules for clients requesting only tax preparation services.
She has guided her clients into integrating their financial data into a user-friendly, simple, and technically efficient software set up for them to manage and maintain on their own. Her work also includes keeping accounts reconciled, posting monthly adjusting entries, and managing the company’s spending through budgeting. In addition, Jeanine gives clients guidance on how to set up or restructure an LLC company correctly legally through the state and for maximum tax benefits through the IRS. She has also been an active member of her community as a treasurer of her daughter’s school in the years 2004-2006.
Jeanine has served on many projects identifying weaknesses in the company’s infrastructure. She maintains financial records, working closely with clients at year-end to prepare all data for each client’s tax returns. In addition, she helps companies with preparing their financial data for financers and investors with special reports designed to help determine solvency and liquidity. She also helps clients interpret what their financial numbers actually mean by helping them with the accounting processes. Her methods include a clear focus on the industry with specifics to help guide that industry in the best financial possible way. Look at the services she can provide and I think you will be interested in what she has to offer your company.
Paying bills is inevitable, but paying too much is not. Here are some tips to help you get a handle on your recurring monthly expenses.
Investigate your recurring services: Start by taking stock of every service you are currently using. Review your bank and credit card statements and highlight all the charges that look like a subscription. Some examples to look for are streaming services (video, music and games), magazines, news subscriptions, digital storage services, gym memberships and financial services. Determine if you have redundant subscriptions, such as two music-streaming services. Finally, ask yourself if each service is still providing value to you. If it’s not, cancel it.
Review bills for unnecessary fees: Once you trim your list down to the services you want to keep, locate the most recent bill for each. Read through all the charges and make notes of those that are questionable. You might be paying for services you aren’t using, such as a video streaming service on your cell phone bill. Or maybe you are paying replacement insurance coverage for something you don’t need. For every charge that doesn’t make sense, call and ask the provider to cancel it.