Valrico · Tampa Bay · Remote statewide

Books you can trust, and someone who picks up the phone.

Bookkeeping, tax preparation, and plain-English analysis of where your money actually goes — for Tampa Bay small businesses and the self-employed. Prices are published below. You don't need a sales call to find out what it costs.

B.S. Accounting, University of South Florida M.S. Taxation in progress, WGU QuickBooks Online certified

What we do

Three ways we work together

Most clients start with one and add the others as they grow. You are never quoted for work you did not ask about.

Bookkeeping

The core of the practice. Your books stay current and closed each month, so tax season is a formality instead of an emergency.

  • Transaction categorization and bank reconciliation
  • Monthly profit & loss and balance sheet
  • Accounts receivable and payable
  • Payroll processing and filings
  • Florida sales tax (DR-15) filing
  • Year-end 1099 preparation
  • Catch-up and cleanup for neglected books

Tax preparation

Individual and business returns, prepared by someone studying taxation at the graduate level — and who already knows your numbers.

  • Individual returns (1040), simple through multi-schedule
  • Self-employment and Schedule C
  • Rental property and Schedule E
  • Partnership (1065) and S-corp (1120-S) returns
  • Multi-state returns for out-of-state income
  • Quarterly estimated payment schedules

Analysis & advisory

Bookkeeping tells you what happened. This tells you what to do about it — built with real database and visualization work, not a screenshot of a spreadsheet.

  • LLC vs. S-corp election analysis, with breakeven math
  • Margin analysis by product, service, or client
  • Cash-flow forecasting
  • Custom dashboards built in Tableau
  • SQL and R analysis of messy transaction data
  • Personal spending and subscription review

Pricing

Published, because you deserve to know before you call

Bookkeeping tiers are set by scope and transaction volume, not by hours. You should not pay more because a job took me longer than it should have. The first ten clients lock in a founding rate for a year — shown on each tier below.

Essential

Sole proprietors and side businesses finding their footing.

$250/mo
$200 / month

Founding client rate — first 10 clients, locked 12 months

  • Up to 2 financial accounts
  • About 100 transactions per month
  • Bank and credit card reconciliation
  • Monthly profit & loss
  • Clean, organized ledgers
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Full-Service

Your whole finance function, handled end to end.

$950/mo
$760 / month

Founding client rate — first 10 clients, locked 12 months

  • Everything in Professional
  • Payroll management and reconciliation
  • Sales tax filing and compliance tracking
  • Quarterly 60-minute strategy calls
  • Custom financial dashboard
  • Year-end tax prep coordination
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Higher volume, multiple entities, or inventory? Those get a real quote after a short diagnostic — not a number invented on a call.

Business add-ons

Priced separately so you only pay for what your business actually uses.

ServicePrice
Payroll processing, up to 10 employees (direct deposit, withholding, 941s, W-2s)$149 / month
Each additional employee$10 / month
Catch-up & cleanup bookkeeping$250 per month of backlog
Florida sales tax filing (DR-15)$75 per filing
1099-NEC preparation$75 setup + $15 per form
Florida annual report filing$100 + state fee

Tax preparation

Bookkeeping clients receive 25% off any return — the books are already done.

Founding client rate: $119 for a W-2 return, $239 for Schedule C — first 10 clients, locked 12 months. Applies to any return below.
ReturnStarting at
Individual (1040), W-2 and standard deduction$149
Self-employed / 1099 contractor (Schedule C, home office, mileage)$299
Multi-schedule (rentals, multi-state, digital assets)$450
Partnership return (1065)$850
S-corporation return (1120-S)$850
Quarterly estimated payment schedule$150 / year

Analysis & advisory

Priced as projects, because what you're buying is the answer, not the hours.

EngagementPrice
Entity structure review (LLC vs. S-corp, with breakeven analysis)$500
Custom financial dashboard$750 setup, then $150 / month
Personal budgeting & cash-flow session, 90 minutes$200
Business strategy session, 90 minutes$250

About

Meet Mark Mindov

Castle Accounting Services LLC is a Valrico-based practice built on a straightforward idea: small businesses deserve the same quality of financial information that large ones take for granted, without the overhead of a large firm.

I hold a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of South Florida and am completing a Master of Science in Taxation at Western Governors University. I plan to sit for the CPA exam once the master's is finished.

My day job is corporate staff accountant at an insurance operation, where I reconcile multi-million-dollar monthly premium and commission activity. That work is where the habits come from — reconcile everything, document everything, and never hand over a number you can't trace back to its source. Your books get the same treatment.

I'm also QuickBooks Online certified and trained in data analytics: SQL, R, and Tableau. In practice that means your monthly reports aren't a ledger dump. They answer questions. Which service line is actually profitable. Where margin is leaking. What next quarter's cash looks like.

Based in
Valrico, Florida
Serving Tampa Bay & statewide remote
Education
B.S. Accounting, USF
M.S. Taxation, WGU (in progress)
Tools
QuickBooks Online
SQL · R · Tableau

You work with me directly. There is no account manager, no ticket queue, and no waiting a week for an answer that takes four minutes.

Straight about credentials.

Castle Accounting Services LLC is not a CPA firm. We do not perform audits, reviews, compilations, or any attest services, and we do not issue opinions on financial statements. If your situation requires attest work, I will tell you plainly and help you find a licensed CPA.

What I do provide: bookkeeping, payroll, tax preparation, and financial analysis and advisory services.

Mark Mindov, founder of Castle Accounting Services LLC
University of South Florida Western Governors University

Contact

Get your free Books Health Check

Thirty minutes, screen-share optional. I look at your actual books, flag three specific problems, and send you a one-page memo within 24 hours — whether or not you hire me. If we're a fit for ongoing work I'll say so, and if you'd be better served elsewhere I'll tell you that too.

Service area
Valrico, Brandon, Tampa & greater Tampa Bay — plus remote statewide