Those of you who are self-employed/non-traditional, who is your accountant?

[MonsieurJongleur]

My accountants right now are nice, but it's clear they don't understand self-employment, at least not once you add in e-commerce, inter-state sales tax, and multiple income streams.

I've reached out to several accountants I've seen mentioned (Andrew Carroll, Keith Schroeder) and, probably as a result of these mentions, they aren't taking new clients.

So are any of you really happy with your accountants and like to pass on a recommendation? I want someone who specializes in online business at the microbusiness level if possible.

[SubL stache]

Usually you get what you pay for when it comes to professional services imo.  What do they charge you to do the 1040?

[SeattleCPA]

These suggestions from an accountant...

If you really want to get a good accountant, make sure you're a good client. E.g., have a good accounting system, be organized, buy into the reality that if you want "good" you don't get "cheap"...

And this more general idea: You need to be careful that you don't create a business that generates too much compliance cost. That's easy with multi-state businesses, like Amazon's FBA model.

The unfortunate reality of many online businesses is that you have the same multistate accounting burden whether your profits equal $100K or $5M.

[MonsieurJongleur]

So... no one has a firm they would like to recommend?