Bookkeeping, Payroll and Tax Services for Orange County Small Businesses
Orange County generates about $250 billion in economic output a year, and it costs a premium to operate inside it. From medical device manufacturers in Irvine to tourism operators in Anaheim, FIG keeps the books, payroll, and tax filings behind all of it clean and on time, whether you have one storefront or a dozen locations.
High Rent, Tight Margins, and Fierce Pricing
Orange County generates about $250 billion in economic output a year, and it costs a premium to operate inside it. Commercial office rent averaged $2.94 per square foot per month across the county in 2026, with Newport Beach pushing $3.93 and Irvine close behind. When overhead runs that high and a customer can walk to a competitor in minutes, you cannot afford books that hide where the money actually goes.
Rent Eats Margin
Office asking rent in Newport Beach hit $3.93 per square foot per month in 2026, with Irvine at $3.14. When lease costs quietly consume a third of gross revenue and overhead is lumped into one bucket, no one can see which location is profitable.
Pricing Pressure
Orange County's $16.3 billion tourism economy means retail and hospitality customers compare prices instantly across Anaheim, Santa Ana, and every city between. Every dollar of untracked waste is a dollar you cannot compete on.
Blind to Unit Performance
Multi-location operators rarely know which unit carries the business and which one drags it down, because rent, labor, and overhead get dumped into a single account instead of split by location.
We break overhead down by location and department so you can finally see which part of your business is profitable and which is bleeding. Then we help you fix it.
See Where Your Money GoesThree Services, One Fixed Price
Bookkeeping, payroll, and tax preparation, each adapted to Orange County realities, from location-level overhead allocation when rent runs near $4 a square foot to R&D credits for Irvine device manufacturers.
Bookkeeping
Monthly reconciliation, clean P&L and Balance Sheet, and a year-end tax-ready package delivered by the 15th. We allocate overhead by location so you can see which unit survives when Newport Beach rent runs $3.93 a square foot and Garden Grove runs half that. Inventory turns and COGS stay honest for retailers and manufacturers alike.
- Location-level overhead allocation
- Inventory & COGS reconciliation
- Year-end tax-ready package
Payroll
Direct deposit, tax filings, W-2s and 1099s handled on time, every time. We run tipped-employee payroll for restaurants and hotels across the county's $16.3 billion tourism economy, and handle production and engineering staff payroll for medical device manufacturers in the Irvine corridor.
- Tipped-employee payroll
- Production staff payroll
- W-2s & 1099s
Tax Preparation
Proactive tax planning that keeps you compliant while lowering your bill. We flag R&D credit eligibility for the medical device and hardware firms that anchor the Irvine cluster, and structure multi-jurisdiction sales tax correctly for retailers selling across Orange County's 34 cities.
- R&D credit for manufacturers
- Multi-jurisdiction sales tax
- Year-round strategy
The Businesses We Understand
From the medical device makers in the Irvine corridor to the family-run shops in Westminster and Garden Grove, we know how Orange County industries earn.

We were paying premium Irvine rent on three locations and had no idea one of them was losing money every month. FIG split our overhead by store and the numbers were brutal, and clarifying. We closed the weak location within a quarter and our margin came back. Best money we have ever spent on accounting.
Multi-Unit Retail Operator
Irvine & Newport Beach
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11400 West Olympic Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90064
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