Services
MCR Business Tax
Your business and personal returns are prepared together, by the same CPA, with the whole picture in view. One strategy, two returns, zero tax plot holes.
What you receive
Coordinated business and owner tax compliance.
Includes: Owner and entity return preparation.
Fit, scope, and what you receive
Who it is for
Owner households that want one view of the decisions that affect both sides of their financial life. The business return and the personal return, prepared together.
What you receive
Entity and owner returns prepared together. A summary of what changed and what is due on each, and the planning items that carry into next year.
How it is scoped
Each return is scoped in writing by entity type, activity, and states. We flag additional work before it is performed or billed.
Works with
MCR Books. When we keep the books, the return is prepared from a reconciled close, not a year-end reconstruction. Questions are settled during the year, while the answer can still change the outcome.
- From $1,500
- an entity return
- From $1,250
- when we closed the books for the year
Starting prices
What the starting price assumes
A reconciled year-end trial balance, with every bank, card, and loan account reconciled through December 31, from MCR Books or from your own software. If the books are not reconciled, we will quote a year-end close or cleanup first, as a separate fixed fee, and then quote the return. We do not add a multiplier to a return fee because the books needed work. When we closed your books during the year, your return is priced from $1,250 because the tie-out work is already done.
Form 1120-S: S corporation, with Arizona Form 120S
From $1,500
From $1,250 when we closed the books for the year
Form 1120-S: S corporation, with Arizona Form 120S: Included
- One shareholder K-1
- Shareholder stock and debt basis schedule (feeds Form 7203)
- Schedules L, M-1, M-2
- Officer compensation reconciled to Forms W-2/W-3 and 941
- Depreciation schedule (Form 4562)
- Form 8825 for one rental held in the entity
- A reasonable-compensation check against the books (a check, not the full analysis)
- Owner estimated-payment coordination
Form 1120-S: S corporation, with Arizona Form 120S: Add-ons
- Additional K-1: $100 each
- Additional state: $250 each
- Arizona pass-through entity (PTE) election computation, elective tax, and the owners' Form 355 credit: $250. This is the computation once you have elected; the election analysis ($250) is a separate decision memo, and we recommend it the first year only.
- First-year return (opening balance sheet, Section 351 contribution schedule, fixed-asset build): +$250
- Late S election with Rev. Proc. 2013-30 relief (Form 2553): $250
- Final return and dissolution: quoted
The lower price for MCR Books clients exists because the work is smaller: the tie-out happened during the monthly close.
Form 1065: Partnership, with Arizona Form 165
From $1,500
From $1,250 when we closed the books
Form 1065: Partnership, with Arizona Form 165: Included
- Two partner K-1s
- Tax-basis capital accounts
- Schedules L, M-1, M-2
- Guaranteed payments
- Depreciation schedule
- Form 8825 for one property
Form 1065: Partnership, with Arizona Form 165: Add-ons
- Additional K-1: $100 each
- Additional state: $250 each
- Arizona PTE election: $250
- Special allocations, Section 704(c), Section 754 elections and Section 743(b) adjustments, partner admissions or buyouts, capital account reconstruction: quoted
Form 1120: C corporation, with Arizona Form 120
From $1,750
Form 1120: C corporation, with Arizona Form 120: Included
- Single-state closely held corporation, one class of stock
- Schedules L, M-1, M-2, G
- Depreciation schedule
- Estimated tax schedule
- Arizona estimated payments
Form 1120: C corporation, with Arizona Form 120: Add-ons
- Additional state: $250 each
- Controlled groups and accumulated earnings analysis: quoted
Schedule M-3 and consolidated returns are not offered in year one.
Related and occasional work
Schedule C: Single-member LLC or sole proprietor
The S-election question is answered by the entity and compensation analysis, not by default.
Prior-year entity return (any unfiled year)
IRS transcript retrieval under Form 8821 included. Unreconciled years are quoted as a close or cleanup first, under the same rule as a current year.
Form 7004 extension
Federal Form 7004. Arizona accepts the federal extension.
Entity start-up compliance package
EIN (Form SS-4); S election (Form 2553) or classification election (Form 8832); first-year deadline calendar. Arizona Joint Tax Application (Form JT-1) for the TPT license, withholding, and unemployment registration is priced separately at $250. If the entity joins MCR Books, the chart of accounts is built during Books onboarding. Articles of organization, operating agreements, and Arizona Corporation Commission filings are the attorney's or your work. Arizona-formed LLCs and corporations no longer file beneficial ownership reports.
When we prepare both your business return and your household return
- The K-1 from your entity costs nothing on your household return. We already have it.
- Your shareholder or partner basis schedule is maintained with the entity return and flows to Form 7203 or your partner basis worksheet without a separate fee.
- One delivery meeting covers both returns: what the business earned, what you owe personally, and what the two decisions have to do with each other.
- One estimated-payment plan for 2027 that reflects your W-2 withholding, your pass-through income, and any Arizona PTE payments the entity makes.
- One engagement letter and one document checklist with two dates: February 19 for the entity, March 12 for the household.
- The household return is filed after the entity return is accepted, so the K-1 on file matches the K-1 filed.
- We close with the decisions that affect both sides: compensation, distributions, retirement contributions, and next year's payments.
Entity season: dates and timing
- Friday, February 19, 2027
Entity document deadline
Files complete by Friday, February 19, 2027 will be ready for your signature by March 12 and e-filed by March 15 once you sign.
- Friday, March 12, 2027
Ready for your signature
- Monday, March 15, 2027
Forms 1120-S and 1065 due
- Thursday, April 15, 2027
Form 1120 due
Regular season
Extended season
- Friday, August 13, 2027
Document deadline
Extended entity files complete by Friday, August 13, 2027 will be ready for your signature by September 8 and e-filed by September 15 once you sign. Owners' personal returns wait for the entity return; we schedule both together.
- Wednesday, September 8, 2027
Ready for your signature
- Wednesday, September 15, 2027
Extended deadline, Forms 1120-S and 1065
- Friday, October 15, 2027
Extended deadline, Form 1120
Extended season
Timing and terms
Turnaround
10–15 business days from file complete.
Extension
$100Files complete after February 19 are extended on Form 7004 ($100). If your complete records arrived by February 19 and we still need an extension, we file it at no charge and tell you first. Arizona accepts the federal extension.
Rush
We do not offer rush filing on entity returns.
Status
Every upload and question is acknowledged within one business day.
Payment
50% when we confirm the engagement, the balance at delivery before e-file.
Under one firm name
The other services.
- MCR Individual Tax
- Accurate filing, a clearly explained result, and fewer surprises.
- MCR Books
- Reliable numbers and a controlled close.
- MCR Compliance
- Deadlines handled and exposure reduced.
- MCR Advisory
- Better decisions before the deadline.
Next step
Know where you stand.
An introductory call covers your situation, the scope we recommend, and what happens next. We reply to every inquiry within one business day.