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FAQs
A few things we're often asked...
What types of income tax returns can you prepare?
- Business Income Tax
(Corporation, S Corporation, Partnership, Limited Liability & Sole Proprietorship) - Individual Income Tax (1040)
- Non Profit (Form 990)
- Gift Tax
- Payroll Tax
- Property Tax
- Sales Tax
- ABC Reporting
- Business Property Tax
How do you onboard new Bookkeeping clients?
- We obtain your Business financial records and upload them into the accounting system.
- The amount of data required would be based upon if you currently have some form of record keeping or not.
What is the average rate a customer pays for bookkeeping maintenance?
- Our average full bookkeeping management client pays between $250.00 and $437.50 per month.
- The rate depends on the amount of work required to support your account.
- Some our services, such as audit preparation and payroll, may also available on an a la carte basis depending on client needs.
- Business Income Tax
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WHAT WE DO
Income Tax Filing
Filing your business or personal, federal and state taxes does not have to be a hassle, inconvenient, or even impersonal.
Accounting & Bookkeeping
Professional and accurate bookkeeping services to ensure business owners are staying on budget and meeting their goals
Business Coaching
A proven professional development program for seasoned business owners and young entrepreneurs alike.
Payroll
Easy, accurate, regulatory and compliant payroll processing for employees and contractors.
Incorporation & New Business Formation
Getting the right entity type not only to suit your business needs now, but that it will also minimize future tax liability during your profitable years.
Entrepreneur Supporting Entrepreneurs
Supporting meaningful relationships for small business survival.
Endorsements & Testimonials
Lapronda Spann
I highly recommend Joyce St. Cyr as a Business Coach and Motivator for Entrepreneurs. Joyce is very knowledgeable of tools and resources that help any entrepreneur establish or expand the services that they provide to customers. She believes in utilizing tools and resources that are free or low cost but that provides the quality and effectiveness to increase a company’s visibility, presence and penetration locally and online. Joyce listens and often answers the questions that you may not even know to ask. It is clear that Joyce’s greatest motivation is seeing other entrepreneurs as successful as she has been. I look forward to continuing my work with Joyce and growing my business with her support.
Meredith Sloan
I have known Joyce for several years and when I needed someone to guide me with my taxes and business strategies, I thought of Joyce. I know she has the knowledge and integrity to keep my accounts running smoothly and I can completely trust her with my valuable information. She did my estimated taxes and was right on target. I know she is watching out for my best interests and educating me along the way to get the most from my business dollar and keeping my taxable income a low as possible! Thanks, Joyce for taking care of me and my business!
Donna Wells
Joyce Saint-Cyr is very supportive, passionate and committed to honor her client’s vision and to help them develop and realize it as they want it while providing as much or as little structure and guidance that they need or want from her. She make sure the client feels control in their business, and their journey toward its success. Having Joyce as a Coach helped me identify and attain my business goals, whatever they may be. If you are a determined, passionate individual, you will succeed. I would recommend Joyce Saint-Cyr to assist you in taking your business to the next level.
Geri Mullinix
Joyce is a professional with depth of knowledge that is essential to handling my tax and bookkeeping needs. She is a wonderful communicator and patient with my never ending questions. I finally found an accountant who I trust to handle my business and personal finances. She provides great service and is honestly just a great person.
Cat Corchado
Joyce is excellent at keeping you on track with all aspects of your business. She is very knowledgeable about whom to contact and what is needed to get get your business to the next level. Her integrity for getting the job done is unparalleled. She is definitely one of the best!!
Dr. Jennifer Smith
Joyce pays great attention to detail and is a reliable and extremely worthwhile asset to my business! So glad to have found her! She keeps my books in tip top shape!!
Kristy Balfour
Extremely happy with Joyce’s work for income tax preparation for personal and business. Personable, professional and prompt!
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Joyce Saint-Cyr, BA MHA
Charlotte's Most Recognized Small Business Accountant & Advisor
Owner & Principal Accountant
Entrepreneur, Mentor, Accountant & Advisor
Joyce Saint-Cyr has managed and superseded challenges that would break the spirit of others. She has earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from Bernard Baruch College in New York City and her Master’s Degree from Strayer University in North Carolina.
She has successfully managed business and audit projects for nationally recognized financial firms, such as Bank of America and Ernst & Young. As a business strategist, she has the potential to take your efforts to the next level within a short period of time.
Joyce Saint-Cyr became a business coach due to her 35 years’ experience in accounting, owning and operating a retail business, being a business strategist and authoring her book, “Starting A Small Business - The Real Deal.” Joyce was the host of Diversity Talks, an online show providing information to its listeners about business savvy direction and leadership. Her passion is to ensure professionals are equipped with the knowledge required to be truly successful!
The step by step guide for professional who have a business or looking to start a business.Very often people search a book to provide direction of the steps of having a business. This is a must have!
This book is helpful for the following:
- Entrepreneurs (Small Businesses)
- Non-Profit (Organization)
- Students
SPEAKER REQUEST
Joyce Saint-Cyr is called on to speak on topics with which she has experience and has written about.
Note: Joyce maintains a full schedule of business obligations, workshops and events. It is necessary to coordinate schedules with Joyce, often well in advance. Please schedule a speaking request coordination call. Schedule this for as soon as you're available to talk about your event or meeting, not for the date of the event.
Joyce Saint-Cyr is qualified to expertly address any combination of the following topics:
- Innovation for Business
- Marketing Techniques
- Target Market – Who’s Your Customer
- Marketing Techniques
- Innovation for Business
- Social Media Marketing
- Risk and Process Assessments
- Affiliate Marketing
- Advertising
- Public Relations
- Promotions
- Creativity
- Internet and Website Creation (needs)
- Customer service / How to make your customers successful
- Change in life and business
- Business Humor
- Domestic Violence
- Inspiration and Motivation
Why should you book Joyce for your next event?
Joyce is not only an accomplished professional with approximately 35 years of Booking/Accounting and business experience; she is also an experienced entrepreneur. She understands and can identify with challenges that businesses and organizations face. Plus, she grew her companies during the past recession, so she is very familiar with this challenging economic environment.
They say that the reason to give a speech is to change the world, but Joyce’s mission is to empower lives. Her passion is people, and she lives for sharing her stories and teaching others how they too can make their dreams come true.
Joyce’s speech will have your audience emotionally connected to laughing hysterically. She has inspired and entertained a wide range of audiences from housewives to CEO’s.
Joyce is very relatable. The subject of many of her stories center around her CHALLENGES – not just her successes. Before she became the fastest “it” she was the single mom.
Joyce teaches that we all can be what we desire which is a fundamental survival tactic in this challenging economic environment.
Our Core
Joyce Saint-Cyr
Principal Accountant
Joyce is a mentor, accountant and business coach. She has earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from Bernard Baruch College in New York City and her Master’s Degree from Strayer University in North Carolina. Currently, she is pursuing her Doctorate Degree in Accounting from NorthCentral University in Arizona.
Michelle Brotherton
Accounting Clerk
Michelle is a native of Charlotte, NC. After receiving her Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics from Western Carolina University in December 2016, she found a home with Ms. Joyce Saint-Cyr and Diverse Community Partners, Inc. It is here that she has cultivated her skills as an accountant and economist.
Protection Plus
Protection Plus is the leading provider of audit assistance and identity theft restoration services in the tax industry.
We have partnered with Protection Plus to provide our clients with additional support in the event of a notice letter or identity theft incident, and we highly recommend this program to all of our clients. Protection Plus provides year-round assistance with letters from the IRS and State in addition to a full suite of identity theft restoration services for any kind of identity theft situation that could arise.
For a one-time fee of $98.95 at the time of tax preparation, their experienced professionals will provide a full year of identity theft restoration services and assist you if you receive a letter from the IRS. The audit assistance will provide coverage on your 2015 federal tax return, and the identity theft restoration services provide assistance in the event of stolen credit cards, compromised bank accounts, fraudulent tax returns, or other identity theft incidents.
For more information: Download the Protection Plus Brochure
"RELIEVED!"
That's how our clients overwhelmingly describe feeling after working with us
Why Does Your Business Need Affordable Accounting & Bookkeeping Services?
As a small business owner, in today’s business economy, it can be very difficult to keep up with the important tasks of bookkeeping and accounting as resources are stretched more than ever. when you have so many other things to do in maintaining and growing your business.
As a business owner you are always looking for ways to reduce costs, increase your profitability and improve your ability to serve your customers.
To survive, it’s critical that every available resource you have is focused on growing and improving your business, not managing the day-to-day accounting and bookkeeping responsibilities.
Unfortunately, many business owners are unaware of how an accounting and bookkeeping service can quickly bring them forward and continue to deal with the increasing downstream affect of not having their books in accurate, timely, and tax-ready order. Whether you’re looking to manage your cash flow, applying for a business loan or investment, preparing your budgets, or preparing for your tax filing, your accounting and bookkeeping is essential to all of these business needs.
That’s why having or not having a good Accountant or Bookkeeper on your side can make or break your business.
Why Diverse Community Partners?
As your business grows, so do your financial needs. Diverse Community Partners understands this and our goal is your success, so you can rest knowing your accounting problems are taken care of and that you have the support you need while saving time and money.
We are experienced Accountants and Bookkeepers based in Charlotte, NC and Atlanta, GA (serving clients across the US) proving affordable Accounting & Bookkeeping Services.
We get to know your business and how to resolve your problems to get you up to date and back on track to running the business of your dreams.
We are working with companies of any size in various industries and are dedicated to ensuring professionals like you can be guided properly and a clean perspective of your operating income and expenses so that you know your cash flow and where you stand.
Our success is based on attention to detail, exceptional customer service and expertise in helping small businesses organize their tax-ready books. It’s a valuable investment and great asset to any company. We can provide professionals for full or partial assistance based upon your unique needs and can get your books online or in the cloud and available any time, any where, at your convenience.
You run your business, we keep your books in order.
Bookkeeping Service List
- Bookkeeping write up service
- Onsite and offsite bookkeeping
- Accounts payable
- Accounts receivable
- Bank and credit card transaction reconciliation
- Interactive, Real-Time Income statement (Balance Sheet)
- Support for Your CPA
- Xero or Quickbooks setup and installation
- Dedicated Account Manager, In-House Team
- Real-time, response support
- Certified Advisor
- Fixed Price Service Packaging – Plans start at $125 per month
Are you ready for the peace of mind in knowing that your books are in order?
We’re here to help you out! Book an appointment today for a free consultation.
We Support Fellow Entrepreneurs!
Every business is different.
A business is described by the type of business, or the different products you supply. An effective business coach can look at your entire outfit and provide recommendations to make it better. A coach can help you with all aspects of your business, from the development of your own business plan, to employee/employer relations, to different payroll system or payroll companies to make your life easier.
Testimonial: Lapronda Spann
I highly recommend Joyce St. Cyr as a Business Coach and Motivator for Entrepreneurs. Joyce is very knowledgeable of tools and resources that help any entrepreneur establish or expand the services that they provide to customers. She believes in utilizing tools and resources that are free or low cost but that provides the quality and effectiveness to increase a company’s visibility, presence and penetration locally and online. Joyce listens and often answers the questions that you may not even know to ask. It is clear that Joyce’s greatest motivation is seeing other entrepreneurs as successful as she has been. I look forward to continuing my work with Joyce and growing my business with her support.
Meet Your Coach: Joyce Saint-Cyr
Joyce Saint-Cyr is an Accountant Business Strategist and social media marketer. A social media marketer is simply someone who identifies how you can use social media tools to connect products or services with customers and your audience. As an Accountant Business Strategist I help you CHANGE your thinking process to make your business successful.
Social media is a platform for engaging with potential and current customers while informing them of recent company news and products. There are numerous strategies, which can be implemented to increase the awareness of your business, ministry, club or non-profit organization. Joyce helps define the social media strategies, which meets your business’ mission. There are so many social media tools available and the both of you can discuss the benefits of being “social”.
As an Accountant Business Strategist Joyce can help you with your business’s fundamentals. As a professional you are an expert in the services or products you offer. The key of having a strategist is the ability to develop a trusting relationship. We will develop quality strategies to promote your brand and business. Our relationship is the doorway to my network, which can save you money and time!
TAKE ACTION
Without action, intention is fleeting!
It all starts with a small deposit
The forward momentum you're looking for starts today! Retain Joyce with a small deposit and get your business in gear!
Biography & Accomplishments
Learn a little more about the accomplishments and skills Joyce can bring to your business.
Submit Speaker Coordination Request
Joyce would love to work with your organization! Submit a coordination request to work out calendar availability.
Top 10 Reasons People Love Xero
Xero is easy to implement in your day-to-day business.
Requires no installation, manual backups, maintenance, or extra software purchases.
Up-to-date financial reporting that is easy to understand.
Works with your PC, Mac, iPhone, Android, and other devices.
See your cash flow in real time, always know where you stand.
Daily overnight bank feeds to simplify reconciling accounts—easy as checking email.
Create and send invoices with the touch of a button and get paid online.
Easily track income expenses so you always know what’s going on in your business.
Expense claims processed with amazing ease.
Anywhere, anytime, 24/7 access from any internet connect in the world.
Xero Certified Gold Partner
You deserve the best expert advice. Diverse Community Partners is at the top of its class.
Our job is to act as your trusted source of accounting and bookkeeping advice and services.What's Xero Quickstart
TL;dr - We get rolling with Xero small business accounting, help you add us as an advisor to your account, and ensure your bank and credit card accounts are properly importing into Xero.
FREE? Free as in "free beer"?
YEP!
Diverse Community Partners is serious about helping small businesses avoid expensive mistakes. One way we do this is to help business owners correctly set up the basics in their Xero accounting software. We offer that as Xero Quickstart and it's totally free.
30 Day Free Trial of Xero
Haven't started with Xero yet? Great!
If you haven't started with Xero yet, great! You're entitled to a 30 Day Free Trial of Xero. We can set this up for you or you can sign up yourself and add as an Advisor. If you plan to use our bookkeeping or tax services, you might want to talk to us before you sign up. We can bundle it all into a single bill.
We're Very Xero Savvy!
Cloud Accounting... We've been doing it for 15 years!
We were early adopters of cloud accounting technologies. We saw small and growing businesses were going to need them in order to reduce overhead and keep up with the pace of business.
"Sexy" Accounting Software?
Well... yes
Yes, we said it. Xero calls itself "Beautiful Accounting Software." To an accountant, that translates to sexy. Maybe that makes us accounting nerds but hey... we're YOUR accounting nerds! What matters is that Xero works just as well on PC or Mac and does so while looking modern and unintimidating.
