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voyona
Voyona began its relationship with Accelero team at the inception of our Company in 2007. Neetika and her staff set up our entire company's accounting structure from scratch. They proved to be knowledgeable, responsible and dedicated insuring all our needs were met. Since then, Accelero has been a true partner for our company. They handle our day to day accounting needs, monthly financial statements and yearly tax returns. They help make sense of what can be a very difficult but necessary part of business, especially for an entrepreneur business owner. I would highly recommend their services to any company."
Jaya Prakash Rao, President/ CEO Voyona, Inc. Sunnyvale CA

Senseiq
We have been using Accelero and have been very satisfied with services as they full seem to understand our needs and provide very professional approach. The team provides highly integrated effort and is always willing to answer the questions we might have even after the engagement is over. Neetika is very attentive and diligent to details and is always quick in following up.
Jatin Maniar, CEO Sense IQ, Inc. San Jose CA

Stratosphere Solutions Inc.
Accelero has provided Stratosphere Solutions with thorough and timely financial service. We highly recommend them for their expertise and willingness to work with us on all our accounting needs. I am very pleased with the level of commitment and results that we"ve experienced."
Jim Bordelon, President, Stratosphere Solutions Sunnyvale CA

Cramster Inc.
"Neetika is very personable. She takes those extra steps to ensure everyone is on the same page making an engagement smooth and cost-effective."
Robert Angarita, CEO, Pasadena CA

Solix Technologies Inc.
We worked with Accelro for our Finance audit. Neetika's thorough knowledge in Finance Accounting, governance and compliance and her attention to details helped us keep the project on schedule and have guided us on various crucial and technical accounting areas.
Sai Gundavelli, CEO, Santa Clara CA

Urpan Technologies Inc
Neetika and her team have been our accountants since 2007 and we are very glad with their services. Their ability to deal professionally and pleasantly with our vendors, customers and other business associates have provided us with a peace of mind and has also strengthened our relationship. The team is very responsive, always approachable and is eager to help us with any matter related to accounting and finance. I am impressed with their commitment and enthusiastic approach. As a CEO, I can now get lot of time to focus on business development as Accelero has taken complete ownership of our accounting division and are running it seamlessly.
Pad N Swami, CEO, Urpan Technologies, Inc. Sunnyvale CA
Neetika has a professional and dedicated team that delivers consistently under tough deadlines.
Mihir Chowdhary, Greenboox Inc. Cupertino CA

PwrLite Inc.
Neetika has handled our accounts including books and payroll from the first transaction and first employee and has done a great job from the start. She made it transparent to us as far as keeping the books in order was concerned. She was quite flexible in adapting to the random and bursty nature of transactions in a startup company. She also was extremely compliant with asynchronous requests for financials and payroll processing. She and her team exhibited professionalism in maintaining the confidentiality of information about her clients.
Overall, will strongly recommend doing business with her and keeping her as 'the accountant concern' for small and medium sized startup companies.
Sridhar Subramanian
President & CEO, PwrLite, Inc (acquired by a Tier-1 company)

Matisse Technologies
Neetika has great dedication and attention to customer service evidenced by her graciously re-arranging her schedule to come to take over a critical role at our company when our regular employee was on maternity leave. Thanks to Neetika we were able to keep up the service we provide to our internal customers as well and complete several projects including an audit which we would not have been able to do without her help.
Jerry Lovatt, VP Finance, Matisse Networks, Inc. Mt. View , California

Important Tax Related Questions

Q1. What is California use tax?

Use tax is in lieu of sales tax has to be paid if any purchase of tangible goods made out of state (via telephone, internet, by mail or in person) and if the seller of the product has not collected California sales or use tax and the product has been used, stored, consumed or given away in California then the purchase is subject to California Use tax. The tax is to be paid by qualified purchasers who have gross receipts both from in-state & out-state operations, does not hold permit or certification of registration for use tax and not registered with BOE (Board of Equalization).

Q2. Who is required to file Foreign bank and Financial Account Disclosure (FBAR)?

Anybody who is a citizen or a resident of United States or a person in and doing business in US, who has signatory authority in one or more financial account with aggregate value exceeding $10,000 in a foreign country, is required to file Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Account. The FBAR report is to be filed separately from federal tax return by June 30th of the succeeding year.

Q3. Withholding tax for foreign payments?

Any payments made to foreign persons that constitute US source income, the payer is responsible for withholding tax of 30% from these payments. The payer who is a withholding agent may be an individual, corporation, partnership, trust or association. If payer does not withhold and the foreign person does not meet his US tax liability, both the payer and foreign person are liable for the tax and penalty.

Q4. Can I expense the amount spent on Research & Development ?

Research and development costs can be opted to deduct as an expense in the year in which it is incurred. If this option is not elected, then the cost is capitalized and expensed over a period of at least 60 months starting from the month when economic benefits is first received. However it can be expensed only with IRS approval.

Q5. What is/are the difference between Current & Capital expenses ?

Current expenses are those recurring expenses which are incurred to ensure a normal running of the business operations like utilities, rent, and payroll expense. Whereas, Capital expenses are incurred to generate revenue for future period(s) and these expenses are shown as an Asset in the Balance Sheet and are expensed over a period of 3,5 or 7 years as per IRS rules.

Exception for capital expenditure: Sec 179 is issued by IRS which allows to expense out part or full cost of capital expenditure in the year in which it is put in service. For more details on this provision visit IRS site http://www.irs.gov/publications/p946/ch02.html.

Important Tax Related Questions

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