A CPA for Apopka small business.
Tax preparation, monthly bookkeeping, and year-round planning for Apopka greenhouse and nursery operators, healthcare professionals, ecotourism businesses, and growing households. Mount Dora–based, 30 minutes north via US 441, same NW Orlando metro, no Orlando traffic. Florida-licensed CPA. One person, start to finish.
Apopka at a glance
The Indoor Foliage Capital, and Orange County’s third-largest city.
Apopka sits in northwestern Orange County, 16 miles NW of Downtown Orlando, with 54,873 residents (2020). Bigger than Sanford and triple the size of Lake Mary or Mount Dora. Incorporated 1882, anchored by AdventHealth Apopka, the UF IFAS Mid-Florida Research and Education Center, the West Orange Trail, and the 30,000-acre Lake Apopka. The name comes from the Seminole word *Ahapopka*, potato-eating place. The city has roughly doubled every two decades since 1980. I also serve clients across Lake County.
54,873
Residents (2020)
1882
Incorporated
37.5
Median Age
30K ac
Lake Apopka
Accounting services
For the greenhouse off Plymouth Sorrento, the practice near AdventHealth, and the family on the West Orange Trail.
Whether you run a foliage nursery, a medical practice in the AdventHealth orbit, an ecotourism business along the Wekiva, or a household with two W-2s and a growing side business, here’s what I do.
Monthly bookkeeping
Real-time books. No shoebox.
Secure portal, bank integrations, and clean books reviewed by a CPA, not a bookkeeping mill. Seasonal nursery cash flow tracked accurately; you see the numbers whenever you want.
Tax preparation
Federal, state, multi-state.
Individual and business returns, S-Corp, LLC, sole proprietor, partnership, Schedule F, prepared by a licensed CPA. Multi-state filings welcome for nursery wholesalers and contractors that ship beyond Florida.
Family planning
Built for two-W-2 households with kids.
Day-care credits, dependent care FSAs, 529 vs UTMA, dual-W-2 Roth strategy, child tax credit positioning, and the S-Corp election once side income clears the threshold, the moves that actually move the family balance sheet.
The short answer
I’m a one-person CPA firm serving Apopka and northwestern Orange County from my Mount Dora office, 30 minutes north via US 441. Altamonte Springs clients get the same service. I keep the books and prepare the return myself, and every client gets a secure portal with real-time dashboards and automatic bank sync. I scope each engagement to the operation it serves, on a discovery call. Same NW Orlando metro, no Orlando traffic.
Why local matters
Four things an Apopka business has to get right.
Indoor Foliage Capital
A horticulture economy that no peer city has.
Apopka markets itself, accurately, as the Indoor Foliage Capital of the World. Greenhouse nurseries, indoor-foliage growers, landscape contractors, ag-input vendors, and the entire logistics chain that ships them out anchor a real local industry with real industry-specific tax considerations. UF's IFAS Mid-Florida Research and Education Center sits right here. This is work most CPAs never see.
AdventHealth Apopka
A healthcare cluster that opened in 2017.
AdventHealth Apopka opened in 2017 as the city's only hospital, and a healthcare-employment cluster has grown around it. Affiliated medical practices, specialists, allied-health vendors, and home-health operators all need entity strategy, retirement-plan design, equipment depreciation, and the S-Corp analysis that turns a working practice into a long-term business.
Younger, More Diverse
Family-financial-planning, not estate planning.
Apopka's median age is 37.5; nearly 41% of households are raising kids under 18; 29% are Hispanic / Latino and 25% are Black. That's a meaningfully younger, more multicultural mix than the Seminole and Lake County peer cities, and the planning conversation is different. Day care credits, 529 strategy, dual-W-2 Roth, college planning, and side-business S-Corp work.
Wekiwa, Kelly Park & Lake Apopka
A real ecotourism small-business cluster.
Wekiwa Springs State Park, Rock Springs at Kelly Park, King's Landing on the Wekiva River, the Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, the West Orange Trail, Apopka anchors one of Central Florida's most-loved natural-recreation corridors. Kayak rentals, eco-tour operators, fishing guides, and trailside small business all run on seasonal cash flow I already understand.
Rooted in Apopka
From The Lodge to AdventHealth.
Five National Register sites
The Lodge (1859), the Apopka Seaboard Air Line Railway Depot (1918), the Waite-Davis House (1886), the Mitchell-Tibbetts House (1887), and the Ryan & Company Lumber Yard (1920) anchor the city’s historic downtown.
From Ahapopka to today
Named for the Seminole word *Ahapopka* (potato-eating place), incorporated 1882 as a one-mile-square town anchored by The Lodge. Mayor John H. Land served 61.25 years, the longest of any full-time U.S. mayor through 2014.
A natural-recreation corridor
Wekiwa Springs State Park, Rock Springs Run, Kelly Park, King’s Landing, the West Orange Trail, the Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, and a 30,000-acre lake that’s rebounding into a real bass fishery and wildlife destination.
What makes me different
Most NW Orlando firms still run on paper. I built something different.
Most accounting offices in the area still operate on paper forms, phone calls, and once-a-year check-ins. I built a modern platform from scratch, and I use it with every client.
Secure client portal
Upload, view, track, from anywhere.
Documents, reports, and real-time financials accessible from any device. No email attachments, no fax machines, no lost paperwork.
Bank integrations
Transactions sync automatically.
Plaid-powered connections pull transactions nightly, so your books stay current without a shoebox of receipts or a manual data-entry pass at year-end.
Real-time dashboards
See your numbers whenever you want.
P&L, cash flow, and expense breakdowns available any day of the month, not just when I send a PDF. Curious in the middle of July? Log in.
Free financial tools
Calculators for the questions you ask yourself.
S-Corp savings, quarterly estimated tax, 1099 vs W-2 comparison, all free, no signup required. Run the numbers before you call me.
No other CPA firm serving Apopka combines this caliber of CPA work with this level of modern client tooling.
Services & pricing
Custom engagements, priced on a call.
Book a discovery call and I’ll quote your operation on the phone, or explore the core services below.
Every engagement
Custom-built
scoped on your discovery call
Bookkeeping in Apopka
Looking for an Apopka bookkeeper? You already are.
Most Apopka small businesses end up paying twice, once for a bookkeeper, then again for a CPA at tax time to clean up the bookkeeper's work. I'm a Florida CPA who also does your monthly bookkeeping, so it's one person on both sides.
Books run on Forty Two Six, my in-house bookkeeping platform, no QuickBooks subscription. One engagement, scoped on a discovery call. See the full bookkeeping service →
“When I first started my business, I tried doing the books myself and got completely lost and confused. Tim stepped in, cleared out all the clutter, and actually set up an organized system that makes total sense to me.”
Clifton, Google Review
Questions I hear in Apopka
Frequently asked questions.
How much does a bookkeeper in Apopka cost?
As of 2026, Apopka-area bookkeepers commonly charge $200 to $500 monthly, and growers then pay a CPA $800 or more to true things up before filing. My model removes that second bill: the CPA does the books, so there is nothing to true up. Custom engagement, scoped on a discovery call.
Do you offer bookkeeping services near Apopka?
Yes. Apopka is about 30 minutes south of me on US 441, same northwest-Orlando corridor, no downtown traffic. The portal handles the day-to-day flow for nurseries, medical practices, and ecotourism operators; I'm close enough that meeting in person is never a project.
What's the difference between a bookkeeper and a CPA in Apopka?
A bookkeeper records and categorizes transactions; a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) is a state-licensed accountant who can also sign tax returns, represent you before the IRS, and provide tax strategy. A grower's bookkeeper can post the transactions; the Schedule F versus Schedule C call, the Section 179 election, and the ag-exemption strategy need a CPA. I am both, under Florida license #AC62625.
Do you have an office in Apopka?
My office is in Mount Dora, about 30 minutes north of Apopka via US 441, same NW Orlando metro, no Orlando traffic. Most client work happens through my secure online portal, but I make the drive when an in-person meeting is the right call.
How much does a CPA cost in Apopka?
I scope every operation individually. A nursery with Schedule F questions and a dual-W-2 household with a side business are different jobs. Book a discovery call at timcpa.com/contact and I'll walk you through what the engagement would look like.
Do you work with greenhouse, nursery, and indoor-foliage businesses?
Yes. Apopka is the self-described Indoor Foliage Capital of the World, and the horticulture industry has its own tax rules: Schedule F vs Schedule C decisions, Section 179 on greenhouse equipment, agricultural cost-segregation, ag exemptions on property tax, and seasonal cash flow. The University of Florida's IFAS Mid-Florida Research and Education Center is right here. I do that work.
Do you help with Schedule F versus Schedule C for Apopka growers?
Yes. It is one of the first calls I make with a new nursery client. True agricultural production generally belongs on Schedule F, with farm-specific rules for prepaid supplies, crop insurance, and income averaging; retail-heavy or landscaping-services operations often belong on Schedule C. The classification drives self-employment tax, Section 179 eligibility on greenhouse equipment, and estimated-payment timing, so I get it right before I automate the books.
I run a young family with two W-2s and a side business, what should I be doing?
Apopka skews younger and more family-driven than the rest of my service area, median age 37.5, with 40.6% of households raising kids under 18. That changes the planning math. Day-care credits, dependent care FSAs, college savings (529 vs UTMA), Roth strategy on a dual W-2, and S-Corp election once side income clears the threshold. I run the numbers in plain English.
Ready for an Apopka CPA who picks up the phone?
Book a discovery call and we’ll run through your operation. If I’m not the right fit, I’ll say so, and point you somewhere better.
Tim
More reading
Curious about S-Corp savings on your side business? Read my complete guide: Florida S-Corp Election Guide with a real $150K example, the $60K breakeven, and the Form 2553 filing process.
Behind on your books? See my catch-up bookkeeping guide. Run a trade or contracting business? See bookkeeping & taxes for Florida contractors.
Timothy LeGendre CPA LLC | Florida CPA License #AC62625 (firm #AD72267) | Mount Dora, FL | (407) 417-1064 | Contact