A CPA for Groveland small business.
Tax preparation, monthly bookkeeping, and year-round planning for the contractors, trades, nurseries, and new LLCs riding south Lake County’s growth. Mount Dora-based, about 30 minutes northeast. Florida-licensed CPA.
Groveland at a glance
The City with Natural Charm, and one of Central Florida’s fastest growth stories.
Groveland sits on SR 50 in south Lake County, about 27 miles west of Orlando, amid a region of more than 500 lakes 18,505 residents at the 2020 census and thousands more since, one of the fastest-growing cities in Central Florida. It started in 1895 as Taylorville, a turpentine town; the citrus groves gave it its name in the 1920s; today new subdivisions, trades businesses, and distribution operations are writing the next chapter while nurseries and tree farms keep the agricultural backbone alive.
18,505
Residents (2020)
1895
Settled as Taylorville
1922
Incorporated
~20 mi
From Mount Dora
Accounting services
For the framing crew on the new subdivision, the nursery on the county road, and the LLC you formed last month.
Whether you run crews across three job sites, grow trees on land your family has worked for decades, or just filed your first Articles of Organization, here’s what I do.
Monthly bookkeeping
Job-cost books that show real margin.
Secure portal, automatic bank feeds, and clean books reviewed by a CPA every month. For the trades: costs tied to jobs, labor burden on every crew hour, and 1099 subs tracked from the first W-9.
Tax preparation
Individual, business, and Schedule F.
Returns prepared by a licensed CPA, S-Corp, LLC, sole proprietor, partnership, and the agricultural returns south Lake still files.
Entity & growth planning
The S-Corp question, answered with math.
New LLCs and growing trades hit the same fork: when does the S-Corp election start saving real payroll tax? I run your actual numbers, typically worth a hard look once net profit clears $80K.
The short answer
I’m a Florida CPA serving Groveland and south Lake County from my Mount Dora office, about 30 minutes northeast via SR 19. My practice keeps the books and prepares the return, and every client gets a secure portal with real-time dashboards and automatic bank sync. Each engagement is scoped to the business and scoped on a discovery call. Same county, same courthouse, one firm on the books and the return.
Why local matters
Four things a Groveland business has to get right.
One of the fastest-growing cities in Central Florida
New rooftops mean new businesses.
Groveland has added thousands of residents since the 2020 census, among the fastest growth rates in Central Florida. Every subdivision that goes vertical pulls in trades, landscapers, cleaners, inspectors, and service businesses. Growth is exactly when books get away from an owner: more crews, more subs, more equipment, more transactions. That's the moment a monthly CPA close earns its fee.
Taylorville to Groveland
An agricultural backbone that never left.
Settled in 1895 as Taylorville around turpentine, renamed for its citrus groves, incorporated in 1922, Groveland has been a working town for 130 years. Nurseries, tree farms, and agricultural operations still run alongside the new construction, and they carry their own tax rules: Schedule F treatment, equipment depreciation, seasonal labor, agricultural sales-tax exemptions.
The SR 50 corridor
Distribution, trades, and Orlando commuters.
Groveland sits on SR 50 about 27 miles west of Orlando, and the corridor is filling in with distribution and light-industrial operations alongside the residential boom. Add the commuter families running side businesses and rentals, and you get a city full of Schedule C filers, new LLCs, and first-time employers, all of whom need the entity question answered correctly the first time.
South Lake, same county
Same courthouse. Same tax baseline. Same firm.
Groveland files at the same Lake County courthouse in Tavares that my Mount Dora clients do, about 30 minutes up SR 19. Same county tax baseline, same local filing rhythms, same chamber-of-commerce ecosystem. South Lake's growth gets the headlines; I bring the north Lake CPA discipline to it.
Rooted in Groveland
A turpentine town that became a boom town.
Natural Charm
The city’s brand is earned: Groveland sits in a region of more than 500 lakes with the Green Swamp’s wild edge to the south, Lake David and its downtown park anchor a small-town core that the growth hasn’t erased.
Founded on pine and citrus
Settled in 1895 as Taylorville around turpentine production, renamed Groveland for the citrus that followed, incorporated in 1922. Lumber, groves, agriculture, a working town from the start, and the nurseries and tree farms still working today carry that line forward.
The growth corridor
SR 50 west of Orlando is one of Central Florida’s hottest residential corridors, and Groveland is at the center of it, thousands of new residents since 2020, new subdivisions, new distribution operations, and the small-business ecosystem that follows rooftops.
What makes me different
Most Lake County 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 Groveland 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 walk you through what the engagement would look like, or explore the core services below.
Every engagement
Custom-built
scoped on your discovery call
Bookkeeping in Groveland
Looking for a Groveland bookkeeper? You already are.
Most south Lake 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, and my practice keeps your monthly books and prepares your return under one roof.
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 →
“One of my biggest fears of growth was making sure that taxes were done properly. He took the fear away and gave reassurance — I'm full throttle to the top knowing that I have this man on our side.”
Andrew Selley, Google Review
Questions I hear from Groveland
Frequently asked questions.
How much does a bookkeeper in Groveland cost?
As of 2026, around south Lake County, independent bookkeepers run roughly $200–$500 a month, and then a separate CPA charges $800 or more at filing time. My practice combines the two: the CPA keeps the books and signs the return, so nobody pays for the handoff. Custom engagement, scoped on a discovery call.
Do you offer bookkeeping services near Groveland?
Yes. My office is in Mount Dora, about 20 miles northeast of Groveland, roughly half an hour via SR 19 through Howey-in-the-Hills. Same county, same courthouse in Tavares. The secure portal handles the day-to-day; the drive handles the handshake when you want one.
What's the difference between a bookkeeper and a CPA in Groveland?
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. Most growing Groveland businesses end up paying for both, separately. My clients get one continuous engagement, the same license (#AC62625) on the ledger and on the return.
Do you have an office in Groveland?
My office is in Mount Dora, about 30 minutes northeast. Most client work happens through my secure online portal, with real-time dashboards and automatic bank feeds, so Groveland clients rarely need the drive. When an in-person meeting matters, it happens.
How much does a CPA cost in Groveland?
I scope each Groveland engagement individually. A three-crew framing operation and a brand-new LLC are different jobs, and the quote should say so. Book a discovery call at timcpa.com/contact and I'll walk you through what the engagement would look like.
Do you work with contractors and trades riding the south Lake building boom?
Yes. That's the center of Groveland's economy right now. Job-cost books that show margin per job, labor burden on every crew hour, 1099 subcontractor tracking with W-9s collected before the first check, equipment decisions under Section 179, and the S-Corp election once net profit clears roughly $80K–$150K. The trades are exactly where messy books cost the most.
I just formed an LLC in Groveland, what should I do first?
Three things: get the EIN and a separate business bank account so personal and business money never mix, set up books from day one (cleanup later always costs more than clean books now), and put the S-Corp question on the calendar, the election starts saving real payroll tax once net profit clears roughly $80K. I walk new Groveland owners through all three in one conversation.
Do you work with nurseries, tree farms, and agricultural operations?
Yes. South Lake still grows things, nurseries, tree farms, and grove remnants sit alongside the new rooftops. Agricultural operations raise real questions: Schedule F versus Schedule C treatment, equipment depreciation and Section 179, seasonal labor and 1099s, and Florida sales-tax exemptions on qualifying agricultural inputs. I handle that work directly.
Ready for a Groveland CPA who picks up the phone?
Book a discovery call and we’ll talk through where the business stands. If I’m not the right fit, I’ll say so, and point you somewhere better.
Tim
More reading
Run a trade or contracting business? Start with bookkeeping & taxes for Florida contractors job costing, labor burden, 1099 subs, and the S-Corp election.
Curious about costs? Read How Much Does a CPA Cost? Behind on your books? See my catch-up bookkeeping guide. Nearby, see my pages for Tavares, Eustis and Apopka, or the Lake County overview.