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Tax Services and Preparation for Businesses, Non-Profits and Individuals

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Our Professional Accounting and Tax Services Include:

Tax Preparation and Planning

We guide you through a full range of tax planning and preparation decisions with strategies that minimize your tax liabilities and maximize cash flow.

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Business Accounting Services

Leveraging precious time and resources is key. Our accounting and tax services are designed to help your business maximize revenue and minimize tax liability.

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Audits - Reviews - Compilation

Norton Collar Lund Lilley PLLC’s financial statement services comprise all three levels of assurance depending on your company’s needs

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Estate and Trust Planning

Effective estate and trust planning can ensure financial security for loved ones. For businesses, it can maintain a smooth succession of ownership. We can help.

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Mergers, Acquisitions, and Sales

Whether you're buying, selling, or considering a potential merger, we can provide professional know-how to help you successfully structure and negotiate the deal.

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QuickBooks® Accounting Services

We help you purchase the right product as well as install, setup and use it properly. We teach you how to use QuickBooks® more efficiently and more effectively.

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What Our Clients Are Saying

David and Lee Makepeace
John Collar has handled our corporate and personal accounting work for many years and we couldn’t be more pleased. Consistently, they have given professional advice to minimize our taxes and helped us build wealth. We have gotten to the know their staff over the years and they have always proven to be accessible and willing to please. We look forward to working with our friends at NCLL, PLLC for many years to come.

David and Lee Makepeace

Owners, Medlin-Davis Cleaners

Pinnacle Masonry
I have been working with Jon Lund for 25 years. Jon and his team have a done a great job for me, handling both my personal and professional accounting needs. They have always answered my questions in a timely manner and consistently meet my deadlines for taxes and financial statements. As long as I’m in business, Jon Lund and his associates will have my business.

Danks Burton

President, Pinnacle Masonry

NEXTAFF/Raleigh
NEXTAFF has worked with Norton Collar Lund Lilley, PLLC for over a decade and have been pleased with the level of service that we have received throughout the years. John Collar has helped walk us through several tax seasons and has been a real asset to us as business owners. He has been a trusted advisor and excellent sounding board over the last 10 years. We would highly recommend Norton Collar Lund Lilley, PLLC to any small business who needs an accounting firm that they can trust!

Rachel Reynolds and Beth Klatt

Owners, NEXTAFF/Raleigh

The Eye Center
The Complexities of the U.S. Tax code, especially when it relates to businesses, continue to become more challenging every year. But it has given me peace of mind that the professionals at Norton Collar Lund Lilley PLLC have been navigating the ever changing requirements of our Tax Returns and bookkeeping services in a professional and thorough manner. I have relied on their exceptional attention to detail and fantastic personal service for 15 years and i continue to be impressed with their ability to address all of my business and personal accounting needs at the very highest level. The Eye Center

Dr. Naheed Kassam

The Eye Center

Boone Brands
Thank you again for taking the time to meet without an appointment and answer my questions! I appreciate the personal service that you and your staff provide, and know I can count on your top-caliber experience and advice. Boone Brands

Ron Sonntag

Boone Brands

Total Fire Systems, inc
The team at Norton Collar Lund Lilley PLLC has been our accounting firm of choice for nearly 30 years now. Total Fire Systems, inc. based in in the Raleigh area, specializes in the design and manufacture of fire suppression system electronic controls and sensors for a wide variety of markets. Everyone at NCLL is extremely proficient, friendly and professional in providing services from bi-weekly payroll to year end accounting services to 401(k) coordination to day to day financial planning for our company. We could not ask for a better company to partner with. We are confident in their advice and certainly their work. We consider Norton Collar Lund Lilley PLLC a reliable and valuable member of our team.

Mike Rohlik

President-Sales Engineer, Total Fire Systems

CS Recognition Solutions
We have worked with Norton Collar Lund Lilley PLLC for the past 10 years. We have had complex accounting issues in the past and these were handled with great expertise and always in a pleasant and timely manner. We have specifically worked with Tom Norton and Britney Breci and would highly recommend them to anyone for their personal or corporate accounting needs. CS Recognition Solutions

Tricia Fuchs

CS Recognition Solutions

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"We came to Norton Collar Lund Lilley PLLC seeking top service. These guys are great. Everyone who worked on our account was knowledgeable and friendly. We have a great relationship with our team there and have come to rely on their counsel. Highly recommend PLCRN to anyone who asks!" Lincoln Network

Scott McKaig

General Counsel, VP of Finance and Compliance, Lincoln Network, Inc.

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"I have had the pleasure of working with Norton Collar Lund Lilley PLLC for the past 9 years. Their teams have always been thorough and responsive to any and all of our financial questions/needs. They are more than happy to assist us in answering any questions as they arise throughout the year. While accounting can often times be stressful, they've helped to ensure it is an easy and generally painless process." ACLU of North Carolina

Kevin Eason

Director of Operations, ACLU of North Carolina

RALEIGH ACCOUNTING AND TAX NEWS:

5 Ideas to Help Small Business Owners Reduce Taxes for 2023

November 7, 2023
As year end approaches, small business owners should review their tax situations to determine ways to lower federal income taxes for the current tax year — and beyond. Fortunately, no significant unfavorable federal tax law changes that would affect 2023 or 2024 are expected. So, there’s more certainty regarding the tax rules today than this time […]
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Handle Payroll Taxes With Kid Gloves

November 7, 2023
If you operate a business that collects payroll taxes from employees, here’s a warning: Regardless of what your corporate financial situation is, don’t borrow from the withholding tax fund. If that money isn’t there when it’s due, Uncle Sam will crack down hard. All businesses face downturns when cash flow dries up. It may be tempting […]
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Deposit Interest into Five Tax Buckets

September 13, 2023
Interest rates rise and fall periodically, but the tax rules for deducting interest expenses remain the same — unless Congress changes them. Generally, the current rules have been in place for years, although the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) did include some significant modifications. Whether or not you can deduct interest expenses, and […]
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