The books behind the businesses that keep your block running.
A tax and accounting practice built for the people who run convenience stores, gas stations, vape shops, and auto bays — kept compliant, filed on time, and explained in plain terms.
Everything a small business owes, in one office.
From the monthly sales-tax return to the year-end return, you work with one preparer who already knows your numbers.
Tax preparation
Individual and business returns — Schedule C, S-corp, partnership, and multi-state filings prepared and reviewed line by line.
Bookkeeping & accounting
Clean monthly books from your bank activity, with profit-and-loss and balance sheets you can actually read.
Sales & use tax
Monthly and quarterly sales-tax returns done right — including NC county rates, prepared-food, fuel, and exempt categories.
Payroll
Payroll runs, pay stubs, 941/940 deposits, and W-2 / W-3 filing kept on schedule for you and your staff.
Notices & representation
IRS and state letters, assessments, and audits answered and resolved — so a notice doesn't become a crisis.
Formation & advisory
New entity setup, EIN and registration, and straight advice on how a decision changes what you'll owe.
If your register rings all day, you're in the right place.
Retail businesses carry the heaviest sales-tax and recordkeeping load of anyone. That's exactly the work this practice is built around.
A preparer who answers the phone.
Latif Kahtan & Co. is a sole-practitioner tax and accounting practice in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The work is personal: one preparer who learns your business, keeps your books and filings current, and is reachable when a question or a notice can't wait.
Many clients run cash-heavy retail businesses with multi-state and multi-location filings — the kind of work that gets mishandled by a chain office. Here it's the core of the practice, done carefully and explained clearly.
One point of contact
Your books, payroll, and returns sit with the same person all year.
Built for retail
Deep familiarity with sales tax, county rates, fuel, and exempt sales.
Plain answers
What you owe, why, and what to do next — without the jargon.
Let's get your business on solid books.
New client or just have a question — call the office or send a note, and we'll take it from there.