A-LIST ACCOUNTING LLC
PANAMA CITY BEACH, FLORIDA

Laura Nelson is founder and owner of A-List Accounting which serves the accounting needs of small businesses located in and around Panama City Beach, FL and the surrounding Panhandle cities in Florida. She takes pride in creating a customized accounting solution for each client, based on their individual needs. Laura offers bookkeeping, payroll, tax return preparation services, QuickBooks consulting and training, and Xero consulting and training. Some of the recent projects Laura has completed with clients include streamlining a pool service company’s invoicing process which boosted cash flow, saved one client $3,000 per month in telephone charges, transitioned a company from older accounting technologies to modern accounting systems where they saved thousands of dollars on paper costs alone, discovered $800,000 being embezzled by a manufacturing employee, worked with a construction company to capture job costs to help them better analyze their profitability, and re-structured QuickBooks and a rental company reservation system for better organization and pricing information. Laura spends time keeping up to date with the new accounting technology which is rapidly evolving. This helps her deliver the most cost-effective solution to her clients. Her certifications include: Laura also teaches QuickBooks, Xero, and accounting classes for the local Small Business Development Center. She is a member of the Florida Institute of CPAs and the American Institute of CPAs (although not a CPA, she is qualified to sit the exam), the American Institute of Professional Bookkeepers, the National Association of Tax Professionals, and the Sleeter Consultants Network. Prior to starting her own firm five years ago, Laura worked as a controller in the manufacturing industry and in government with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. She is currently active in the Panama City Beach Chamber and the Walton City Chamber. Our team of professionals serves the accounting and tax needs of individuals and owners of small to mid-sized businesses. We look for opportunities to help you meet your accounting needs and goals so that you can have the business you always dreamed of. We enjoy getting to know each client so we can offer personalized and customized service that help save you time and money. Our firm serves clients in many industries, including professional services such as consulting, law firms, architects, physicians, dentists, HR consultants, technology companies, and insurance companies; personal services such as hair stylists, nail salons, barbers, caterers, dog sitters, child care services, psychologists, wardrobe consultants, makeup artists, physical trainers, and metaphysical workers; health care services such as medi-spas, physical therapists, home health care, retirement homes, nursing care, nutritionists, chiropractors; construction, trades, landscapers, lawn mowers, interior designers, moving companies, real estate, food service, restaurant, retail, wholesale, distribution, manufacturing, and more. Accounting Services that Help You Grow Your Small Business We provide more than balanced books. We can help smooth cash flow, analyze profit margins, and look for ways to increase revenues and profits. Let us take your tax deadline headaches away and manage all of that for you so you can get back to running your business. We actually like doing taxes so you don’t have to. A QuickBooks expert can help you save lots of time and money. We can help you select, install, and customize the perfect QuickBooks accounting system as well as train and troubleshoot. With our QuickBooks knowledge, we help you speed through your learning curve so you can be productive fast. We tailor a training session to your exact needs. One of the most exciting changes in the accounting industry is cloud accounting. There reasons many small businesses are moving to the cloud. Your books contain valuable information to help you run your business, so it’s important that your bookkeeping is accurate and up-to-date. We make it our business to stay up-to-date with changing payroll laws and compliance so you don’t have to. We’re happy to discuss our payroll services.