Jim Weir wrote:
To make a long story mercifully short, RST is looking for a person
to do the accounting function....and at the end of the fiscal year
get the tax forms (Fed and California) filled out ready for
signature.

From a fully credentialed bean counter with a tax practice: You didn't
say whether out-of-state help is OK, but doing that for tax prep can
be a bit problematic in general even for federal. From my
understanding of Kaliforneeah and their increasingly whimsical ways of
regulating return preparers, I wouldn't do it due no experience beyond
a few nauseating CA returns and inability to spread my costs of
compliance around to other CA clients, unless you want to pay for it.

there are darned few that understand that all small airplanes
aren't yellow with a small bear painted on the side...somebody that
speaks airplane and that understands the manufacturing environment.

There are some biz' requiring specialized knowledge for the
accountant, but not yours. I do work for a genuine Part 145
instrument shop, but my knowledge in related matters has been worth no
more than social chit-chat, for which you'll never know whether you're
being billed. And manufacturing is 2nd semester of Accounting 101
with later immersion in brain-frying perpetual cost and LIFO, for
Pete's sake!

Important also for small business is someone with experience in IRS
practice, because if nuthin' much has happened yet, strange gov't
behaviour is only a matter of time ("Hear me now; believe me later!").

Just a few tips to help you find the right guy or gal.

Fred F.