Bookkeeping for US LLCs
Monthly categorization and reconciliation of your bank, Amazon, Stripe and payment-platform activity — so your numbers are always current, not reconstructed every January.
Lahore · Washington State · US Accounting & Advisory
US CPA Services in Pakistan — Through Our Affiliated Washington-Licensed Practice
CPA-level accounting for your US LLC, delivered honestly: the licensed work runs through IMAAR Associates CPA, PLLC — our affiliated Washington State licensed CPA practice — while your day-to-day support stays WhatsApp-close in Lahore. Whether you're in Faisalabad or a Pakistani founder in Texas or Dubai, it's one engagement across both.
Monthly Bookkeeping · Financial Statements · Tax Planning · Compliance Calendars · Catch-Up Books · Entity Advice
CPA
Washington State · License #56486
IRS
Certifying Acceptance Agent
16+
Years of Experience
SECP
Registered Firm (Pakistan)
Beyond the Annual Return
What US CPA-Level Services Cover from Pakistan
Filing season is one week of your year. These are the other fifty-one — the continuous work that keeps a US business clean, fundable and decision-ready.
Financial statements
Profit & loss, balance sheet and cash-flow statements prepared through the licensed practice — the documents banks, lenders and investors actually ask for.
Tax planning
Decisions reviewed before year-end — salary vs distribution, timing of expenses, entity elections — when they can still change the outcome instead of just describing it.
Entity-structure advice
Second entities, partners joining, corporate elections, holding structures — modeled against your facts and both countries' tax positions before you commit.
Compliance calendar management
Every state and IRS date for your entities tracked and actioned — annual reports, franchise fees, 5472 season — so deadlines surface before they bite.
Catch-up & cleanup
Messy or missing books reconstructed from statements and marketplace exports into clean records — the usual first step for founders who grew faster than their paperwork.
The Section That Matters Most
Verify the License Before You Pay Us
"CPA" is a state-licensed, legally protected US designation — and in this market, it is claimed far more often than it is held. So don't take this page's word for it. NASBA, the US body behind CPA licensure records, lets you check any license in about two minutes at cpaverify.org.
- Open the NASBA lookup with the button below.
- Search last name Abbas, first name Muhammad, jurisdiction Washington, license 56486.
- Confirm what we state here: status Active, no disciplinary actions.
What the Record Shows
- Licensee
- Muhammad Abbas, CPA
- Jurisdiction
- Washington State
- License number
- #56486
- Status
- Active
- Disciplinary actions
- None (verified July 2026)
Practicing through IMAAR Associates CPA, PLLC — a remote-first Washington CPA practice and IRS Certifying Acceptance Agent.
Past the "Just File My Form" Stage
Who Needs CPA-Level Service
One annual return stops being enough at a recognizable point. These are the founders who've reached it.
Scaling Amazon brands
Inventory, marketplace fees, ad spend and reimbursements across thousands of transactions — numbers that need monthly books, not a January archaeology project.
Multi-member LLCs
Partners need clean capital accounts, defensible distributions and K-1s nobody argues about — bookkeeping discipline is what keeps partnerships friendly.
Founders with US investors or partners
The moment someone else relies on your numbers, casual records stop being an option. Statements through a licensed practice carry the weight the audience expects.
Anyone planning, not just reporting
Hiring, a second entity, a big equipment year, a possible exit — decisions worth modeling before year-end, with both US and Pakistani consequences on the table.
Know What You're Buying
CPA vs Tax Preparer vs Bookkeeper
Three different jobs that get sold under one blurry label. Here's the honest division — including which one you actually need today.
| Factor | Bookkeeper | Tax Preparer | CPA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core job | Records transactions accurately as they happen | Turns a year's records into compliant filings | Oversees the whole financial picture — books, filings, planning, advice |
| Credential | None required | Varies widely | State-licensed, exam-qualified, publicly verifiable |
| When they help you | Every month | Filing season | Before decisions — then every month and at filing |
| Typical trigger to hire | Transactions outgrow your spreadsheet | A deadline — see our US tax filing service | Someone relies on your numbers, or a decision needs modeling |
| In our setup | Lahore team, inside the engagement | Our US tax filing practice | IMAAR Associates CPA, PLLC — Washington-licensed, verifiable above |
Honest guidance: most single-member LLC owners with modest volume need the preparer, not the CPA — and we'll tell you so. The costly mistake runs the other way: relying on filing-season cleanup after someone starts depending on your numbers.
Engagement Shapes
Monthly & Annual Service Tiers
Three shapes cover most situations; every engagement is quoted in writing before work begins. The affiliated practice publishes its own engagement terms at imaarassociates.com — we don't restate its pricing here.
Books Only
- ✓Monthly categorization & reconciliation
- ✓Quarterly P&L snapshot
- ✓Year-end handoff to your tax filing
Monthly scope — request a quote
Books + Compliance
- ✓Everything in Books Only
- ✓Full compliance calendar, state + IRS
- ✓Annual filings prepared & submitted
- ✓Financial statements on request
Monthly scope — request a quote
Full Advisory
- ✓Everything in Books + Compliance
- ✓Scheduled planning sessions with the CPA practice
- ✓Entity & structure modeling as you grow
- ✓Priority answers, both tax systems
Monthly scope — request a quote
Your Books, Your Access
Tools We Work With
We work daily in QuickBooks Online, Xero and Wave, taking over existing files or building new ones with bank, Amazon and Stripe feeds connected. Two principles regardless of platform: you keep owner access to your own file — your data is never hostage to the engagement — and the tool is chosen for your volume and integrations, including the free option where it honestly fits.
QuickBooks Online
Xero
Wave
One Family of Firms
One Family, Whole Journey
Every stage of a Pakistani founder's US journey, handled inside one family of firms — the Lahore practice and IMAAR Associates CPA, PLLC in Washington — so no stage starts with re-explaining your story to a stranger.
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Form the company
US entity formation advisory from Pakistan — state filing, EIN without SSN, registered agent, banking guidance.
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Get your ITIN
ITIN services in Pakistan, with passport certification by a Certifying Acceptance Agent — originals never leave the country.
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File every year
US tax filing from Pakistan — 5472 packages, 1040-NR, treaty positions, catch-ups, FBR coordination.
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Run it like a real business
This page — CPA-level books, statements and planning through the affiliated Washington practice, year-round.
The People Behind the Numbers
Why This Arrangement Works
Licensure where it matters, access where you are
The credential sits in Washington; the WhatsApp thread sits in Lahore. You get statements a US bank respects and a consultant who answers in Urdu at 9pm your time — without pretending either side is something it isn't.
Verifiable on both sides of the ocean
The CPA license checks out on NASBA; the Lahore firm's SECP registration and partner licenses sit on our Licenses & Credentials page. Every trust claim on this page has a lookup behind it.
No stage handed to strangers
Formation, ITIN, filing, certification and accounting share one client file across the family of firms — the context your third-provider handoff always loses is the context that prevents expensive mistakes.
Meet the CPA
Muhammad Abbas, CPA
Washington State · License #56486 · Active
Muhammad Abbas is the Washington State–licensed CPA behind our US accounting engagements. His license (No. 56486) can be verified independently on the Washington State Board of Accountancy and NASBA CPAverify registers before you engage us — and we encourage you to do exactly that.
Practice: IMAAR Associates CPA, PLLC — remote-first Washington CPA firm · IRS Certifying Acceptance Agent
Visit or Write
Office & Contact
IMAAR International
Office No. 8, Floor M, Century Tower,
Kalma Chowk, Main Boulevard, Gulberg III,
Lahore, Pakistan
Hours: Mon–Sat, 10:00–18:00 (placeholder — confirm) · Accounting calls scheduled for US, UK & Gulf time zones
Message Us on WhatsAppBook an Accounting Consultation
Message us on WhatsApp or call directly — a licensed consultant replies personally, and your first consultation is free. No form, no waiting.
Office No. 8, Floor M, Century Tower, Kalma Chowk, Gulberg III, Lahore · Mon–Sat
Straight Answers
US CPA Services Frequently Asked Questions
The Credential & the Setup
Do I need a CPA or just a tax preparer?
If your only US obligation is an annual return — a 5472 package or a 1040-NR — a tax preparer engagement covers you, and that's exactly what our US tax filing service is for. You need CPA-level service when the work becomes continuous: monthly books, financial statements someone will rely on, planning decisions before year-end. The comparison table on this page draws the line honestly.
Are IMAAR's staff in Pakistan CPAs?
No — and we say it plainly because CPA is a protected US license. Our Lahore team are tax, corporate and legal consultants under an licensed professional firm. CPA-level work is delivered through IMAAR Associates CPA, PLLC, our affiliated Washington State licensed practice, under its licensed CPA. You get Pakistan-side accessibility and US-side licensure — never a blurred claim between the two.
Who is the licensed CPA behind the service?
Muhammad Abbas, CPA — licensed in Washington State, license #56486, status Active with no disciplinary actions as verified via NASBA CPAverify. He practices through IMAAR Associates CPA, PLLC, a remote-first Washington CPA firm that is also an IRS Certifying Acceptance Agent. You can verify all of this yourself on NASBA's lookup before engaging us — the verify section on this page shows exactly how.
How do I verify the CPA license?
Use NASBA's official lookup at cpaverify.org: search last name Abbas, first name Muhammad, jurisdiction Washington, license 56486. The record shows the license status directly from state board data. It takes about two minutes, costs nothing, and we'd rather you do it before paying anyone — us included — than take a website's word for a protected credential.
Scope of Service
What does CPA-level service include month to month?
The recurring core is bookkeeping for your US LLC — transactions categorized monthly in QuickBooks, Xero or Wave — plus financial statements, reconciliation, and a compliance calendar that tracks state and IRS dates. Layered on top: tax planning before year-end rather than regrets after it, entity-structure advice as you grow, and answers to the 'can I deduct this?' questions in days, not filing season.
When should I move from annual filing to ongoing accounting?
Three reliable signals: someone else needs your numbers (a bank, an investor, a marketplace lender); your transaction volume makes January reconstruction painful; or a decision is coming — hiring, a second entity, a US partner — that should be modeled before you commit. If your yearly filing conversation keeps turning into an advice conversation, that's the switch telling you it's time.
Which bookkeeping tools do you work with?
QuickBooks Online, Xero and Wave are the platforms we work in daily, and we can take over an existing file or set one up from scratch. If you're on something else, ask — migrations are routine. The right tool depends on your volume and integrations (Amazon, Stripe, payroll), and we'll recommend honestly, including the free option where it genuinely fits.
Can you fix messy or nonexistent books?
Yes — catch-up bookkeeping is one of the most common starting points. We reconstruct past months or years from bank statements, marketplace reports and payment-platform exports, produce clean books and statements, and hand them to the tax side for any overdue filings. You get a fixed quote for the reconstruction after we see the actual state of the records, not before.
Engagement & Data
How are fees structured?
Ongoing engagements are structured as monthly or annual scopes, quoted in writing before work begins — no hourly surprises. Because CPA-level services run through IMAAR Associates CPA, PLLC, that practice publishes its own engagement terms on its site; we quote your specific scope after a short consultation rather than printing generic numbers here.
How does the work split between Lahore and the US firm?
Your day-to-day contact, document collection and meetings run through the Lahore team — WhatsApp-first, Urdu or English, on your schedule. CPA-level review, statements and US-side sign-off run through IMAAR Associates CPA, PLLC in Washington. You see one engagement and one thread; the division of duties sits in the engagement letter, not on your plate.
Is my financial data secure across two firms?
Both firms operate under the same engagement terms: access-controlled systems, files used only for your work, nothing shared with third parties without instruction. Bookkeeping platforms add their own layer — you keep owner access to your QuickBooks or Xero file throughout, so your data is never hostage to the relationship.
Do you provide financial statements for banks, investors or visas?
Yes. Financial statements prepared through the affiliated CPA practice serve the uses Pakistani founders actually have: fintech and bank reviews, marketplace lending, investor conversations and immigration filings that ask for business financials. Tell us the audience before we prepare them — the right presentation differs, and redoing statements costs more than scoping them correctly.
Overseas Pakistanis
I'm a Pakistani in the USA — can one firm handle both my US and Pakistan sides?
Yes — that's precisely the family-of-firms design. Your US LLC's books, statements and planning run through the Washington practice; your Pakistani income, FBR filing and treaty coordination run through the Lahore firm. One relationship, both tax systems, no contradictions between your two returns — and meetings scheduled for US time zones.
Can you manage books for my US LLC remotely from anywhere?
Yes. The entire accounting stack is remote by design: bank and marketplace feeds flow into the bookkeeping platform, documents move over WhatsApp or email, and reviews happen on video calls. Clients run US LLCs from Karachi, Riyadh, London and Texas on identical workflows — geography decides your meeting time, nothing else.
Numbers Worth Trusting
Book an Accounting Consultation
One conversation scopes your books, your compliance calendar and your fixed monthly quote — with a Washington-licensed CPA practice behind the numbers and a Lahore team behind the WhatsApp thread. Verify license #56486 on NASBA first; we mean it.