Raul Rodriguez
Business
"I reached out to Darshi by phone after finding her through Xero. Since our initial phone contact, she has been incredibly communicative and has provided me with an incredibly high level of service."
Sugar Land CPA and Accounting Firm for Small Businesses
Tax preparation, tax planning, bookkeeping and payroll for Sugar Land businesses and the people who own them. One licensed CPA owns your file all year, on fixed pricing, so your April tax bill is a number you already knew.
Darshi Kasotia CPA, PLLC is a Sugar Land accounting firm that has worked with small businesses, professionals and families across Fort Bend County since 2007. Whether you need a certified public accountant in Sugar Land for one tax return or a year-round partner for your books, payroll and tax strategy, you work with one licensed CPA who knows your file. Her team handles routine work under her review, and the planning and the accountability stay with her. How the engagement actually runs shows what that looks like week to week.
Nearly all of our Houston-area clients work with us virtually. Documents move through a secure portal, meetings happen by phone or video, and your books live in the cloud system you already use. Fees are fixed and published, so no meter starts running when you call with a question.
Why Us
Why Sugar Land Businesses Choose Us
One CPA Who Owns Your File
You work with Darshi directly, and she stays your CPA from one year to the next. When you call with a payroll question in July, you reach someone who already knows your file.
Tax Planning During the Year, Not After It
Most of a tax bill is settled months before the return is due. Instead of a tax accountant who files what already happened, you get a tax advisor who projects your liability during the year, adjusts estimated payments, and flags a planning move while there is still time to make it.
Professional Services and Consulting Firms
Consultants, agencies and advisory practices are the firm's strongest client base: owners whose business and personal taxes are tangled together and whose income rarely arrives on schedule. Professional services covers how we work with them.
Restaurants and Food Service
Restaurants have problems most accountants treat as an afterthought: tip reporting, Form 8027, food and beverage cost percentages, and a P&L for each location. Restaurant accounting explains what we track and why.
Based in Sugar Land Since 2007
The firm has worked with Fort Bend County businesses for nearly two decades. Meetings still happen by phone or video, so a local CPA doesn't cost you an afternoon in traffic.
What We Offer
Accounting & Tax Services in Sugar Land
Tax services, bookkeeping, payroll and advisory. Use one or several; each has its own page with the detail.
Tax Preparation & Tax Planning
Business and personal tax preparation for Sugar Land owners, with the planning built in. We prepare the return and look ahead: estimated payments, entity choice, and the deductions you can still act on.
- Business returns: 1120-S, 1065 and 1120
- Personal returns, including K-1 income
- Quarterly estimated tax projections
- Texas franchise tax reports
Bookkeeping & Monthly Close
Monthly bookkeeping for Sugar Land small businesses, kept to the same standards your tax return is built on. The books close every month, so you see your numbers while they still matter.
- Bank and credit card reconciliation
- Monthly financial statements
- Catch-up work for books that have fallen behind
- Kept in the Xero, QuickBooks Online or Zoho Books file you already run
Payroll Services
Full-service payroll for Sugar Land employers, run alongside your books so payroll and the ledger agree every month.
- Pay runs and direct deposit
- Federal Forms 940 and 941
- Texas Workforce Commission reporting
- Year-end W-2s and 1099s
Outsourced CFO & Advisory
CFO-level thinking for a growing business that isn't ready for a full-time hire: where cash will be in 13 weeks, which lines make money, and what the next hire costs.
- Monthly financial review
- 13-week cash flow forecasting
- Budgets and KPIs
- Profitability by service or location
Business Formation & Structuring
Starting a business in Sugar Land, or rethinking the structure of one you already run? We compare the options with your numbers, handle the filings, and set the books up right from the first transaction.
- LLC vs. S-Corp vs. C-Corp analysis
- Texas formation filing and EIN
- S-Corp election (Form 2553) timing
- Chart of accounts built from day one
Trust & Estate Tax
Trust and estate returns for families and business owners, coordinated with your estate attorney and financial planner instead of handled in isolation.
- Form 1041 fiduciary returns
- Beneficiary K-1s
- Successor trustee tax support
What Sugar Land Business Owners Say
Amy Cokenour
Business
"Darshi was great with helping me file taxes. She explained everything thoroughly when I asked and was very timely in filing the paperwork. I will definitely be using her again in the future!"
Malay Dalal
Individual
"I am very happy with the guidance Darshi provided to deal with a stressful tax return audit situation. Without her advice, I would definitely have done things that would've complicated the matter even more."
Official Sugar Land & Fort Bend County Links
City of Sugar Land Business Portal ↗
Business licensing, permits, and development services
Fort Bend County Government ↗
County permits, tax assessor, and licensing
Fort Bend County Appraisal District ↗
Property tax appraisals and exemption filings
Fort Bend Chamber of Commerce ↗
Business networking and economic development
SBA Houston District Office ↗
Small business lending, training, and mentoring
Texas Business & Commerce ↗
State business registration and tax resources
Fort Bend Regional Partnership ↗
Regional chamber of commerce - Darshi Kasotia CPA is a proud member.
Sugar Land Tax & Accounting Questions
The questions we hear most from Sugar Land clients, answered directly.
Our tax preparation fees run from $500 to $4,000 per engagement,
set by the complexity of the return rather than by the hour. A
single-member LLC with clean books sits at the low end. A
business return plus the owners' personal returns, with several
K-1s, sits higher. The published ranges
are the same in every city we serve.
Yes. Tax preparation only is a normal engagement, and we are
fully comfortable working from what your bookkeeper or in-house
team provides. We will tell you plainly if the records limit the
return. If you want year-round tax planning, our preferred model
is to keep the books ourselves: planning is only as good as the
data under it, and one team accountable for both makes the whole
tax process cleaner and faster.
Monthly bookkeeping runs from $250 to $5,000 a month, depending
on transaction volume and how many accounts and entities are
involved. If your books have fallen behind, bringing them
current is a separate catch-up project, scoped and quoted before
we start.
Yes. Payroll is full service: pay runs, federal Forms 940 and
941, Texas Workforce Commission reporting, and year-end W-2s. It
costs $80 a month plus $10 per employee. When we also keep your
books, payroll and the ledger reconcile every month instead of
drifting apart.
No. The firm's registered address is in Sugar Land, but nearly
all of our Houston-area clients work with us virtually:
documents move through a secure portal and meetings happen by
phone or video. If an in-person meeting makes sense for your
situation, we can arrange one.
Mostly owner-run small businesses, such as consulting and
professional services firms, restaurants and family-owned
companies, along with the owners' personal and trust returns.
Industries we serve covers the two
areas where we go deepest.
It depends on profit, how you pay yourself, and where the
business is headed. For many profitable LLCs an S-Corp election
cuts self-employment tax, but only once profit is high enough to
cover a reasonable salary and the extra payroll cost. We model
your numbers under each option before anything is filed.
S-Corp Election for Your Sugar Land LLC
walks through the framework.
Tax & Business Insights
S-Corp Election for Your Sugar Land LLC: A CPA's Honest Take
An S-Corp election can cut self-employment tax, but only when the salary and the timing are right. This is the framework we use with every owner who asks.
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13-Week Cash Flow Forecast for a Sugar Land Business
A profitable P&L and an empty bank account. A 13-week cash flow model showed where the money went, and what the owner changed next.
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Last reviewed: October 2026