J Thomas Accounting Services

As a business owner, is your time better spent working with customers, expanding your business, developing your product or service…or balancing the books, keeping up with payroll and making sense of the ever-changing tax code? Individuals can ask themselves similar questions. Would you prefer to spend quality time with your friends and family…or researching complicated tax issues and filling out confusing forms? At J Thomas Accounting Services, we will use our 20+ years of education and experience to take those everyday accounting responsibilities off your shoulders and allow you to do what you do best...run your business and enjoy your life. Joelle Thomas received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from UNCW in 1991 and her Master of Science in Accountancy in 1997. After spending six years in the audit and tax departments of a local public accounting firm, Joelle moved into private industry, where she had sole responsibility for all accounting functions as well as payroll and benefits administration for a local business. In 2008, J Thomas Accounting Services opened its doors for the preparation of individual, business and tax-exempt returns. In 2012, bookkeeping and payroll services were added and the firm has been growing steadily since. Joelle holds the Accredited Tax Preparer (ATP) credential from the Accreditation Council for Accountancy and Taxation® (ACAT), is a Notary Public commissioned in the State of North Carolina, as well as a QuickBooks ProAdvisor and is a member of the National Society of Accountants, the National Association of Tax Preparers and the Society for Human Resource Management. Joelle participates in the IRS Annual Filing Season Program (AFSP) and holds a valid AFSP Record of Completion for the 2017 filing season and has complied with the IRS requirements for receiving the Record of Completion. Our clients have included construction contractors, legal and medical practices, performing arts organizations, restaurants, retail stores, homeowner associations, parent-teacher organizations and others. J Thomas Accounting Services provides a full range of tax and accounting services including individual and small business income tax preparation, tax-exempt organization accounting and reporting, QuickBooks set-up and consulting, payroll processing and reporting and sales tax, as well as bookkeeping and write-up services.