Suffolk County Office
68 S Service Rd #100
Melville, NY 11747
On the South Service Road off the LIE, serving Suffolk County and eastern Long Island.
About Corviniti Bookkeeping
Corviniti Bookkeeping is the small business side of Corviniti Accounting. We keep the books, file the sales tax and payroll, and prepare the returns for owner-operated businesses across Long Island, from offices in Melville and Hicksville.
Who does the work
Ro Sokhi is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in New York. He reviews every client file, and he is the person you speak to when a decision needs an accountant rather than a bookkeeper. The licence is public and can be checked against the New York State Education Department register, which is linked at the foot of every page on this site.
His background is audit and technical accounting for companies at a very different scale, which sounds irrelevant to a six-person business and is not. The discipline that makes a set of books survive an audit is the same discipline that makes them useful to an owner: reconcile to the bank rather than to the last file, keep the paper trail at the time rather than reconstructing it, and close on a schedule.
Why this is a separate site
Corviniti's main practice at corviniti.com works with venture-backed and public-company clients on technical accounting, audit readiness and going public. Useful work, and the wrong page to land on when you run a restaurant in Bay Shore and need someone to catch up eighteen months of books.
So the small business work has its own site, its own pricing, and its own phone. Same firm, same licence, same standard, pitched at the buyer who actually needs it.
How we work
A flat monthly fee, quoted before any work starts, month to month with no long-term contract. QuickBooks Online for most clients and Xero where a business is already on it. Read-only bank feeds, a shared inbox for the documents we need, and a fixed date each month when the statements land.
We keep the client list small enough that the same person reviews your file every month. That is a deliberate constraint on how fast we grow, and it is the reason onboarding sometimes runs a few weeks out.
What we do not do
The operating entity is a business corporation and is not registered with the New York State Education Department as a public accounting firm. Under New York Education Law Article 149 only a registered firm may hold out as a CPA firm or perform attest work, so we do not offer audits, reviews or compilations, and we do not describe ourselves as a CPA firm.
If your bank, your landlord or a buyer asks for assurance work, we will say so plainly and point you to a registered firm that does it. Ro is individually licensed and retains full representation rights before the IRS, which covers the situation most small businesses actually run into.
Our offices
Both offices are staffed. Most work happens electronically wherever you are, and the offices are there for the businesses that would rather hand something over in person.
Nassau County Office
100 Duffy Ave Ste 510
Hicksville, NY 11801
By the Hicksville LIRR hub, serving Nassau County and western Long Island.
Questions
Where are you based?
Two staffed offices on Long Island: 68 S Service Rd in Melville for Suffolk County, and 100 Duffy Ave in Hicksville for Nassau. Most work happens electronically wherever you are, and the offices are there for anyone who would rather hand something over in person.
Do you work with businesses off Long Island?
Our Long Island clients are the focus of this site. The wider practice works with clients across New York, New Jersey, Florida and California, and if you are outside the area we will tell you honestly whether we are the right fit.
How much does a bookkeeper cost on Long Island?
Our plans start at $250 a month for a solo owner and run to $850 for a multi-entity business, set by your monthly expense volume rather than by the hour. You get the number in writing before any work starts. Independent bookkeepers on Long Island often quote hourly, which looks cheaper until a busy month arrives; a flat fee is a number you can budget.
My books are two years behind. Is that a problem?
It is the most common reason people call. We work backwards from the last filed return, rebuild the periods in between, and reconcile to the bank rather than to whatever the prior file says. You get a clean starting balance and a written list of what changed. Catch-up is quoted as a one-time project, usually one to two months of the recurring fee.
Do you file sales tax returns?
Yes, and on Long Island that matters more than most places. Nassau charges 8.625 percent and Suffolk charges 8.75 percent, so a business selling in both counties collects at two rates and has to report them separately. We register you if you are not registered, review what you are collecting, and file on whatever schedule the state has put you on.
Are you a CPA firm?
Ro Sokhi is individually licensed as a CPA in New York and leads the work. The operating entity is a business corporation and is not registered with NYSED as a public accounting firm, so we do not perform audits, reviews, or compilations. If your bank or a buyer needs assurance work we will tell you plainly and point you to a registered firm.
What is the difference between a bookkeeper and a CPA?
A bookkeeper records what happened. A CPA is licensed, can represent you before the IRS, and can tell you what the numbers mean for your tax position and your decisions. Most small businesses are sold one or the other. Here the bookkeeping is done to a standard a CPA is willing to sign off on, and the same person handles the return.
Do you work with QuickBooks, or do I have to switch?
QuickBooks Online for most clients, and Xero where a business is already on it. We do not force a migration for its own sake. If you are on spreadsheets, a shoebox, or a system your last bookkeeper set up badly, that is a normal starting point and we will move you when moving is worth it.
How long does it take to get started?
A first call takes about twenty minutes and a quote follows the same day. Once you accept, we need read-only access to your bank and card feeds and your last filed return. Most businesses are fully onboarded inside two weeks; a business needing catch-up work takes longer, and we tell you how much longer before you commit.
Do we have to meet in person?
Only if you want to. Most clients send documents electronically and talk to us on a call. The Melville and Hicksville offices are there for the businesses that would rather hand over a box of receipts than scan them, and for anyone who wants to meet the person doing the work before handing over the books.
Can you handle payroll as well as the books?
Yes. We process payroll, file the NYS-45, and track the MCTMT, which applies here because Nassau and Suffolk are inside the Metropolitan Commuter Transportation District. We also review worker classification, because contractors who work like employees are the payroll issue New York challenges most often.
What happens if I get a letter from New York State or the IRS?
Send it to us the day it arrives. Most notices are routine and are resolved with a reconciliation and a reply. Ro is a CPA and holds unlimited representation rights before the IRS, so if a notice turns into something more, you are not looking for help at that point.
Are you taking new clients right now?
Yes. We keep the client list small enough that the same person reviews your file every month, so there are periods when onboarding runs a few weeks out, and we tell you that on the first call rather than after you sign.
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Get a flat monthly quote
Tell us what you run and roughly how many transactions a month. We come back with a number, usually the same day.
Prefer to talk? (347) 472-1115
Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 6:00pm