CPA in New Bern, North Carolina
Accounting, payroll, and tax planning for Craven County businesses and households — downtown, on the water, and out toward Havelock.
New Bern · Craven County
New Bern sits where the Neuse and the Trent come together, and the town's economy has a bit of everything because of it. There's the historic downtown with its shops, restaurants, and inns. There's a large boating and marina presence. There's construction and the trades that follow it. And there's a sizable retired population, which brings its own set of financial questions.
Craven County also lives next door to Cherry Point, and that ripples outward — contractors, service businesses, and households with military-connected income all show up in the mix.
It adds up to a client base with less in common than you'd find in a single-industry town. What they do share is wanting a CPA who'll pick up the phone and explain things in plain language.
Who we work with in New Bern
- Downtown shops, restaurants, and inns
- Marinas, boating, and marine services
- Contractors and building trades
- Retirees and households with multiple income sources
Harrington & Albrecht CPA
607 Atlantic Beach Causeway, Suite 201-E
Atlantic Beach, NC 28512
252-644-3350
What we handle
Work we do for New Bern clients
Some of our Craven County work is business accounting and some is personal tax planning. Often it's both, because for a small-business owner those aren't really separate.
- Monthly bookkeeping and reporting for small businesses
- Payroll and the quarterly and annual filings that come with it
- Individual returns for households with several income sources
- Planning for owners approaching a sale or a step back from the business
- Business tax preparation coordinated with the personal return
- Cleanups and catch-up work for records that have gotten behind
Planning ahead
Decisions worth making early
A recurring theme in New Bern is timing. Somebody's thinking about selling the business in a few years, or scaling back, or handing it to family. Those moves go much better when the planning starts early — while there are still options on the table.
We'd rather have that conversation three years out than three months out. It's not a sales pitch; it's just that the useful choices tend to expire quietly, and most people don't realize a door has closed until they go to open it.
FAQ
Questions we get from New Bern clients
Often yes, though not always. Several income sources arriving from different places is exactly where a return gets easy to get wrong and easy to overpay on. A short conversation will tell you whether your situation warrants it — and if it doesn't, we'll say so.
Now, honestly. Planning done a few years out has real options available. Planning done during the sale is mostly damage control. There's nothing to commit to — it's a conversation.
Yes. New Bern, Havelock, Bridgeton, Trent Woods, and the surrounding area — in person when it makes sense, remotely when that's easier.
That's up to you. Some clients want monthly reporting and regular check-ins; others want a solid annual conversation and someone to call when something comes up. Both are fine. What we won't do is disappear from April to January.
Serving New Bern and Craven County
Book a consultation. Bring whatever's on your mind — the books, the taxes, or a decision you're weighing.