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After years of working in management and administration for a phone company, founding partners Tamara Barnett and Melissa Branchau launched A+ Bookkeeping & Payroll Services, LLC in 2005. Both were accounting majors and straight A students, and both had been doing bookkeeping for small business owners on the side, so combining their talents to provide bookkeeping, payroll, and tax services was a natural fit.
From the start, they wanted their new agency in Columbia, Tennessee, to sport a friendly, open atmosphere where clients would feel at home and be comfortable asking questions. They also were determined to provide top quality services at reasonable prices. They aimed to be known for accuracy, approachability, and aptitude, so A+ seemed like a very appropriate name for their new venture. In 2007, A+ Bookkeeping & Payroll Services opened a second office in Murfreesboro, which also serves clients in the Smyrna, Franklin, and Brentwood areas.
Today, Tamara owns and operates the Columbia office—in a wonderful old house that has been converted into homey office space—with five full-time bookkeepers. In addition to servicing Columbia, her office supports clients in Spring Hill and the surrounding counties. Melissa owns and operates the Murfreesboro office, which is located in Murfreesboro’s historic district just off the square. Tamara and Melissa have maintained their original partnership, but it has evolved into A+ Tax Services, LLC and is the venue all of their tax work is done through.
Whether you need help with bookkeeping, payroll, taxes, or QuickBooks training, you’ll get high-quality professionalism and friendly personalized care at A+. Our rates are very competitive, and if we make an error that results in a penalty assessment, we pay the penalty. Our staff combines the friendliness of small-town business with the training and experience of seasoned pros who know the right questions to ask and the right actions to take to meet the individual needs of your business.
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I want to take this time to say thank you for the excellent service A Plus has provided me these past years. You have one of the finest accounting businesses that I know of, and your staff is nothing short of awesome. All my reports and returns have been always on time, filing instructions are detailed out, and any time I have had a question, no matter how trivial, your staff has repeatedly treated me as if I was your only client. I would like to recommend to any small business owner that he or she give A Plus Bookkeeping and Payroll 30 minutes of their time, and let them show you all the services that they offer. You will be most impressed with all they can do, and how much they can help your business. Thank you so much for all you do for mine.
Thank God for A+ Bookkeeping!!!! Tamara Barnett is my guardian angel. She saved me and my husband from going bankrupt after another bookkeeper took all our money and didn’t pay any of our bills. Tamara totally got everything back on track. She worked tirelessly on our account and now I have all my bills up to date and money saved. My husband recently passed and she is making sure my future is covered. She handles my taxes and does more in depth research to ensure all the I’s are dotted and T’s crossed and saves me money. She researches all avenues of benefits for me. In a word “Amazing”. I trust her with my life. She is a great bookkeeper and an angel of a friend. If she is not your bookkeeper, immediately drop your old one. You have no idea what you are missing out on!
