Your CPA in Madison, NJ
Office location: Livingston, NJ. Services for Madison and Morris County, NJ are delivered remotely from Livingston. This page describes a service area, not a separate branch office or walk-in location.
Monaco CPA is a virtual CPA practice serving clients in Madison and Morris County. Accepted work includes federal and state tax preparation and bookkeeping.
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CPA Services in Madison
Greg Monaco remains responsible for each accepted written engagement. Accepted work may include federal and state wage, equity-compensation, consulting-income, or already-formed business reporting; every permitted non-NJ component must be separately written.
Monaco CPA is a fully virtual New Jersey CPA practice. New-client intake begins with the contact form and a written scope review; submitting it does not promise a consultation or call. Documents are exchanged through the designated client portal. No need to find parking on Main Street or wait in a downtown office.
Service-Area Snapshot
- Office locationLivingston, NJ
- Remote service areaMadison and Morris County, NJ
- Communities covered12+ communities
- CredentialsVerify NJ credential status · QuickBooks Online
- New clients
Why Madison Clients Choose Monaco CPA
Madison households can face SALT-cap, itemization, and phase-down questions. For an eligible already-formed pass-through entity, an accepted written scope may compare current-law BAIT treatment using client-supplied facts. Clients monitor and transmit any election or payment; no deduction, credit, or savings result is promised.
NJ Transit serves Madison. A New Jersey resident with New York-source wages may need resident and nonresident returns, subject to the actual residency, work-location, wage-sourcing, convenience-rule, credit, withholding, and filing-threshold facts. Work-location records can support that analysis; the commute or hybrid label alone does not determine filing or allocation.
RSUs, incentive stock options, and deferred compensation can create wage, AMT, basis, and multistate sourcing questions. Monaco CPA may address individual income-tax reporting under an accepted written engagement but does not provide Section 280G golden-parachute modeling; an executive-compensation specialist should handle that work.
Madison includes university, office, and Main Street business activity. Monaco CPA may provide post-formation entity tax analysis, S-Corp election review, capital-gains tax reporting, and crypto tax reporting under an accepted written engagement. Monaco CPA does not form entities or provide investment advice.
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Credential verification
Verify current New Jersey individual-license and firm-registration status with the State Board; location pages describe remote service areas, not branch offices.
Virtual Convenience
For accepted engagements, document-exchange and e-filing arrangements are confirmed in writing.
Written Intake
Greg reviews written contact-form submissions. Any response, availability, scope, price, and timing are confirmed only in writing; submitting the form creates no engagement and promises no call, consultation, or outcome.
Remote Service Area
These communities are part of the practice's remote service area. A location page is not a local office listing and does not promise engagement acceptance:
- Madison
- Chatham
- Florham Park
- Morristown
- Convent Station
- Green Village
- Gillette
- Summit
- Short Hills
- Millburn
- Morris Township
- Harding
Services Available in Madison
Individual federal and permitted-state return preparation under an accepted written scope based on client-supplied records.
Entity-tax, estimated-tax, BAIT, and timing analysis under an accepted written scope; no monitoring or outcome promise.
Returns and compliance for S-Corps, LLCs, partnerships, and sole proprietorships.
Monthly bookkeeping, QuickBooks Online setup, and financial reporting.
QuickBooks Online setup, cleanup, bookkeeping, and written platform guidance.
The client or payroll provider sets up and runs payroll, transmits filings and forms, and makes payments; Monaco CPA reviews specified provider-produced reports under an accepted written scope.
New Jersey Tax Guides
In-depth guides on NJ tax topics relevant to Madison residents and business owners.
How NJ Treats the New OBBBA Deductions: Tips, Overtime, Car Loans, Seniors - None of Them Apply
The New Car Loan Interest Deduction: Up to a $10,000 Deduction (But Read the Fine Print)
No Tax on Overtime in NJ? Not So Fast - The Federal Deduction NJ Doesn't Follow
The New 2026 Section 68 Itemized-Deduction Limitation: How the 2/37 Formula Works
Frequently Asked Questions
- How much does a CPA cost in Madison, NJ?
- Individual returns start at $350; business-return fees are quoted in writing. Published amounts are starting points, not quotes. The actual fee depends on the accepted written scope, return and entity types, jurisdictions, forms, transaction volume, and record condition. The accepted scope and fee are confirmed in writing before work begins.
- I commute from Madison to New York City. How are my taxes affected?
- Whether a Madison resident must file a NJ resident return or a NY nonresident return depends on residency, each jurisdiction's current filing thresholds and conditions, actual New York-source wage allocation and convenience-rule facts, and withholding. Any NJ-COJ credit depends on the current rules for qualifying tax paid on the same income. An accepted written engagement may include multi-state return components; no filing, allocation, credit, or savings result is promised.
- How does the SALT cap affect Madison homeowners?
- Property taxes actually paid can be one input in a Madison resident's federal Schedule A computation. The SALT cap is $40,000 ($20,000 if married filing separately) for 2025 and $40,400 ($20,200 if married filing separately) for 2026, subject to applicable eligibility and phase-down rules. For an eligible pass-through entity, BAIT may change entity and owner calculations. Any deduction, credit, or return effect is fact-specific and no result is promised.
- Does Monaco CPA help with RSU and stock option tax planning for pharma executives?
- RSUs, incentive stock options, and non-qualified stock options can create different wage, AMT, basis, and sourcing rules. Under an accepted written scope, Monaco CPA may address tax-return treatment and calculate estimated-payment or withholding effects from client-supplied facts. Monaco CPA does not recommend exercise timing, sales, holdings, or investment strategy, and no result is promised.
- What is the NJ exit tax and how does it affect Madison homeowners?
- A sale while becoming a nonresident may involve an estimated NJ Gross Income Tax payment at closing under the applicable GIT/REP rules. This is general education only; the forms, exemptions, and amount depend on the facts and current NJ guidance, and no outcome is promised.
- Does Monaco CPA work with university faculty at Drew or FDU?
- University faculty can have W-2 wages, sabbatical pay, consulting income, royalties, and research-grant reporting questions. Under an accepted written scope, Monaco CPA may address federal and NJ tax-return treatment from client-supplied records. No classification, deduction, credit, or tax result is promised.
Other Remote Service Areas
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Greg reviews written contact-form submissions. Any response, availability, scope, price, and timing are confirmed only in writing; submitting the form creates no engagement and promises no call, consultation, or outcome.
Tax advice disclaimer: This material is for general educational information only and is not legal, tax, or accounting advice for your specific facts. A CPA-client relationship is formed only through a signed engagement letter.
Monaco CPA is licensed by the New Jersey State Board of Accountancy (NJ CPA license #20CC04711400; NJ CPA firm registration #20CB00789800). Current individual-license and firm-registration status can be confirmed with the New Jersey State Board of Accountancy. Monaco CPA does not maintain physical offices outside New Jersey and does not hold CPA firm permits in other states; engagement suitability is confirmed in writing before acceptance.