Plain-language guides built for Southeast Texas business owners
Accounting topics get a bad rap for being dense and intimidating. They don’t have to be. Since 1950, Brammer, Begnaud, & Lattimore CPAs & Consultants has helped businesses and individuals across Southeast Texas make sense of their numbers, and these free eBooks carry that same plain-language approach.
Each guide pulls from work we do every day for physicians, restaurants, dentists, farms, and new business owners in and around Port Arthur. No jargon for the sake of jargon. No filler. Just clear, practical reading you can use before your next tax deadline, payroll run, or growth decision. Download what’s useful, and reach out when you’d rather hand the work to a CPA team.
Browse our free guides by topic
Maximizing your tax refund
A strategic look at tax planning moves that lower what you owe and put more cash back in your pocket. Read more
Everything you need to know about 1099s
Filing rules, deadlines, and contractor reporting explained in language that won’t make your eyes glaze over. Read more
How to read a financial statement
Make sense of your balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow so the numbers actually tell you something. Read more
The new KPIs of business
The metrics worth watching beyond revenue, and how they signal where your business is really headed. Read more
The small business owner's guide to inflation
Practical ways to protect your margins and pricing when the cost of doing business keeps climbing. Read more
Making the move to subscription-based pricing
How predictable monthly pricing works, and why fixed fees beat billing surprises for you and your customers. Read more
Cybersecurity on a shoestring budget
Protect your business data without a big IT spend, using steps any owner can put in place this week. Read more
Protecting your financial data
A small business owner’s guide to keeping bank logins, payroll records, and client information safe. Read more
From success to succession planning
Plan the handoff of the business you built, whether you’re selling, retiring, or passing it to family. Read more
Resources written for your specific industry
Physicians
Between insurance reimbursements, staffing costs, and equipment purchases, a medical practice carries tax and cash flow questions a generic guide won’t touch. Our resources speak to the decisions doctors actually face.
Dentists
Practice ownership means juggling lab costs, hygienist payroll, and the right entity structure for your office. These guides connect to the dental practice accounting work we handle for clients across Southeast Texas.
Restaurants
Thin margins, tip reporting, and inventory swings make restaurant bookkeeping its own animal. Read up on the numbers that keep a kitchen profitable before the next slow season hits.
Agriculture
Farm and ag operations deal with seasonal income, equipment depreciation, and land decisions that affect taxes for years. Our agricultural accounting guides are built for that reality.
Small business owners
From reading your financials to handling 1099s and inflation, these guides cover the day-to-day calls that keep a small business running and growing.
New business owners
Starting out in Port Arthur? Learn how entity choice, recordkeeping, and early tax planning set the foundation, then download a guide for each step you’re weighing.
How these guides connect to real support from a local CPA team
Every eBook here reflects strategy we put to work for clients, not theory pulled from a textbook. The tax planning ideas in our refund guide are the same ones our team applies during year-round planning. The financial statement walkthrough mirrors how we explain numbers to a restaurant owner reviewing a slow quarter.
Reading is a smart first step. Doing it alone is harder. When you’re ready to hand off the bookkeeping, payroll, and tax work, our outsourced accounting service bundles it all into one fixed monthly fee with no billing surprises. You get a secure online platform for real-time visibility into your finances and CFO-level business management guidance at a fraction of the cost of a full-time hire. Self-education and hands-on help, from the same Port Arthur team.
Frequently Asked Questions About eBooks
Are the accounting eBooks really free to download?
Yes. Every guide in our library is free, including the tax planning, 1099, financial statement, and cybersecurity eBooks. Download whatever is useful to you. There’s no charge and no obligation, just plain-language reading from a Port Arthur CPA firm that’s served Southeast Texas since 1950.
Which eBooks are most useful for a new business owner?
Start with the financial statement guide and the small business owner’s guide to inflation, then read about entity structure and pricing. They cover the early calls that set your foundation. When you want hands-on help, our business foundation services walk you through launching with strong financials.
Do you have resources specific to my industry?
Yes. Our guides connect to the work we do for physicians, dentists, restaurants, agriculture operations, and new business owners across Southeast Texas. Each industry faces different tax, payroll, and cash flow questions, so the content reflects decisions those owners actually make rather than generic advice.
What happens after I read a guide and want real help?
Schedule a consultation with our team. The strategies in these eBooks mirror what we do for clients through fixed monthly fee bundled accounting, payroll, and tax services, all on a secure online platform with no billing surprises. You move from self-education to hands-on support with the same Port Arthur firm.
Ready to put these strategies to work for your business
Download the guides, then let’s talk about your numbers. Brammer, Begnaud, & Lattimore has guided Southeast Texas business owners toward a healthy financial future since 1950, with fixed-fee bundled services, a secure online platform, and year-round tax support that means no surprises at billing time. Schedule a consultation and find out what moving the work off your plate would look like.
