Terms of use
These terms govern your use of the Carolina Tax Service website. By using the site, you agree to them.
Information on this site
The content here, including published prices, is general information. Nothing on this site is tax, legal or financial advice for your specific situation.
Tax preparation and bookkeeping are governed by a separate written agreement, which you receive when you become a client.
Prices
Published prices are starting points. Your price depends on the forms your return needs, the size of your books and, for payroll, how many people you pay and how often.
If you book a consultation first, we confirm your price in writing before any work begins. If you start your return online, we confirm the price when you review the finished return, before it is filed and before you pay. For a monthly service, we confirm the price before the first month starts.
Published starting prices cover our own work, and where a service says so they also cover a platform subscription we hold on your behalf. Payroll works that way: it includes the Gusto subscription, which we pay, so no bill reaches you from Gusto. Our payroll price follows Gusto’s published prices. If Gusto changes them, we tell you in writing before your price changes. For bookkeeping, your QuickBooks Online subscription is yours to pay.
Any other amount a third party charges, such as a state filing charge, is yours to pay, and we will tell you about it before it is charged. We honor a published starting price for at least thirty days from the date it was last shown on this website.
Third-party services
Scheduling, document exchange, payments and payroll are handled through third-party providers (such as Google Calendar, our client portal, a card payment processor and Gusto for payroll). Your use of those services is also subject to their terms and privacy policies.
Acceptable use
Please do not misuse the site, attempt to disrupt it or use it to submit unlawful or harmful content.
Changes to these terms
These terms are effective as of October 9, 2026. We may update these terms from time to time; the current version always applies.