Bookkeeping & Payroll Services in Oak Ridge, TN

Our office moves to Clinton in December. Our Oak Ridge clients stay right where they are.

P&L Business Services provides bookkeeping, payroll, and tax preparation for businesses in Oak Ridge and across Anderson and Roane counties. Our office is at 109 W. Tennessee Ave. in Oak Ridge, and we have been doing this work for 35 years, 28 of them in Tennessee.

In December 2026, we move to a new office in downtown Clinton, a short drive up the road. Nothing about how we work with Oak Ridge businesses changes. Same people, same phone number, same hourly billing. Most of the work already happens digitally, and an in-person meeting is still close by.

We bill hourly. You pay for the work you actually need, not a package built around someone else’s business.

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What We Handle

Bookkeeping

Bank, loan, and credit card reconciliation
Financial statements
Accounts payable and receivable

Payroll

Payroll tax filing
Quarterly returns, including 941s, 940s, and SUTA
W-2s and 1099s
Sales tax filing

Tax

Tax preparation
Tennessee business tax filing
Tangible personal property returns
Registered agent services

What We Know About Oak Ridge

Most of our work is digital, and most of it would look the same anywhere. Some of it would not.

Oak Ridge sits in two counties.

Most of the city is in Anderson County, but the west end is in Roane. Which side of that line your business is on decides which county assessor gets your tangible personal property return and which county your business tax follows. National online services tend to guess. We check.

A lot of Oak Ridge business runs on contracts.

The labs and federal sites here support a deep bench of subcontractors, consultants, and vendors. That kind of business lives on clean books: invoices that tie out, payroll done right, and financial statements a lender can read.

You get a person, not a ticket.

When you call, you reach someone who knows your business. There is no queue and no case number, and the move does not change the number you call.

Remote whenever you want it.

Documents come to us through our secure client portal or email. Being close by is an option you can use when you need it, not an obligation.

Who We Work With

We work with businesses across Oak Ridge, from owner-operators doing the books on Sunday night to established companies with a full payroll.

That includes trades and contractors, title companies, salons, dental practices, physical therapy clinics, cleaning companies, artists and content creators, and chambers of commerce.

If you are not sure whether you are the right fit, call and ask. It is a short conversation either way.

Serving Oak Ridge and the Surrounding Area

Oak Ridge straddles Anderson and Roane counties, and our clients reach well past the city limits. We work with businesses in Clinton, Oliver Springs, Norris, Rocky Top — Lake City to longtime residents — Kingston, Harriman, and Solway, and across the wider region to Knoxville and Blount, Loudon, and Sevier counties.

Common Questions from Oak Ridge Business Owners

Is P&L Business Services leaving Oak Ridge?

Our office moves to downtown Clinton in December 2026, a short drive from Oak Ridge. We are not leaving our Oak Ridge clients. The people, the phone number, and the way we work all stay the same.

My business is in the Roane County part of Oak Ridge. Does that change my filings?

It can. Your tangible personal property return goes to the assessor in the county where your property sits, and your county business tax follows your location too. It is one of the first things we confirm with a new Oak Ridge client, because it is easy to get wrong.

Can I still meet with you in person?

Yes. Most of our work happens digitally, but we meet clients in person when it helps. Until December that is at our office on West Tennessee Avenue. After that it is our Clinton office, a short drive away.

Do I need a CPA or a bookkeeper?

For most businesses, a bookkeeper handles the ongoing work — recording transactions, reconciling accounts, running payroll, filing sales and business tax returns, and producing financial statements. A CPA is typically brought in for audits, complex tax strategy, or certified financial statements. We handle bookkeeping, payroll, and tax preparation, and we will tell you plainly if something needs a CPA. We work directly with several CPAs and will refer you to them.

How do you charge?

We bill hourly. We do not sell packages, because most businesses do not need the same amount of work every month and we would rather not charge you for hours you did not use.