Website Important Disclaimers

The following disclosures apply to Elite Consulting LA, Inc. ("ECLA," "we," "us," or "our"), a bookkeeping, accounting, tax, payroll, controller-services, business-formation, compliance, and consulting firm, and to all ECLA content and communications, including this website, blogs, newsletters, emails, webinars, videos, social-media posts, and any other materials (collectively, the "Content").

Educational Purposes Only; Not Professional Advice

All Content provided by ECLA is for general informational and educational purposes. It is intended to describe ECLA's general approach to bookkeeping, accounting, tax preparation, strategic tax planning, payroll, controller services, compliance, and business consulting.

The Content is not intended to, and should not, be relied upon as accounting, tax, legal, financial, payroll, human-resources, insurance, investment, or other professional advice. Nothing in the Content constitutes a recommendation, opinion, assurance, guarantee, or instruction that is tailored to any specific person or business.

The Content does not take into account the complete facts, records, contracts, tax status, entity structure, payroll obligations, accounting method, financial statements, internal controls, or other circumstances of any specific person or business. You should not rely on the Content as the sole basis for any accounting, bookkeeping, payroll, tax, compliance, or business decision.

You are encouraged to consult qualified professional advisers before acting on any information from ECLA, especially where a decision may affect tax filings, payroll compliance, legal obligations, financing, business formation, contracts, licensing, or regulatory obligations.

No Client Relationship Until Formal Engagement

Viewing or using this website, subscribing to or interacting with ECLA's Content, scheduling a call, contacting ECLA, or communicating with ECLA by email, telephone, chat, text message, social media, or any other channel does not create a bookkeeping-client, accounting-client, tax-client, payroll-client, consulting-client, or other professional relationship with ECLA.

A professional relationship with ECLA is established only when all required engagement steps have been completed, including, as applicable:

• You and ECLA have signed or otherwise accepted a written engagement letter, service agreement, proposal, statement of work, or other written agreement accepted by ECLA;
• ECLA has received any required onboarding information, authorizations, client questionnaires, access credentials, prior records, identification materials, payment information, and other required documents; and
• ECLA has confirmed the scope of services, applicable fees, responsibilities, deadlines, and any limitations in writing.

Until these steps are completed, all communications from ECLA should be considered general in nature and not tailored to your personal or business circumstances.

Relationship to Engagement Letters and Governing Documents

The scope of any bookkeeping, accounting, tax, payroll, controller, consulting, business-formation, or compliance service ECLA provides to a client—including services, deliverables, fees, deadlines, exclusions, responsibilities, and limitations—is governed solely by the written engagement letter, service agreement, proposal, statement of work, or other written documents accepted by ECLA and the client.

Nothing on this website or in any general Content amends, supersedes, expands, or modifies the terms of those written engagement documents. In the event of any conflict between the Content and a client's written engagement documents, the written engagement documents will control.

Limitations of Services and Reliance on Client Information

ECLA's services and communications are based on information, documents, explanations, account access, transaction records, payroll records, tax forms, financial statements, and other materials provided by clients or third parties that ECLA believes to be relevant or reliable. ECLA does not audit or independently verify all client-provided or third-party information unless the applicable written engagement specifically states otherwise.

Clients are responsible for providing accurate, complete, current, and timely information. Clients are also responsible for promptly notifying ECLA of any material changes, including changes to entity structure, ownership, payroll, employees or contractors, sales-tax obligations, revenue recognition, accounting method, banking activity, financing, legal status, tax notices, state registrations, addresses, or other relevant circumstances.

Bookkeeping records, tax filings, payroll reports, financial summaries, compliance work, and consulting recommendations may be inaccurate, incomplete, delayed, or inappropriate if client information is incomplete, inaccurate, late, or not updated in a timely manner.

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Financial Statement Limitations

ECLA may provide bookkeeping, accounting, controller, reconciliation, reporting, budgeting, cash-flow forecasting, invoicing, collections, bill-pay support, banking-support, and related back-office services as described in a written engagement.

Unless expressly stated in a written engagement signed or accepted by ECLA, ECLA does not provide audit, review, compilation, attestation, assurance, forensic accounting, valuation, or financial-statement opinion services. Any financial reports, management reports, reconciliations, budgets, forecasts, schedules, or dashboards prepared by ECLA are intended for management and operational use unless the written engagement states otherwise.

Financial reports and forecasts involve estimates, assumptions, classifications, and judgment. Actual results may differ materially from any budget, forecast, projection, cash-flow model, or planning scenario. No representation is made that any business will achieve results similar to any illustration, forecast, or projection.

Tax Preparation, Tax Planning, and Tax Compliance

ECLA may provide tax preparation, strategic tax planning, back-tax filing, federal and state tax compliance, IRS and state tax-issue support, and related services only pursuant to a separate written engagement that defines the scope of services, responsibilities, deliverables, deadlines, and fees.

Unless provided under such a written tax engagement, any tax-related information in the Content is general in nature and is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, by any taxpayer for the purpose of avoiding tax penalties or promoting, marketing, or recommending any transaction, arrangement, or strategy.

Tax laws, regulations, agency guidance, forms, filing deadlines, and administrative procedures change frequently. ECLA does not guarantee that general tax information in the Content remains current after publication. Users and clients should consult qualified tax advisers regarding their specific facts before implementing any tax strategy or filing position.

Clients remain responsible for reviewing tax returns, payroll reports, forms, elections, estimates, notices, and other filings before submission and for confirming that all information is accurate and complete.

Payroll and Employment-Related Limitations

ECLA may assist with payroll-management tasks, payroll reporting, W-2s, 1099s, payroll-tax coordination, timesheet coordination, and related administrative work as described in a written engagement.

ECLA does not provide legal, labor-law, employment-law, immigration, workers' compensation, benefits, or human-resources legal advice. Clients are responsible for worker classification, wage-and-hour compliance, employee eligibility, benefits compliance, workplace policies, employment agreements, and other employer obligations unless a written engagement specifically provides otherwise and the service may lawfully be provided by ECLA.

Business Formation, Licenses, Permits, and Compliance

ECLA may provide business-formation, license, permit, registration, and compliance support as described in a written engagement. Such services may involve administrative support, coordination, document preparation assistance, information gathering, filing support, and general business guidance.

ECLA does not provide legal advice, does not act as a law firm, and does not replace counsel. Entity selection, ownership rights, operating agreements, bylaws, contracts, securities laws, employment obligations, professional licensing, industry-specific regulations, and other legal matters should be reviewed with qualified legal counsel.

Service Availability and Geographic Restrictions

ECLA is based in the United States and provides services to clients nationwide where its services may be lawfully offered and performed. Services may not be available in all jurisdictions and may be limited by federal, state, local, professional, licensing, tax, payroll, privacy, data-security, or industry-specific rules.

If you access this website or Content from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and at your own risk. You are responsible for understanding and complying with any local laws, restrictions, or professional requirements that may apply to you.

No Investment Advisory Services Through ECLA

ECLA is a bookkeeping, accounting, tax, payroll, controller-services, business-formation, compliance, and consulting firm. ECLA is not presented as an investment adviser through this website or through the Content.

Nothing on this website or in any ECLA Content should be construed as investment advice, a recommendation to buy or sell any security, an offer or solicitation involving securities, portfolio management, asset management, wealth management, or investment advisory services.

Any reference to Tapa Private Wealth or any other separate firm is provided for informational purposes only. Such references do not make ECLA responsible for the services, communications, disclosures, or regulatory obligations of any separate entity.

No Offer or Solicitation

Nothing on this website or in any ECLA Content should be construed as an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any product or service in any jurisdiction where such offer, solicitation, purchase, or sale would be unlawful or not permitted.

Any offer of ECLA services is made only through applicable written engagement documents and only to persons or businesses for whom such services may be lawfully offered.

Information Sources, Accuracy, and Changes

ECLA believes that information and data used in the Content are obtained from sources believed to be reliable; however, ECLA does not guarantee the accuracy, adequacy, completeness, timeliness, availability, or suitability of such information. Opinions, examples, forecasts, planning assumptions, and forward-looking statements are subject to change without notice and may be wrong.

ECLA has no obligation to update or revise any Content to reflect subsequent events, changes in circumstances, changes in law, updated forms, agency guidance, new information, or corrected information. Your use of this website and the Content is at your own risk.

For purposes of these disclosures, "ECLA Parties" means ECLA, its affiliates, and each of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, service providers, contractors, licensors, suppliers, successors, and assigns. The ECLA Parties have no responsibility or liability for decisions or actions you take or fail to take in reliance on any Content.

Third-Party Data, Tools, Links, Software, Endorsements, and Testimonials

The Content and ECLA services may reference, use, connect to, or incorporate third-party information, market data, tax software, accounting platforms, payroll platforms, bank feeds, payment processors, document portals, client portals, artificial-intelligence tools, websites, or other third-party tools and services. Such third-party data, tools, and information are provided "as is," for convenience only, and are not guaranteed as to accuracy, completeness, availability, security, or timeliness.

ECLA does not control and is not responsible for the content, security, privacy practices, terms, outages, errors, processing delays, or policies of any third-party websites, software platforms, portals, or tools. Links to third-party sites, and references to third-party tools, services, or information, do not constitute an endorsement, approval, or recommendation by ECLA of the third party or its products or services.

Testimonials, endorsements, ratings, reviews, or client comments, if any, may not represent the experience of all clients and should not be interpreted as a guarantee of future results, service outcomes, tax savings, financial results, audit outcomes, compliance outcomes, or business performance.

Confidentiality, Data Security, and Client Portals

ECLA may use secure portals, document-sharing systems, software platforms, email, telephone, chat, text messaging, and other communication tools to exchange information with clients and prospective clients. No method of transmission, storage, or processing is guaranteed to be completely secure.

Users should not transmit sensitive personal, financial, payroll, tax, bank, Social Security, employer-identification, account-login, or confidential business information through unsecured channels. Clients are responsible for using secure methods requested by ECLA and for maintaining the confidentiality of their own credentials, passwords, devices, and account access.

Social-Media Content

ECLA's social-media communications—including posts, comments, "likes," "follows," "shares," reposts, direct messages, and similar interactions—are intended for general informational and educational purposes only. They are not individualized accounting, bookkeeping, tax, payroll, legal, investment, financial, or business advice.

Social-media content is inherently limited in scope and may not include all relevant disclosures, risks, assumptions, facts, or updates. "Likes," "follows," "shares," reposts, or other interactions by ECLA or third parties should not be interpreted as endorsements, recommendations, testimonials, or professional advice. ECLA is not responsible for user-generated content or third-party comments and may remove or restrict content at its discretion, subject to applicable law.

Communications, Chat, AI Tools, and Messaging

Communications with ECLA—including telephone calls, voicemails, emails, text messages, website forms, chat, messaging tools, scheduling tools, AI-assisted chat, client portals, and similar channels (collectively, "Communications")—are provided for convenience and general informational purposes only unless a written engagement states otherwise.

Communications do not create a client relationship, do not expand the scope of an existing engagement, and should not be relied upon as the primary basis for any accounting, bookkeeping, tax, payroll, legal, investment, financial, compliance, or business decision.

ECLA may record, monitor, retain, or review Communications in accordance with firm policies and applicable legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, recordkeeping, training, security, and quality-control requirements.