Business Outsource Services, LLC was founded as a side business in 2003 in Southern California by Steve Helprin (principal) while he worked as assistant controller for a specialty trades construction company. The two initial clients were the San Bernardino Area Chamber of Commerce, and a small manufacturing firm called Environmental Engineering, dba Indoor Air Technology. Over the many years since then, Steve has held managerial accounting roles in numerous industries, including construction trades, real estate development, property management, manufacturing, medical device industry, transportation, food production, sporting club, retail, and others. Business Outsource Services remained a side business at all times, especially for tax preparation services - mostly to small businesses.

Prior to working as an accountant, he owned a landscape design, construction and maintenance company first in the Seattle, Washington area, and then in Southern California. He remembers his first exposure to QuickBooks accounting software as owner and financial officer in these endeavors, back when QuickBooks delivered their product via multiple floppy discs in the US mail.

Steve moved to Park City, Utah, in the summer of 2008 after obtaining a MBA Accounting Concentration, at California State University San Bernardino. His undergraduate work includes a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, Bachelor of Arts in Finance, and minor in Information Management.

Once established in Utah, the construction and property management projects that Steve worked on (more than $65,000,000 in contracts) mostly involved low-income housing, historic rehab, renewable energy systems, and other tax credit investments. This experience paved the way for tax preparation experience for small business tax credits. In addition to his regular duties in managerial roles, Steve has simultaneously handled business tax returns for the same core clients for more than ten years, as well as the owners’ individual tax returns, with many other tax clients along the way.

Having been a business owner himself for many years, Steve is well aware of the need for small business owners to focus on their core competencies without the worry of bookkeeping details. Business Outsource Services understands financial statements, budgets, tax, and the myriad of administrative tools that many individuals may not have had exposure to.

Steve has lived in six states (CT, VT, OR, WA, CA, and UT), is the proud father of three daughters and a son, a happy husband, enjoys Nordic and downhill skiing, biking, and finds peace in beautiful landscapes and being in the great outdoors.