Quick Comparison
| Firm | Credentials | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Queen Bee Bookkeeping | QuickBooks ProAdvisor; founder-led since 2007 | Monthly books, payroll, sales tax, training for South Texas small operators |
| Cazalas Tax & Bookkeeping | Enrolled Agent (Deena Cazalas, EA); Diamond Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor | Books plus tax preparation, payroll, HR, and IRS resolution for closely held firms |
| A Plus Bookkeeping Solutions | QuickBooks bookkeeping practice; founder-led since 2008 | Monthly write-up, payroll, sales tax, and tax filings for trades and family businesses |
1. Queen Bee Bookkeeping
- Address: 6502 Yorktown Boulevard, Corpus Christi, TX 78414
- Phone: (361) 834-5012
- Founder / Owner: Andrea Segovia
- Operating Since: 2007 (19 years)
- Credentials: QuickBooks ProAdvisor; member of the South Texas small business community
- Service area: Corpus Christi, Portland, Rockport, Kingsville, and the wider Coastal Bend region
- Industries served: Retail storefronts, beauty and wellness studios, marine and charter operators, tradespeople, and online sellers
- Website: queenbeebookkeeping.com
A practice built on relationships and education
Andrea Segovia launched Queen Bee Bookkeeping in 2007 after years inside other accounting offices, and the company still treats every engagement as a partnership rather than a transaction. New clients receive a 45 minute discovery call so Andrea can map the books to the real shape of the business before quoting a monthly fee. That style draws Coastal Bend founders who want a bookkeeper who explains the numbers rather than one who simply files them.
Full-cycle monthly bookkeeping for South Texas
The monthly subscription bundles data entry, bank and credit card reconciliation, accounts receivable and payable workflows, journal entries, and a clean profit and loss plus balance sheet. Sales tax, both long and short form, is filed inside the cadence, alongside payroll runs, payroll tax deposits, and year end W-2 and 1099/1096 reporting. That spread covers the operating rhythm of a typical Corpus Christi retail or service business without forcing the owner to chase a separate payroll vendor.
QuickBooks coaching and DIY support
Beyond the done-for-you bookkeeping line, Queen Bee runs a QuickBooks training arm for owners who want to keep the books in house. Andrea handles software selection, file setup, chart of accounts design, and one-on-one coaching, plus a self-guided membership with planners and sales trackers. Local entrepreneurs who want to learn the system rather than outsource it lean on this side of the practice.
Coastal Bend roots and a small-firm cadence
The Yorktown Boulevard office sits a short drive from the Padre Island bridge and from the Saratoga corridor, which keeps the shop close to the south-side neighborhoods where many of its clients run shops, studios, and marine businesses. Andrea keeps the client roster intentionally tight so that response times stay short and so that quarter end reviews stay personal. That cadence is a key reason long-tenured clients refer their neighbors.
2. Cazalas Tax & Bookkeeping
- Address: 4722 Everhart Road, Suite A, Corpus Christi, TX 78411
- Phone: (361) 334-1672
- Founder / Owner: Deena A. Cazalas, EA
- Operating Since: 2013 (13 years)
- Credentials: Enrolled Agent (federally licensed by the IRS); Diamond Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor
- Service area: Corpus Christi, Robstown, Portland, Aransas Pass, and the surrounding Nueces County market
- Industries served: Construction and trades, real estate investors, professional service firms, restaurants, and self-employed professionals
- Website: cazalastax.com
An Enrolled Agent leading a bookkeeping-first shop
Deena Cazalas opened the Everhart Road office in 2013 and built the practice around the rare combination of an Enrolled Agent license and Diamond Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor status. The EA credential is granted directly by the IRS and lets Deena represent clients in audits, collections, and appeals nationwide, which gives clean books a direct line to federal defense. That mix is unusual inside an independent bookkeeping firm and especially uncommon outside Houston and San Antonio.
Books, payroll, and tax under one roof
The Everhart Road team handles monthly bookkeeping, payroll processing, HR administration, sales and use tax filings, and business and personal income tax returns. Catch-up engagements for owners who fell behind on the books are a recognized line of work, and tax problem resolution (liens, levies, installment agreements, offers in compromise) is offered by the same EA who closed the books. Clients avoid the handoff loss that occurs when bookkeeping and tax sit in different firms.
Diamond ProAdvisor depth on QuickBooks
Diamond is the top tier of the QuickBooks ProAdvisor program and requires advanced certification across multiple product lines along with active client volume. For Coastal Bend businesses running QuickBooks Online or Desktop, that depth shows up as cleaner file conversions, sharper class and location tracking, and faster diagnosis when reports stop tying. Construction clients especially benefit from job costing setups configured by a ProAdvisor who works the file daily.
Bilingual service for the Coastal Bend market
The office serves both English and Spanish speaking clients, which matters in a market where a meaningful share of family-owned firms operate bilingually. The Everhart Road location, near the Saratoga and South Padre Island Drive interchange, draws clients from the southside neighborhoods, from Flour Bluff, and from the Calallen and Robstown corridors to the north and west.
3. A Plus Bookkeeping Solutions
- Address: 2306 Airline Road, Corpus Christi, TX 78414 (with a second office at 5130 Kostoryz Road, Suite B, Corpus Christi, TX 78415)
- Phone: (361) 855-4935
- Founder / Owner: Debbie Gibson
- Operating Since: 2008 (18 years)
- Credentials: Independent QuickBooks bookkeeping practice; listed in the Corpus Christi Intuit ProAdvisor directory
- Service area: Corpus Christi, Flour Bluff, Calallen, Portland, and the surrounding Nueces County area
- Industries served: Family-owned retail, restaurants, oilfield service contractors, trades, and small professional offices
- Website: Listed in the Better Business Bureau and Yelp directories under A Plus Bookkeeping Solutions, Corpus Christi
Two south-side offices for working business owners
Debbie Gibson started A Plus Bookkeeping Solutions in June 2008 and now operates two south-side locations: one on Airline Road near the Saratoga corridor, the other on Kostoryz Road. Both offices sit inside the corridors where most Corpus Christi small operators actually live and work, which keeps drop-offs of receipts, mileage logs, and bank statements simple. The dual-location footprint is unusual for a firm this size and reflects 18 years of steady demand from a working-owner clientele.
Monthly write-up plus the tax and payroll side
The practice runs full-cycle monthly bookkeeping inside QuickBooks, including bank reconciliation, accounts payable and receivable, payroll, payroll tax deposits, sales tax filings, and year end 1099 reporting. Income tax returns for the same clients are prepared in house, which means the bookkeeper who closed the year is the same person finalizing the federal return. That structure helps catch the categorization issues that quietly inflate tax bills when books and returns sit at separate firms.
Working-class roots and a family-business feel
Eighteen years of continuous operation under the same owner is rare for an independent Coastal Bend bookkeeping firm, and Debbie has built a base of long-tenured family business clients across the south side. The firm is known locally for a plainspoken style: prices are quoted up front, scope is described in writing, and clients are told directly when a clean-up year is required before a monthly subscription makes sense.
A practical fit for trades and oilfield service work
Trades clients, oilfield service contractors, and field service operators make up a recognizable share of the roster, and the practice has handled the rhythms of these books for over a decade: 1099 subcontractor reporting, fuel and equipment expense tracking, and Texas sales tax exemption certificates on labor-only jobs. Owners running a small fleet of trucks who need quarterly numbers that hold up against a CPA review are a natural fit.
Reference Notes
This directory was built from public business records, the Better Business Bureau profiles maintained for the Corpus Christi office of each firm, the Yelp and Yellow Pages listings under the bookkeeping category for Corpus Christi and Nueces County, Texas Secretary of State records visible through Manta and Dun and Bradstreet, and the Intuit QuickBooks ProAdvisor directory entry for Corpus Christi, Texas. Where a firm publishes its own website, the website was checked directly for current address, service mix, credentials, and ownership.
Founder names and founding years were cross-verified against at least two independent sources before inclusion. Queen Bee Bookkeeping is confirmed founded in 2007 with Andrea Segovia as owner via Alignable, Yellow Pages, and Manta. Cazalas Tax & Bookkeeping is confirmed founded in 2013 with Deena A. Cazalas, EA, as principal via TaxBuzz, BBB, and the firm’s own Facebook page; the Diamond Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor status is cited on the company’s directory profiles. A Plus Bookkeeping Solutions is confirmed founded June 2008 with Debbie Gibson as owner via Yelp, Yahoo Local, the BBB Corpus Christi profile, and the Accounting8 directory.
Phone numbers and street addresses reflect the public listings current as of May 2026. Readers are encouraged to call before visiting, since independent Coastal Bend firms occasionally shift between satellite offices during the tax season cadence.
Selection Methodology
Each firm in this directory was evaluated against four criteria. First, the shop had to be independently owned and either family-led or founder-led, which excludes venture-backed national rollups and platform operators. Second, the practice had to be bookkeeping-first rather than a CPA tax shop that offers light books on the side, which excludes traditional CPA firms even when they hold a QuickBooks ProAdvisor badge. Third, the practice had to demonstrate active QuickBooks competency through a published ProAdvisor credential or a documented QuickBooks bookkeeping practice. Fourth, the firm had to show a minimum five year operating history in the Corpus Christi or Nueces County market under continuous ownership.
National and platform operators were excluded by design, including Bench, Pilot, QuickBooks Live, BELAY, Bookkeeper360, Bookminders, Supporting Strategies, Bookkeeper.com, and 1-800Accountant. Local CPA tax firms whose primary business is tax preparation rather than ongoing books were also excluded, even when they hold advanced ProAdvisor credentials.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do these firms work with clients outside Corpus Christi?
Yes. All three serve the wider Coastal Bend market, including Portland, Aransas Pass, Rockport, Kingsville, Robstown, and the Padre Island communities. Several engagements run fully remotely through QuickBooks Online, which lets a Corpus Christi bookkeeper close monthly books for a client based anywhere in South Texas without an office visit.
What does a typical monthly bookkeeping engagement cost in Corpus Christi?
Pricing varies with transaction volume and the number of bank and credit card accounts, but published rates in the Coastal Bend market start around 400 dollars a month for a single-entity small business with one bank account and a single credit card, and rise with payroll, sales tax filings, inventory, and multi-entity work. Each firm in this directory will quote a firm price after a discovery call.
Are these firms able to take over books that are months or years behind?
Yes. Catch-up and clean-up bookkeeping is a standard line of work at all three firms. Pricing for catch-up engagements is typically quoted per month of back work, and the firms will diagnose the file before quoting so that the owner sees the actual scope of work required.
Do I need a CPA in addition to a bookkeeper?
Not always. For Corpus Christi small operators with a single owner and one entity, a bookkeeper plus an Enrolled Agent or experienced tax preparer often covers monthly books, payroll, sales tax, and the income tax return. A CPA becomes useful for audited financial statements, multi-state issues, or when a lender or partner specifically requires CPA-signed work.
Editorial Note
This directory was prepared on 11 May 2026 from public records and from the websites of the firms listed. Listings are not paid placements. Readers are encouraged to call each firm to confirm current pricing, current capacity, and the credentials and scope of the engagement before signing a contract.