Self employed

Hi @tayloredurogyn we see each other again!

There's a couple factors that need to be considered and may affect the outcome.  

• Bookkeeping for taxes and bookkeeping for financial/accounting reporting sometimes differs. 
• Did the CPA made adjustments to your books while reviewing them?
• Your previous post says that you were considering an entity change, how is it setup in QBs?  Is it setup for LLC single member or for S-Corp?

Also I would like to understand, what caused the discrepancy?  What changed?

I'm an Enrolled Agent, but I'm an Accountant/Bookkeeper as well.  I do know that for meals (bookkeeping wise) there's no adjustment for the 50% allowable.  

I suggest that you may want to contact Quickbooks if you still feel that the calculations are off.  Also I would suggest to have the CPA to set up your accounts (or review them) to make sure that they are using the right settings.

Here's an article I found from QBs:  Automatically estimate your income tax in QuickBooks Self-Employed 

Feel free to post any additional questions you may have.