Tax Planning & Preparation
Tax Planning
We monitor the changes in the tax laws that could affect you and recommend tax-saving strategies. We will prepare all your tax returns and serve as your advocate in all tax matters.
If you are contacted by any government agency concerning your tax matters, your first call should be to us. We will take care of it so that you can get on with your business.
There is a certain mystique that has grown up around tax planning and tax-cutting techniques. We are here to put tax planning in plain English for you.
Professional Tax Return Preparation
Today’s tax laws are so complicated that unless your financial affairs are extremely simple, chances are you will benefit from at least occasional help from a tax professional. It is too easy to overlook deductions and credits to which you are entitled if you prepare only one return a year. Even the use of computer software is no substitute for the assistance of a seasoned tax preparer.
We prepare hundreds of tax returns every year. We know what to look for when your return is prepared. More importantly, you will have someone to answer your questions during the rest of the year. And we can put you on our mailing list to receive timely tax, business, and financial advice.
Your Tax-Cutting Checklist
Whether you’re a wage earner, an investor, a business owner or all three, you should use all the tax benefits available to you in the tax law. There nothing to lose — and plenty to gain! — when you pay only as much as the law demands. Consider the many possible tax-savers for which you may qualify — you may find there are tax breaks you are overlooking. Contact us if you have questions or want more information on these and other strategies that could reduce your taxes.
Businesses
- Home office deduction
- Keogh plan
- SIMPLE plan
- SEP
- 401(k) plan
- First-year expensing of business equipment
- Bonus depreciation
- Year-end bonuses
- Bad debt write-off
- Disabled access credit
- Other business tax credits
- Tax-free exchange
Investors
- Tax-free municipal bonds
- Long-term capital gains
- Rental property
- Tax-free exchange
Individuals
- Roth IRA
- Rollover to Roth IRA
- Tax-deductible IRA
- Child tax credit
- Income shifting to children
- Child care credit
- Earned income credit
- Second home deduction maximization
- Education savings accounts
- Education expenses
- Hope scholarship credit
- Lifetime learning credit
- Bunching deductions
- Flexible spending accounts
- Donating appreciated assets
- Qualifying property for personal residence gain exclusion
- Best filing status
- Shifting income or deductions from year to year
- Adoption expense credit