Tax season can be a nightmare. You feel like you’re just a number and while you appreciate the fact that you’re likely to get a huge return, it can feel a little bit like you’re stumbling through the steps instead of feeling confident about what you’re submitting, especially if you are doing it by yourself. Many people try to save time or money by doing their taxes by themselves, but that isn’t always the best route to go. You could be setting yourself up to lose thousands of dollars either now, or in the future when you have to pay fines.
Instead of resorting to hours and hours of sitting at your computer or kitchen table and wanting to rip your hair out, consider one of these local Redwood City tax preparers:
1. Diaz Consulting
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A local Redwood City Certified Public Accountant, Peter Diaz is the founder of Diaz Consulting. He works with businesses of all sizes to help them with their tax return preparation as well as financial planning.
He says on his website: “I’ve served over 25 years in public accounting and private industry providing innovative strategic tax planning and tax services to large multinational corporations and their officers. I want to offer that same professional service to the general public and make it available at affordable prices.”
He has carefully cultivated a team to help him that will ensure success in all of your financial dealings, and an easy tax season ahead of you.
2. Robert’s Tax Service
Robert’s Tax Service is a local company that has a team of experts who are helpful in all
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areas of taxation. They stay on top of their training and work to learn the newest tax laws, deductions, and tools that they can use to help you. If you want to understand something, this is the team to ask.
If you are an individual, a small business, or a non-profit organization, Robert’s Tax Service can help you. Robert is an “Enrolled Agent licensed to Practice Before the IRS, an authorized e-file provider and use a number of tools to transmit secure financial communication over the internet.”
This team can also help you with bookkeeping, payroll, tax planning, and other financial services.
3. King & Associates
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Called the “Tax King,” the team at King & Associates, led by David King, is another great tax consulting team in Redwood City. You get to sit in the comfort of their office as they do all of the work for you, preparing your taxes and filing them so that you get your return as quickly as possible. It might seem like you are the King and not this team, which is the way they want it to be.
Whatever questions or concerns you have about your taxes, they will be able to handle it quickly and easily. They are more than willing to help you out with things that seem a little out of the ordinary or things that just don’t quite make sense to you – and they will explain it in ways that you’ll understand.
4. Martinez and Walker
For over 30 years, the team at Martinez and Walker have been helping Redwood City
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families with their tax preparation, immigration needs, and other financial planning. They are one of the most compassionate and understanding teams around, willing to help you work through the muck of the US tax system.
According to their website, every year this team attends “attends the IRS yearly seminar, California Franchise Tax Board and Spidell Tax seminars in order to stay current on new tax laws, new credits and deductions available.” They do this so that they can serve you better and keep the amount of time that you need to take on this at an all time low.
5. Key Financial Solutions
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Tax prep from Key Financial Solutions is a “no muss, no fuss” kind of event. They will work quickly and diligently to get you the best possible return without all of the “hoopla” and the wondering about whether or not your returns are correct. If you don’t have a lot of time to devote to your taxes, this is one team to consider.
According to their website, “Your tax return will be checked and rechecked by our computer software identifying potential problems the IRS may look at more closely and reviewing the math to limit IRS contacts.” This means that you are more likely to get a higher return and you’ll get it much sooner.
Even if you feel like you’re a mess, they’ll have your taxes submitted and you back to your life as soon as possible.
6. Jeffrey Anton Tax & Business Services
Jeffrey Anton Tax & Business Services is a full-service tax preparation firm in Redwood
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City that is dedicated to providing you with some of the most personalized service around, perfect for people who have interesting cases or need a lot of help.
The team is composed of Megan, Molly, and Jeff. According to their website, “Megan and Molly are California Registered Tax Preparers, and Jeff is a CPA.” Together, their team has created one of the best teams around. They will work with you to settle any problems that you face and learn how you can get more back OR how you can earn more throughout the year by adjusting your taxes.
7. Golden State Tax & Bookkeeping
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The team at Golden State Tax & Bookkeeping have two specialties: taxes and bookkeeping. They work with small businesses, individuals, and non-profit tax returns. You can have your taxes e-filed or they can file them in another way, if you prefer. However, it is important to note that they are an authorized e-file provider.
Even better, they are able to do a lot of the work before you even go in if you establish a relationship with them.
Give them a call for service that will work with you and allow you to understand the tax code and the what makes it tick.
Make Your Tax Return Work for You
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Give us a call today and we can walk you through whatever you need done to your back yard and we can give you estimates – we’re here to help make the moments where you aren’t working restful and easy.