Tax Preparation Services in College Station, TX

We collect and review your income, expenses, deductions, and the records behind them, confirm which forms and schedules you're required to file, prepare the return, and file it electronically. For more involved situations, we also look at business activity, multiple income sources, last year's return, and anything that could affect an open IRS issue. What you'll need to send depends on your situation, and we give you a specific list up front.

Yes. Enrolled Agents are licensed by the U.S. Treasury Department to prepare returns and to represent taxpayers before the IRS, with unlimited practice rights on federal tax matters. Since Texas doesn't tax personal income, your federal return is what really matters here. If the IRS ever sends a letter or opens an audit on a return we prepared, the same EA can respond for you.

We can, and it's worth doing carefully. Unfiled returns affect penalties, interest, refunds you may still be able to claim, collection activity, and which IRS relief options are open to you. We prepare the missing returns in a sensible order, using IRS wage and income transcripts to fill gaps. To get started, gather what you have: W-2s and 1099s, prior returns, expense records, and any IRS letters.

A photo ID, last year's return, W-2s and 1099s, business income and expense records, bank and brokerage statements, and proof of any deductions or credits you plan to claim (tuition statements, childcare receipts, charitable records). Include any IRS notices you've received. Business owners should also send bookkeeping reports and payroll summaries if there are employees.

That mostly depends on you: how complete your records are and how complicated the return is. A tidy individual return moves fast. Business activity, missing statements, corrections to earlier years, or several income sources take more review. Sending what we ask for promptly, and mentioning any IRS notices up front, is the best way to keep things moving.

Yes. Tax resolution is a core part of what we do. We total up the tax, penalties, and interest, then look at which options fit your finances: an installment agreement, penalty abatement, Currently Not Collectible status, or, for those who qualify, an Offer in Compromise. Any missing returns get filed as part of the same plan, so the IRS sees you as compliant before we ask for anything.

Easily. Our Enrolled Agent can practice before the IRS in all 50 states, so distance doesn't limit what we can do for you. You upload documents through a secure document exchange, we talk by phone or video, and returns are filed electronically. Most clients never need to meet in person, and you still deal directly with the founder.

Fees depend on scope: how many returns and what kind, how many records there are and what shape they're in, whether there's business activity or issues from prior years, and whether IRS resolution work is part of the job. We review your situation first and define the work before you commit, which matters most when returns are overdue or the books need rebuilding.