Tax Preparation Services in Marietta, GA

Our specialty is catching people up. We prepare and file overdue federal returns for individuals and businesses, and we do it with the rest of your IRS situation in mind. That means checking your filing history, rebuilding missing records, preparing the returns, and then dealing with whatever they reveal: back taxes, penalties, a levy threat. Filing is the first move in getting your tax life back in order, not a box to tick.

Yes, and you're far from alone. If you've stopped filing, the IRS may eventually file a substitute return for you, which usually leaves out deductions and dependents and overstates what you owe. Missing returns also block most relief programs. We get the returns done correctly so the IRS is working from real numbers.

Not always. The IRS generally expects the last six years to be filed to consider you in good standing, but every case is different. Which years we file, and in what order, depends on what the IRS already has on record, whether collection is active, and what records you can find. We look at the whole picture first so the filings help your position instead of complicating it.

Yes. The founder holds the IRS Enrolled Agent license, granted by the U.S. Treasury with unlimited practice rights before the IRS. Once you sign Form 2848, we can talk to the IRS about your late returns, audits, balances, payment plans, penalties and collection actions. You don't have to take those calls yourself anymore.

W-2s and 1099s, old returns if you have them, business income and expense records, bank statements, Form 1098 for mortgage interest, proof of estimated payments, and every IRS letter. Missing some? That's normal. We can request IRS wage and income transcripts to see what employers and banks reported, and rebuild business expenses from bank and card statements.

It can. If the IRS filed a substitute return that ignored your deductions, credits or the right filing status, a correct return often brings the balance down. But filing doesn't erase real tax, penalties or interest. Once accurate returns are in, we look at the actual liability and work out the next step, which might be an installment agreement or a penalty abatement request.

One year with good records can be done fairly quickly. Five years with a business and a box of receipts takes longer, especially if we need to wait on IRS transcripts. Accuracy matters more than speed here, because a wrong late return creates a new problem. We'll give you a realistic estimate after the first review.

Yes, and that combination is most of what we do. We prepare the returns, then handle the tax resolution work with the IRS. For business owners, the help can go further: Cobb County has plenty of aerospace and defense suppliers, and for companies doing government contract work we offer GovCon accounting and fractional CFO support so the books stay clean after the back taxes are settled.