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Solid Tax Advice and Financial Planning That Saves You Money

LIMITED TIME OFFER
TAX PREPARATION FOR HALF PRICE! 
Sign up for an annual maintenance plan and have your 2009 taxes prepared for 1/2 price. 

·         Are you working hard to build your business to support yourself and your family?

 

·         Are you wondering if your personal finances are operating as it should?

 

·         Do you know your income/expenses monthly or quarterly throughout the year?

 

·         Are you struggling to minimize taxes, debt, and other threats to your net worth?

Most accountants do a fine job recording history – the history you give them!  At tax time, they put the “right” numbers in the right boxes on the right forms, and file them by the right deadlines.  But then they call it a day.

 

If that is all you are Getting, You are Missing Valuable Tax Breaks!

 

To minimize your taxes, you need a plan.  You need concepts and strategies that leave more on your bottom line, without raising “red flags” or straying into “gray areas.”

 

Have you organized your business right?  Do you have the right benefit plans for yourself and your employees?  Do you have the right retirement plan to prepare for your future?  Are you taking advantage of all the legitimate deductions, credits, loopholes, and strategies the tax code offers?

 

How We’re Different

 

My name is Mark Allen, Certified Financial Planner™, Enrolled Agent, Master’s of Science in Financial Planning.  I started Allen & Allen LLP to offer a different kind of service. I don’t just record the history you give me.  I go beyond, to give you proactive advice and strategies to help you earn more and keep more.

 

The “other guys” settle for after-the-fact planning.  Too often, that means outdated information, nasty surprises on April 15, and no feeling of control.  I give you ongoing coaching and proactive solutions.  You enjoy total confidence knowing you pay the least amount of tax possible while you work to achieve your dreams.

 

The “other guys” offer “see you next year” service, with limited contacts except at tax time.  (And invoices for phone calls and even emails!)  I offer ongoing support.  That means year-round contact, support, direction, and accountability.

 

The icing on the cake is that I am a Certified Financial Planner™ which means I have the background, knowledge and experience to offer you more than just tax planning.  I offer insurance reviews, estate planning reviews, investment reviews, and retirement strategy reviews. 

 

What’s the bottom line?

 

  • I empower you to achieve your dreams. 
  • I educate you in a language you understand – (we save the CPA gobbledy goop for all those lively CPA membership club meetings)  
  • I make suggestions for increasing your business income.   
  • I help you set goals to achieve your dreams.  
  • I design and help you implement innovative, customized tax and financial strategies that minimize your taxes and your risk of audit while maximizing your take home income.

Personalized Proactive Tax Strategy

The process starts with your personalized proactive tax strategy.  Here’s how it works:

 

  • You start with a meeting.  I want to hear about where you are now, and where you want to be.  I ask a few easy questions about your current situation and from that determine your personal financial needs and how I can best assist you.
  • I will review your prior year tax returns and go over your tax savings potential.  I’ll need copies of your past tax return and a little information on each business entity (S Corporation, LLC, Limited Partnership, etc) that you currently have set up.   
  • We will go over the maintenance plans and determine which one is best for your needs. 
  • We will complete a brief Tax Questionnaire.  This is where you tell me your financial and business goals and where your money currently goes.  The more information you give me the better job I’ll do.

All plans include a written personalized Proactive Tax Strategy that details the deductions, credits, loopholes, and strategies available to you.  Acting as your personal strategist, I will review your information and develop your comprehensive strategy.  This process typically takes two weeks so I can research your best possible options. This is the stage where the cool things happen!  In fact, we find that many taxpayers save quite a bit of tax as a result of their Tax Strategy plan.

Individual Tax Plans

How can we help you if we just prepare your tax returns?  Tax laws are constantly changing which requires constant vigilance of your tax situation.  The real value is in ongoing advice and monitoring.  That is why we offer individual maintenance plans to give you the right level of service for your unique needs and goals.  They all come with an initial written personalized Proactive Tax Strategy[1] that details the deductions, credits, loopholes, and strategies available to you.
 

Basic

Preferred

Preferred Plus

For individuals who:

 

Want more than just annual tax preparation, looking for ongoing guidance and advice

For individuals who:

 

Own rental property or a sideline business and want ongoing guidance and advice

For individuals who:

 

Own rental property or a sideline business and want our most comprehensive service

·         Initial Tax Strategy Analysis

·         Federal Form 1040 preparation

·         Due date monitoring

·         Free electronic copies of returns (via Lockbox Service)

·         $250 Annual Audit & Notice Response Protection

·         6 e-mail/phone calls

 

·         Initial Tax Strategy Analysis

·         Federal Form 1040 preparation

·         Due date monitoring

·         Free electronic copies of returns (via Lockbox Service)

·         $500 Annual Audit & Notice Response Protection

·         12 email / phone calls

·         W-4 / estimated tax review

·         Personal Financial Review (Investment, Retirement, Insurance, Estate, & Tax) OR Fall Tax Projection & Annual Strategy Planning

·         Mortgage Rate Monitoring

·         Credit Report & Monitoring

·         Initial Tax Strategy Analysis

·         Federal Form 1040 preparation

·         Due date monitoring

·         Free electronic copies of returns (via Lockbox Service)

·         $1,500 Annual Audit & Notice Response Protection

·         Unlimited email / phone calls

·         W-4 / estimated tax review

·         Personal Financial Review (Investment, Retirement, Insurance, Estate, & Tax)

·         Mortgage Rate Monitoring

·         Credit Report & Monitoring

·         Fall Tax Projection & Annual Strategy Planning

 

Base Fee:

Starting @ $49 / Month

Base Fee:      

Starting @ $89 / Month

Base Fee:

Starting @ $139 / Month

Enrollment Fee Applies

Enrollment Fee Applies

Enrollment Fee Applies

Because it’s what you keep that counts![2]

 

Now that you’ve seen how I can help you, take the next step. Sign up with me today and start saving.  I’ll identify the mistakes and missed opportunities that may be costing you thousands of dollars per year, then show you how to craft a plan to cure them.

 

Call (800) 850-4435 now for your free Tax Analysis and quote for our services. 

No Stress IRS Audit Plan

The Internal Revenue Service has increased the number of Audits and Reviews it has been conducting on the 2007/2008 tax filings to almost double those conducted in previous years.  The increased numbers of audits and reviews continues on an ever increasing pace.  The increase in random audits, those not triggered by any indication of improper filing, miss filing of documents, or accounting mistakes, has increased in greater numbers than ever before.  These audits are wide spread and very in-depth.

 

As your tax preparers we are responsible for the preparation activities on your taxes and will attend any audits with the IRS.  We will also attend these random audits.  However, when they are not based on any action performed by your tax preparer, we are not able to prepare for these audits without additional charges to you. 

 

Our usual fees for preparation and appearance before the IRS or the Federal Tax Courts are in the thousands of dollars. 

 

Please understand that Allen & Allen (A&A) will respond and/or act upon any IRS and/or State taxing authority correspondence or audits that are due to the fault of A&A for no additional charge.  Also understand that A&A will respond and/or act upon any IRS and/or State taxing authority correspondence or audits that are NOT due to the fault of A&A at your request.  In which case, additional charges may be incurred at normal applicable billing rates.

 

Any IRS or State Taxing Authority letters handled by A&A on your behalf will require an upfront payment of $250.

 

In the event of an IRS or State Taxing Authority audit, a retainer of $1,500 will be required so that A&A will represent you before the tax agency.  Charges for complete representation could be much higher than this initial retainer to complete the audit representation. 

The No-Stress Audit Protection Plan Specifics

Our individual tax plans offer our No-Stress Audit Protection plan which will cover up to the specified dollar amount in our preparation charges, penalties and interest.  For example, as a preferred member you would be covered up to $500 of hourly billing to prepare and attend an audit.  If any penalties or interest resulted from the audit, any remaining annual credit would be applied to those outstanding bills. 

 

  • The annual No-Stress Audit Protection Plan credit, if unused, does NOT roll over to the following year. 
  • You must be a current active participant of the No-Stress Audit Protection plan in order to receive benefits.  For example, no protection is provided for a 2007 tax return, even if you paid for the audit protection in 2007, if you are currently not paying for the No Stress Audit Protection.
  • Only tax returns prepared by A&A are eligible for protection under this plan. 
  • As long as you are a current active participant in the No-Stress Audit Protection plan we will represent you for any year under audit as long as A&A has prepared the tax return under audit.
  • The No-Stress Audit Protection Plan can be added on to our base tax preparation service for $144 which will provide audit protection of up to $1,500.


[1] New clients that enroll between January 1st through April 15th will be scheduled an appointment to discuss and prepare a personalized tax strategy between May 1st and November 30th of the same year.  


[2] Base fees are estimates, additional fees may apply.  For example, 1031 exchanges, Married Filing Separate Splits, Sale of Rentals not included in monthly plans – Final fees will be determined during tax analysis & enrollment.

For a comprehensive list of our services click here.

Allen & Allen LLP - A CPA & Wealth Management Firm
3430 Robin Lane, #4
Cameron Park, CA 95682
P: (800) 850-4435
F: (530) 672-9725
noellecpa@allentaxes.com - mark@allentaxes.com

Office Hours:
Monday to Friday 8:30am - 5:00pm

"In accordance with IRS Circular 230, the information on this Web site is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used as or considered a covered opinion or other written tax advice and should not be relied upon for the purpose of avoiding tax-related penalties under the Internal Revenue Code; promoting, marketing, or recommending to another party any transaction or tax-related matter(s) addressed herein; for IRS audit, tax dispute or other purposes"

Mark Allen is a registered representative and investment advisor representative offering securities and investment advice through Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc., a registered broker/dealer and investment advisor, Member FINRA & SIPC. Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc. does not give tax or legal advice.