Consumer Tax Advocate

• Individual Services
• Business Services
• Tax Solutions
• Accounting Specialty

Individual Services

Many tax preparation companies target individuals or businesses, but rarely offer services for both. Consumer Tax Advocate believes in helping individual clients in need of this type of financial assistance as related laws are complicated and complex. Consumer Tax Advocate offers the following services for individuals:

• Personal financial planning
• Retirement planning
• Estate planning
• Elder care
• Wealth management

With these services, Consumer Tax Advocate helps protect personal assets of clients, particularly as they age. 

Business Services

Consumer Tax Advocate truly shines in the business financial arena. In an effort to help businesses find success and avoid financial pitfalls, Consumer Tax Advocate offers the following solutions for businesses:

• Small business accounting
• Bookkeeping services
• Payroll
• Part-time CFO services
• Audits, reviews, compilations
• Forensic accounting
• Cash flow management
• Bank financing
• Business valuation
• Business advisory services
• Financial planning for businesses
• Succession planning
• New business formation
• Internal controls 
• Litigation support

For a company that specializes in tax preparation and accounting services, Consumer Tax Advocate’s range of additional business financial services is impressive, especially considering the competition does not typically offer all of these services. 

Tax Solutions

Taxes are complicated; there are so many laws and reductions in place that the average person or business professional is unaware of. To help in this area, Consumer Tax Advocate provides the following services:

• Individual tax preparation
• Tax preparation for businesses
• Tax planning
• Estate and trust tax services
• Cryptocurrency accounting services
• Tax relief

While most of these tax-related services are offered by tax prep companies, few offer tax relief solutions as comprehensive as Consumer Tax Advocate. Clients in need of tax relief will find that Consumer Tax Relief can help with IRS audit representation, non-filed tax returns, back taxes owed, payroll tax problems, IRS liens, IRS levies, IRS wage garnishments, IRS seizures, IRS payment plan, offer in compromise, bankruptcy, innocent spouse relief, and will obtain the client’s IRS file. 

Accounting Specialty

The company employs CPAs to help businesses with a cost-effective method of managing their finances. Consumer Tax Advocate specifically works with QuickBooks, one of the more popular business accounting software platforms. The company provides QuickBooks setup, training, Q&A, tune-ups, and tips for small and mid-sized businesses.

• Missing Accreditations
• Firm/Staff Size

Missing Accreditations

Within the tax preparation industry, there are a number of accreditations that companies and individual professionals alike can obtain. These accreditations go a long way in demonstrating knowledge and expertise within the tax preparation field. Accreditations in this field include the following:

• ASTPS
• NATP
• NAEA
• AICPA
• IRS CE Provider
• ABA

At this time, Consumer Tax Advocate simply claims to be “licensed” but does not have any of these accreditations. Its competitors certainly have these on their resume. 

Firm/Staff Size

According to LinkedIn, Consumer Tax Advocate remains a small operation with a CPA on staff. There are not additional tax attorneys or enrolled agents for the company to turn to for expertise and workload management. 

The number of clients and tax cases that Consumer Tax Advocate can take on is relatively small compared to the big competitors within the industry. Prospective clients should consider whether or not their particular situation requires other supporting contributors prior to hiring Consumer Tax Advocate.