Tax Preparation

Individual and business returns, IRS letters and quarterly estimates

Fixed fee per return, quoted before we start, from $425.

Led by Margit Ashby

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What’s included

Form 1040 with every state you owe

Business returns: 1065, 1120-S and 1120

Quarterly estimated tax payments

IRS and Colorado letters answered for you

Also handled

Amended returns for up to three years

Multi-state and part-year residents

Extensions filed by April 15

Selected client files

2026/031

IRS CP2000 notice for a freelance photographer

$9,412

No change

IRS CP2000 notice for a freelance photographer

2026/031

$9,412

No change

2026/007

S-corp election for a two-owner landscaping company

$11,200/yr

Accepted

S-corp election for a two-owner landscaping company

2026/007

$11,200/yr

Accepted

2025/074

Colorado sales tax audit for a home goods store

$38,600

Cut to $2,140

Colorado sales tax audit for a home goods store

2025/074

$38,600

Cut to $2,140

2025/041

Three years of amended returns for a missed home office deduction

$4,920

Refunded

Three years of amended returns for a missed home office deduction

2025/041

$4,920

Refunded

Our 1099s, three state returns and the S-corp were all filed by March 2. First year that has ever happened.

Owner of a two-location dental practice, Lakewood

Notes on this service

Aug 12, 2026

What to do in the first week after an IRS CP2000 notice

A CP2000 is a proposal, not a bill. Here is how to read it, check it and answer it before the deadline on the letter.

Tax

Aug 12, 2026

What to do in the first week after an IRS CP2000 notice

A CP2000 is a proposal, not a bill. Here is how to read it, check it and answer it before the deadline on the letter.

Tax

A small office desk in front of a window with the blinds half closed

Jun 30, 2026

S-corp election: when the salary math pays and when it does not

An S-corp can cut self-employment tax, but only above a certain profit and only with a reasonable salary. The numbers we check first.

Tax

Jun 30, 2026

S-corp election: when the salary math pays and when it does not

An S-corp can cut self-employment tax, but only above a certain profit and only with a reasonable salary. The numbers we check first.

Ashby & Rourke

Ashby & Rourke

Tax Preparation

What’s included

Also handled

Selected client files

IRS CP2000 notice for a freelance photographer

IRS CP2000 notice for a freelance photographer

S-corp election for a two-owner landscaping company

S-corp election for a two-owner landscaping company

Colorado sales tax audit for a home goods store

Colorado sales tax audit for a home goods store

Three years of amended returns for a missed home office deduction

Three years of amended returns for a missed home office deduction

Notes on this service

Questions

When do I need to send my documents?

Do you answer IRS letters for returns you did not prepare?

Can you file for every state I worked in?

Is filing an extension a problem?