Accountax Inc.

A family practice serving Metro Detroit since 1985

The CPA and accounting firm Accountax operates from Livonia, Michigan. It was founded in 1985 and is still family owned and operated, now led by a second generation of the founding family. The firm says it has been a trusted name for accounting, payroll, tax and consulting for decades, and it serves individuals and businesses in the Metro Detroit area, with clients drawn from Livonia and Farmington, Plymouth, Northville and other neighboring communities. According to the firm, the aim is to give personalized, high-quality service at competitive rates, along with the resources clients need to manage their money.

Aiming to be one stop for small business

Accountax says it wants to be the single place a small business and its owner turn to. The range runs from registering a company through monthly or quarterly accounting and payroll to annual tax returns. It works with companies in their first months and with firms that have been trading for generations, and it names service businesses, retail stores, restaurants, general contractors and doctors' offices among the types it knows well.

Bookkeeping

Monthly and quarterly transactions are recorded and documented so that the ledgers stay accurate, leaving the owner free for other work.

Payroll

The firm sets out to see that employees are paid on time every time, with a streamlined process meant to fit easily alongside the client's business. Clients get a payroll login.

Tax preparation

Personal and business returns are prepared with attention to current law. The firm presents this as a way of getting through a complex tax code without a stressful annual scramble.

CPA consulting

The CPA who leads the practice has worked with clients on business sales, purchases and succession planning, and with companies that have locations in several states, as well as US corporations with foreign ownership or subsidiaries. The firm also helps clients settle IRS and state tax problems, including representing them in audits.

Professional ties and client access

The firm belongs to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants. Clients use a secure online portal to reach their information, which the firm calls highly accessible, and the payroll login is kept simple so that routine tasks take little effort. Its current site says the firm has supported Michigan communities with tax and financial guidance for more than four decades, an updated figure from the thirty years quoted in older text. The stated reason for the whole arrangement is peace of mind about tax and money, so that owners can concentrate on running their companies. Its blog covers late filing, the financial reports a business should review, the value of professional bookkeeping and when to bring in an accountant. The firm describes its team as caring about each client's finances and future, and says it takes time to understand an individual situation before tailoring its approach.

Accountax Inc. is a family-owned CPA and accounting firm in Livonia, Michigan, serving individuals and businesses across the Metro Detroit area. Shabbir Kapi started it in 1985, and today his daughter, Sameena Kapi Uhlianuk, CPA, runs the practice. It aims to cover a small business's needs from registration to monthly books, payroll and annual tax returns.

Products and services

• Bookkeeping: monthly and quarterly transactions recorded and documented.
• Payroll: paying employees on schedule, with a payroll login for clients.
• Tax preparation: personal and business returns filed in line with current law.
• CPA consulting: advice on business sales, purchases and succession planning.
• Tax problem resolution: resolving IRS and state tax issues, including representation in audits.
• Business registration: setting up new businesses.

Clients

Service firms, retail stores, restaurants, general contractors and medical offices, from new companies to long-established ones, including multi-state firms and US corporations with foreign owners or subsidiaries. Clients come from Livonia, Farmington, Farmington Hills, Plymouth, Northville and nearby.

Key facts

• Based in: Livonia, Michigan
• Founded: 1985
• Memberships: AICPA and MICPA
• Client access: secure client portal