Alam One Stop Tax and Accounting Services

Tax and payroll help in San Jose

This San Jose firm has done tax preparation, accounting and payroll for local individuals and businesses since 2015. It says it is locally owned and operated, small enough that clients get personal attention, and that clients can put questions to it at any time and expect prompt, accurate answers. Its stated aim is to make tax season, payroll and financial planning less stressful.

An enrolled agent behind the work

The founder is an enrolled agent, a federal credential earned by passing a three-part examination that lets the holder represent taxpayers before the IRS. The firm says that as an enrolled agent it also represents clients before state tax boards, and that it keeps working until a client's tax liability has been reduced as far as the rules allow. It describes itself as an ethical firm that avoids scare tactics and unrealistic promises, and says it has seen most situations before, including complicated ones.

Tax preparation and planning

Returns are prepared for individuals, self-employed people and small businesses. Planning advice covers how to set up a business structure for tax purposes, how owners and employees should be paid, which end-of-year financial forms are needed and which expenses count as business costs. The firm presents this as the difference between a return that is merely filed and a business that is set up so there are no unpleasant surprises at tax time.

Accounting and payroll experience

The site sets out the founder's background in accounts payable and receivable, general ledger management, bank reconciliations and month-end financial statements, drawn from work with both large corporations and small firms. He has also prepared weekly and monthly payroll for more than ten years, and is described as proficient in QuickBooks, Excel and the Solomon accounting packages, using QuickBooks Pro for small businesses and Solomon for larger companies. The firm says that its negotiating skills extend to suppliers and the IRS, and that the aim is to keep each client's records accurate and compliant with tax law and accounting standards.

Alam One Stop Tax and Accounting Services is a small, locally owned firm in San Jose, California. Mahbub Alam, the founder, is an enrolled agent, a status that allows him to represent taxpayers before the IRS and state tax authorities. The firm has operated since 2015.

Services

• Tax preparation: returns for individuals and small businesses.
• Accounting: bookkeeping, accounts payable and receivable and general ledger work.
• Payroll services: support for employers.
• Tax representation: dealing with the IRS and state boards on the client's behalf.
• Tax planning advice: guidance on business structure, paying owners and staff, and expenses.

Clients

Individuals, self-employed people and small businesses in the San Jose area.

Key facts

• Based in: San Jose, California, USA
• Founded: 2015
• Credential: enrolled agent