Austin, TX · Serving business owners nationwide

Your first call when a tax problem shows up.

IRS letter. Years of unfiled returns. Books that stopped making sense. We fix what's in front of you, fix what caused it, then keep eyes on your numbers all year so it doesn't happen again.

Notice lookup General information, not tax advice.

Try CP2000, CP504, or LT11.

Since2005
helping business owners with tax and accounting
$2M+
in tax credits captured for clients
Former tax law firm associate
background in IRS matters
Boutique by design
a small client list, so you get real attention

What brought you here today?

Most people don't call us because they want a tax firm. They call because something happened. Let’s start there.

Tax is how we start. Peace of mind is where we're headed.

We file your business return and fix whatever tax problem is keeping you up at night. Then we fix the root cause so you can trust your numbers and get back to running the company.

Tax Problem Resolution
Your first call when a tax problem shows up.

We sort out what's urgent, handle the paperwork, and work toward a solution you can live with.

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Business Tax Preparation

Accurate, on-time returns for corporations, S-corps, partnerships, and LLCs. We look at your whole picture, so you pay what you owe and not a dollar more.

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Accounting Cleanup & Tech Stack Fix

Messy books cost you at tax time. We clean them up and get data moving between QuickBooks, NetSuite, Sage, Xero, and the tools bolted onto them, so your numbers stay right.

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Tax Strategy & Planning

Year-round planning that lowers what you owe before year-end, not after, and brings peace of mind.

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Multi-Entity Tax Management

Own more than one company? We coordinate every return and the transactions between them.

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Business Formation & Structuring

Pick the right entity from day one, or restructure the one you have.

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For business owners
Personal Tax Returns

Your personal return is tied to your business income and ownership. We prepare them together so nothing falls through the cracks.

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100%
Trust Fund Recovery Penalty

Owners can be held personally liable for the payroll taxes withheld from employees and not paid to the IRS.

Payroll Tax Problems Cleanup →
The cost of waiting
Example only. Your situation will differ.
Penalties$6,62526.5% of tax
Plus interest$1,167example rate 7%/yr
On top of what you owe$7,792after 8 months
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%0 mo61218243036Month 5: failure-to-file hits its 25% capafter that, 0.5%/mo keeps addingplus interest (example 7%/yr)
Failure to file: 5% of unpaid tax per month, up to 25%. Failure to pay: 0.5% per month, up to 25%. When both apply, failure-to-file is reduced by failure-to-pay.

If you've been through three CFOs, it's probably not your people.

It's your systems. Most growing companies add tools one at a time and never plan how the data moves between them. The numbers drift, the close drags, and tax time turns up surprises. We fix the flow, not just the symptoms.

Example figures · tap a platform to trace its path
RampBill.comExpensifyPayrollADP · Paychex · Gusto · RipplingAccounting systemQuickBooksSageNetSuite!XeroTax return1120 · 1120-S · 1065!
Feeds48,210.17
Books47,598.77
Return47,181.40
Δ −1,028.77 · out of balance
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Built for owners who run on software and can't afford surprises.

Our best clients own a business with roughly 12 to 100 employees. They're growing, until something slowed them down: a finance person left, margins got tighter, or the books stopped adding up. Revenue size doesn't matter. What matters is that the business depends on its systems, and something in them needs fixing.

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01 Growing companies Momentum is strong, and the back office hasn't kept up.
02 Companies that lost momentum Your CPA left, margins are down, or the market got more competitive, and you need someone to look at the whole picture.
03 Owners of multiple businesses Several entities, one person who sees how they fit together.
04 Non-profits and international companies Non-profits that need clean compliance, and foreign companies doing business in the US or planning to.

From "what do I do now?" to "it's handled."

Start with a free consultation →
01 Talk it through. A free, confidential consultation. Tell us what happened. We'll tell you what's urgent, what isn't, and whether we can save you money. No pressure, no commitment.
02 Fix the problem. We start right away. Returns get filed, notices get answered, and you stop wondering what's coming in the mail.
03 Fix what caused it. We clean up the books and the systems behind them, so the same problem doesn't come back next year.
04 Stay ahead all year. Quarterly or monthly check-ins, real numbers you can trust, and a person who knows your business when a decision comes up.

You'll work with a real person who's been there, done that.

Eric Marquez
Eric Marquez Founder · Since 2005 Former tax law firm associate · Fractional CFO, COO, and turnaround executive

I'm Eric Marquez. I started Austin Tax Pros in 2005, cleaning up QuickBooks files for small business owners who were in over their heads. Since then, I've worked at a boutique tax law firm on IRS matters and served as a fractional CFO, COO, and turnaround executive across retail, wholesale, and non-profit organizations.

That mix is the point. I can prepare your return, address the notice, and fix the accounting system that caused both. And I keep my client list small on purpose, because I'd rather know 50 businesses well than 500 by account number.

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AI
Tried ChatGPT or an AI bookkeeping tool?

Plenty of smart owners have. AI is great at general answers. Your business isn't general. Bring us what it told you, and we'll tell you what actually applies to you.

What "handled" looks like.

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Questions we hear every week

Straight answers to what business owners ask us most. If yours isn't here, ask a real person.

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Don't ignore it. Find the notice number in the top or bottom right corner (something like CP2000 or CP504) and the response deadline. Many notices can be resolved with the right paperwork. Some need action fast. Call us, and we'll tell you which kind you have.

Let's get it handled.

Whatever landed on your desk, you don't have to figure it out alone. The first conversation is free and confidential, and we can usually start right away.

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