IRS Enrolled Agent · License #00159187-EA
Tax work done right, and explained in plain English.
Everstead Tax Services prepares returns, plans ahead, and stands between you and the IRS when a notice shows up. Licensed to represent taxpayers in all 50 states — and experienced with Americans living abroad.
What we do
Full-service tax and accounting support
Whether you need one return filed accurately or ongoing help keeping a business clean and compliant, the work is handled by a licensed professional — not passed to a seasonal preparer.
Individual Tax Preparation
Federal, state, and local returns for individuals and families — including investment income, rental property, self-employment, and multi-state filings.
Learn more →Business Tax Preparation
Schedule C, partnership, S corporation, and corporate returns. Entity selection guidance, reasonable compensation, and owner-level planning included.
Learn more →IRS Representation
Audits, CP notices, balance-due collections, penalty abatement, installment agreements, and appeals. You do not have to talk to the IRS yourself.
Learn more →Tax Planning & Consulting
Projections, quarterly estimates, retirement and equity-compensation timing, and entity structure — decisions made before year-end, when they still change the outcome.
Learn more →Bookkeeping & QuickBooks
QuickBooks setup, cleanup, and training. Monthly bank and credit card reconciliation so the books are ready when the return is due — not scrambled in April.
Learn more →Payroll Services
Payroll processing and quarterly and annual filings for small and mid-sized employers — 941s, state withholding, unemployment, W-2s, and 1099s.
Learn more →Why it matters
Not every tax preparer can represent you before the IRS
Anyone with a PTIN can sign a return. Very few can walk into an audit on your behalf. An Enrolled Agent is licensed directly by the U.S. Department of the Treasury and holds unlimited practice rights before the IRS — the same representation authority as a CPA or attorney, earned through comprehensive testing on federal taxation and maintained with annual continuing education.
Practically, that means the person preparing your return is the same person who defends it. Nothing gets handed off, and nothing gets explained to you by someone reading from a script.
More about the practiceWhat that authority covers
- Representing you in an IRS examination or audit
- Responding to CP notices and proposed assessments
- Negotiating installment agreements and collection alternatives
- Requesting penalty abatement and filing appeals
- Practicing in all 50 states — licensure is federal, not state-by-state
Who we work with
Built for situations that are not simple
Individuals & families
W-2 households with investments, rentals, equity compensation, education credits, or a life change that made this year different.
Self-employed & small business
Sole proprietors, LLCs, partnerships, and S corporations that need the books, the payroll, and the return to line up.
U.S. expatriates
Americans abroad dealing with the foreign earned income exclusion, foreign tax credits, FBAR, and FATCA reporting.
Taxpayers with IRS issues
Unfiled years, a notice you don't understand, a balance you can't pay, or an audit letter that arrived last week.
How it works
A process without the mystery
Four steps, and you know the cost before step two.
Consultation
A short call or message exchange to understand your situation and confirm what needs to be filed.
Flat-fee quote
You get the scope and the price in writing before any work begins. No hourly surprises.
Secure document exchange
Send documents electronically through a secure channel. No mailing originals, no office visit required.
Review, file, and plan
We walk through the return together, e-file after your approval, and flag what to change for next year.
Common questions
Before you reach out
What does an Enrolled Agent do that a regular tax preparer can't?
An Enrolled Agent is licensed by the U.S. Department of the Treasury and has unlimited rights to represent taxpayers before the IRS — in audits, collections, and appeals, in any state. Most preparers who are not EAs, CPAs, or attorneys have only limited representation rights, and only for returns they personally prepared.
Do we have to meet in person?
No. The practice is set up to work entirely remotely. Documents are exchanged securely, returns are reviewed by video or phone, and signatures are handled electronically. Clients in all 50 states and overseas are served the same way.
How much does it cost?
Fees are flat and quoted up front based on the actual complexity of your return — the number of schedules, states, and entities involved. You will have the number in writing before any work begins, and it will not change unless the scope does.
I got a letter from the IRS. What should I do?
Do not ignore it, and do not call the IRS before you understand what the notice actually says. Most notices have a response deadline, and many are proposals rather than final determinations. Send us the notice and we will tell you what it means, what your options are, and whether it needs a response at all.
I have unfiled returns from prior years. Can you help?
Yes. Unfiled years are common and generally fixable. We reconstruct the missing years using IRS transcripts and whatever records you have, file them in the right order, and then address any resulting balance through the appropriate collection alternative.
Can you take over from my previous preparer mid-year?
Yes, and it is worth doing before year-end rather than in April. We will review the two most recent returns you have on file at no charge as part of the initial consultation, and tell you if anything looks like it should be amended.
Let's find out what you actually need.
A free consultation, a straight answer, and a flat-fee quote before anything starts. Most inquiries get a response within one business day.