Services

Practical tax support
from formation through exit

Corporate tax, R&D credits, international tax, state and local tax, founder tax, S-corp and partnership tax, and bookkeeping support.Corporate, international, state & local tax, R&D credits, and founder tax.

Who we're for

Who we work with

Growing companies and their founders — across the structures that get complicated fast.

C corporation

Startups

Venture-backed or bootstrapped, formation through exit.

Venture-backed

Funded companies

Priced rounds, growing teams, multi-state footprints.

Individual · Form 1040

Founder returns

Paired with the business return we file.

Foreign-owned · SMLLC

Foreign-owned U.S. entities

Inbound founders and disregarded LLCs.

Fixed fees • Year-round support

Support beyond filing.

From$3,400/ year

Final pricing depends on your complexity.

Tax preparation, planning, and questions throughout the year, all covered by one annual fee.

Founders in their first year may qualify for introductory pricing.

What we do

Tax and accounting, under one roof

Senior-level work across the areas that matter most to growing companies and the people who own them.

Business Tax

Federal and state income tax compliance and planning for growing companies.

Federal returns State returns Tax planning ES payments Delaware franchise tax

R&D Credits

R&D credit studies and research expense analysis - included in the tax prep or stand-alone.

R&D studies Payroll tax credits Documentation Audit support §174 planning

International Tax

Foreign subsidiaries, contractors abroad, and the cross-border reporting. Foreign-owned SMLLC reporting. FBAR.

Contractors FBAR Form 5471 Form 5472

State Nexus & Compliance

Nexus studies, registrations, and the multi-state compliance that comes with selling and hiring across state lines.

Nexus studies Registrations Sales tax consultation Apportionment Exposure reviews Remote-team compliance

Founder & Owner Tax

Personal returns, equity, and the decisions that connect the company to the people who own it — especially around an exit.

1040s QSBS planning Equity compensation Estimated taxes Exits

Transaction & Growth Advisory

Entity selection, business acquisitions, fundraising readiness, tax elections, and planning for major business milestones.

Entity selection Business acquisitions Fundraising readiness Tax elections Milestone planning

Advisory & Support

A partner on call between filings — for the decisions that don't wait for tax season. Fundraising, equity, an acquisition offer, or the IRS notice that just landed.

Proactive planning M&A questions Equity & cap table Notices

S Corp & Partnerships

Flow-through entities and K-1s: elections, allocations, basis tracking, and the owner-level mechanics behind them.

S elections Reasonable compensation LLC conversions K-1s

Bookkeeping & Accounting Support

Full-service bookkeeping & strategic accounting support.

Monthly close Financial records Accounting infrastructure Ongoing support

Financial Planning

Financial planning and financial consulting services for growing businesses and their founders.

Financial modeling Cash flow planning Budgeting & forecasting Founder planning

When tax gets complicated

Depth for what comes next.

The technical work later-stage companies actually need — named plainly, handled in-house.

ASC 740Tax provision

Prepared and coordinated with your audit firm.

Multi-entityConsolidated returns

One reconciled return across entities and states.

Sec. 382Ownership-change studies

Protecting your NOLs through each round.

EquityStock-based compensation

The book-tax difference calculated and reconciled.

How we work

What working with us is like

We pair deep technical tax expertise with modern technology — so you get proactive advice, not just a tax return.

Direct access

Message your advisor.

Chat, Slack, email, or schedule a call — year-round, not just at filing time.

Talara client portal — a chat thread where an advisor and a founder work through a 1099-NEC question in plain language.
Talara client portal — a tax return request with a checklist of client tasks, each showing a clear status, and the assigned Talara representative alongside.

Always clear

You always know exactly what's needed.

Track your returns, upload what's needed, add your questions.

Fixed annual fees

Most engagements are scoped up front with a predictable annual fee, so you can focus on decisions instead of tracking billable hours.

Proactive guidance

When tax law changes or we spot an opportunity that affects you, we reach out — before it becomes a missed election or a deadline. You shouldn't have to track tax law yourself.

Founder-led oversight

Every engagement receives senior-level attention from experienced tax professionals who remain involved throughout the work.

How we work

Work with us your way

One relationship. One place for messages, documents, and progress.

Common questions

Questions founders ask us

Absolutely. Tax questions rarely arrive on a predictable schedule — they come up when you're hiring, raising capital, issuing equity, expanding into a new state, or making a decision that affects the business. That's why our clients have access to us throughout the year, not just at filing season.

Most clients hear from us the same business day. We communicate by email, Slack, phone, text, or the client dashboard — whichever fits the situation. Getting an answer shouldn't be harder than the question itself.

You'll work directly with the professionals on your account, never a generic support inbox.

That's common.

We regularly work alongside bookkeepers, controllers, fractional CFOs, and internal finance teams. Where possible, we coordinate with them directly and gather what we need from existing systems rather than routing everything through the founder.

The goal is to keep tax as low-friction as possible while keeping everyone aligned.

It depends on the level of activity.

For companies with very limited activity, we can often work from bank statements and other records to help get the return filed.

For businesses with more substantial activity, accurate financials are usually a prerequisite for tax preparation. In those cases, we can coordinate with your bookkeeper — or help connect you with bookkeeping support — before the return is prepared.

Yes.

We prepare Delaware franchise tax reports for our clients and provide the completed filing for your review and submission. We also review the calculation method to help ensure you're not paying more Delaware franchise tax than necessary.

No.

Tax returns, technical tax work, and tax advice are prepared and reviewed in the United States by experienced US tax professionals.

We may use administrative support for certain operational tasks, but tax analysis, tax advice, and return review remain with our US team.

We focus on the information that actually matters — not long, generic checklists.

When access is available, we pull information directly from bookkeeping, payroll, cap table, and other systems instead of asking you to download reports we can obtain ourselves.

Get started

Let's start with a conversation.

Most engagements begin with a short conversation. We'll learn about your company, answer initial questions, and tell you where we think we can help.