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Since there are a multitude of additional possible forms which may apply to your unique situation, the preparation of those additional forms are not included in the base price. Therefore, the overall price will depend on how many additional forms, schedules and services will be required to prepare a proper return.\r\n\r\nTo the best of our knowledge, we are the only firm which offers our clients a choice of pricing choices through service levels for business income tax preparation services. Based on your preferences and budget, you have the choice and control on how comprehensive you want your income tax returns prepared within your annual revenue range. 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height: 113px;\" src=\"/photogallery/photo00025835/Boot%20Camp%20CPE%20Certificate,%20cleared.JPG\" alt=\" Certificate of Completion of Results Accounts\' Systems International Training Academy for Accountants\' Boot Camp for Small Business\" /></a>Certificate of Completion of Results Accounts\' Systems International Training Academy for Accountants\' Boot Camp for Small Business</strong>\r\n\r\nCurriculum on Small Business Development Strategic and Tactical Systems and Strategies for Profit Improvement, Business Systemization and Development of Sustainable, Unique Competive Advantages, Team Training, Adoption of a Business Culture of Excellence and Adaption to Postive Change\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<a href=\"/Focus%20TK%20Cert.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"/photogallery/photo00025835/Focus%20TK%20Cert.jpg\" alt=\"Certificate of Completion of True North International Training Academy for Expanded Boot Camp Systems and Strategies\" width=\"124\" height=\"94\" /></a><strong>Certificate of Completion of True North International Training Academy for Expanded Boot Camp Systems and Strategies</strong>\r\n\r\nEmphasizing Small Business Strategic Planning Through a Unique Process of Identifying Multiple Options for Consideration, Prioritizing the Planned Strategies and Development of Action Plans to Implement Improvements.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"/Results%20Revisited%201998.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"/photogallery/photo00025835/Results%20Revisited%201998.jpg\" alt=\"Certificate of Completion of Results Accounts\' Systems International Update Academy\" width=\"124\" height=\"93\" /></a>Certificate of Completion of Results Accounts\' Systems International Update Academy</strong>\r\n\r\nTwo-day update academy on latest releases, updates and improvements on original Boot Camp academy, including updated training videos, performance evaluation and diagnotic software, methods and techniques from Boot Camp graduate firms internationally\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"/AVA%20Certificate.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"/photogallery/photo00025835/AVA%20Certificate.jpg\" alt=\"Business Appraisal Designation as an Accredited Valuation Analyst (AVA) by the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" /></a>Business Appraisal Designation as an Accredited Valuation Analyst (AVA) by the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts</strong>\r\n\r\nThe designation of Accredited Valuation Analyst is awarded qualfied candidates who have completed a rigorous series of specific coursework, have a four-year college degree in an accounting or a business discipline, passed a rigorous examination on theory and methodology, submitted and passed qualified of a full, formal valuation report, and have earned qualified experience in a minimum of ten business valuation assignments.\r\n\r\nBusiness value is fundamentally based on the future earning power of the enterprise modified by the estimated risk associated with attaining that future earnings stream. 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We do not cut corners or tax chances on challenging established tax law, procedures or practices.\r\n\r\nSome taxpayers have been mislead to assume that former IRS agents have a superior advantage because they may know the \"loopholes\" and internal weaknesses of the IRS which can result in favorable benefits to taxpayers.\r\n\r\nOther taxpayers have experienced the opposite where former IRS agents have imposed arbitrary, unlawful or severe unfounded interpretations of income tax law which unfairly and illegally result in higher than proper income tax levels by using fear tactics and bluster.\r\n\r\nHowever, it is more often the case that former IRS agents may not be as familiar with tax law and practice to truly be an advocate for their clients, as they have developed either a bias against client advocacy or have not yet developed the knowledge, skills, training, judgment or wisdom to correctly apply correct tax law and case law to serve their client\'s best interest by correctly computing the legally-minimum income tax.\r\n\r\nThere is a higher risk that former IRS agents may cause the imposition of incorrect or unfounded income taxes because of their prior experience does not serve to prepare them as client advocates where the tax law is unclear or flexibilities permit differing interpretations which may favor the taxpayer.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:\r\n</span></em>We have a formal education and a four-year university degree in accounting so we know how to apply accounting and tax law concepts to your unique circumstances.</strong>\r\n\r\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong></em>\r\n<strong>You can be sure your income tax returns reflect the lowest possible income tax because we will select with you the optimum married filing status and provide a report to inform you of the alternative filing status.</strong>\r\n\r\nMarried taxpayers have a choice to file 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We pioneered our unique combination of expanded numerical and narrative content in your income tax returns as an effective strategy to deter income tax audits.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Specialists Experts in Income Taxes and Accounting</strong></span></h4>\r\nWe\'re specialists in personal and business income tax services and related accounting issues which bear on your income taxes. We do not dilute our attention on distractions to take advantage of our relationship to act as real estate agents, insurance brokers, securities salespeople, notaries, mortgage brokers, secretarial services or other sidelines. We\'re dedicated to relevant fields of related endeavors to assist you in meeting your goals, in part, as dedicated experts and specialists in income tax reduction, income tax audit deterrence, income tax penalty avoidance and income tax return preparation.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Experts in Both Individuals and Small Businesses</strong></span></h4>\r\nOur income tax services cover both individuals and small businesses. Both individual and business income tax returns are very thoroughly prepared with special attention to <strong>avoiding any questions or mysteries on your income tax returns, which might trigger an otherwise preventable income tax audit.</strong>\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Why Income Tax Audit Deterrence Matters</strong></span></h4>\r\nGenerally, most tax preparers have everything to gain by ignoring tax audit deterrence measures because they are expecting to be engaged to assist the taxpayer in the audit process, requiring substantial fees. By contrast, we would rather prepare thorough tax returns at the outset than defend a poorly-prepared tax return in an IRS audit. That way, we are always operating in our client\'s best interests, with no conflicts based on fee revenue.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Small Business Specialists with Small Business Experience</strong></span></h4>\r\nWe are small business specialists. We have gained our experience in small business CPA firms before launching our own firm over 30 years ago, so our training, orientation and experience are all consistently relevant to your small business.\r\n\r\nBeware of CPAs who brag about large \"big-4\" CPA firm backgrounds in an attempt to create a false marketing strategy to impress small business owners. Just the opposite is true. Most clients of large big-4 CPA firms are usually themselves large or international corporations which require sophisticated solutions and can afford the resultant exotic fee structure. Large CPA firm experience is NOT relevant to small businesses.\r\n\r\nOur specialized income tax services for small businesses include corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships and sole proprietors. Our clients range from emerging companies to established multimillion dollar corporations in a full range of industry types, including manufacturing, distribution, the trades, retail stores, services and the professions.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Pioneers of Audit Deterrence Measures</span></strong></h4>\r\nOur tax returns have historically had a very favorable acceptance rate with the IRS and the state taxing agencies because we are absolutely determined to be thorough and accurate in our income tax preparation procedures.\r\n\r\nWe leave nothing to chance, take no reckless risks for exposing potential areas open to question, fully explain and support the tax positions we adopt so the IRS and state taxing agencies realize we have the tax law and theory researched and properly applied to our clients tax issues. In many cases we cite tax law and court cases in the return itself.\r\n\r\nWe take the initiative to disclose an extraordinary level of detail in the numerical content of your tax returns and back it up with carefully written narrative supplemental information, presented in advance, thus reducing the need for the IRS to have to audit the returns to determine if the correct tax treatment was used and if the correct numbers were properly classified.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Comprehensive Tax Reduction Measures</strong></span></h4>\r\nMoreover, we have the knowhow to inquire about potential tax reduction issues and evaluate their relevance to your specific income tax situation, so you\'ll know in advance that your income taxes have been prepared in accordance with the latest tax laws and regulations to keep you safe from IRS audit harassment techniques and to minimize your tax burden at the same time. Moreover, your income tax returns will be prepared with the greatest care in protecting you from the menace of preventable IRS income tax penalties whenever possible.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Tax Preparer Professional Education Requirements Superior to CPAs</span></strong></h4>\r\nYour tax returns will be prepared by a California Registered Tax Preparer (CRTP), covered by a performance bond, which CPAs in California do not offer. Also, CPAs are not required to update their income tax knowledge and stay current with continuing professional income tax education to renew their CPA license. CPAs are required to complete 80 hours of education every two years, but none of it is required to involve income taxation. By contrast, CRTPs are required to renew their California state registration every year, required to maintain a consumer protection bond, and are required to complete a minimum of 20 hours of tax education to qualify for renewal. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/crtp-vs-cpa/\">Learn more...</a></span>\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Your Taxes Will Be Prepared in Orange County (OC), CA</strong></span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong> (Not in India or the Philippines)</strong></span></h4>\r\nYour income tax returns will NOT be outsourced for preparation to foreign countries. Many tax preparers do so without disclosing that fact to their clients. By contract, all your income tax work will be prepared on a hands-on basis in Orange County (OC) by the principal of the firm, Tom Kalajian, who has earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting, has expertise in over 92 industries, and is broadly experienced as a seasoned, proven tax professional, an accredited business appraiser and a qualified profit improvement specialist.\r\n\r\nWe employ no junior staff or delegate income tax preparation to other preparers. There are no levels of management or bureaucratic quagmires to go through. You will have direct and responsive access to your tax professional without delay or diversions.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Choice of Service Levels</strong></span></h4>\r\nWe offer a range of service options which are priced according to the level of service you prefer. 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CPAs take a 4 hour exam on federal taxation only, only once in their career, and the examination does not include California tax law or procedure.\r\n\r\nCPAs are not required to update their income tax knowledge and stay current with continuing professional income tax education to renew their CPA license. CPAs are required to complete 80 hours of education every two years, but none of it is required to involve either federal or California income taxation.\r\n\r\nBy contrast, CRTPs are required to renew their California state registration every year and are required to complete a minimum of 20 hours of tax education, involving both federal and California tax laws and procedure, to qualify for renewal. Registration must be completed and renewed every year.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>CRTP Professional Client Protection Compared to CPAs</strong></span></h4>\r\nYour tax returns will be prepared by a California Registered Tax Preparer (CRTP), covered by a $5,000 consumer protection bond, which CPAs do not offer.\r\n\r\nIn the event of an incompetent CPA, no performance bond is available to compensate a client who has wrongfully suffered damages.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>CRTP Professional Service Choices Compared to CPAs</strong></span></h4>\r\nYour tax returns will be prepared by a California Registered Tax Preparer (CRTP), who is not prohibited by restrictive CPA regulations to provide a wide variety of services with flexible compensation options for your convenience. 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style=\"color: #000080;\">Prior-year income tax returns</span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Income tax returns for all states which impose income or franchise taxes</strong>\r\n<ul style=\"font-size: 0.9rem;\">\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Individual income tax returns</span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Small business income tax returns</span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Amended income tax returns</span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Prior-year income tax returns</span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Catch up on prior year income tax returns going back to 1990</strong>\r\n<ul style=\"font-size: 0.9rem;\">\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Individual income tax returns</span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Small business income tax returns</span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Preparation of amended income tax returns</strong>\r\n<ul style=\"font-size: 0.9rem;\">\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Individual income tax returns (form 1040X and California form 540X)</span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Small business income tax returns</span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>','Income Tax Services','','publish','closed','closed','','taxes','','','2016-12-30 16:38:22','2016-12-30 16:38:22','',8,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/?page_id=64',9,'page','',0),(65,1,'2016-12-23 23:18:45','2016-12-23 23:18:45','','Income Tax Services','','inherit','closed','closed','','64-revision-v1','','','2016-12-23 23:18:45','2016-12-23 23:18:45','',64,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/64-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(66,1,'2016-12-23 23:19:51','2016-12-23 23:19:51','<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><img class=\"size-medium alignright\" src=\"/j0399543.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"176\" />The Problem</strong></span>\r\n\r\nMost business owners do not understand how to use financial statements to manage their businesses \"by the numbers.\"\r\n\r\nInstead, they use substitute indicators which betray them, such as amount of cash in the bank. This often has little to do with profitability and the resulting taxes.\r\n\r\nSome business owners believe that the faster you grow the better. However, studies show that companies can grow themselves into bankruptcy because they run out of cash and working capital.\r\n\r\nFinancial tools can help avoid disaster and guide owners toward greater profitability, cash flow and independence from the drudgery of petty problem solving.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>\r\n<img class=\"alignright\" src=\"/j0309600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"84\" height=\"118\" />The Result</strong></span>\r\n\r\nOver 93% of businesses fail because of mismanagement. Of those that failed, over half were profitable, but failed because of mismanagement of cash flow. Source: Dunn and Bradstreet\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>\r\n<img class=\"alignright\" src=\"/j0400296.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"123\" height=\"154\" />The Cause</strong></span>\r\n\r\nThe \"bean counter\" mentality... Most traditional CPAs insist on performing obsolete practices by preparing financial statements in a format which most business owners do not understand and cannot use to improve their financial condition.\r\n\r\nThe reason? \"That\'s the way we\'ve always done it.\"\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"/j0284901.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"173\" />The Solution</strong></span>\r\n\r\nProvident Professional Services has developed a simple way to communicate financial information for non-accountants. We have a consistent history where business owners can use our reports to manage their businesses to help control costs, increase profits and improve cash flow.','Why Businesses Fail','','publish','closed','closed','','why-businesses-fail','','','2018-04-18 00:40:41','2018-04-18 00:40:41','',47,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/?page_id=66',0,'page','',0),(67,1,'2016-12-23 23:19:51','2016-12-23 23:19:51','','Why Businesses Fail','','inherit','closed','closed','','66-revision-v1','','','2016-12-23 23:19:51','2016-12-23 23:19:51','',66,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/66-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(68,1,'2016-12-23 23:20:08','2016-12-23 23:20:08','<strong>Accelerated depreciation.</strong> A depreciation method that allows larger deductions in the early years of an asset\'s \"life\" and smaller deductions at the end of the period. (See \"Straight-line depreciation.\")\r\n\r\n<strong>Accrual method (or accrual basis).</strong> One of two main accounting methods for determining when a transaction has tax significance. The accrual method says that a transaction is taxed when an obligation to pay or a right to receive payment is created (for example, at the time products are delivered, services rendered, billings sent, etc.). This method is used by all but the smallest businesses. (See \"Cash method (or cash basis).\")\r\n\r\n<strong>Adjusted basis.</strong> The cost of property (or a substitute figure-see \"Basis\") with adjustments made to account for depreciation (in the case of business property), improvements (in the case of real estate), withdrawals or reinvestment (in the case of securities, funds, accounts, insurance or annuities), etc. Adjusted basis is part of the computation for determining gain or loss on a sale or exchange and for depreciation.\r\n\r\n<strong>Adjusted gross income.</strong> The amount of income considered actually \"available\" to be taxed. Adjusted gross income is gross income reduced principally by business expenses incurred to earn the income and other specified reductions (such as alimony).\r\n\r\n<strong>Alternative minimum tax.</strong> An alternative tax system that says: your tax shall not go below this level. The alternative minimum tax works by negating (or minimizing) the effects of tax preferences or loopholes.\r\n\r\n<strong>Amortization.</strong> The write-off of an amount spent for certain capital assets, similar to depreciation. This tax meaning is different from the common meaning of the term that describes, for example, payment schedules of loans.\r\n\r\n<strong>Applicable Federal Rates (AFRs).</strong> Minimum interest rates that must be charged on various transactions that involve payments over a number of years. If the parties to a transaction do not adhere to these rates, the IRS will impute the interest. (See \"Imputed interest.\")\r\n\r\n<strong>At-risk rules.</strong> Rules that limit an investor\'s deductible losses from an investment to the amount invested. Complications arise when investors finance their investment through loans that they are not personally on the hook for (nonrecourse financing). Without these rules, investors could raise their deduction limit considerably without being at-risk for the actual loss.\r\n\r\n<strong>Basis.</strong> The starting point for computing gain or loss on a sale or exchange of property or for depreciation. (See \"Adjusted basis.\") For property that is purchased, basis is its cost. The basis of inherited property is its value at the date of death (or alternative valuation date). The basis of property received as a gift or a nontaxable transaction is based on the adjusted basis of the transferor (with some adjustments). Special rules govern property transferred between corporations and their shareholders, partners and their partnership, etc.\r\n\r\n<strong>Cafeteria plan.</strong> A plan maintained by an employer that allows employees to select from a menu of taxable and nontaxable benefits.\r\n\r\n<strong>Capital expenditures.</strong> Amounts spent to acquire or improve assets with useful lives of more than one year. These expenditures may not be deducted, but are added to the basis of the property (See \"Adjusted basis.\") and, for business property, may be converted into deductions through depreciation or amortization.\r\n\r\n<strong>Capital gain or loss.</strong> Gain or loss from the sale or exchange of investment property, personal property (such as a home) or other \"capital asset,\" which is often entitled to preferential tax treatment.\r\n\r\n<strong>Carrybacks and carryforwards.</strong> Deductions that may be transferred to a year other than the current year because they exceeded certain limits. These deductions are typically carried back to earlier years first and, if they exceed the limits for those years, are then carried forward to later years until the deduction is used up. Charitable contributions and net operating losses are examples of deductions that may be carried back or forward.\r\n\r\n<strong>Cash method (or cash basis).</strong> One of two main accounting methods for determining when a transaction has tax significance. The cash method says that a transaction is taxed when payment is made. This method is used by most individuals. (See \"Accrual method (or accrual basis).\")\r\n\r\n<strong>Community property.</strong> A system governing spousal ownership of property and income that is the law in certain western and southern states and Wisconsin. The differences between community property and \"common law\" can change how federal tax law applies to spouses. For example: married taxpayers filing separately in a common law state do not have to report income earned by the other spouse. They do have to report income earned in a community property state.\r\n\r\n<strong>Deferred compensation.</strong> An arrangement that allows an employee to receive part of a year\'s pay in a later year and not be taxed in the year the money was earned.\r\n\r\n<strong>Depletion.</strong> A system similar to depreciation that allows the owner of natural resources (for example: a coal mine or an oil well) to deduct a portion of the cost of the asset during each year of its presumed productive life.\r\n\r\n<strong>Depreciation.</strong> A system that allows a business or individual to deduct a portion of the cost of an asset (\"recover its cost\") during each year of its predetermined \"life\" (or \"recovery period\").\r\n\r\n<strong>Earned income.</strong> Income earned by working for it. Interest, dividends and other kinds of profits are examples of unearned income.\r\n\r\n<strong>Earned income credit.</strong> A tax credit available to individuals with low earned income. An individual is entitled to the full amount of this credit even if it exceeds the amount of tax otherwise due.\r\n\r\n<strong>Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP).</strong> A type of profit-sharing plan in which benefits come in the form of stock in the employer.\r\n\r\n<strong>Estimated tax.</strong> Quarterly down payments on a year\'s taxes that are required (on April 15, June 15, September 15, and January 15) if the total year\'s taxes will exceed $1,000 and the amount is not covered by withholding.\r\n\r\n<strong>Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA).</strong> Social security taxes (for both old-age, survivors and disability insurance-OASDI-and Medicare).\r\n\r\n<strong>Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA).</strong> Unemployment taxes.\r\n\r\n<strong>Filing status.</strong> One of four tax ranks determined by your marital status, your dependents and the way you file your tax return: (1) single, (2) married filing jointly, (3) married filing separately and (4) head of household. Filing status determines your tax rates and your eligibility for various tax benefits (for example: alimony deduction, IRA deduction, standard deduction, etc.).\r\n\r\n<strong>First-in, first-out (FIFO).</strong> A rule that applies to the sale of part of a group of similar items (such as inventory, shares of the same stock, etc.) that assumes the first ones acquired were the first ones sold. This is important if the items in the group were acquired or manufactured at different times or for different costs. The rule may be overridden by identifying the specific item sold, if possible. (See \"Last-in, first-out (LIFO).\")\r\n\r\n<strong>Generation-skipping transfer tax.</strong> An extra tax on gifts or on-death transfers of money or property that would otherwise escape the once-per-generation transfer taxes that apply to gifts and estates. For example: a gift from a grandfather to a granddaughter skips a generation and might be subject to this tax.\r\n\r\n<strong>Golden parachutes.</strong> Bonuses payable to key executives in the event control of their corporation changes, as in the case of a takeover. \"Excess\" golden parachute payments are subject to tax penalties.\r\n\r\n<strong>Gross income.</strong> All income that might be subject to tax. Most \"realized\" increases in wealth are considered income. The main exceptions for individuals are gifts, inheritances, increases in value of property prior to sale, loan repayments and some personal injury awards. For businesses, investments in their capital are not considered income.\r\n\r\n<strong>Head of household.</strong> A filing status available to qualifying single parents (or others supporting certain dependents) that allows lower taxes than the normal rates for singles.\r\n\r\n<strong>Imputed interest.</strong> A portion of a future payment that is treated as interest if parties to the transaction do not provide a stated amount of interest at a rate acceptable to the IRS. (See \"Applicable Federal Rates (AFRs).\") This prevents improper use of certain tax advantages (capital gains rates or tax deferral). For example: if a business sells an asset on the installment basis, part of all future payments is treated as interest whether the transaction states it or not.\r\n\r\n<strong>Incentive stock option.</strong> A stock option that may be granted to an employee under tax-favored terms.\r\n\r\n<strong>Itemized deductions.</strong> Personal deductions that may be taken if they total more than the standard deduction. (See \"Standard deduction.\") The following deductions are then itemized or listed on Schedule A of Form 1040: medical expenses, charitable contributions, state and local taxes, home mortgage interest, real estate taxes, casualty losses, unreimbursed employee expenses, investment expenses and others.\r\n\r\n<strong>Investment credit.</strong> A credit against tax available for investment in a limited range of business property. The general investment credit was repealed in 1986, but this type of credit has been enacted and repealed repeatedly throughout history.\r\n\r\n<strong>Involuntary conversion.</strong> The conversion of property into money under circumstances beyond the control of the owner. For example: (1) property that is destroyed and \"converted\" into an insurance settlement or (2) property that is seized by the government and \"converted\" into a condemnation award. Owners may avoid tax on any gain that may result (if the insurance settlement or condemnation award exceeds the adjusted basis of the property) by reinvesting in similar property within certain time limits.\r\n\r\n<strong>Joint return.</strong> An optional filing status available to married taxpayers that offers generally (but not always) lower taxes than \"married filing separately.\"\r\n\r\n<strong>Keogh plan.</strong> A retirement plan available to self-employed individuals.\r\n\r\n<strong>Last-in, first-out (LIFO).</strong> A rule that applies to the sale of part of a group of similar items in an inventory that assumes the last ones acquired were the first ones sold. This is important if the items in the group were acquired or manufactured at different times or for different costs. (See \"First-in, first-out (FIFO).\")\r\n\r\n<strong>Like-kind exchanges.</strong> Tax-free swaps of investment property. Commonly used for real estate.\r\n\r\n<strong>Limited liability company (LLC).</strong> A legal structure that allows a business to be taxed like a partnership but function generally like a corporation. An LLC offers members (among other things) protection against liability for claims against the business that is not available in a partnership.\r\n\r\n<strong>Listed property.</strong> Property listed in the tax code or by the IRS that must comply with special rules before depreciation may be claimed. Cars and personal computers are examples of listed property. The special rules are designed to prevent deductions where the property is used for personal rather than business purposes.\r\n\r\n<strong>Medical Spending Accounts (MSAs).</strong> An investment fund similar to an IRA that can be used to pay more routine medical expenses, when used in conjunction with \"high-deductible\" health insurance, which pays the big bills. Only 750,000 of these MSAs are available nationwide under a pilot program that runs through the year 2000. To qualify, you have to be self-employed or employed by a small employer that offers the program.\r\n\r\n<strong>Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS).</strong> The system for computing depreciation for most business assets.\r\n\r\n<strong>Net operating loss.</strong> The excess of business expenses over income. A business may apply a net operating loss to get a refund of past taxes (or a reduction of future taxes) by carrying it back to profitable years as an additional deduction (or by carrying it forward as a deduction to future years).\r\n\r\n<strong>Original issue discount (OID).</strong> The purchase discount offered on some bonds (and similar obligations) in lieu of interest. For example: zero-coupon bonds. OID is generally treated as interest income to the holder rather than as a capital gain.\r\n\r\n<strong>Passive activity loss (PAL).</strong> Loss on an investment that is deductible only up to the limit of gains from similar investments. The limit mainly affects tax shelters and does not apply to stocks, bonds or investments in businesses in which the investor materially participates. Special rules apply to investments in real estate.\r\n\r\n<strong>Qualified plan.</strong> A retirement or profit-sharing plan that meets requirements about who must be covered, the amount of benefits that are paid, information that must be given to plan participants, etc. Qualified plans are entitled to tax benefits unavailable to nonqualified plans.\r\n\r\n<strong>Real estate investment trust (REIT).</strong> A kind of \"mutual fund\" that invests in real estate rather than stocks and bonds.\r\n\r\n<strong>Real estate mortgage investment conduit (REMIC).</strong> A kind of \"mutual fund\" that invests in real estate mortgages rather than stocks and bonds.\r\n\r\n<strong>Recapture.</strong> The undoing of a tax benefit if certain requirements are not met in future years. For example: (1) The low-income housing credit may be recaptured or added back to tax if the credit property ceases to be used as low-income housing for a minimum number of years. (2) The alimony deduction may be retroactively lost or recaptured if payments do not continue at the requisite level for a minimum number of years.\r\n\r\n<strong>Regulated investment company (RIC).</strong> A mutual fund.\r\n\r\n<strong>Rollover.</strong> The tax-free termination of one investment and reinvestment of the proceeds. For example: An individual may roll over a lump-sum distribution from an employer\'s retirement plan into an IRA.\r\n\r\n<strong>S corporation.</strong> A corporation with no more than 35 shareholders that is not taxed, but treated similarly to a partnership, if other requirements are met.\r\n\r\n<strong>Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees (SIMPLE plans).</strong> A simplified retirement arrangement for small businesses that comes in two varieties: one similar to a 401(k) plan and one that funds IRAs for employees.\r\n\r\n<strong>Standard deduction.</strong> A deduction allowed individuals instead of listing or itemizing deductible personal expenses. (See \"Itemized deductions.\") The amount depends on the individual\'s filing status. Additional amounts are available for taxpayers who are blind or are age 65 or over. Individuals may deduct either their standard deduction or the total of their itemized deductions, whichever is greater.\r\n\r\n<strong>Straight-line depreciation.</strong> A depreciation method that allows equal deductions in each year of an asset\'s \"life\" or recovery period. (See \"Accelerated depreciation.\")\r\n\r\n<strong>Swaps, tax-free.</strong> (1) Exchanges of like-kind property that result in no capital gains tax (commonly used for real estate). (2) Sales and repurchases of stock (or other securities) designed to realize a tax loss without discontinuing the investment. Transactions must comply with the wash sale rules to be effective. (See \"Wash sales.\")\r\n\r\n<strong>Taxable income.</strong> What is left after all deductions are taken. This is the amount upon which tax is computed.\r\n\r\n<strong>Taxpayer identification number (TIN).</strong> In the case of an individual, the Social Security number. In the case of a business (even an individual in business), the employer identification number.\r\n\r\n<strong>Top-heavy plan.</strong> An employee retirement or profit-sharing plan that disproportionately benefits top executives.\r\n\r\n<strong>Uniform capitalization rules (Unicap).</strong> A set of uniform rules for computing the cost of goods produced by a business that prevents current deductions for costs that must be capitalized (See \"Capital expenditures.\") or added to inventory.\r\n\r\n<strong>Wash sales.</strong> Simultaneous or near-simultaneous purchases and sales of the same property, usually stocks or bonds, made to generate deductible tax losses without discontinuing the investment. Losses on the transactions are ignored for tax purposes, however, unless a 30-day waiting period is observed between them.\r\n\r\n<strong>Withholding allowances.</strong> Adjustments made to assure correct withholding on wages for individuals who may have unusually large deductions or who may be subject to other special circumstances.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size:smaller;\">The information presented is only of a general nature, may omit many details and special rules, is current only as of its published date, and accordingly cannot be regarded as legal or tax advice. Please contact our office for more information on this subject and how it pertains to your specific tax or financial situation.</span>','Tax Glossary','','publish','closed','closed','','tax-glossary','','','2016-12-28 23:50:38','2016-12-28 23:50:38','',47,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/?page_id=68',0,'page','',0),(69,1,'2016-12-23 23:20:08','2016-12-23 23:20:08','','Tax Glossary','','inherit','closed','closed','','68-revision-v1','','','2016-12-23 23:20:08','2016-12-23 23:20:08','',68,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/68-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(70,1,'2016-12-23 23:20:32','2016-12-23 23:20:32','<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>CPI / Inflation Rate</strong></span>\r\n<script language=\"JavaScript\" src=\"http://www.inflationdata.com/Inflation/sharedcontent/insertCPI.js\"></script></h4>\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Current Consumer Price Index Table</span></strong>\r\n<script language=\"JavaScript\" src=\"http://www.inflationdata.com/Inflation/sharedcontent/insertCPItable.js\"></script></h4>\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Current Inflation Rate Table</strong></span>\r\n<script language=\"JavaScript\" src=\"http://www.inflationdata.com/Inflation/sharedcontent/insertINFLATIONtable.js\"></script></h4>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Source: Financial Trend Forecaster</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>\r\n</strong></span><strong>How Do I Calculate the Inflation Rate?</strong>\r\n\r\nThe following article explains how to calculate the current inflation rate, if you know the Consumer Price Index. If you don\'t know it, you can find it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://inflationdata.com/inflation/Consumer_Price_Index/HistoricalCPI.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">here</a></span>.\r\n\r\nIf you don\'t care about the mechanics and just want the answer, use our <a href=\"http://inflationdata.com/inflation/Inflation_Rate/InflationCalculator.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Inflation Calculator</span></a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Formula for Calculating Inflation</strong>\r\n\r\nThe formula for calculating the Inflation Rate using the Consumer Price Index is relatively simple. Every month the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) surveys prices and generates the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://inflationdata.com/inflation/Consumer_Price_Index/CurrentCPI.asp\" target=\"_blank\">current Consumer Price Index (CPI)</a></span>. Let us assume for the sake of simplicity that the index consists of one item and that one item cost $1.00 in 1984. The BLS published the index in 1984 at 100. If today that same item costs $1.85 the index would stand at 185.0\r\n\r\nBy looking at the above example, common sense would tell us that the index increased (it went from 100 to 185). The question is how much has it increased? To calculate the change we would take the second number (185) and subtract the first number (100). The result would be 85. So we know that since 1984 prices increased (Inflated) by 85 points.\r\n\r\nWhat good does knowing that it moved 85 do? Not much. We still need a method of comparison.\r\n\r\nSince we know the increase in the Consumer Price Index we still need to compare it to something, so we compare it to the price it started at (100). We do that by dividing the increase by the first price or 85/100. the result is (.85). This number is still not very useful so we convert it into a percent. To do that we multiply by 100 and add a % symbol.\r\n\r\nSo the result is an 85% increase in prices since 1984. That is interesting but (other than being the date of George Orwell\'s famous novel) to most people today 1984 is not particularly significant.\r\n\r\n<strong>Calculating a specific Inflation Rate</strong>\r\n\r\nNormally, we want to know how much prices have increased since last year, or since we bought our house, or perhaps how much prices will increase by the time we retire or our kids go to college.\r\n\r\nFortunately, The method of calculating Inflation is the same, no matter what time period we desire. We just substitute a different value for the first one. So if we want to know how much prices have increased over the last 12 months (the commonly published inflation rate number) we would subtract last year\'s index from the current index and divide by last year\'s number and multiply the result by 100 and add a % sign.\r\n\r\nThe formula for calculating the Inflation Rate looks like this:\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">((B - A)/A)*100</p>\r\nSo if exactly one year ago the Consumer Price Index was 178 and today the CPI is 185, then the calculations would look like this:\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">((185-178)/178)*100\r\n<em>or</em>\r\n(7/178)*100\r\n<em>or</em>\r\n0.0393*100</p>\r\nwhich equals 3.93% inflation over the sample year.\r\n(Not Actual Inflation Rates). For more information you may check the current Consumer Inflation Rate and Historical Inflation Rates in table format. Or if you believe a picture is worth a thousand words you may prefer the Annual Inflation Rate plotted in Chart format.\r\n\r\n<strong>What happens if prices went down?</strong>\r\n\r\nIf prices went down and we experienced Price Deflation then \"A\" would be larger than \"B\" and we would end up with a negative number. So if last year the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 189 and this year the CPI is 185 then the formula would look like this:\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">((185-189)/189)*100\r\n<em>or</em>\r\n(-4/189)*100\r\n<em>or</em>\r\n-0.021*100</p>\r\nwhich equals negative 2.11% inflation over the sample year. 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They come to us after realizing that cutting costs for small business bookkeeping and income tax services is false economy. Bargain bookkeeping and tax services lead to wasted time, wasted money and, often, lost opportunities for not being able to make sound business decisions because their bookkeeping was either not accurate, not detailed enough, not reliable or not up to date.\r\n\r\nSavvy business owners have learned that bargain hunting is not wise for fulfilling a mission-critical business function such as bookkeeping and tax services. (And, that\'s why inexperienced small business owners usually insist on price-shopping and selecting only bargain-priced bookkeepers and tax preparers.) Because we appeal to seasoned clients, we have the privilege of serving <em><strong>fabulous</strong></em> clients who recognize and appreciate what we do for them and how we do it for over 30 years.\r\n\r\nMoreover, bargain priced bookkeepers and tax preparers don\'t know enough about basic bookkeeping and business operations to realize that they don\'t have a sustainable fee structure. That means they do not have the experience to guide you in your business because they do not know their own business structure. And, they usually do not stay in business long enough to serve you in the long term.\r\n\r\nWe have frequently seen where bargain tax services have done the following:\r\n<ul style=\"font-size: 14.4px;\">\r\n <li>Cut corners</li>\r\n <li>Poor or no documentation showing their sources of data</li>\r\n <li>Entering information which the tax payer has not furnished</li>\r\n <li>Business losses entered for non-existent businesses</li>\r\n <li>Making up deductions about which the client had no knowledge</li>\r\n <li>Tax returns not signed, or signed by someone who was not the preparer</li>\r\n <li>Omit supporting information to explain tax treatments or deductions fully</li>\r\n <li>Make frequent mistakes</li>\r\n <li>Omit, disregard or under-report legitimate deductions</li>\r\n <li>Give bad or misleading advice</li>\r\n <li>Don\'t check their work</li>\r\n <li>Use bargain or home-based software which prepared or allowed inconsistent numbers from form to form</li>\r\n <li>Do not confirm tax treatment with legitimate tax research sources</li>\r\n <li>Prepare tax returns when they have not been registered with the State of California as required</li>\r\n <li>Misapply tax law</li>\r\n <li>Use the wrong tax forms (S corporation tax entity using a C corporation forms, etc.)</li>\r\n <li>Do not coordinate the personal and business tax returns</li>\r\n <li>Unknowingly or knowingly expose the client to preventable audit exposure</li>\r\n <li>Reckless tax strategies (S corporation showing little or no salaries to shareholder-employees, etc.)</li>\r\n <li>Create or prevent penalties and interest assessments (little or no attention to estimated tax payments for the following year, etc.)</li>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/\">Learn more...</a></span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\nClients tell us that their prior unsatisfactory bookkeeping experiences include:\r\n<ul style=\"font-size: 14.4px;\">\r\n <li>Wrong or inaccurate numbers on reports or books</li>\r\n <li>Untimely or missing reports</li>\r\n <li>Fines or penalties for omitted, late or inaccurate tax returns or agency reports</li>\r\n <li>Uncertainty about accuracy of sales tax, payroll tax or workers compensation reports</li>\r\n <li>Inability to produce certified payroll</li>\r\n <li>Can\'t get straight answers to simple questions about your books</li>\r\n <li>Sudden disappearances or departures of bookkeeper</li>\r\n <li>Not sure QuickBooks is set up correctly or working properly to full capacity</li>\r\n <li>Backlogged or incomplete work</li>\r\n <li>Forced bank reconciliations (plugging in fictitious numbers to falsify the reconciliation)</li>\r\n <li>Books out of balance forcing QuickBooks to generate temporary balancing accounts</li>\r\n <li>Refusal or inability to use modern methods to save time and money</li>\r\n <li>Not keeping up to date with advances and new time-saving technology</li>\r\n <li>Continuing confusion or errors on payroll and payroll tax returns</li>\r\n <li>Business transactions from owner\'s personal expenditures, credit cards, advances, loans or lines of credit not property incorporated into business books</li>\r\n <li>Petty cash not properly established, replenished or classified on books</li>\r\n <li>Depreciation not considered or incorporated in formal reports to owners for planning</li>\r\n <li>Duplicate work or meaningless repetitive work</li>\r\n <li>Over-utilization of time-consuming Excel or Word templates to do bookkeeping or financial functions available in QuickBooks</li>\r\n <li>Unaware or under-utilization of integrated business features in QuickBooks</li>\r\n <li>Unexplained balances, transactions or accounts</li>\r\n <li>Mysterious transactions or accounts set up</li>\r\n <li>Unavailability of costs by job, department, location or division</li>\r\n <li>Expenses and costs not segregated enough to determine costs to set prices properly</li>\r\n <li>Equity balances do not agree to prior year tax returns</li>\r\n <li>Unfamiliar with accounting on the cash basis or accrual basis for tax returns</li>\r\n <li>Not sure when an accounting event has occurred, so critical transactions could be omitted or entered in the wrong year</li>\r\n <li>Unfamiliar with basic bookkeeping principles, debits and credits, balancing, error detection, checking procedures and correct reconciliation procedures</li>\r\n <li>Payroll not entered or downloaded by individual employee for proper bank reconciliations</li>\r\n <li>Unfamiliar with downloading transactions from bank or credit card accounts</li>\r\n <li>Chart of accounts too lengthy, too short or incompatible with company operating basis</li>\r\n <li>Misclassification of expenses, income, loan proceeds, loans to or from owners, purchases or leases</li>\r\n <li>Omitted transactions, including business expenses paid personally by owners</li>\r\n <li>Frequent or recurring mistakes</li>\r\n <li>Accounts receivable or accounts payable do not agree to customer or vendor records</li>\r\n <li>Backwards balances in accounts or books (negative receivables, etc.)</li>\r\n <li>Increasing reliance on outside tax preparer for answering bookkeeping questions</li>\r\n <li>Unexplained heavy workload</li>\r\n <li>Inaccurate or nonsensical reports</li>\r\n <li>Unavailable information</li>\r\n <li>Continuous excuses for unexplained or unanswered questions</li>\r\n <li>Costs or expenses improperly classified</li>\r\n <li>Late or unexplained absent work or reports</li>\r\n <li>Unusually long time required to do basic or routine tasks</li>\r\n <li>Broken promises</li>\r\n <li>Unexplained increasing billing</li>\r\n <li>Continuous problems or errors</li>\r\n <li>Diminishing responsibility for incomplete tasks or missed deadlines</li>\r\n <li>Personal problems or family issues conflicting with work assignments</li>\r\n <li>Untidy or disorganized work area, files or documents</li>\r\n <li>Missing or unavailable company files or valuable documents</li>\r\n <li>Company source documents taken off work premises</li>\r\n <li>And more...</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nWe know bookkeeping, accounting and income tax services are a mission-critical function to developing accurate financial information for running your business by the numbers. Moreover, accurate bookkeeping and accounting is critical for reducing taxes and providing reliable information to support you if your tax returns are audited.\r\n\r\nWe\'re experts in QuickBooks bookkeeping, accounting and taxes for small businesses and individuals with expertise in over 92 industries with over 30 years of experience based in Orange County (OC), California. That means we know how to accurately assess your situation and quickly formulate a cost-effective service plan to accomplish your objectives.\r\n\r\nWe believe Mr. Ruskin had the right idea when he advised the following:\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignleft size-medium\" src=\"/j0314331.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"231\" /><span style=\"line-height:1.3em;\">\"It is unwise to pay too much, but it is worse to pay too little.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"line-height:1.3em;\">When you pay too much, you lose a little money - that is all.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"line-height:1.3em;\">When you pay too little you sometimes lose everything because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"line-height:1.3em;\">The common law of business balance prohibits paying too little and getting a lot - it cannot be done.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"line-height:1.3em;\">If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run, and if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better.\"</span>\r\n\r\n<strong>John Ruskin\r\n</strong><em>(1819-1900)\r\n</em><em>British Author, Artist, Essayist and Critic</em>','For Bargain Hunters','','publish','closed','closed','','for-bargain-hunters','','','2018-04-18 00:27:02','2018-04-18 00:27:02','',47,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/?page_id=72',0,'page','',0),(73,1,'2016-12-23 23:20:48','2016-12-23 23:20:48','','For Bargain Hunters','','inherit','closed','closed','','72-revision-v1','','','2016-12-23 23:20:48','2016-12-23 23:20:48','',72,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/72-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(74,1,'2016-12-23 23:21:11','2016-12-23 23:21:11','<strong><img class=\"alignright\" src=\"/images/TK%20IMG_0076%20-%20adjusted%20-%20small.jpg\" alt=\"Tom\" width=\"109\" height=\"164\" />Thomas Kalajian, BS, CRTP, AVA, ABAR</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>\r\nThomas Kalajian - <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">ABAR</span>, Accredited in Business Appraisal Review</strong>, was honored with Best Accredited in Business Appraisal Review Report Award for 2010 by the nationally-recognized pioneering business valuation accrediting organization, The Institute of Business Appraisers (IBA) on June 2, 2010 at the NACVA/IBA 2010 Annual Consultants\' Conference in Miami Beach, Florida.<img class=\"alignright\" src=\"/images/TK%20IBA%202010%20ABAR%20Award%20Plaque.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"111\" height=\"139\" />\r\n\r\nMr. Kalajian was one of the first 25 graduates to earn this advanced business valuation designation in 2009. His qualifying report scored by the Qualifications Review Committee included nuances which the Committee later adopted as Best Practices for proposed professional standards for review reporting.\r\n\r\n<strong>\r\nThomas Kalajian - <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">ABAR</span>, Accredited in Business Appraisal Review, 2009</strong>. This advanced business valuation credential is conferred by the Institute of Business Appraisers. It requires a 4-day rigorous full emersion workshop, examination, experience, pre-existing nationally-recognized business valuation designation and acceptance of a qualifying appraisal review report by the ABAR Qualifications Review Committee. The Qualifications Review Committee commended Mr. Kalajian\'s qualifying appraisal review report as advancing the best practices in appraisal review.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"/images/ABAR%20Certificate.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"150\" />The credential is the only one of its kind in existence among appraisal credentialing organizations. It formalizes and standardizes practices in procedures and report content and establishes the standard for all appraisal review reports. All applicants are required to sign an oath requiring adherence to ethical standards specific to the responsibility conferred to holders of this credential. Mr. Kalajian was among the first 25 accredited ABARs in existence.\r\n\r\n<strong>Thomas Kalajian - <a href=\"/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/crtp-vs-cpa/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">CRTP</a>, CTEC Registered Tax Preparer</strong>, Registration of California Tax Professionals by CTEC, California Tax Education Council and designated as a registered tax preparer by the Internal Revenue Service. Qualified professionals are awarded the designation of CRTP, which requires completion of comprehensive qualifying eligibility requirements, and thereafter, 20 hours of professional continuing education in taxation annually.<img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"/images/CTEC%20logo,%20cropped.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"100\" />\r\n\r\nThomas Kalajian\'s firm also provides Compiled financial statements and a broad spectrum of other financial services for individuals and privately-held businesses incorporating the accumulated experience of over 30 years in continuous operation of his firm.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"/AVA%20Certificate,%20landscape.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" />Thomas Kalajian - <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">AVA</span>, Accredited Valuation Analyst.</strong> This new business valuation credential is requires the most rigorous education, testing and experience requirements of the national credentialing organization, the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts.\r\n\r\nMore demanding than NACVA\'s original CVA credential, the AVA credential requires a 4 year university degree in finance and accounting, 2 years experience in valuation methodologies, and practical knowledge in the business valuation field.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"/TK%20BS%20Degree.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"154\" />Thomas Kalajian - Bachelor of Science, BS</strong>, degree in Business Administration. Mr. Kalajian\'s university education included successful studies in physics, chemistry and a major in business administration with a concentration in accounting.\r\n\r\nThe accountancy curriculum included Managerial Accounting, Cost Accounting, Intermediate Accounting, Advanced Accounting, Financial Auditing, Business Law and Federal Taxation. In addition, course work included Marketing, Finance, Statistical Analysis, Business Communications and both Micro- and Macro-Economics.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"/TK%20Mensa%20certificate.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"153\" />Thomas Kalajian - Mensa.</strong> American Mensa is part of an international membership society of individuals with IQs among the highest 2% of the population.\r\nIndividuals can apply for membership through the process of examination with qualifying scores, or become eligible for membership through other acceptable qualifying scores in equivalency examinations administered by any of the military branches of service.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"/TK%20Dog%20Tag.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"74\" />Thomas Kalajian - Viet Nam Veteran.</strong> Thomas fulfilled his military duty, serving in Viet Nam in the U.S. Army Signal Corps beginning in 1968. He graduated with honors from Signal School in 5th echelon multiplex radio repair as a Specialist 4th Class and an expert marksman with a Sharpshooter medal. His last duty assignment before honorable discharge was the Transportation Coordinator of I Corps quadrant, headquartered in Nha Trang, Viet Nam.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"/Tk%20at%20OCN%20anchor%20desk,%20ver%20a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"164\" />Thomas Kalajian - Television Broadcast Correspondent For 10 Years.</strong> Shown at the broadcast studios of OCN at the news anchor desk, Mr. Kalajian volunteered over 10 years of service to the Orange County (OC) California community from 1991 through 2001 by providing tax and management tips as the field correspondent for OCN, (Orange County (OC) Newschannel) Orange County (OC)\'s 24-hour cable news channel.\r\n\r\nOCN reached a base of over 2 million viewers in Orange County (OC), and Mr. Kalajian\'s broadcasts were consistently one of the highest rated segments based on favorable viewer telephone calls.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"/Focus%20TK%20Cert.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"151\" />Thomas Kalajian - Profit Improvement Specialist.</strong> Documented here also is Mr. Kalajian\'s career accomplishments from accounting graduate in 1971, to Certified Public Accountant, CPA, for over 25 years from 1975 to 2001, his commitment to intensive training in business development strategies beginning in 1995, his California state registered tax designation as a CRTP in 2001, and his further expansion to his valuation designation as an AVA in 2002 for preparing formal certified business valuation appraisal reports.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"/SBN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"202\" />Thomas Kalajian - Business Leader.</strong> Included as well is documentation showing his life-long commitment of service to the public, to his country during his military service and his pursuit of personal and professional excellence, traditional family values and high moral, committed to his professional mission and enduring core values.\r\nShown here is a plaque of appreciation to Tom Kalajian for his involvement as a member of the Board of Directors of the Small Business Network in Orange County (OC).','Tom\'s Qualifications','','publish','closed','closed','','toms-qualifications','','','2018-04-18 00:33:35','2018-04-18 00:33:35','',33,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/?page_id=74',1,'page','',0),(75,1,'2016-12-23 23:21:11','2016-12-23 23:21:11','','Tom\'s Qualifications','','inherit','closed','closed','','74-revision-v1','','','2016-12-23 23:21:11','2016-12-23 23:21:11','',74,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/74-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(76,1,'2016-12-23 23:21:31','2016-12-23 23:21:31','<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"/photogallery/photo00001062/Kathy%2002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"124\" height=\"156\" />Kathy</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>(949) 583 1040</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>EXPERT IN QUICKBOOKS SMALL BUSINESS BOOKKEEPING SERVICES AND SOLUTIONS</strong>\r\n\r\nCertified QuickBooks ProAdvisor (CQP), QuickBooks qualified tutor and trainer, full-charge bookkeeper and expert in QuickBooks bookkeeping, set up, reconstruction, repair and job costing, single and multiple-user environments, desk-top and on-line versions of QuickBooks, from versions 2006 through 2012.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"/photogallery/photo00001062/Kathy\'s%202007%20QB%20Cert%20Pro%20Advisor%20Certificate%20copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"96\" />Certificate of Completion for Requirements Satisfied for Accredidation as a Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor</strong>\r\n\r\nKathy\'s certification confirming that she has qualified as a QuickBooks ProAdvisor, awarded candidates who have undergone a rigorous regimine of study and passed qualifying examinations throughout the coursework as testimony to their mastery of the theory, methodology and practice of bookkeeping and the application of those skills to the QuickBooks software program for small business bookkeeping.','Kathy\'s Qualifications','','publish','closed','closed','','kathys-qualifications','','','2018-04-18 00:34:04','2018-04-18 00:34:04','',33,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/?page_id=76',2,'page','',0),(77,1,'2016-12-23 23:21:31','2016-12-23 23:21:31','','Kathy\'s Qualifications','','inherit','closed','closed','','76-revision-v1','','','2016-12-23 23:21:31','2016-12-23 23:21:31','',76,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/76-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(78,1,'2016-12-23 23:21:51','2016-12-23 23:21:51','<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Our experience base includes individuals, celebrities, senior executives, multi-million dollar corporations, small businesses, retirees, and professional practices.</p>\r\n\r\n<h4><img class=\"alignright\" src=\"/MACHINE.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"179\" />Manufacturers and Distributors</h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n <li>Plastics, metal, apparel, machine shops, computer memory and peripherals, software developers and packaging</li>\r\n <li>Automotive, aftercare and specialty products, health care products and publishing</li>\r\n <li>Jewelry, computer software and components</li>\r\n <li>Food distributors, warehousing and trucking</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h4>\r\nProfessionals</h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n <li><img class=\"alignright\" src=\"/j0409116.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"117\" height=\"176\" />Fine artists, actors, musicians and musical groups, celebrities, senior corporate executives, broadcast journalists and television news anchor persons, television station management and executives, and professional athletes</li>\r\n <li>Law firms, engineers, architects, designers and insurance agencies</li>\r\n <li>Professional associations and non-profit organizations</li>\r\n <li>Event planners, charity golf tournament organizers</li>\r\n <li>Physicians, dentists, physical therapists, veterinarians and chiropractors</li>\r\n <li>Medical laboratories, clinics and health supplements</li>\r\n <li>Clergy</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h4>Service Providers</h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n <li><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"/J0285009.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"132\" />Office leasing and executive suites, advertising, manufacturers representatives, print media and marketing</li>\r\n <li>Delivery, trucking and warehousing, personnel leasing and executive search firms</li>\r\n <li>Private schools, learning and self-help, loan packaging, loan brokers and loan companies</li>\r\n <li>Recording studios, computer service bureaus, shared satellite television systems</li>\r\n <li>Dry cleaners and service stations, real estate brokers and rental activities</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h4>Retailers and Wholesalers</h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n <li><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"/j0409078.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" />Auto parts, new and used, used auto dealers, antique dealers, 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service strategy moves beyond benchmarking other professionals and financial service peer practitioners.\r\n\r\nRather, in the larger scope of exceptional service models, our benchmarks are the great service corporations of American business, such as Disney Theme Parks, Federal Express, Southwest Airlines and other pioneering corporations whose culture and performance form the leading edge of the intense and innovative customer-focused movement.','Client Satisfaction','','publish','closed','closed','','client-satisfaction','','','2018-04-18 00:36:03','2018-04-18 00:36:03','',33,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/?page_id=80',4,'page','',0),(81,1,'2016-12-23 23:22:14','2016-12-23 23:22:14','','Client Satisfaction','','inherit','closed','closed','','80-revision-v1','','','2016-12-23 23:22:14','2016-12-23 23:22:14','',80,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/80-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(82,1,'2016-12-23 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Integration of Broad Strategic Services</span></strong></h5>\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"/j0406810.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"168\" />Thorough evaluation of your overall objectives are coordinated into an overall service plan from the multiple specialties provided by Provident Professional Services and its affiliated group of professional service firms.\r\n\r\nMultiple services are arranged, integrated and implemented according to your needs, budget and priorities. From tax structure to managerial accounting to business betterment strategies, Provident Professional Services provides a seamless, coordinated approach to improving financial conditions.\r\n\r\n(<a href=\"/PFS%20PDF%20Files/Provident%20Professional%20Group,%202006.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here to Download Services Chart</a>)\r\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img class=\"alignright\" src=\"/WATCH.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"162\" height=\"200\" /><strong>2. Timely Service</strong></span></h5>\r\nYour tax returns done well before the filing deadline, nearly always within 5 days from receiving your information, if not sooner.\r\n\r\nBusiness financial statements done usually within 5 days, if not sooner.\r\n\r\nYour telephone calls, faxes and emails returned in 4 business hours or sooner, whenever possible.\r\n<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">3. 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He graduated with honors from Signal School in 5th echelon multiplex radio repair as a Specialist 4th Class and an expert marksman with a Sharpshooter medal. His last duty assignment before honorable discharge was the Transportation Coordinator of I Corps quadrant, headquartered in Nha Trang, Viet Nam.\n\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"/Tk%20at%20OCN%20anchor%20desk,%20ver%20a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"164\" />Thomas Kalajian - Television Broadcast Correspondent For 10 Years.</strong> Shown at the broadcast studios of OCN at the news anchor desk, Mr. Kalajian volunteered over 10 years of service to the Orange County (OC) California community from 1991 through 2001 by providing tax and management tips as the field correspondent for OCN, (Orange County (OC) Newschannel) Orange County (OC)\'s 24-hour cable news channel.\n\nOCN reached a base of over 2 million viewers in Orange County (OC), and Mr. Kalajian\'s broadcasts were consistently one of the highest rated segments based on favorable viewer telephone calls.\n\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"/Focus%20TK%20Cert.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"151\" />Thomas Kalajian - Profit Improvement Specialist.</strong> Documented here also is Mr. Kalajian\'s career accomplishments from accounting graduate in 1971, to Certified Public Accountant, CPA, for over 25 years from 1975 to 2001, his commitment to intensive training in business development strategies beginning in 1995, his California state registered tax designation as a CRTP in 2001, and his further expansion to his valuation designation as an AVA in 2002 for preparing formal certified business valuation appraisal reports.\n\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/SBN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"202\" />Thomas Kalajian - Business Leader.</strong> Included as well is documentation showing his life-long commitment of service to the public, to his country during his military service and his pursuit of personal and professional excellence, traditional family values and high moral, committed to his professional mission and enduring core values.\nShown here is a plaque of appreciation to Tom Kalajian for his involvement as a member of the Board of Directors of the Small Business Network in Orange County (OC).','Tom\'s Qualifications','','inherit','closed','closed','','74-autosave-v1','','','2018-04-18 00:33:21','2018-04-18 00:33:21','',74,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/74-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(124,1,'2016-12-28 00:21:42','2016-12-28 00:21:42','<strong>\r\nThomas Kalajian, BS, CRTP, AVA, ABAR</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/images/TK%20IMG_0076%20-%20adjusted%20-%20small.jpg\" alt=\"Tom\" width=\"87\" height=\"130\" />Thomas Kalajian - <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">ABAR</span>, Accredited in Business Appraisal Review</strong>, was honored with Best Accredited in Business Appraisal Review Report Award for 2010 by the nationally-recognized pioneering business valuation accrediting organization, The Institute of Business Appraisers (IBA) on June 2, 2010 at the NACVA/IBA 2010 Annual Consultants\' Conference in Miami Beach, Florida.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright \" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/images/TK%20IBA%202010%20ABAR%20Award%20Plaque.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"111\" height=\"139\" />Mr. Kalajian was one of the first 25 graduates to earn this advanced business valuation designation in 2009. 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The Qualifications Review Committee commended Mr. Kalajian\'s qualifying appraisal review report as advancing the best practices in appraisal review.\r\nThe credential is the only one of its kind in existence among appraisal credentialing organizations. It formalizes and standardizes practices in procedures and report content and establishes the standard for all appraisal review reports. All applicants are required to sign an oath requiring adherence to ethical standards specific to the responsibility conferred to holders of this credential. Mr. Kalajian was among the first 25 accredited ABARs in existence.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/images/CTEC%20logo,%20cropped.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"100\" />Thomas Kalajian - <a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/What\'s_a_CRTP.htm\">CRTP</a>, CTEC Registered Tax Preparer</strong>, Registration of California Tax Professionals by CTEC, California Tax Education Council and designated as a registered tax preparer by the Internal Revenue Service. Qualified professionals are awarded the designation of CRTP, which requires completion of comprehensive qualifying eligibility requirements, and thereafter, 20 hours of professional continuing education in taxation annually.\r\nThomas Kalajian\'s firm also provides Compiled financial statements and a broad spectrum of other financial services for individuals and privately-held businesses incorporating the accumulated experience of over 30 years in continuous operation of his firm.\r\n\r\nThomas Kalajian - AVA, Accredited Valuation Analyst. This new business valuation credential is requires the most rigorous education, testing and experience requirements of the national credentialing organization, the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts.\r\nMore demanding than NACVA\'s original CVA credential, the AVA credential requires a 4 year university degree in finance and accounting, 2 years experience in valuation methodologies, and practical knowledge in the business valuation field.\r\n\r\nThomas Kalajian - Bachelor of Science, BS, degree in Business Administration. Mr. Kalajian\'s university education included successful studies in physics, chemistry and a major in business administration with a concentration in accounting.\r\n\r\nThe accountancy curriculum included Managerial Accounting, Cost Accounting, Intermediate Accounting, Advanced Accounting, Financial Auditing, Business Law and Federal Taxation. In addition, course work included Marketing, Finance, Statistical Analysis, Business Communications and both Micro- and Macro-Economics.\r\n\r\nThomas Kalajian - Mensa. American Mensa is part of an international membership society of individuals with IQs among the highest 2% of the population.\r\nIndividuals can apply for membership through the process of examination with qualifying scores, or become eligible for membership through other acceptable qualifying scores in equivalency examinations administered by any of the military branches of service.\r\n\r\nThomas Kalajian - Viet Nam Veteran. Thomas fulfilled his military duty, serving in Viet Nam in the U.S. Army Signal Corps beginning in 1968. He graduated with honors from Signal School in 5th echelon multiplex radio repair as a Specialist 4th Class and an expert marksman with a Sharpshooter medal. His last duty assignment before honorable discharge was the Transportation Coordinator of I Corps quadrant, headquartered in Nha Trang, Viet Nam.\r\n\r\nThomas Kalajian - Television Broadcast Correspondent For 10 Years. Shown at the broadcast studios of OCN at the news anchor desk, Mr. Kalajian volunteered over 10 years of service to the Orange County (OC) California community from 1991 through 2001 by providing tax and management tips as the field correspondent for OCN, (Orange County (OC) Newschannel) Orange County (OC)\'s 24-hour cable news channel.\r\n\r\nOCN reached a base of over 2 million viewers in Orange County (OC), and Mr. Kalajian\'s broadcasts were consistently one of the highest rated segments based on favorable viewer telephone calls.\r\n\r\nThomas Kalajian - Profit Improvement Specialist. Documented here also is Mr. Kalajian\'s career accomplishments from accounting graduate in 1971, to Certified Public Accountant, CPA, for over 25 years from 1975 to 2001, his commitment to intensive training in business development strategies beginning in 1995, his California state registered tax designation as a CRTP in 2001, and his further expansion to his valuation designation as an AVA in 2002 for preparing formal certified business valuation appraisal reports.\r\n\r\nThomas Kalajian - Business Leader. Included as well is documentation showing his life-long commitment of service to the public, to his country during his military service and his pursuit of personal and professional excellence, traditional family values and high moral, committed to his professional mission and enduring core values.\r\nShown here is a plaque of appreciation to Tom Kalajian for his involvement as a member of the Board of Directors of the Small Business Network in Orange County (OC).','Tom\'s Qualifications','','inherit','closed','closed','','74-revision-v1','','','2016-12-28 00:21:42','2016-12-28 00:21:42','',74,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/74-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(125,1,'2016-12-28 00:41:19','2016-12-28 00:41:19','<strong>\r\nThomas Kalajian, BS, CRTP, AVA, ABAR</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/images/TK%20IMG_0076%20-%20adjusted%20-%20small.jpg\" alt=\"Tom\" width=\"87\" height=\"130\" />Thomas Kalajian - <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">ABAR</span>, Accredited in Business Appraisal Review</strong>, was honored with Best Accredited in Business Appraisal Review Report Award for 2010 by the nationally-recognized pioneering business valuation accrediting organization, The Institute of Business Appraisers (IBA) on June 2, 2010 at the NACVA/IBA 2010 Annual Consultants\' Conference in Miami Beach, Florida.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright \" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/images/TK%20IBA%202010%20ABAR%20Award%20Plaque.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"111\" height=\"139\" />Mr. Kalajian was one of the first 25 graduates to earn this advanced business valuation designation in 2009. His qualifying report scored by the Qualifications Review Committee included nuances which the Committee later adopted as Best Practices for proposed professional standards for review reporting.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/images/ABAR%20Certificate.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"150\" />Thomas Kalajian - <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">ABAR</span>, Accredited in Business Appraisal Review, 2009</strong>. This advanced business valuation credential is conferred by the Institute of Business Appraisers. It requires a 4-day rigorous full emersion workshop, examination, experience, pre-existing nationally-recognized business valuation designation and acceptance of a qualifying appraisal review report by the ABAR Qualifications Review Committee. The Qualifications Review Committee commended Mr. Kalajian\'s qualifying appraisal review report as advancing the best practices in appraisal review.\r\nThe credential is the only one of its kind in existence among appraisal credentialing organizations. It formalizes and standardizes practices in procedures and report content and establishes the standard for all appraisal review reports. All applicants are required to sign an oath requiring adherence to ethical standards specific to the responsibility conferred to holders of this credential. Mr. Kalajian was among the first 25 accredited ABARs in existence.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/images/CTEC%20logo,%20cropped.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"100\" />Thomas Kalajian - <a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/What\'s_a_CRTP.htm\">CRTP</a>, CTEC Registered Tax Preparer</strong>, Registration of California Tax Professionals by CTEC, California Tax Education Council and designated as a registered tax preparer by the Internal Revenue Service. Qualified professionals are awarded the designation of CRTP, which requires completion of comprehensive qualifying eligibility requirements, and thereafter, 20 hours of professional continuing education in taxation annually.\r\nThomas Kalajian\'s firm also provides Compiled financial statements and a broad spectrum of other financial services for individuals and privately-held businesses incorporating the accumulated experience of over 30 years in continuous operation of his firm.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/AVA%20Certificate,%20landscape.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" />Thomas Kalajian - <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">AVA</span>, Accredited Valuation Analyst.</strong> This new business valuation credential is requires the most rigorous education, testing and experience requirements of the national credentialing organization, the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts.\r\nMore demanding than NACVA\'s original CVA credential, the AVA credential requires a 4 year university degree in finance and accounting, 2 years experience in valuation methodologies, and practical knowledge in the business valuation field.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/TK%20BS%20Degree.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"154\" />Thomas Kalajian - Bachelor of Science, BS</strong>, degree in Business Administration. Mr. Kalajian\'s university education included successful studies in physics, chemistry and a major in business administration with a concentration in accounting.\r\n\r\nThe accountancy curriculum included Managerial Accounting, Cost Accounting, Intermediate Accounting, Advanced Accounting, Financial Auditing, Business Law and Federal Taxation. In addition, course work included Marketing, Finance, Statistical Analysis, Business Communications and both Micro- and Macro-Economics.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/TK%20Mensa%20certificate.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"153\" />Thomas Kalajian - Mensa.</strong> American Mensa is part of an international membership society of individuals with IQs among the highest 2% of the population.\r\nIndividuals can apply for membership through the process of examination with qualifying scores, or become eligible for membership through other acceptable qualifying scores in equivalency examinations administered by any of the military branches of service.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/TK%20Dog%20Tag.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"74\" />Thomas Kalajian - Viet Nam Veteran.</strong> Thomas fulfilled his military duty, serving in Viet Nam in the U.S. Army Signal Corps beginning in 1968. He graduated with honors from Signal School in 5th echelon multiplex radio repair as a Specialist 4th Class and an expert marksman with a Sharpshooter medal. His last duty assignment before honorable discharge was the Transportation Coordinator of I Corps quadrant, headquartered in Nha Trang, Viet Nam.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Tk%20at%20OCN%20anchor%20desk,%20ver%20a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"164\" />Thomas Kalajian - Television Broadcast Correspondent For 10 Years.</strong> Shown at the broadcast studios of OCN at the news anchor desk, Mr. Kalajian volunteered over 10 years of service to the Orange County (OC) California community from 1991 through 2001 by providing tax and management tips as the field correspondent for OCN, (Orange County (OC) Newschannel) Orange County (OC)\'s 24-hour cable news channel.\r\n\r\nOCN reached a base of over 2 million viewers in Orange County (OC), and Mr. Kalajian\'s broadcasts were consistently one of the highest rated segments based on favorable viewer telephone calls.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Focus%20TK%20Cert.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"151\" />Thomas Kalajian - Profit Improvement Specialist.</strong> Documented here also is Mr. Kalajian\'s career accomplishments from accounting graduate in 1971, to Certified Public Accountant, CPA, for over 25 years from 1975 to 2001, his commitment to intensive training in business development strategies beginning in 1995, his California state registered tax designation as a CRTP in 2001, and his further expansion to his valuation designation as an AVA in 2002 for preparing formal certified business valuation appraisal reports.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/SBN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"202\" />Thomas Kalajian - Business Leader.</strong> Included as well is documentation showing his life-long commitment of service to the public, to his country during his military service and his pursuit of personal and professional excellence, traditional family values and high moral, committed to his professional mission and enduring core values.\r\nShown here is a plaque of appreciation to Tom Kalajian for his involvement as a member of the Board of Directors of the Small Business Network in Orange County (OC).','Tom\'s Qualifications','','inherit','closed','closed','','74-revision-v1','','','2016-12-28 00:41:19','2016-12-28 00:41:19','',74,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/74-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(126,1,'2016-12-28 00:42:12','2016-12-28 00:42:12','<strong><img class=\"alignright\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/images/TK%20IMG_0076%20-%20adjusted%20-%20small.jpg\" alt=\"Tom\" width=\"87\" height=\"130\" />Thomas Kalajian, BS, CRTP, AVA, ABAR</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Thomas Kalajian - <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">ABAR</span>, Accredited in Business Appraisal Review</strong>, was honored with Best Accredited in Business Appraisal Review Report Award for 2010 by the nationally-recognized pioneering business valuation accrediting organization, The Institute of Business Appraisers (IBA) on June 2, 2010 at the NACVA/IBA 2010 Annual Consultants\' Conference in Miami Beach, Florida.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright \" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/images/TK%20IBA%202010%20ABAR%20Award%20Plaque.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"111\" height=\"139\" />Mr. Kalajian was one of the first 25 graduates to earn this advanced business valuation designation in 2009. His qualifying report scored by the Qualifications Review Committee included nuances which the Committee later adopted as Best Practices for proposed professional standards for review reporting.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/images/ABAR%20Certificate.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"150\" />Thomas Kalajian - <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">ABAR</span>, Accredited in Business Appraisal Review, 2009</strong>. This advanced business valuation credential is conferred by the Institute of Business Appraisers. It requires a 4-day rigorous full emersion workshop, examination, experience, pre-existing nationally-recognized business valuation designation and acceptance of a qualifying appraisal review report by the ABAR Qualifications Review Committee. The Qualifications Review Committee commended Mr. Kalajian\'s qualifying appraisal review report as advancing the best practices in appraisal review.\r\nThe credential is the only one of its kind in existence among appraisal credentialing organizations. It formalizes and standardizes practices in procedures and report content and establishes the standard for all appraisal review reports. All applicants are required to sign an oath requiring adherence to ethical standards specific to the responsibility conferred to holders of this credential. Mr. Kalajian was among the first 25 accredited ABARs in existence.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/images/CTEC%20logo,%20cropped.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"100\" />Thomas Kalajian - <a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/What\'s_a_CRTP.htm\">CRTP</a>, CTEC Registered Tax Preparer</strong>, Registration of California Tax Professionals by CTEC, California Tax Education Council and designated as a registered tax preparer by the Internal Revenue Service. Qualified professionals are awarded the designation of CRTP, which requires completion of comprehensive qualifying eligibility requirements, and thereafter, 20 hours of professional continuing education in taxation annually.\r\nThomas Kalajian\'s firm also provides Compiled financial statements and a broad spectrum of other financial services for individuals and privately-held businesses incorporating the accumulated experience of over 30 years in continuous operation of his firm.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/AVA%20Certificate,%20landscape.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" />Thomas Kalajian - <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">AVA</span>, Accredited Valuation Analyst.</strong> This new business valuation credential is requires the most rigorous education, testing and experience requirements of the national credentialing organization, the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts.\r\n\r\nMore demanding than NACVA\'s original CVA credential, the AVA credential requires a 4 year university degree in finance and accounting, 2 years experience in valuation methodologies, and practical knowledge in the business valuation field.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/TK%20BS%20Degree.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"154\" />Thomas Kalajian - Bachelor of Science, BS</strong>, degree in Business Administration. Mr. Kalajian\'s university education included successful studies in physics, chemistry and a major in business administration with a concentration in accounting.\r\n\r\nThe accountancy curriculum included Managerial Accounting, Cost Accounting, Intermediate Accounting, Advanced Accounting, Financial Auditing, Business Law and Federal Taxation. In addition, course work included Marketing, Finance, Statistical Analysis, Business Communications and both Micro- and Macro-Economics.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/TK%20Mensa%20certificate.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"153\" />Thomas Kalajian - Mensa.</strong> American Mensa is part of an international membership society of individuals with IQs among the highest 2% of the population.\r\nIndividuals can apply for membership through the process of examination with qualifying scores, or become eligible for membership through other acceptable qualifying scores in equivalency examinations administered by any of the military branches of service.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/TK%20Dog%20Tag.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"74\" />Thomas Kalajian - Viet Nam Veteran.</strong> Thomas fulfilled his military duty, serving in Viet Nam in the U.S. Army Signal Corps beginning in 1968. He graduated with honors from Signal School in 5th echelon multiplex radio repair as a Specialist 4th Class and an expert marksman with a Sharpshooter medal. His last duty assignment before honorable discharge was the Transportation Coordinator of I Corps quadrant, headquartered in Nha Trang, Viet Nam.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Tk%20at%20OCN%20anchor%20desk,%20ver%20a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"164\" />Thomas Kalajian - Television Broadcast Correspondent For 10 Years.</strong> Shown at the broadcast studios of OCN at the news anchor desk, Mr. Kalajian volunteered over 10 years of service to the Orange County (OC) California community from 1991 through 2001 by providing tax and management tips as the field correspondent for OCN, (Orange County (OC) Newschannel) Orange County (OC)\'s 24-hour cable news channel.\r\n\r\nOCN reached a base of over 2 million viewers in Orange County (OC), and Mr. Kalajian\'s broadcasts were consistently one of the highest rated segments based on favorable viewer telephone calls.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Focus%20TK%20Cert.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"151\" />Thomas Kalajian - Profit Improvement Specialist.</strong> Documented here also is Mr. Kalajian\'s career accomplishments from accounting graduate in 1971, to Certified Public Accountant, CPA, for over 25 years from 1975 to 2001, his commitment to intensive training in business development strategies beginning in 1995, his California state registered tax designation as a CRTP in 2001, and his further expansion to his valuation designation as an AVA in 2002 for preparing formal certified business valuation appraisal reports.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/SBN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"202\" />Thomas Kalajian - Business Leader.</strong> Included as well is documentation showing his life-long commitment of service to the public, to his country during his military service and his pursuit of personal and professional excellence, traditional family values and high moral, committed to his professional mission and enduring core values.\r\nShown here is a plaque of appreciation to Tom Kalajian for his involvement as a member of the Board of Directors of the Small Business Network in Orange County (OC).','Tom\'s Qualifications','','inherit','closed','closed','','74-revision-v1','','','2016-12-28 00:42:12','2016-12-28 00:42:12','',74,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/74-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(127,1,'2016-12-28 00:42:39','2016-12-28 00:42:39','<strong><img class=\"alignright\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/images/TK%20IMG_0076%20-%20adjusted%20-%20small.jpg\" alt=\"Tom\" width=\"87\" height=\"130\" />Thomas Kalajian, BS, CRTP, AVA, ABAR</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>\r\nThomas Kalajian - <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">ABAR</span>, Accredited in Business Appraisal Review</strong>, was honored with Best Accredited in Business Appraisal Review Report Award for 2010 by the nationally-recognized pioneering business valuation accrediting organization, The Institute of Business Appraisers (IBA) on June 2, 2010 at the NACVA/IBA 2010 Annual Consultants\' Conference in Miami Beach, Florida.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright \" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/images/TK%20IBA%202010%20ABAR%20Award%20Plaque.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"111\" height=\"139\" />Mr. Kalajian was one of the first 25 graduates to earn this advanced business valuation designation in 2009. His qualifying report scored by the Qualifications Review Committee included nuances which the Committee later adopted as Best Practices for proposed professional standards for review reporting.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/images/ABAR%20Certificate.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"150\" />Thomas Kalajian - <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">ABAR</span>, Accredited in Business Appraisal Review, 2009</strong>. This advanced business valuation credential is conferred by the Institute of Business Appraisers. It requires a 4-day rigorous full emersion workshop, examination, experience, pre-existing nationally-recognized business valuation designation and acceptance of a qualifying appraisal review report by the ABAR Qualifications Review Committee. The Qualifications Review Committee commended Mr. Kalajian\'s qualifying appraisal review report as advancing the best practices in appraisal review.\r\nThe credential is the only one of its kind in existence among appraisal credentialing organizations. It formalizes and standardizes practices in procedures and report content and establishes the standard for all appraisal review reports. All applicants are required to sign an oath requiring adherence to ethical standards specific to the responsibility conferred to holders of this credential. Mr. Kalajian was among the first 25 accredited ABARs in existence.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/images/CTEC%20logo,%20cropped.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"100\" />Thomas Kalajian - <a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/What\'s_a_CRTP.htm\">CRTP</a>, CTEC Registered Tax Preparer</strong>, Registration of California Tax Professionals by CTEC, California Tax Education Council and designated as a registered tax preparer by the Internal Revenue Service. Qualified professionals are awarded the designation of CRTP, which requires completion of comprehensive qualifying eligibility requirements, and thereafter, 20 hours of professional continuing education in taxation annually.\r\nThomas Kalajian\'s firm also provides Compiled financial statements and a broad spectrum of other financial services for individuals and privately-held businesses incorporating the accumulated experience of over 30 years in continuous operation of his firm.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/AVA%20Certificate,%20landscape.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" />Thomas Kalajian - <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">AVA</span>, Accredited Valuation Analyst.</strong> This new business valuation credential is requires the most rigorous education, testing and experience requirements of the national credentialing organization, the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts.\r\n\r\nMore demanding than NACVA\'s original CVA credential, the AVA credential requires a 4 year university degree in finance and accounting, 2 years experience in valuation methodologies, and practical knowledge in the business valuation field.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/TK%20BS%20Degree.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"154\" />Thomas Kalajian - Bachelor of Science, BS</strong>, degree in Business Administration. Mr. Kalajian\'s university education included successful studies in physics, chemistry and a major in business administration with a concentration in accounting.\r\n\r\nThe accountancy curriculum included Managerial Accounting, Cost Accounting, Intermediate Accounting, Advanced Accounting, Financial Auditing, Business Law and Federal Taxation. In addition, course work included Marketing, Finance, Statistical Analysis, Business Communications and both Micro- and Macro-Economics.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/TK%20Mensa%20certificate.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"153\" />Thomas Kalajian - Mensa.</strong> American Mensa is part of an international membership society of individuals with IQs among the highest 2% of the population.\r\nIndividuals can apply for membership through the process of examination with qualifying scores, or become eligible for membership through other acceptable qualifying scores in equivalency examinations administered by any of the military branches of service.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/TK%20Dog%20Tag.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"74\" />Thomas Kalajian - Viet Nam Veteran.</strong> Thomas fulfilled his military duty, serving in Viet Nam in the U.S. Army Signal Corps beginning in 1968. He graduated with honors from Signal School in 5th echelon multiplex radio repair as a Specialist 4th Class and an expert marksman with a Sharpshooter medal. His last duty assignment before honorable discharge was the Transportation Coordinator of I Corps quadrant, headquartered in Nha Trang, Viet Nam.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Tk%20at%20OCN%20anchor%20desk,%20ver%20a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"164\" />Thomas Kalajian - Television Broadcast Correspondent For 10 Years.</strong> Shown at the broadcast studios of OCN at the news anchor desk, Mr. Kalajian volunteered over 10 years of service to the Orange County (OC) California community from 1991 through 2001 by providing tax and management tips as the field correspondent for OCN, (Orange County (OC) Newschannel) Orange County (OC)\'s 24-hour cable news channel.\r\n\r\nOCN reached a base of over 2 million viewers in Orange County (OC), and Mr. Kalajian\'s broadcasts were consistently one of the highest rated segments based on favorable viewer telephone calls.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Focus%20TK%20Cert.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"151\" />Thomas Kalajian - Profit Improvement Specialist.</strong> Documented here also is Mr. Kalajian\'s career accomplishments from accounting graduate in 1971, to Certified Public Accountant, CPA, for over 25 years from 1975 to 2001, his commitment to intensive training in business development strategies beginning in 1995, his California state registered tax designation as a CRTP in 2001, and his further expansion to his valuation designation as an AVA in 2002 for preparing formal certified business valuation appraisal reports.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/SBN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"202\" />Thomas Kalajian - Business Leader.</strong> Included as well is documentation showing his life-long commitment of service to the public, to his country during his military service and his pursuit of personal and professional excellence, traditional family values and high moral, committed to his professional mission and enduring core values.\r\nShown here is a plaque of appreciation to Tom Kalajian for his involvement as a member of the Board of Directors of the Small Business Network in Orange County (OC).','Tom\'s Qualifications','','inherit','closed','closed','','74-revision-v1','','','2016-12-28 00:42:39','2016-12-28 00:42:39','',74,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/74-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(128,1,'2016-12-28 00:43:50','2016-12-28 00:43:50','<strong><img class=\"alignright\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/images/TK%20IMG_0076%20-%20adjusted%20-%20small.jpg\" alt=\"Tom\" width=\"109\" height=\"164\" />Thomas Kalajian, BS, CRTP, AVA, ABAR</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>\r\nThomas Kalajian - <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">ABAR</span>, Accredited in Business Appraisal Review</strong>, was honored with Best Accredited in Business Appraisal Review Report Award for 2010 by the nationally-recognized pioneering business valuation accrediting organization, The Institute of Business Appraisers (IBA) on June 2, 2010 at the NACVA/IBA 2010 Annual Consultants\' Conference in Miami Beach, Florida.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright \" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/images/TK%20IBA%202010%20ABAR%20Award%20Plaque.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"111\" height=\"139\" />Mr. Kalajian was one of the first 25 graduates to earn this advanced business valuation designation in 2009. His qualifying report scored by the Qualifications Review Committee included nuances which the Committee later adopted as Best Practices for proposed professional standards for review reporting.\r\n\r\n<strong>\r\nThomas Kalajian - <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">ABAR</span>, Accredited in Business Appraisal Review, 2009</strong>. This advanced business valuation credential is conferred by the Institute of Business Appraisers. It requires a 4-day rigorous full emersion workshop, examination, experience, pre-existing nationally-recognized business valuation designation and acceptance of a qualifying appraisal review report by the ABAR Qualifications Review Committee. The Qualifications Review Committee commended Mr. Kalajian\'s qualifying appraisal review report as advancing the best practices in appraisal review.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/images/ABAR%20Certificate.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"150\" />The credential is the only one of its kind in existence among appraisal credentialing organizations. It formalizes and standardizes practices in procedures and report content and establishes the standard for all appraisal review reports. All applicants are required to sign an oath requiring adherence to ethical standards specific to the responsibility conferred to holders of this credential. Mr. Kalajian was among the first 25 accredited ABARs in existence.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/images/CTEC%20logo,%20cropped.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"100\" />Thomas Kalajian - <a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/What\'s_a_CRTP.htm\">CRTP</a>, CTEC Registered Tax Preparer</strong>, Registration of California Tax Professionals by CTEC, California Tax Education Council and designated as a registered tax preparer by the Internal Revenue Service. Qualified professionals are awarded the designation of CRTP, which requires completion of comprehensive qualifying eligibility requirements, and thereafter, 20 hours of professional continuing education in taxation annually.\r\nThomas Kalajian\'s firm also provides Compiled financial statements and a broad spectrum of other financial services for individuals and privately-held businesses incorporating the accumulated experience of over 30 years in continuous operation of his firm.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/AVA%20Certificate,%20landscape.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" />Thomas Kalajian - <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">AVA</span>, Accredited Valuation Analyst.</strong> This new business valuation credential is requires the most rigorous education, testing and experience requirements of the national credentialing organization, the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts.\r\n\r\nMore demanding than NACVA\'s original CVA credential, the AVA credential requires a 4 year university degree in finance and accounting, 2 years experience in valuation methodologies, and practical knowledge in the business valuation field.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/TK%20BS%20Degree.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"154\" />Thomas Kalajian - Bachelor of Science, BS</strong>, degree in Business Administration. 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He graduated with honors from Signal School in 5th echelon multiplex radio repair as a Specialist 4th Class and an expert marksman with a Sharpshooter medal. His last duty assignment before honorable discharge was the Transportation Coordinator of I Corps quadrant, headquartered in Nha Trang, Viet Nam.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Tk%20at%20OCN%20anchor%20desk,%20ver%20a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"164\" />Thomas Kalajian - Television Broadcast Correspondent For 10 Years.</strong> Shown at the broadcast studios of OCN at the news anchor desk, Mr. Kalajian volunteered over 10 years of service to the Orange County (OC) California community from 1991 through 2001 by providing tax and management tips as the field correspondent for OCN, (Orange County (OC) Newschannel) Orange County (OC)\'s 24-hour cable news channel.\r\n\r\nOCN reached a base of over 2 million viewers in Orange County (OC), and Mr. Kalajian\'s broadcasts were consistently one of the highest rated segments based on favorable viewer telephone calls.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Focus%20TK%20Cert.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"151\" />Thomas Kalajian - Profit Improvement Specialist.</strong> Documented here also is Mr. Kalajian\'s career accomplishments from accounting graduate in 1971, to Certified Public Accountant, CPA, for over 25 years from 1975 to 2001, his commitment to intensive training in business development strategies beginning in 1995, his California state registered tax designation as a CRTP in 2001, and his further expansion to his valuation designation as an AVA in 2002 for preparing formal certified business valuation appraisal reports.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/SBN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"202\" />Thomas Kalajian - Business Leader.</strong> Included as well is documentation showing his life-long commitment of service to the public, to his country during his military service and his pursuit of personal and professional excellence, traditional family values and high moral, committed to his professional mission and enduring core values.\r\nShown here is a plaque of appreciation to Tom Kalajian for his involvement as a member of the Board of Directors of the Small Business Network in Orange County (OC).','Tom\'s Qualifications','','inherit','closed','closed','','74-revision-v1','','','2016-12-28 00:43:50','2016-12-28 00:43:50','',74,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/74-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(129,1,'2016-12-28 00:44:14','2016-12-28 00:44:14','<strong><img class=\"alignright\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/images/TK%20IMG_0076%20-%20adjusted%20-%20small.jpg\" alt=\"Tom\" width=\"109\" height=\"164\" />Thomas Kalajian, BS, CRTP, AVA, ABAR</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>\r\nThomas Kalajian - <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">ABAR</span>, Accredited in Business Appraisal Review</strong>, was honored with Best Accredited in Business Appraisal Review Report Award for 2010 by the nationally-recognized pioneering business valuation accrediting organization, The Institute of Business Appraisers (IBA) on June 2, 2010 at the NACVA/IBA 2010 Annual Consultants\' Conference in Miami Beach, Florida.<img class=\"alignright \" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/images/TK%20IBA%202010%20ABAR%20Award%20Plaque.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"111\" height=\"139\" />\r\n\r\nMr. Kalajian was one of the first 25 graduates to earn this advanced business valuation designation in 2009. 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Predictable Fees, In Writing, In Advance</span></strong></h5>\n<img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"/MEETING.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" />Standard services based on a variety of methods: preset table of fees, fixed fees or hourly fees, whichever is most appropriate for your work.\n\nAll service arrangements clearly explained in writing in advance requiring your approval to commence work.\n\nNo surprises, no open checkbook policy for clients.\n\nAll services over $500 are covered by an exclusive written \"Service Order\" system, which protects clients from unexpected billing or unauthorized work.\n<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">4. Directly Accessible Staff, Low Turnover</span></strong></h5>\nYou\'ll have direct access to senior technical staff and senior advisors. 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They must rely on assumptions, or depend on past performance to \"let go\" of the dangling mysterious task.\n\nFor that situation, we developed a policy and a form called a \"Compliance Report.\" It assures the client that we have done what we promised, and provides proof of our compliance to the client\'s request. The client never has to wonder if the work was done, or constantly go through reminder lists to follow up with us.\n<h6><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"/Notes%20To%20The%20Client.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignright\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Notes%20To%20The%20Client_small1.jpg\" width=\"140\" height=\"178\" /></a><strong>Notes To The Client</strong></span></h6>\nWritten communication is provided in easy to read form, \"Notes To The Client,\" specially designed by Provident Financial. A space is also provided for clients to respond for each idea, question or comment.\n<h6><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Notes From The Client</span></strong></h6>\nIts companion form, \"Notes From The Client,\" is designed to be used for clients informing us of non-numerical information.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Notes%20From%20The%20Client.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignright\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Notes%20From%20The%20Client_small.jpg\" width=\"135\" height=\"173\" /></a>These simple revolutionary forms we developed in 1980 have solved multiple problems and prevented many more. Yet they have never been seen in use by any other professional services firm.\n\nPlease click the forms on the right for an expanded view.','Key Client Benefits','','inherit','closed','closed','','82-autosave-v1','','','2018-04-18 00:37:08','2018-04-18 00:37:08','',82,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/82-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(144,1,'2016-12-28 01:14:36','2016-12-28 01:14:36','<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">1. Integration of Broad Strategic Services</span></h4>\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/j0406810.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"168\" />Thorough evaluation of your overall objectives are coordinated into an overall service plan from the multiple specialties provided by Provident Financial Services and its affiliated group of professional service firms.\r\n\r\nMultiple services are arranged, integrated and implemented according to your needs, budget and priorities. From tax structure to managerial accounting to business betterment strategies, Provident Financial provides a seamless, coordinated approach to improving financial conditions.\r\n\r\n(<a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/PFS%20PDF%20Files/Provident%20Professional%20Group,%202006.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here to Download Services Chart</a>)\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img class=\"alignright \" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/WATCH.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"162\" height=\"200\" />2. Timely Service</span></h4>\r\nYour tax returns done well before the filing deadline, nearly always within 5 days from receiving your information, if not sooner.\r\n\r\nBusiness financial statements done usually within 5 days, if not sooner.\r\n\r\nYour telephone calls, faxes and emails returned in 4 business hours or sooner, whenever possible.\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">3. Predictable Fees, In Writing, In Advance</span></h4>\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/MEETING.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" />Standard services based on a variety of methods: preset table of fees, fixed fees or hourly fees, whichever is most appropriate for your work.\r\n\r\nAll service arrangements clearly explained in writing in advance requiring your approval to commence work.\r\n\r\nNo surprises, no open checkbook policy for clients.\r\n\r\nAll services over $500 are covered by an exclusive written \"Service Order\" system, which protects clients from unexpected billing or unauthorized work.\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">4. Directly Accessible Staff, Low Turnover</span></h4>\r\nYou\'ll have direct access to senior technical staff and senior advisors. No arbitrary sifting through non-essential people or junior staff to get to your answer.\r\n\r\nOur staff associates have been with us for years, and have gotten to know our clients personally.\r\n\r\nThink of us as having a friend in the business.\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/j0309636.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"178\" />5. Resourceful Client-Centered Tax Policy</span></h4>\r\nWe take maximum legal advantage of current tax law\r\n\r\nWe place extensive detail on returns to minimize predictable questions to minimize IRS follow up or audit exposure\r\n\r\nWe take no reckless positions to invite scrutiny or invite investigations or audits\r\n\r\nWe pay careful attention to full compliance with tax law to ensure safety and peace of mind for full tax benefits\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img class=\"alignright \" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/j0284889.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"156\" height=\"236\" />6. Professional Service Standards</span></h4>\r\nIndividual tax planning and preparation for all states and for prior years back to 1989\r\n\r\nTax services in conformity with professional standards\r\n\r\nBusiness taxes, bookkeeping and full professional quality accounting services\r\n\r\nFinancial statements prepared in conformity with professional Compilation standards\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/j0399359.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" />7. Knowledgeable and Experienced People</span></h4>\r\nOver 26 years continuous experience providing integrated services to individuals and businesses\r\n\r\nContinuing professional education requirements maintained to stay up to date in diverse methodologies\r\n\r\nExpertise in over 92 industries for familiarity to your business type\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img class=\"alignright \" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/j0285174.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"208\" />8. Friendly and Helpful Attitude</span></h4>\r\nWe are helpful, gentle, respectful and understanding in the treatment and communication with our clients.\r\n\r\nWe take extra care to make things easy to understand. Tax form instructions and general correspondence are written clearly so our clients understand our line of reasoning and how our initiatives address their financial betterment.\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">9. Superior Communication Skills</span></h4>\r\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Verbal Communication In Clear English</span></h5>\r\nOur verbal explanations to clients are thorough, and spoken in clear, plain English so clients can easily understand the subject and the implications to their financial well being.\r\n\r\nWe pay careful attention to ensuring our verbal communication has been clearly and correctly understood, to avoid problems later.\r\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Compliance%20Report.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignright\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Compliance%20Report_small.jpg\" width=\"144\" height=\"183\" /></a>Compliance Report</span></h5>\r\nWhen someone asks someone else to provide a service, solve a problem or cause something to happen, most of the time, they never know for sure it was done. They must rely on assumptions, or depend on past performance to \"let go\" of the dangling mysterious task.\r\n\r\nFor that situation, we developed a policy and a form called a \"Compliance Report.\" It assures the client that we have done what we promised, and provides proof of our compliance to the client\'s request. The client never has to wonder if the work was done, or constantly go through reminder lists to follow up with us.\r\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Notes%20To%20The%20Client.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignright\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Notes%20To%20The%20Client_small1.jpg\" width=\"140\" height=\"178\" /></a>Notes To The Client</span></h5>\r\nWritten communication is provided in easy to read form, \"Notes To The Client,\" specially designed by Provident Financial. A space is also provided for clients to respond for each idea, question or comment.\r\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Notes From The Client</span></h5>\r\nIts companion form, \"Notes From The Client,\" is designed to be used for clients informing us of non-numerical information.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Notes%20From%20The%20Client.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignright\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Notes%20From%20The%20Client_small.jpg\" width=\"135\" height=\"173\" /></a>These simple revolutionary forms we developed in 1980 have solved multiple problems and prevented many more. Yet they have never been seen in use by any other professional services firm.\r\n\r\nPlease click the forms on the right for an expanded view.','Key Client Benefits','','inherit','closed','closed','','82-revision-v1','','','2016-12-28 01:14:36','2016-12-28 01:14:36','',82,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/82-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(145,1,'2016-12-28 01:16:38','2016-12-28 01:16:38','<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Our Commitments to You</h3>\r\n<strong>Honesty, Clarity and Courtesy.</strong> We will interact with you honestly, clearly and courteously as we would expect from all those with whom we interact.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fulfilling Your Expectations.</strong> We will invest ourselves to fully understand and commit to your goals so we can efficiently assist you in accomplishing them.\r\n\r\n<strong>Effective Results.</strong> We will provide effective practical solutions, realistic expectations and intelligent options which you can understand and act upon with confidence.\r\n\r\n<strong>Keeping Our Promises.</strong> We will keep our promises to you, keep our appointments punctually, and respond to your inquiries within 4 business hours whenever possible.\r\n\r\n<strong>Competence and Innovation.</strong> We will continuously improve our professional skills through professional education programs while implementing the latest innovative and resourceful strategies for sustainable, competent and relevant results.\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">\r\nYour Commitments to Us</h3>\r\n<strong>Communicating Concerns.</strong> Our goal is to make your experience memorable. Although we appreciate compliments, more importantly, you also must tell us if we have not measured up to your expectations so that we can take the proper steps to remedy your disappointment.\r\n\r\n<strong>Cooperation and Collaboration.</strong> We depend on communication, cooperation and collaboration from you and others to do our work. That means we rely on you for complete information and prompt responses to our inquiries.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fulfilling Your Financial Arrangements.</strong> So that we can continue without interruption to serve as your advocate, you agree to reciprocate by prompt fulfillment of our payment arrangements as agreed.\r\n\r\n<strong>Sharing Your Successes.</strong> We appreciate your accepting your role in helping our practice grow from your recommendations to those who will appreciate and benefit from the caliber of work we do.','Written Commitments','','inherit','closed','closed','','84-revision-v1','','','2016-12-28 01:16:38','2016-12-28 01:16:38','',84,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/84-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(146,1,'2016-12-28 01:17:49','2016-12-28 01:17:49','<h5><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">1. Integration of Broad Strategic Services</span></h5>\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/j0406810.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"168\" />Thorough evaluation of your overall objectives are coordinated into an overall service plan from the multiple specialties provided by Provident Financial Services and its affiliated group of professional service firms.\r\n\r\nMultiple services are arranged, integrated and implemented according to your needs, budget and priorities. From tax structure to managerial accounting to business betterment strategies, Provident Financial provides a seamless, coordinated approach to improving financial conditions.\r\n\r\n(<a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/PFS%20PDF%20Files/Provident%20Professional%20Group,%202006.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here to Download Services Chart</a>)\r\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img class=\"alignright \" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/WATCH.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"162\" height=\"200\" />2. Timely Service</span></h5>\r\nYour tax returns done well before the filing deadline, nearly always within 5 days from receiving your information, if not sooner.\r\n\r\nBusiness financial statements done usually within 5 days, if not sooner.\r\n\r\nYour telephone calls, faxes and emails returned in 4 business hours or sooner, whenever possible.\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">3. Predictable Fees, In Writing, In Advance</span></h4>\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/MEETING.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" />Standard services based on a variety of methods: preset table of fees, fixed fees or hourly fees, whichever is most appropriate for your work.\r\n\r\nAll service arrangements clearly explained in writing in advance requiring your approval to commence work.\r\n\r\nNo surprises, no open checkbook policy for clients.\r\n\r\nAll services over $500 are covered by an exclusive written \"Service Order\" system, which protects clients from unexpected billing or unauthorized work.\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">4. Directly Accessible Staff, Low Turnover</span></h4>\r\nYou\'ll have direct access to senior technical staff and senior advisors. No arbitrary sifting through non-essential people or junior staff to get to your answer.\r\n\r\nOur staff associates have been with us for years, and have gotten to know our clients personally.\r\n\r\nThink of us as having a friend in the business.\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/j0309636.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"178\" />5. Resourceful Client-Centered Tax Policy</span></h4>\r\nWe take maximum legal advantage of current tax law\r\n\r\nWe place extensive detail on returns to minimize predictable questions to minimize IRS follow up or audit exposure\r\n\r\nWe take no reckless positions to invite scrutiny or invite investigations or audits\r\n\r\nWe pay careful attention to full compliance with tax law to ensure safety and peace of mind for full tax benefits\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img class=\"alignright \" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/j0284889.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"156\" height=\"236\" />6. Professional Service Standards</span></h4>\r\nIndividual tax planning and preparation for all states and for prior years back to 1989\r\n\r\nTax services in conformity with professional standards\r\n\r\nBusiness taxes, bookkeeping and full professional quality accounting services\r\n\r\nFinancial statements prepared in conformity with professional Compilation standards\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/j0399359.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" />7. Knowledgeable and Experienced People</span></h4>\r\nOver 26 years continuous experience providing integrated services to individuals and businesses\r\n\r\nContinuing professional education requirements maintained to stay up to date in diverse methodologies\r\n\r\nExpertise in over 92 industries for familiarity to your business type\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img class=\"alignright \" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/j0285174.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"208\" />8. Friendly and Helpful Attitude</span></h4>\r\nWe are helpful, gentle, respectful and understanding in the treatment and communication with our clients.\r\n\r\nWe take extra care to make things easy to understand. Tax form instructions and general correspondence are written clearly so our clients understand our line of reasoning and how our initiatives address their financial betterment.\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">9. Superior Communication Skills</span></h4>\r\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Verbal Communication In Clear English</span></h5>\r\nOur verbal explanations to clients are thorough, and spoken in clear, plain English so clients can easily understand the subject and the implications to their financial well being.\r\n\r\nWe pay careful attention to ensuring our verbal communication has been clearly and correctly understood, to avoid problems later.\r\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Compliance%20Report.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignright\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Compliance%20Report_small.jpg\" width=\"144\" height=\"183\" /></a>Compliance Report</span></h5>\r\nWhen someone asks someone else to provide a service, solve a problem or cause something to happen, most of the time, they never know for sure it was done. They must rely on assumptions, or depend on past performance to \"let go\" of the dangling mysterious task.\r\n\r\nFor that situation, we developed a policy and a form called a \"Compliance Report.\" It assures the client that we have done what we promised, and provides proof of our compliance to the client\'s request. The client never has to wonder if the work was done, or constantly go through reminder lists to follow up with us.\r\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Notes%20To%20The%20Client.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignright\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Notes%20To%20The%20Client_small1.jpg\" width=\"140\" height=\"178\" /></a>Notes To The Client</span></h5>\r\nWritten communication is provided in easy to read form, \"Notes To The Client,\" specially designed by Provident Financial. A space is also provided for clients to respond for each idea, question or comment.\r\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Notes From The Client</span></h5>\r\nIts companion form, \"Notes From The Client,\" is designed to be used for clients informing us of non-numerical information.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Notes%20From%20The%20Client.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignright\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Notes%20From%20The%20Client_small.jpg\" width=\"135\" height=\"173\" /></a>These simple revolutionary forms we developed in 1980 have solved multiple problems and prevented many more. Yet they have never been seen in use by any other professional services firm.\r\n\r\nPlease click the forms on the right for an expanded view.','Key Client Benefits','','inherit','closed','closed','','82-revision-v1','','','2016-12-28 01:17:49','2016-12-28 01:17:49','',82,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/82-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(147,1,'2016-12-28 01:19:11','2016-12-28 01:19:11','<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">1. Integration of Broad Strategic Services</span></strong></h5>\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/j0406810.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"168\" />Thorough evaluation of your overall objectives are coordinated into an overall service plan from the multiple specialties provided by Provident Financial Services and its affiliated group of professional service firms.\r\n\r\nMultiple services are arranged, integrated and implemented according to your needs, budget and priorities. From tax structure to managerial accounting to business betterment strategies, Provident Financial provides a seamless, coordinated approach to improving financial conditions.\r\n\r\n(<a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/PFS%20PDF%20Files/Provident%20Professional%20Group,%202006.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here to Download Services Chart</a>)\r\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img class=\"alignright \" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/WATCH.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"162\" height=\"200\" /><strong>2. Timely Service</strong></span></h5>\r\nYour tax returns done well before the filing deadline, nearly always within 5 days from receiving your information, if not sooner.\r\n\r\nBusiness financial statements done usually within 5 days, if not sooner.\r\n\r\nYour telephone calls, faxes and emails returned in 4 business hours or sooner, whenever possible.\r\n<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">3. Predictable Fees, In Writing, In Advance</span></strong></h5>\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/MEETING.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" />Standard services based on a variety of methods: preset table of fees, fixed fees or hourly fees, whichever is most appropriate for your work.\r\n\r\nAll service arrangements clearly explained in writing in advance requiring your approval to commence work.\r\n\r\nNo surprises, no open checkbook policy for clients.\r\n\r\nAll services over $500 are covered by an exclusive written \"Service Order\" system, which protects clients from unexpected billing or unauthorized work.\r\n<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">4. Directly Accessible Staff, Low Turnover</span></strong></h5>\r\nYou\'ll have direct access to senior technical staff and senior advisors. No arbitrary sifting through non-essential people or junior staff to get to your answer.\r\n\r\nOur staff associates have been with us for years, and have gotten to know our clients personally.\r\n\r\nThink of us as having a friend in the business.\r\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/j0309636.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"178\" /><strong>5. Resourceful Client-Centered Tax Policy</strong></span></h5>\r\nWe take maximum legal advantage of current tax law\r\n\r\nWe place extensive detail on returns to minimize predictable questions to minimize IRS follow up or audit exposure\r\n\r\nWe take no reckless positions to invite scrutiny or invite investigations or audits\r\n\r\nWe pay careful attention to full compliance with tax law to ensure safety and peace of mind for full tax benefits\r\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img class=\"alignright \" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/j0284889.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"156\" height=\"236\" /><strong>6. Professional Service Standards</strong></span></h5>\r\nIndividual tax planning and preparation for all states and for prior years back to 1989\r\n\r\nTax services in conformity with professional standards\r\n\r\nBusiness taxes, bookkeeping and full professional quality accounting services\r\n\r\nFinancial statements prepared in conformity with professional Compilation standards\r\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/j0399359.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" /><strong>7. Knowledgeable and Experienced People</strong></span></h5>\r\nOver 26 years continuous experience providing integrated services to individuals and businesses\r\n\r\nContinuing professional education requirements maintained to stay up to date in diverse methodologies\r\n\r\nExpertise in over 92 industries for familiarity to your business type\r\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img class=\"alignright \" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/j0285174.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"208\" /><strong>8. Friendly and Helpful Attitude</strong></span></h5>\r\nWe are helpful, gentle, respectful and understanding in the treatment and communication with our clients.\r\n\r\nWe take extra care to make things easy to understand. Tax form instructions and general correspondence are written clearly so our clients understand our line of reasoning and how our initiatives address their financial betterment.\r\n<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">9. Superior Communication Skills</span></strong></h5>\r\n<h6><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Verbal Communication In Clear English</span></strong></h6>\r\nOur verbal explanations to clients are thorough, and spoken in clear, plain English so clients can easily understand the subject and the implications to their financial well being.\r\n\r\nWe pay careful attention to ensuring our verbal communication has been clearly and correctly understood, to avoid problems later.\r\n<h6><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Compliance%20Report.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignright\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Compliance%20Report_small.jpg\" width=\"144\" height=\"183\" /></a><strong>Compliance Report</strong></span></h6>\r\nWhen someone asks someone else to provide a service, solve a problem or cause something to happen, most of the time, they never know for sure it was done. They must rely on assumptions, or depend on past performance to \"let go\" of the dangling mysterious task.\r\n\r\nFor that situation, we developed a policy and a form called a \"Compliance Report.\" It assures the client that we have done what we promised, and provides proof of our compliance to the client\'s request. The client never has to wonder if the work was done, or constantly go through reminder lists to follow up with us.\r\n<h6><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Notes%20To%20The%20Client.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignright\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Notes%20To%20The%20Client_small1.jpg\" width=\"140\" height=\"178\" /></a><strong>Notes To The Client</strong></span></h6>\r\nWritten communication is provided in easy to read form, \"Notes To The Client,\" specially designed by Provident Financial. A space is also provided for clients to respond for each idea, question or comment.\r\n<h6><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Notes From The Client</span></strong></h6>\r\nIts companion form, \"Notes From The Client,\" is designed to be used for clients informing us of non-numerical information.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Notes%20From%20The%20Client.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignright\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Notes%20From%20The%20Client_small.jpg\" width=\"135\" height=\"173\" /></a>These simple revolutionary forms we developed in 1980 have solved multiple problems and prevented many more. Yet they have never been seen in use by any other professional services firm.\r\n\r\nPlease click the forms on the right for an expanded view.','Key Client Benefits','','inherit','closed','closed','','82-revision-v1','','','2016-12-28 01:19:11','2016-12-28 01:19:11','',82,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/82-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(148,1,'2016-12-28 21:39:22','2016-12-28 21:39:22','<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Why A Firm\'s Mission and Values Are Important to Clients</span></h4>\n<em>The mission of a firm defines the higher purpose of the firm\'s activities, while the core values describe the common character traits of the individuals and the collective culture of the firm.</em>\n\n<em>Is a firm\'s mission and culture fixated with it\'s own self-interests and it\'s own profitability, or rather dedicated primarily to serving the interests of it\'s clients?</em>\n\n<em>With the presence, dissemination and adherence to a firm\'s mission statement and core values, new clients have a better insight into whom they will be entrusting the accomplishment of their mission-critical objectives.</em>\n\n<hr />\n\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Our Mission</span></h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>To bring about a meaningful improvement for our clients.</strong></em></span></p>\n\n\n<hr />\n\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Our Core Values</span></h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Pursuit of Excellence.</span>\n</strong>We maintain a passion for life-long learning, for implementing meaningful change, for nourishing relationships, for encouraging talent, for rewarding curiosity, courage and innovation, and for anticipation and fulfillment of our client\'s unexpressed expectations</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Valuing Others.</strong></span>\nWe do not conduct our business for the purpose of pursuing exploitation, leverage, domination or manipulation of others by reason of their disadvantage or misfortune.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Authenticity and Integrity.</strong></span>\nWe realize that our own personal authenticity and integrity must form the foundation of valid and meaningful human interaction.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Responsibility for Leadership.</strong></span>\nWe understand and accept our duty for leadership in the disciplines for which our clients and courts rely upon our expertise and judgment for guidance, insight, perspective and direction.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Resourcefulness.</strong></span>\nWe look beyond traditional thinking when we face new challenges to create innovative 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00:25:58','<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Provident Financial Services, Inc.</strong></span></h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">For Confidential Complimentary Consultation Please Call</span></strong>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 21px;\"> (949) 583 1040 ∙ (877) 412 1040</span></strong>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> Please ask for Tom or Kathy</span></strong></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Secure Correspondence: U.S. P.O. Box 1120, Lake Forest, Orange County, CA, 92609-1120</strong></span></p>\n\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"></h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-medium\" src=\"/images/Kathy%2002.bmp\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"283\" /><a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/about-us/kathys-qualifications/\">Kathy Kalajian</a>\nE-mail <a href=\"mailto:Kathy@ProvidentFinancialServices.us?subject=Inquiry About Your Services\">Kathy</a></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-medium\" src=\"/Certified%20QuickBooks%20Pro%20Advisor%20logo.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"131\" height=\"97\" />Certified QuickBooks® ProAdvisor</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top:30px;\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"/images/TK%20IMG_0076%20-%20adjusted%20-%20small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"352\" /><a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/about-us/toms-qualifications/\">Thomas Kalajian, BS, CRTP, AVA, ABAR</a>\nE-mail <a href=\"mailto:Tom@ProvidentFinancialServices.us?subject=Inquiry About Your Services\">Tom</a></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Located in Orange County, California</strong>\n<strong> Near Bake Parkway and Jeronimo</strong></p>','Contact Us','','inherit','closed','closed','','35-autosave-v1','','','2018-04-18 00:25:58','2018-04-18 00:25:58','',35,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/35-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(155,1,'2016-12-28 23:10:46','2016-12-28 23:10:46','<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Provident Financial Services, Inc.</span></h3>\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>For Confidential Complimentary Consultation Please Call\r\n</strong></span><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 21px;\"><strong>(949) 583 1040 ∙ (877) 412 1040</strong></span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Please ask for Tom or Kathy</strong></span></h4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Secure Correspondence: U.S. P.O. 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Box 1120, Lake Forest, Orange County, CA, 92609-1120</strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/images/Kathy%2002.bmp\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"283\" /><a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/about-us/kathys-qualifications/\">Kathy Kalajian</a>\r\nE-mail <a href=\"mailto:Kathy@ProvidentFinancialServices.us?subject=Inquiry About Your Services\">Kathy</a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Certified%20QuickBooks%20Pro%20Advisor%20logo.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"131\" height=\"97\" />Certified QuickBooks® ProAdvisor</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter \" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/images/TK%20IMG_0076%20-%20adjusted%20-%20small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"352\" /><a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/about-us/toms-qualifications/\">Thomas Kalajian, BS, CRTP, AVA, ABAR</a>\r\nE-mail <a href=\"mailto:Tom@ProvidentFinancialServices.us?subject=Inquiry About Your Services\">Tom</a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Located in Orange County, California</strong>\r\n<strong> Near Bake Parkway and Jeronimo</strong></p>','Contact Us','','inherit','closed','closed','','35-revision-v1','','','2016-12-28 23:16:27','2016-12-28 23:16:27','',35,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/35-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(159,1,'2016-12-28 23:17:09','2016-12-28 23:17:09','<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Provident Financial Services, Inc.</strong></span></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">For Confidential Complimentary Consultation Please Call</span></strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 21px;\"> (949) 583 1040 ∙ (877) 412 1040</span></strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> Please ask for Tom or Kathy</span></strong></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Secure Correspondence: U.S. P.O. 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In contemplating the performance of a business, the greater the systemization and delegation of duties, the deeper and more adept the management team, the lower the risk assessment, and the higher the value of the business.\n\nOnly those consultants qualified and knowledgable about the determination of business value can best engineer the company\'s attributes to build optimum value.\n\n<hr />\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/IBA%20Membership%20Cert.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/photogallery/photo00025835/IBA%20Membership%20Cert.jpg\" alt=\"Certificate of Membership in the Institute of Business Appraisers\" width=\"124\" height=\"96\" /></a>Certificate of Membership in the Institute of Business Appraisers</strong>\n\nCertificate of Membership requires the member to adopt and adhere to the professional and ethical stadards of Institute, which require members to provide an ethical and 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<li>maintaining a higher than average industry gross margin</li>\n <li>understanding the lifetime value of a customer</li>\n <li>setting realistic financial objectives, tracking actual performance against planned performance</li>\n <li>inspiring the team to get on board with a culture of excellence</li>\n <li>packaging and bundling products and services</li>\n <li>increasing the average value of the sale</li>\n <li>understanding the paradigm effect and how it affects the acceptance of new ideas, products, processes and markets</li>\n <li>increasing the frequency of customer sales</li>\n <li>improving the financial efficiency of operations</li>\n <li>establishing and tracking key performance indicators</li>\n <li>establishing the company\'s critical success factors</li>\n <li>developing and implementing an extraordinary guarantee policy for increasing the perceived value to the customer, thereby justifying higher prices, greater loyalty and sustainable competitive advantages</li>\n <li>nurturing the core values and vision of the founder as the company culture with the team which survives the exit of the founder</li>\n <li>developing and strengthening the company\'s core values</li>\n <li>establishing a realistic mission statement</li>\n <li>development and adherence to successful policies and practices</li>\n <li>effective telephone practices and procedures to capture sales opportunities on the spot</li>\n <li>learning how to let go as the owner/founder</li>\n <li>dealing with resistance to change amongst the team</li>\n <li>effective multi-media learning programs for team members and other stakeholders</li>\n <li>strategic planning and tactical planning with implementation support</li>\n <li>discovery of key frustrations of both the company\'s customers and of the industry as a whole to develop effective strategies for remedying these frustrations as a way to create extra value, sustain a premium pricing strategy and create a truly unique selling proposition which undercuts the competition\'s attempts at price cutting to gain market share</li>\n <li>crisis management and problems resolution</li>\n <li>danger condition solutions and strategies to prevent recurrence</li>\n <li>determination of maximum growth rate sustainable by available and constraints on working capital (preventing the company from failure due to excessive growth demands on working capital)</li>\n <li>restructuring debt</li>\n <li>improvement of cash flow</li>\n <li>establishing standards and measurement systems for team performance and evaluation</li>\n <li>organization and implementation of customer advisory board and team advisory board for gathering information, recorded and conducted off-site</li>\n <li>development, development, clarification and dissemination of the company\'s USP (Unique Selling Proposition)</li>\n <li>analysis of the industry\'s competitive attributes for determining if the industry has good or bad competitors</li>\n <li>analysis of industry 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International Results Accountants\' Boot Camp and True North Business Development Academies for Accountants,and medical practice management specialist.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Boot%20Camp%20CPE%20Certificate,%20cleared.JPG\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/photogallery/photo00025835/Boot%20Camp%20CPE%20Certificate,%20cleared.JPG\" alt=\" Certificate of Completion of Results Accounts\' Systems International Training Academy for Accountants\' Boot Camp for Small Business\" width=\"124\" height=\"137\" /></a>Certificate of Completion of Results Accounts\' Systems International Training Academy for Accountants\' Boot Camp for Small Business</strong>\r\n\r\nCurriculum on Small Business Development Strategic and Tactical Systems and Strategies for Profit Improvement, Business Systemization and Development of Sustainable, Unique Competive Advantages, Team Training, Adoption of a Business Culture of Excellence and Adaption to Postive Change\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Focus%20TK%20Cert.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/photogallery/photo00025835/Focus%20TK%20Cert.jpg\" alt=\"Certificate of Completion of True North International Training Academy for Expanded Boot Camp Systems and Strategies\" width=\"124\" height=\"94\" /></a><strong>Certificate of Completion of True North International Training Academy for Expanded Boot Camp Systems and Strategies</strong>\r\n\r\nEmphasizing Small Business Strategic Planning Through a Unique Process of Identifying Multiple Options for Consideration, Prioritizing the Planned Strategies and Development of Action Plans to Implement Improvements.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Results%20Revisited%201998.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/photogallery/photo00025835/Results%20Revisited%201998.jpg\" alt=\"Certificate of Completion of Results Accounts\' Systems International Update Academy\" width=\"124\" height=\"93\" /></a>Certificate of Completion of Results Accounts\' Systems International Update Academy</strong>\r\n\r\nTwo-day update academy on latest releases, updates and improvements on original Boot Camp academy, including updated training videos, performance evaluation and diagnotic software, methods and techniques from Boot Camp graduate firms internationally\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/AVA%20Certificate.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/photogallery/photo00025835/AVA%20Certificate.jpg\" alt=\"Business Appraisal Designation as an Accredited Valuation Analyst (AVA) by the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" /></a>Business Appraisal Designation as an Accredited Valuation Analyst (AVA) by the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts</strong>\r\n\r\nThe designation of Accredited Valuation Analyst is awarded qualfied candidates who have completed a rigorous series of specific coursework, have a four-year college degree in an accounting or a business discipline, passed a rigorous examination on theory and methodology, submitted and passed qualified of a full, formal valuation report, and have earned qualified experience in a minimum of ten business valuation assignments.\r\n\r\nBusiness value is fundamentally based on the future earning power of the enterprise modified by the estimated risk associated with attaining that future earnings stream. In contemplating the performance of a business, the greater the systemization and delegation of duties, the deeper and more adept the management team, the lower the risk assessment, and the higher the value of the business.\r\n\r\nOnly those consultants qualified and knowledgable about the determination of business value can best engineer the company\'s attributes to build optimum value.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/IBA%20Membership%20Cert.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/photogallery/photo00025835/IBA%20Membership%20Cert.jpg\" alt=\"Certificate of Membership in the Institute of Business Appraisers\" width=\"124\" height=\"96\" /></a>Certificate of Membership in the Institute of Business Appraisers</strong>\r\n\r\nCertificate of Membership requires the member to adopt and adhere to the professional and ethical stadards of Institute, which require members to provide an ethical and professional quality work product to remain as a member in good standing.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Examples of Qualified Profit Improvement and Value Enhancement Services, Strategies and Systems for Small Business</strong></span></h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n <li>Small business profit improvement</li>\r\n <li>small business cash flow improvement</li>\r\n <li>small business sustainable competitive advantages</li>\r\n <li>small business sustainable growth strategies</li>\r\n <li>small business value enhancement</li>\r\n <li>small business organizational systems and procedures</li>\r\n <li>small business strategies to add value to the customer experience</li>\r\n <li>small business strategies to release owners from daily maintenance duties to work ON the business instead of IN the business</li>\r\n <li>increasing stability of revenue and earnings in small business enterprises</li>\r\n <li>improving differentiation of the small business compared to rivals</li>\r\n <li>maintaining a higher than average industry gross margin</li>\r\n <li>understanding the lifetime value of a customer</li>\r\n <li>setting realistic financial objectives, tracking actual performance against planned performance</li>\r\n <li>inspiring the team to get on board with a culture of excellence</li>\r\n <li>packaging and bundling products and services</li>\r\n <li>increasing the average value of the sale</li>\r\n <li>understanding the paradigm effect and how it affects the acceptance of new ideas, products, processes and markets</li>\r\n <li>increasing the frequency of customer sales</li>\r\n <li>improving the financial efficiency of operations</li>\r\n <li>establishing and tracking key performance indicators</li>\r\n <li>establishing the company\'s critical success factors</li>\r\n <li>developing and implementing an extraordinary guarantee policy for increasing the perceived value to the customer, thereby justifying higher prices, greater loyalty and sustainable competitive advantages</li>\r\n <li>nurturing the core values and vision of the founder as the company culture with the team which survives the exit of the founder</li>\r\n <li>developing and strengthening the company\'s core values</li>\r\n <li>establishing a realistic mission statement</li>\r\n <li>development and adherence to successful policies and practices</li>\r\n <li>effective telephone practices and procedures to capture sales opportunities on the spot</li>\r\n <li>learning how to let go as the owner/founder</li>\r\n <li>dealing with resistance to change amongst the team</li>\r\n <li>effective multi-media learning programs for team members and other stakeholders</li>\r\n <li>strategic planning and tactical planning with implementation support</li>\r\n <li>discovery of key frustrations of both the company\'s customers and of the industry as a whole to develop effective strategies for remedying these frustrations as a way to create extra value, sustain a premium pricing strategy and create a truly unique selling proposition which undercuts the competition\'s attempts at price cutting to gain market share</li>\r\n <li>crisis management and problems resolution</li>\r\n <li>danger condition solutions and strategies to prevent recurrence</li>\r\n <li>determination of maximum growth rate sustainable by available and constraints on working capital (preventing the company from failure due to excessive growth demands on working capital)</li>\r\n <li>restructuring debt</li>\r\n <li>improvement of cash flow</li>\r\n <li>establishing standards and measurement systems for team performance and evaluation</li>\r\n <li>organization and implementation of customer advisory board and team advisory board for gathering information, recorded and conducted off-site</li>\r\n <li>development, development, clarification and dissemination of the company\'s USP (Unique Selling Proposition)</li>\r\n <li>analysis of the industry\'s competitive attributes for determining if the industry has good or bad competitors</li>\r\n <li>analysis of industry averages for financial performance with key ratios</li>\r\n <li>analysis of 5-year trends in stability or volatility of revenue, earnings and cash flow</li>\r\n <li>key indicators upon which value is based, including Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (EBIT) and Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA)</li>\r\n <li>appropriate measures upon business value is determined and how to improve the metrics to make your small business equity increase in value and make your business more salable to the highest and best qualified buyer</li>\r\n <li>effective strategies to prepare your small business for an appropriate exit</li>\r\n <li>developing the depth in management necessary for an effective transition to an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) as an exit strategy option.</li>\r\n</ul>','Profit Improvement','','inherit','closed','closed','','30-revision-v1','','','2016-12-28 23:26:42','2016-12-28 23:26:42','',30,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/30-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(162,1,'2016-12-28 23:28:54','2016-12-28 23:28:54','<h3><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Small Business Profit Improvement and Business Value Enhancement</strong></span></h3>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignleft size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/photogallery/photo00025835/TK%20IMG_0076%20-%20adjusted1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"123\" height=\"186\" />Tom</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>(949) 583 1040</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>QUALIFIED EXPERT IN SMALL BUSINESS PROFIT IMPROVEMENT, VALUE ENHANCEMENT, INCREASING CASH FLOW, REDUCING DEPENDENCE OF THE BUSINESS ON THE OWNER, BUSINESS PROCESSING SYSTEMIZATION, REDUCING WASTE, IMPROVING PRODUCTIVITY AND PREPARING THE BUSINESS FOR A SUCESSFUL EXIT STRATEGY</strong>\r\n\r\nBachelor of Science degree in Accounting, Accredited Valuation Analyst (AVA), Graduate of the International Results Accountants\' Boot Camp and True North Business Development Academies for Accountants,and medical practice management specialist.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Boot%20Camp%20CPE%20Certificate,%20cleared.JPG\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/photogallery/photo00025835/Boot%20Camp%20CPE%20Certificate,%20cleared.JPG\" alt=\" Certificate of Completion of Results Accounts\' Systems International Training Academy for Accountants\' Boot Camp for Small Business\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" /></a>Certificate of Completion of Results Accounts\' Systems International Training Academy for Accountants\' Boot Camp for Small Business</strong>\r\n\r\nCurriculum on Small Business Development Strategic and Tactical Systems and Strategies for Profit Improvement, Business Systemization and Development of Sustainable, Unique Competive Advantages, Team Training, Adoption of a Business Culture of Excellence and Adaption to Postive Change\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Focus%20TK%20Cert.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/photogallery/photo00025835/Focus%20TK%20Cert.jpg\" alt=\"Certificate of Completion of True North International Training Academy for Expanded Boot Camp Systems and Strategies\" width=\"124\" height=\"94\" /></a><strong>Certificate of Completion of True North International Training Academy for Expanded Boot Camp Systems and Strategies</strong>\r\n\r\nEmphasizing Small Business Strategic Planning Through a Unique Process of Identifying Multiple Options for Consideration, Prioritizing the Planned Strategies and Development of Action Plans to Implement Improvements.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Results%20Revisited%201998.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/photogallery/photo00025835/Results%20Revisited%201998.jpg\" alt=\"Certificate of Completion of Results Accounts\' Systems International Update Academy\" width=\"124\" height=\"93\" /></a>Certificate of Completion of Results Accounts\' Systems International Update Academy</strong>\r\n\r\nTwo-day update academy on latest releases, updates and improvements on original Boot Camp academy, including updated training videos, performance evaluation and diagnotic software, methods and techniques from Boot Camp graduate firms internationally\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/AVA%20Certificate.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/photogallery/photo00025835/AVA%20Certificate.jpg\" alt=\"Business Appraisal Designation as an Accredited Valuation Analyst (AVA) by the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" /></a>Business Appraisal Designation as an Accredited Valuation Analyst (AVA) by the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts</strong>\r\n\r\nThe designation of Accredited Valuation Analyst is awarded qualfied candidates who have completed a rigorous series of specific coursework, have a four-year college degree in an accounting or a business discipline, passed a rigorous examination on theory and methodology, submitted and passed qualified of a full, formal valuation report, and have earned qualified experience in a minimum of ten business valuation assignments.\r\n\r\nBusiness value is fundamentally based on the future earning power of the enterprise modified by the estimated risk associated with attaining that future earnings stream. In contemplating the performance of a business, the greater the systemization and delegation of duties, the deeper and more adept the management team, the lower the risk assessment, and the higher the value of the business.\r\n\r\nOnly those consultants qualified and knowledgable about the determination of business value can best engineer the company\'s attributes to build optimum value.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/IBA%20Membership%20Cert.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/photogallery/photo00025835/IBA%20Membership%20Cert.jpg\" alt=\"Certificate of Membership in the Institute of Business Appraisers\" width=\"124\" height=\"96\" /></a>Certificate of Membership in the Institute of Business Appraisers</strong>\r\n\r\nCertificate of Membership requires the member to adopt and adhere to the professional and ethical stadards of Institute, which require members to provide an ethical and professional quality work product to remain as a member in good standing.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Examples of Qualified Profit Improvement and Value Enhancement Services, Strategies and Systems for Small Business</strong></span></h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n <li>Small business profit improvement</li>\r\n <li>small business cash flow improvement</li>\r\n <li>small business sustainable competitive advantages</li>\r\n <li>small business sustainable growth strategies</li>\r\n <li>small business value enhancement</li>\r\n <li>small business organizational systems and procedures</li>\r\n <li>small business strategies to add value to the customer experience</li>\r\n <li>small business strategies to release owners from daily maintenance duties to work ON the business instead of IN the business</li>\r\n <li>increasing stability of revenue and earnings in small business enterprises</li>\r\n <li>improving differentiation of the small business compared to rivals</li>\r\n <li>maintaining a higher than average industry gross margin</li>\r\n <li>understanding the lifetime value of a customer</li>\r\n <li>setting realistic financial objectives, tracking actual performance against planned performance</li>\r\n <li>inspiring the team to get on board with a culture of excellence</li>\r\n <li>packaging and bundling products and services</li>\r\n <li>increasing the average value of the sale</li>\r\n <li>understanding the paradigm effect and how it affects the acceptance of new ideas, products, processes and markets</li>\r\n <li>increasing the frequency of customer sales</li>\r\n <li>improving the financial efficiency of operations</li>\r\n <li>establishing and tracking key performance indicators</li>\r\n <li>establishing the company\'s critical success factors</li>\r\n <li>developing and implementing an extraordinary guarantee policy for increasing the perceived value to the customer, thereby justifying higher prices, greater loyalty and sustainable competitive advantages</li>\r\n <li>nurturing the core values and vision of the founder as the company culture with the team which survives the exit of the founder</li>\r\n <li>developing and strengthening the company\'s core values</li>\r\n <li>establishing a realistic mission statement</li>\r\n <li>development and adherence to successful policies and practices</li>\r\n <li>effective telephone practices and procedures to capture sales opportunities on the spot</li>\r\n <li>learning how to let go as the owner/founder</li>\r\n <li>dealing with resistance to change amongst the team</li>\r\n <li>effective multi-media learning programs for team members and other stakeholders</li>\r\n <li>strategic planning and tactical planning with implementation support</li>\r\n <li>discovery of key frustrations of both the company\'s customers and of the industry as a whole to develop effective strategies for remedying these frustrations as a way to create extra value, sustain a premium pricing strategy and create a truly unique selling proposition which undercuts the competition\'s attempts at price cutting to gain market share</li>\r\n <li>crisis management and problems resolution</li>\r\n <li>danger condition solutions and strategies to prevent recurrence</li>\r\n <li>determination of maximum growth rate sustainable by available and constraints on working capital (preventing the company from failure due to excessive growth demands on working capital)</li>\r\n <li>restructuring debt</li>\r\n <li>improvement of cash flow</li>\r\n <li>establishing standards and measurement systems for team performance and evaluation</li>\r\n <li>organization and implementation of customer advisory board and team advisory board for gathering information, recorded and conducted off-site</li>\r\n <li>development, development, clarification and dissemination of the company\'s USP (Unique Selling Proposition)</li>\r\n <li>analysis of the industry\'s competitive attributes for determining if the industry has good or bad competitors</li>\r\n <li>analysis of industry averages for financial performance with key ratios</li>\r\n <li>analysis of 5-year trends in stability or volatility of revenue, earnings and cash flow</li>\r\n <li>key indicators upon which value is based, including Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (EBIT) and Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA)</li>\r\n <li>appropriate measures upon business value is determined and how to improve the metrics to make your small business equity increase in value and make your business more salable to the highest and best qualified buyer</li>\r\n <li>effective strategies to prepare your small business for an appropriate exit</li>\r\n <li>developing the depth in management necessary for an effective transition to an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) as an exit strategy option.</li>\r\n</ul>','Profit Improvement','','inherit','closed','closed','','30-revision-v1','','','2016-12-28 23:28:54','2016-12-28 23:28:54','',30,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/30-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(163,1,'2016-12-28 23:30:08','2016-12-28 23:30:08','<h3><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Small Business Profit Improvement and Business Value Enhancement</strong></span></h3>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignleft size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/photogallery/photo00025835/TK%20IMG_0076%20-%20adjusted1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"123\" height=\"186\" />Tom</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>(949) 583 1040</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>QUALIFIED EXPERT IN SMALL BUSINESS PROFIT IMPROVEMENT, VALUE ENHANCEMENT, INCREASING CASH FLOW, REDUCING DEPENDENCE OF THE BUSINESS ON THE OWNER, BUSINESS PROCESSING SYSTEMIZATION, REDUCING WASTE, IMPROVING PRODUCTIVITY AND PREPARING THE BUSINESS FOR A SUCESSFUL EXIT STRATEGY</strong>\r\n\r\nBachelor of Science degree in Accounting, Accredited Valuation Analyst (AVA), Graduate of the International Results Accountants\' Boot Camp and True North Business Development Academies for Accountants,and medical practice management specialist.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Boot%20Camp%20CPE%20Certificate,%20cleared.JPG\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft\" style=\"width:150px; height:113px;\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/photogallery/photo00025835/Boot%20Camp%20CPE%20Certificate,%20cleared.JPG\" alt=\" Certificate of Completion of Results Accounts\' Systems International Training Academy for Accountants\' Boot Camp for Small Business\" /></a>Certificate of Completion of Results Accounts\' Systems International Training Academy for Accountants\' Boot Camp for Small Business</strong>\r\n\r\nCurriculum on Small Business Development Strategic and Tactical Systems and Strategies for Profit Improvement, Business Systemization and Development of Sustainable, Unique Competive Advantages, Team Training, Adoption of a Business Culture of Excellence and Adaption to Postive Change\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Focus%20TK%20Cert.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/photogallery/photo00025835/Focus%20TK%20Cert.jpg\" alt=\"Certificate of Completion of True North International Training Academy for Expanded Boot Camp Systems and Strategies\" width=\"124\" height=\"94\" /></a><strong>Certificate of Completion of True North International Training Academy for Expanded Boot Camp Systems and Strategies</strong>\r\n\r\nEmphasizing Small Business Strategic Planning Through a Unique Process of Identifying Multiple Options for Consideration, Prioritizing the Planned Strategies and Development of Action Plans to Implement Improvements.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Results%20Revisited%201998.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/photogallery/photo00025835/Results%20Revisited%201998.jpg\" alt=\"Certificate of Completion of Results Accounts\' Systems International Update Academy\" width=\"124\" height=\"93\" /></a>Certificate of Completion of Results Accounts\' Systems International Update Academy</strong>\r\n\r\nTwo-day update academy on latest releases, updates and improvements on original Boot Camp academy, including updated training videos, performance evaluation and diagnotic software, methods and techniques from Boot Camp graduate firms internationally\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/AVA%20Certificate.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/photogallery/photo00025835/AVA%20Certificate.jpg\" alt=\"Business Appraisal Designation as an Accredited Valuation Analyst (AVA) by the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" /></a>Business Appraisal Designation as an Accredited Valuation Analyst (AVA) by the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts</strong>\r\n\r\nThe designation of Accredited Valuation Analyst is awarded qualfied candidates who have completed a rigorous series of specific coursework, have a four-year college degree in an accounting or a business discipline, passed a rigorous examination on theory and methodology, submitted and passed qualified of a full, formal valuation report, and have earned qualified experience in a minimum of ten business valuation assignments.\r\n\r\nBusiness value is fundamentally based on the future earning power of the enterprise modified by the estimated risk associated with attaining that future earnings stream. In contemplating the performance of a business, the greater the systemization and delegation of duties, the deeper and more adept the management team, the lower the risk assessment, and the higher the value of the business.\r\n\r\nOnly those consultants qualified and knowledgable about the determination of business value can best engineer the company\'s attributes to build optimum value.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/IBA%20Membership%20Cert.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/photogallery/photo00025835/IBA%20Membership%20Cert.jpg\" alt=\"Certificate of Membership in the Institute of Business Appraisers\" width=\"124\" height=\"96\" /></a>Certificate of Membership in the Institute of Business Appraisers</strong>\r\n\r\nCertificate of Membership requires the member to adopt and adhere to the professional and ethical stadards of Institute, which require members to provide an ethical and professional quality work product to remain as a member in good standing.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Examples of Qualified Profit Improvement and Value Enhancement Services, Strategies and Systems for Small Business</strong></span></h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n <li>Small business profit improvement</li>\r\n <li>small business cash flow improvement</li>\r\n <li>small business sustainable competitive advantages</li>\r\n <li>small business sustainable growth strategies</li>\r\n <li>small business value enhancement</li>\r\n <li>small business organizational systems and procedures</li>\r\n <li>small business strategies to add value to the customer experience</li>\r\n <li>small business strategies to release owners from daily maintenance duties to work ON the business instead of IN the business</li>\r\n <li>increasing stability of revenue and earnings in small business enterprises</li>\r\n <li>improving differentiation of the small business compared to rivals</li>\r\n <li>maintaining a higher than average industry gross margin</li>\r\n <li>understanding the lifetime value of a customer</li>\r\n <li>setting realistic financial objectives, tracking actual performance against planned performance</li>\r\n <li>inspiring the team to get on board with a culture of excellence</li>\r\n <li>packaging and bundling products and services</li>\r\n <li>increasing the average value of the sale</li>\r\n <li>understanding the paradigm effect and how it affects the acceptance of new ideas, products, processes and markets</li>\r\n <li>increasing the frequency of customer sales</li>\r\n <li>improving the financial efficiency of operations</li>\r\n <li>establishing and tracking key performance indicators</li>\r\n <li>establishing the company\'s critical success factors</li>\r\n <li>developing and implementing an extraordinary guarantee policy for increasing the perceived value to the customer, thereby justifying higher prices, greater loyalty and sustainable competitive advantages</li>\r\n <li>nurturing the core values and vision of the founder as the company culture with the team which survives the exit of the founder</li>\r\n <li>developing and strengthening the company\'s core values</li>\r\n <li>establishing a realistic mission statement</li>\r\n <li>development and adherence to successful policies and practices</li>\r\n <li>effective telephone practices and procedures to capture sales opportunities on the spot</li>\r\n <li>learning how to let go as the owner/founder</li>\r\n <li>dealing with resistance to change amongst the team</li>\r\n <li>effective multi-media learning programs for team members and other stakeholders</li>\r\n <li>strategic planning and tactical planning with implementation support</li>\r\n <li>discovery of key frustrations of both the company\'s customers and of the industry as a whole to develop effective strategies for remedying these frustrations as a way to create extra value, sustain a premium pricing strategy and create a truly unique selling proposition which undercuts the competition\'s attempts at price cutting to gain market share</li>\r\n <li>crisis management and problems resolution</li>\r\n <li>danger condition solutions and strategies to prevent recurrence</li>\r\n <li>determination of maximum growth rate sustainable by available and constraints on working capital (preventing the company from failure due to excessive growth demands on working capital)</li>\r\n <li>restructuring debt</li>\r\n <li>improvement of cash flow</li>\r\n <li>establishing standards and measurement systems for team performance and evaluation</li>\r\n <li>organization and implementation of customer advisory board and team advisory board for gathering information, recorded and conducted off-site</li>\r\n <li>development, development, clarification and dissemination of the company\'s USP (Unique Selling Proposition)</li>\r\n <li>analysis of the industry\'s competitive 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Improvement','','inherit','closed','closed','','30-revision-v1','','','2016-12-28 23:30:08','2016-12-28 23:30:08','',30,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/30-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(164,1,'2016-12-28 23:30:57','2016-12-28 23:30:57','<h3><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Small Business Profit Improvement and Business Value Enhancement</strong></span></h3>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignleft size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/photogallery/photo00025835/TK%20IMG_0076%20-%20adjusted1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"123\" height=\"186\" />Tom</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>(949) 583 1040</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>QUALIFIED EXPERT IN SMALL BUSINESS PROFIT IMPROVEMENT, VALUE ENHANCEMENT, INCREASING CASH FLOW, REDUCING DEPENDENCE OF THE BUSINESS ON THE OWNER, BUSINESS PROCESSING SYSTEMIZATION, REDUCING WASTE, IMPROVING PRODUCTIVITY AND PREPARING THE BUSINESS FOR A SUCESSFUL EXIT 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for Profit Improvement, Business Systemization and Development of Sustainable, Unique Competive Advantages, Team Training, Adoption of a Business Culture of Excellence and Adaption to Postive Change\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Focus%20TK%20Cert.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/photogallery/photo00025835/Focus%20TK%20Cert.jpg\" alt=\"Certificate of Completion of True North International Training Academy for Expanded Boot Camp Systems and Strategies\" width=\"124\" height=\"94\" /></a><strong>Certificate of Completion of True North International Training Academy for Expanded Boot Camp Systems and Strategies</strong>\r\n\r\nEmphasizing Small Business Strategic Planning Through a Unique Process of Identifying Multiple Options for Consideration, Prioritizing the Planned Strategies and Development of Action Plans to Implement Improvements.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Results%20Revisited%201998.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/photogallery/photo00025835/Results%20Revisited%201998.jpg\" alt=\"Certificate of Completion of Results Accounts\' Systems International Update Academy\" width=\"124\" height=\"93\" /></a>Certificate of Completion of Results Accounts\' Systems International Update Academy</strong>\r\n\r\nTwo-day update academy on latest releases, updates and improvements on original Boot Camp academy, including updated training videos, performance evaluation and diagnotic software, methods and techniques from Boot Camp graduate firms internationally\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/AVA%20Certificate.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/photogallery/photo00025835/AVA%20Certificate.jpg\" alt=\"Business Appraisal 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In contemplating the performance of a business, the greater the systemization and delegation of duties, the deeper and more adept the management team, the lower the risk assessment, and the higher the value of the business.\r\n\r\nOnly those consultants qualified and knowledgable about the determination of business value can best engineer the company\'s attributes to build optimum value.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/IBA%20Membership%20Cert.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/photogallery/photo00025835/IBA%20Membership%20Cert.jpg\" alt=\"Certificate of Membership in the Institute of Business Appraisers\" width=\"124\" height=\"96\" /></a>Certificate of Membership in the Institute of Business Appraisers</strong>\r\n\r\nCertificate of Membership requires the member to adopt and adhere to the professional and ethical stadards of Institute, which require members to provide 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the small business compared to rivals</li>\r\n <li>maintaining a higher than average industry gross margin</li>\r\n <li>understanding the lifetime value of a customer</li>\r\n <li>setting realistic financial objectives, tracking actual performance against planned performance</li>\r\n <li>inspiring the team to get on board with a culture of excellence</li>\r\n <li>packaging and bundling products and services</li>\r\n <li>increasing the average value of the sale</li>\r\n <li>understanding the paradigm effect and how it affects the acceptance of new ideas, products, processes and markets</li>\r\n <li>increasing the frequency of customer sales</li>\r\n <li>improving the financial efficiency of operations</li>\r\n <li>establishing and tracking key performance indicators</li>\r\n <li>establishing the company\'s critical success factors</li>\r\n <li>developing and implementing an extraordinary guarantee policy for increasing the perceived value to the customer, thereby justifying higher prices, greater loyalty and sustainable competitive advantages</li>\r\n <li>nurturing the core values and vision of the founder as the company culture with the team which survives the exit of the founder</li>\r\n <li>developing and strengthening the company\'s core values</li>\r\n <li>establishing a realistic mission statement</li>\r\n <li>development and adherence to successful policies and practices</li>\r\n <li>effective telephone practices and procedures to capture sales opportunities on the spot</li>\r\n <li>learning how to let go as the owner/founder</li>\r\n <li>dealing with resistance to change amongst the team</li>\r\n <li>effective multi-media learning programs for team members and other stakeholders</li>\r\n <li>strategic planning and tactical planning with implementation support</li>\r\n <li>discovery of key frustrations of both the company\'s customers and of the industry as a whole to develop effective strategies for remedying these frustrations as a way to create extra 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QuickBooks® bookkeeping services include:</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">QuickBooks installation</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">QuickBooks repair and restoration</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">QuickBooks tutoring</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">QuickBooks on site services</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">QuickBooks on line services</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">Traditional bookkeeping services</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">Ongoing services</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Servicing QuickBooks users in and adjacent to Orange County (OC), California.\r\nOver 25 years of CPA experience with expertise in over 92 industries.\r\nFree consultation available</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"http://www.providentvaluationprofessionals.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Provident Valuation Professionals</strong></a></span></h4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A business valuation firm providing business appraisal services certified by a nationally-credentialed professional to standards of three national valuation organizations:</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">Institute of Business Appraisers (IBA)</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP)</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">National Association of Certified Valuation Analysis (NACVA)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We also offer legal consulting and business value enhancement services and strategies.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Our business appraisals are targeted for closely-held businesses and professional practices up to $50 million in Southern California</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"></p>','Helpful Information','','inherit','closed','closed','','47-revision-v1','','','2016-12-28 23:38:12','2016-12-28 23:38:12','',47,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/47-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(167,1,'2016-12-28 23:39:47','2016-12-28 23:39:47','<a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/helpful-information/why-businesses-fail/\">Why Businesses Fail</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/helpful-information/tax-glossary/\">Tax Glossary</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/helpful-information/economic-data/\">Economic Data\r\n</a><a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/helpful-information/for-bargain-hunters/\">For Bargain Hunters</a>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.providentbookkeeping.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Provident Bookkeeping Services</strong></a></span></span></h4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">No need to change your tax accountant. QuickBooks® bookkeeping services include:</p>\r\n\r\n<ul style=\"font-size: 0.9rem;\">\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">QuickBooks installation</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">QuickBooks repair and restoration</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">QuickBooks tutoring</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">QuickBooks on site services</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">QuickBooks on line services</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">Traditional bookkeeping services</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">Ongoing services</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Servicing QuickBooks users in and adjacent to Orange County (OC), California.\r\nOver 25 years of CPA experience with expertise in over 92 industries.\r\nFree consultation available</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"http://www.providentvaluationprofessionals.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Provident Valuation Professionals</strong></a></span></h4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A business valuation firm providing business appraisal services certified by a nationally-credentialed professional to standards of three national valuation organizations:</p>\r\n\r\n<ul style=\"font-size: 0.9rem;\">\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">Institute of Business Appraisers (IBA)</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP)</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">National Association of Certified Valuation Analysis (NACVA)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We also offer legal consulting and business value enhancement services and strategies.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Our business appraisals are targeted for closely-held businesses and professional practices up to $50 million in Southern California</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"></p>','Helpful Information','','inherit','closed','closed','','47-revision-v1','','','2016-12-28 23:39:47','2016-12-28 23:39:47','',47,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/47-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(168,1,'2016-12-28 23:40:32','2016-12-28 23:40:32','<a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/helpful-information/why-businesses-fail/\" style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\">Why Businesses Fail</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/helpful-information/tax-glossary/\" style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\">Tax Glossary</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/helpful-information/economic-data/\" style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\">Economic Data\r\n</a><a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/helpful-information/for-bargain-hunters/\" style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\">For Bargain Hunters</a>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.providentbookkeeping.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Provident Bookkeeping Services</strong></a></span></span></h5>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">No need to change your tax accountant. QuickBooks® bookkeeping services include:</p>\r\n\r\n<ul style=\"font-size: 0.9rem;\">\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">QuickBooks installation</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">QuickBooks repair and restoration</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">QuickBooks tutoring</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">QuickBooks on site services</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">QuickBooks on line services</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">Traditional bookkeeping services</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">Ongoing services</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Servicing QuickBooks users in and adjacent to Orange County (OC), California.\r\nOver 25 years of CPA experience with expertise in over 92 industries.\r\nFree consultation available</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"http://www.providentvaluationprofessionals.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Provident Valuation Professionals</strong></a></span></h5>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A business valuation firm providing business appraisal services certified by a nationally-credentialed professional to standards of three national valuation organizations:</p>\r\n\r\n<ul style=\"font-size: 0.9rem;\">\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">Institute of Business Appraisers (IBA)</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP)</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">National Association of Certified Valuation Analysis (NACVA)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We also offer legal consulting and business value enhancement services and strategies.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Our business appraisals are targeted for closely-held businesses and professional practices up to $50 million in Southern California</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"></p>','Helpful Information','','inherit','closed','closed','','47-revision-v1','','','2016-12-28 23:40:32','2016-12-28 23:40:32','',47,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/47-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(169,1,'2018-04-18 00:30:02','2018-04-18 00:30:02','<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><img class=\"size-medium alignright\" src=\"/j0399543.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"176\" />The Problem</strong></span>\n\nMost business owners do not understand how to use financial statements to manage their businesses \"by the numbers.\"\n\nInstead, they use substitute indicators which betray them, such as amount of cash in the bank. This often has little to do with profitability and the resulting taxes.\n\nSome business owners believe that the faster you grow the better. However, studies show that companies can grow themselves into bankruptcy because they run out of cash and working capital.\n\nFinancial tools can help avoid disaster and guide owners toward greater profitability, cash flow and independence from the drudgery of petty problem solving.\n\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>\n<img class=\"alignright\" src=\"/j0309600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"84\" height=\"118\" />The Result</strong></span>\n\nOver 93% of businesses fail because of mismanagement. Of those that failed, over half were profitable, but failed because of mismanagement of cash flow. Source: Dunn and Bradstreet\n\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>\n<img class=\"alignright \" src=\"/j0400296.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"123\" height=\"154\" />The Cause</strong></span>\n\nThe \"bean counter\" mentality... Most traditional CPAs insist on performing obsolete practices by preparing financial statements in a format which most business owners do not understand and cannot use to improve their financial condition.\n\nThe reason? \"That\'s the way we\'ve always done it.\"\n\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>\n<img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/j0284901.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"173\" />The Solution</strong></span>\n\nProvident Financial Services has developed a simple way to communicate financial information for non-accountants. We have a consistent history where business owners can use our reports to manage their businesses to help control costs, increase profits and improve cash flow.','Why Businesses Fail','','inherit','closed','closed','','66-autosave-v1','','','2018-04-18 00:30:02','2018-04-18 00:30:02','',66,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/66-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(170,1,'2016-12-28 23:44:04','2016-12-28 23:44:04','<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><img class=\"size-medium alignright\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/j0399543.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"176\" />The Problem</strong></span>\r\n\r\nMost business owners do not understand how to use financial statements to manage their businesses \"by the numbers.\"\r\n\r\nInstead, they use substitute indicators which betray them, such as amount of cash in the bank. This often has little to do with profitability and the resulting taxes.\r\n\r\nSome business owners believe that the faster you grow the better. However, studies show that companies can grow themselves into bankruptcy because they run out of cash and working capital.\r\n\r\nFinancial tools can help avoid disaster and guide owners toward greater profitability, cash flow and independence from the drudgery of petty problem solving.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>\r\n<img class=\"alignright\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/j0309600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"84\" height=\"118\" />The Result</strong></span>\r\n\r\nOver 93% of businesses fail because of mismanagement. Of those that failed, over half were profitable, but failed because of mismanagement of cash flow. Source: Dunn and Bradstreet\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>\r\n<img class=\"alignright \" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/j0400296.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"123\" height=\"154\" />The Cause</strong></span>\r\n\r\nThe \"bean counter\" mentality... Most traditional CPAs insist on performing obsolete practices by preparing financial statements in a format which most business owners do not understand and cannot use to improve their financial condition.\r\n\r\nThe reason? \"That\'s the way we\'ve always done it.\"\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/j0284901.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"173\" />\r\nThe Solution</strong></span>\r\n\r\nProvident Financial Services has developed a simple way to communicate financial information for non-accountants. We have a consistent history where business owners can use our reports to manage their businesses to help control costs, increase profits and improve cash flow.','Why Businesses Fail','','inherit','closed','closed','','66-revision-v1','','','2016-12-28 23:44:04','2016-12-28 23:44:04','',66,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/66-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(171,1,'2016-12-28 23:44:58','2016-12-28 23:44:58','<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><img class=\"size-medium alignright\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/j0399543.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"176\" />The Problem</strong></span>\r\n\r\nMost business owners do not understand how to use financial statements to manage their businesses \"by the numbers.\"\r\n\r\nInstead, they use substitute indicators which betray them, such as amount of cash in the bank. This often has little to do with profitability and the resulting taxes.\r\n\r\nSome business owners believe that the faster you grow the better. However, studies show that companies can grow themselves into bankruptcy because they run out of cash and working capital.\r\n\r\nFinancial tools can help avoid disaster and guide owners toward greater profitability, cash flow and independence from the drudgery of petty problem solving.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>\r\n<img class=\"alignright\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/j0309600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"84\" height=\"118\" />The Result</strong></span>\r\n\r\nOver 93% of businesses fail because of mismanagement. Of those that failed, over half were profitable, but failed because of mismanagement of cash flow. Source: Dunn and Bradstreet\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>\r\n<img class=\"alignright \" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/j0400296.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"123\" height=\"154\" />The Cause</strong></span>\r\n\r\nThe \"bean counter\" mentality... Most traditional CPAs insist on performing obsolete practices by preparing financial statements in a format which most business owners do not understand and cannot use to improve their financial condition.\r\n\r\nThe reason? \"That\'s the way we\'ve always done it.\"\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/j0284901.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"173\" />The Solution</strong></span>\r\n\r\nProvident Financial Services has developed a simple way to communicate financial information for non-accountants. We have a consistent history where business owners can use our reports to manage their businesses to help control costs, increase profits and improve cash flow.','Why Businesses Fail','','inherit','closed','closed','','66-revision-v1','','','2016-12-28 23:44:58','2016-12-28 23:44:58','',66,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/66-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(172,1,'2016-12-28 23:45:31','2016-12-28 23:45:31','<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><img class=\"size-medium alignright\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/j0399543.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"176\" />The Problem</strong></span>\r\n\r\nMost business owners do not understand how to use financial statements to manage their businesses \"by the numbers.\"\r\n\r\nInstead, they use substitute indicators which betray them, such as amount of cash in the bank. This often has little to do with profitability and the resulting taxes.\r\n\r\nSome business owners believe that the faster you grow the better. However, studies show that companies can grow themselves into bankruptcy because they run out of cash and working capital.\r\n\r\nFinancial tools can help avoid disaster and guide owners toward greater profitability, cash flow and independence from the drudgery of petty problem solving.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>\r\n<img class=\"alignright\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/j0309600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"84\" height=\"118\" />The Result</strong></span>\r\n\r\nOver 93% of businesses fail because of mismanagement. Of those that failed, over half were profitable, but failed because of mismanagement of cash flow. Source: Dunn and Bradstreet\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>\r\n<img class=\"alignright \" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/j0400296.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"123\" height=\"154\" />The Cause</strong></span>\r\n\r\nThe \"bean counter\" mentality... Most traditional CPAs insist on performing obsolete practices by preparing financial statements in a format which most business owners do not understand and cannot use to improve their financial condition.\r\n\r\nThe reason? \"That\'s the way we\'ve always done it.\"\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/j0284901.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"173\" />The Solution</strong></span>\r\n\r\nProvident Financial Services has developed a simple way to communicate financial information for non-accountants. We have a consistent history where business owners can use our reports to manage their businesses to help control costs, increase profits and improve cash flow.','Why Businesses Fail','','inherit','closed','closed','','66-revision-v1','','','2016-12-28 23:45:31','2016-12-28 23:45:31','',66,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/66-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(173,1,'2016-12-28 23:46:06','2016-12-28 23:46:06','<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><img class=\"size-medium alignright\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/j0399543.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"176\" />The Problem</strong></span>\r\n\r\nMost business owners do not understand how to use financial statements to manage their businesses \"by the numbers.\"\r\n\r\nInstead, they use substitute indicators which betray them, such as amount of cash in the bank. This often has little to do with profitability and the resulting taxes.\r\n\r\nSome business owners believe that the faster you grow the better. However, studies show that companies can grow themselves into bankruptcy because they run out of cash and working capital.\r\n\r\nFinancial tools can help avoid disaster and guide owners toward greater profitability, cash flow and independence from the drudgery of petty problem solving.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>\r\n<img class=\"alignright\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/j0309600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"84\" height=\"118\" />The Result</strong></span>\r\n\r\nOver 93% of businesses fail because of mismanagement. Of those that failed, over half were profitable, but failed because of mismanagement of cash flow. Source: Dunn and Bradstreet\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>\r\n<img class=\"alignright \" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/j0400296.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"123\" height=\"154\" />The Cause</strong></span>\r\n\r\nThe \"bean counter\" mentality... Most traditional CPAs insist on performing obsolete practices by preparing financial statements in a format which most business owners do not understand and cannot use to improve their financial condition.\r\n\r\nThe reason? \"That\'s the way we\'ve always done it.\"\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/j0284901.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"173\" />The Solution</strong></span>\r\n\r\nProvident Financial Services has developed a simple way to communicate financial information for non-accountants. We have a consistent history where business owners can use our reports to manage their businesses to help control costs, increase profits and improve cash flow.','Why Businesses Fail','','inherit','closed','closed','','66-revision-v1','','','2016-12-28 23:46:06','2016-12-28 23:46:06','',66,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/66-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(174,1,'2016-12-28 23:49:44','2016-12-28 23:49:44','<strong>Accelerated depreciation.</strong> A depreciation method that allows larger deductions in the early years of an asset\'s \"life\" and smaller deductions at the end of the period. (See \"Straight-line depreciation.\")\n\n<strong>Accrual method (or accrual basis).</strong> One of two main accounting methods for determining when a transaction has tax significance. The accrual method says that a transaction is taxed when an obligation to pay or a right to receive payment is created (for example, at the time products are delivered, services rendered, billings sent, etc.). This method is used by all but the smallest businesses. (See \"Cash method (or cash basis).\")\n\n<strong>Adjusted basis.</strong> The cost of property (or a substitute figure-see \"Basis\") with adjustments made to account for depreciation (in the case of business property), improvements (in the case of real estate), withdrawals or reinvestment (in the case of securities, funds, accounts, insurance or annuities), etc. Adjusted basis is part of the computation for determining gain or loss on a sale or exchange and for depreciation.\n\n<strong>Adjusted gross income.</strong> The amount of income considered actually \"available\" to be taxed. Adjusted gross income is gross income reduced principally by business expenses incurred to earn the income and other specified reductions (such as alimony).\n\n<strong>Alternative minimum tax.</strong> An alternative tax system that says: your tax shall not go below this level. The alternative minimum tax works by negating (or minimizing) the effects of tax preferences or loopholes.\n\n<strong>Amortization.</strong> The write-off of an amount spent for certain capital assets, similar to depreciation. This tax meaning is different from the common meaning of the term that describes, for example, payment schedules of loans.\n\n<strong>Applicable Federal Rates (AFRs).</strong> Minimum interest rates that must be charged on various transactions that involve payments over a number of years. If the parties to a transaction do not adhere to these rates, the IRS will impute the interest. (See \"Imputed interest.\")\n\n<strong>At-risk rules.</strong> Rules that limit an investor\'s deductible losses from an investment to the amount invested. Complications arise when investors finance their investment through loans that they are not personally on the hook for (nonrecourse financing). Without these rules, investors could raise their deduction limit considerably without being at-risk for the actual loss.\n\n<strong>Basis.</strong> The starting point for computing gain or loss on a sale or exchange of property or for depreciation. (See \"Adjusted basis.\") For property that is purchased, basis is its cost. The basis of inherited property is its value at the date of death (or alternative valuation date). The basis of property received as a gift or a nontaxable transaction is based on the adjusted basis of the transferor (with some adjustments). Special rules govern property transferred between corporations and their shareholders, partners and their partnership, etc.\n\n<strong>Cafeteria plan.</strong> A plan maintained by an employer that allows employees to select from a menu of taxable and nontaxable benefits.\n\n<strong>Capital expenditures.</strong> Amounts spent to acquire or improve assets with useful lives of more than one year. These expenditures may not be deducted, but are added to the basis of the property (See \"Adjusted basis.\") and, for business property, may be converted into deductions through depreciation or amortization.\n\n<strong>Capital gain or loss.</strong> Gain or loss from the sale or exchange of investment property, personal property (such as a home) or other \"capital asset,\" which is often entitled to preferential tax treatment.\n\n<strong>Carrybacks and carryforwards.</strong> Deductions that may be transferred to a year other than the current year because they exceeded certain limits. These deductions are typically carried back to earlier years first and, if they exceed the limits for those years, are then carried forward to later years until the deduction is used up. Charitable contributions and net operating losses are examples of deductions that may be carried back or forward.\n\n<strong>Cash method (or cash basis).</strong> One of two main accounting methods for determining when a transaction has tax significance. The cash method says that a transaction is taxed when payment is made. This method is used by most individuals. (See \"Accrual method (or accrual basis).\")\n\n<strong>Community property.</strong> A system governing spousal ownership of property and income that is the law in certain western and southern states and Wisconsin. The differences between community property and \"common law\" can change how federal tax law applies to spouses. For example: married taxpayers filing separately in a common law state do not have to report income earned by the other spouse. They do have to report income earned in a community property state.\n\n<strong>Deferred compensation.</strong> An arrangement that allows an employee to receive part of a year\'s pay in a later year and not be taxed in the year the money was earned.\n\n<strong>Depletion.</strong> A system similar to depreciation that allows the owner of natural resources (for example: a coal mine or an oil well) to deduct a portion of the cost of the asset during each year of its presumed productive life.\n\n<strong>Depreciation.</strong> A system that allows a business or individual to deduct a portion of the cost of an asset (\"recover its cost\") during each year of its predetermined \"life\" (or \"recovery period\").\n\n<strong>Earned income.</strong> Income earned by working for it. Interest, dividends and other kinds of profits are examples of unearned income.\n\n<strong>Earned income credit.</strong> A tax credit available to individuals with low earned income. An individual is entitled to the full amount of this credit even if it exceeds the amount of tax otherwise due.\n\n<strong>Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP).</strong> A type of profit-sharing plan in which benefits come in the form of stock in the employer.\n\n<strong>Estimated tax.</strong> Quarterly down payments on a year\'s taxes that are required (on April 15, June 15, September 15, and January 15) if the total year\'s taxes will exceed $1,000 and the amount is not covered by withholding.\n\n<strong>Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA).</strong> Social security taxes (for both old-age, survivors and disability insurance-OASDI-and Medicare).\n\n<strong>Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA).</strong> Unemployment taxes.\n\n<strong>Filing status.</strong> One of four tax ranks determined by your marital status, your dependents and the way you file your tax return: (1) single, (2) married filing jointly, (3) married filing separately and (4) head of household. Filing status determines your tax rates and your eligibility for various tax benefits (for example: alimony deduction, IRA deduction, standard deduction, etc.).\n\n<strong>First-in, first-out (FIFO).</strong> A rule that applies to the sale of part of a group of similar items (such as inventory, shares of the same stock, etc.) that assumes the first ones acquired were the first ones sold. This is important if the items in the group were acquired or manufactured at different times or for different costs. The rule may be overridden by identifying the specific item sold, if possible. (See \"Last-in, first-out (LIFO).\")\n\n<strong>Generation-skipping transfer tax.</strong> An extra tax on gifts or on-death transfers of money or property that would otherwise escape the once-per-generation transfer taxes that apply to gifts and estates. For example: a gift from a grandfather to a granddaughter skips a generation and might be subject to this tax.\n\n<strong>Golden parachutes.</strong> Bonuses payable to key executives in the event control of their corporation changes, as in the case of a takeover. \"Excess\" golden parachute payments are subject to tax penalties.\n\n<strong>Gross income.</strong> All income that might be subject to tax. Most \"realized\" increases in wealth are considered income. The main exceptions for individuals are gifts, inheritances, increases in value of property prior to sale, loan repayments and some personal injury awards. For businesses, investments in their capital are not considered income.\n\n<strong>Head of household.</strong> A filing status available to qualifying single parents (or others supporting certain dependents) that allows lower taxes than the normal rates for singles.\n\n<strong>Imputed interest.</strong> A portion of a future payment that is treated as interest if parties to the transaction do not provide a stated amount of interest at a rate acceptable to the IRS. (See \"Applicable Federal Rates (AFRs).\") This prevents improper use of certain tax advantages (capital gains rates or tax deferral). For example: if a business sells an asset on the installment basis, part of all future payments is treated as interest whether the transaction states it or not.\n\n<strong>Incentive stock option.</strong> A stock option that may be granted to an employee under tax-favored terms.\n\n<strong>Itemized deductions.</strong> Personal deductions that may be taken if they total more than the standard deduction. (See \"Standard deduction.\") The following deductions are then itemized or listed on Schedule A of Form 1040: medical expenses, charitable contributions, state and local taxes, home mortgage interest, real estate taxes, casualty losses, unreimbursed employee expenses, investment expenses and others.\n\n<strong>Investment credit.</strong> A credit against tax available for investment in a limited range of business property. The general investment credit was repealed in 1986, but this type of credit has been enacted and repealed repeatedly throughout history.\n\n<strong>Involuntary conversion.</strong> The conversion of property into money under circumstances beyond the control of the owner. For example: (1) property that is destroyed and \"converted\" into an insurance settlement or (2) property that is seized by the government and \"converted\" into a condemnation award. Owners may avoid tax on any gain that may result (if the insurance settlement or condemnation award exceeds the adjusted basis of the property) by reinvesting in similar property within certain time limits.\n\n<strong>Joint return.</strong> An optional filing status available to married taxpayers that offers generally (but not always) lower taxes than \"married filing separately.\"\n\n<strong>Keogh plan.</strong> A retirement plan available to self-employed individuals.\n\n<strong>Last-in, first-out (LIFO).</strong> A rule that applies to the sale of part of a group of similar items in an inventory that assumes the last ones acquired were the first ones sold. This is important if the items in the group were acquired or manufactured at different times or for different costs. (See \"First-in, first-out (FIFO).\")\n\n<strong>Like-kind exchanges.</strong> Tax-free swaps of investment property. Commonly used for real estate.\n\n<strong>Limited liability company (LLC).</strong> A legal structure that allows a business to be taxed like a partnership but function generally like a corporation. An LLC offers members (among other things) protection against liability for claims against the business that is not available in a partnership.\n\n<strong>Listed property.</strong> Property listed in the tax code or by the IRS that must comply with special rules before depreciation may be claimed. Cars and personal computers are examples of listed property. The special rules are designed to prevent deductions where the property is used for personal rather than business purposes.\n\n<strong>Medical Spending Accounts (MSAs).</strong> An investment fund similar to an IRA that can be used to pay more routine medical expenses, when used in conjunction with \"high-deductible\" health insurance, which pays the big bills. Only 750,000 of these MSAs are available nationwide under a pilot program that runs through the year 2000. To qualify, you have to be self-employed or employed by a small employer that offers the program.\n\n<strong>Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS).</strong> The system for computing depreciation for most business assets.\n\n<strong>Net operating loss.</strong> The excess of business expenses over income. A business may apply a net operating loss to get a refund of past taxes (or a reduction of future taxes) by carrying it back to profitable years as an additional deduction (or by carrying it forward as a deduction to future years).\n\n<strong>Original issue discount (OID).</strong> The purchase discount offered on some bonds (and similar obligations) in lieu of interest. For example: zero-coupon bonds. OID is generally treated as interest income to the holder rather than as a capital gain.\n\n<strong>Passive activity loss (PAL).</strong> Loss on an investment that is deductible only up to the limit of gains from similar investments. The limit mainly affects tax shelters and does not apply to stocks, bonds or investments in businesses in which the investor materially participates. Special rules apply to investments in real estate.\n\n<strong>Qualified plan.</strong> A retirement or profit-sharing plan that meets requirements about who must be covered, the amount of benefits that are paid, information that must be given to plan participants, etc. Qualified plans are entitled to tax benefits unavailable to nonqualified plans.\n\n<strong>Real estate investment trust (REIT).</strong> A kind of \"mutual fund\" that invests in real estate rather than stocks and bonds.\n\n<strong>Real estate mortgage investment conduit (REMIC).</strong> A kind of \"mutual fund\" that invests in real estate mortgages rather than stocks and bonds.\n\n<strong>Recapture.</strong> The undoing of a tax benefit if certain requirements are not met in future years. For example: (1) The low-income housing credit may be recaptured or added back to tax if the credit property ceases to be used as low-income housing for a minimum number of years. (2) The alimony deduction may be retroactively lost or recaptured if payments do not continue at the requisite level for a minimum number of years.\n\n<strong>Regulated investment company (RIC).</strong> A mutual fund.\n\n<strong>Rollover.</strong> The tax-free termination of one investment and reinvestment of the proceeds. For example: An individual may roll over a lump-sum distribution from an employer\'s retirement plan into an IRA.\n\n<strong>S corporation.</strong> A corporation with no more than 35 shareholders that is not taxed, but treated similarly to a partnership, if other requirements are met.\n\n<strong>Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees (SIMPLE plans).</strong> A simplified retirement arrangement for small businesses that comes in two varieties: one similar to a 401(k) plan and one that funds IRAs for employees.\n\n<strong>Standard deduction.</strong> A deduction allowed individuals instead of listing or itemizing deductible personal expenses. (See \"Itemized deductions.\") The amount depends on the individual\'s filing status. Additional amounts are available for taxpayers who are blind or are age 65 or over. Individuals may deduct either their standard deduction or the total of their itemized deductions, whichever is greater.\n\n<strong>Straight-line depreciation.</strong> A depreciation method that allows equal deductions in each year of an asset\'s \"life\" or recovery period. (See \"Accelerated depreciation.\")\n\nSwaps, tax-free. (1) Exchanges of like-kind property that result in no capital gains tax (commonly used for real estate). (2) Sales and repurchases of stock (or other securities) designed to realize a tax loss without discontinuing the investment. Transactions must comply with the wash sale rules to be effective. (See \"Wash sales.\")\n\nTaxable income. What is left after all deductions are taken. This is the amount upon which tax is computed.\n\nTaxpayer identification number (TIN). In the case of an individual, the Social Security number. In the case of a business (even an individual in business), the employer identification number.\n\nTop-heavy plan. An employee retirement or profit-sharing plan that disproportionately benefits top executives.\n\nUniform capitalization rules (Unicap). A set of uniform rules for computing the cost of goods produced by a business that prevents current deductions for costs that must be capitalized (See \"Capital expenditures.\") or added to inventory.\n\nWash sales. Simultaneous or near-simultaneous purchases and sales of the same property, usually stocks or bonds, made to generate deductible tax losses without discontinuing the investment. Losses on the transactions are ignored for tax purposes, however, unless a 30-day waiting period is observed between them.\n\nWithholding allowances. Adjustments made to assure correct withholding on wages for individuals who may have unusually large deductions or who may be subject to other special circumstances.\n\nThe information presented is only of a general nature, may omit many details and special rules, is current only as of its published date, and accordingly cannot be regarded as legal or tax advice. Please contact our office for more information on this subject and how it pertains to your specific tax or financial situation.','Tax Glossary','','inherit','closed','closed','','68-autosave-v1','','','2016-12-28 23:49:44','2016-12-28 23:49:44','',68,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/68-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(175,1,'2016-12-28 23:50:38','2016-12-28 23:50:38','<strong>Accelerated depreciation.</strong> A depreciation method that allows larger deductions in the early years of an asset\'s \"life\" and smaller deductions at the end of the period. (See \"Straight-line depreciation.\")\r\n\r\n<strong>Accrual method (or accrual basis).</strong> One of two main accounting methods for determining when a transaction has tax significance. The accrual method says that a transaction is taxed when an obligation to pay or a right to receive payment is created (for example, at the time products are delivered, services rendered, billings sent, etc.). This method is used by all but the smallest businesses. (See \"Cash method (or cash basis).\")\r\n\r\n<strong>Adjusted basis.</strong> The cost of property (or a substitute figure-see \"Basis\") with adjustments made to account for depreciation (in the case of business property), improvements (in the case of real estate), withdrawals or reinvestment (in the case of securities, funds, accounts, insurance or annuities), etc. Adjusted basis is part of the computation for determining gain or loss on a sale or exchange and for depreciation.\r\n\r\n<strong>Adjusted gross income.</strong> The amount of income considered actually \"available\" to be taxed. Adjusted gross income is gross income reduced principally by business expenses incurred to earn the income and other specified reductions (such as alimony).\r\n\r\n<strong>Alternative minimum tax.</strong> An alternative tax system that says: your tax shall not go below this level. The alternative minimum tax works by negating (or minimizing) the effects of tax preferences or loopholes.\r\n\r\n<strong>Amortization.</strong> The write-off of an amount spent for certain capital assets, similar to depreciation. This tax meaning is different from the common meaning of the term that describes, for example, payment schedules of loans.\r\n\r\n<strong>Applicable Federal Rates (AFRs).</strong> Minimum interest rates that must be charged on various transactions that involve payments over a number of years. If the parties to a transaction do not adhere to these rates, the IRS will impute the interest. (See \"Imputed interest.\")\r\n\r\n<strong>At-risk rules.</strong> Rules that limit an investor\'s deductible losses from an investment to the amount invested. Complications arise when investors finance their investment through loans that they are not personally on the hook for (nonrecourse financing). Without these rules, investors could raise their deduction limit considerably without being at-risk for the actual loss.\r\n\r\n<strong>Basis.</strong> The starting point for computing gain or loss on a sale or exchange of property or for depreciation. (See \"Adjusted basis.\") For property that is purchased, basis is its cost. The basis of inherited property is its value at the date of death (or alternative valuation date). The basis of property received as a gift or a nontaxable transaction is based on the adjusted basis of the transferor (with some adjustments). Special rules govern property transferred between corporations and their shareholders, partners and their partnership, etc.\r\n\r\n<strong>Cafeteria plan.</strong> A plan maintained by an employer that allows employees to select from a menu of taxable and nontaxable benefits.\r\n\r\n<strong>Capital expenditures.</strong> Amounts spent to acquire or improve assets with useful lives of more than one year. These expenditures may not be deducted, but are added to the basis of the property (See \"Adjusted basis.\") and, for business property, may be converted into deductions through depreciation or amortization.\r\n\r\n<strong>Capital gain or loss.</strong> Gain or loss from the sale or exchange of investment property, personal property (such as a home) or other \"capital asset,\" which is often entitled to preferential tax treatment.\r\n\r\n<strong>Carrybacks and carryforwards.</strong> Deductions that may be transferred to a year other than the current year because they exceeded certain limits. These deductions are typically carried back to earlier years first and, if they exceed the limits for those years, are then carried forward to later years until the deduction is used up. Charitable contributions and net operating losses are examples of deductions that may be carried back or forward.\r\n\r\n<strong>Cash method (or cash basis).</strong> One of two main accounting methods for determining when a transaction has tax significance. The cash method says that a transaction is taxed when payment is made. This method is used by most individuals. (See \"Accrual method (or accrual basis).\")\r\n\r\n<strong>Community property.</strong> A system governing spousal ownership of property and income that is the law in certain western and southern states and Wisconsin. The differences between community property and \"common law\" can change how federal tax law applies to spouses. For example: married taxpayers filing separately in a common law state do not have to report income earned by the other spouse. They do have to report income earned in a community property state.\r\n\r\n<strong>Deferred compensation.</strong> An arrangement that allows an employee to receive part of a year\'s pay in a later year and not be taxed in the year the money was earned.\r\n\r\n<strong>Depletion.</strong> A system similar to depreciation that allows the owner of natural resources (for example: a coal mine or an oil well) to deduct a portion of the cost of the asset during each year of its presumed productive life.\r\n\r\n<strong>Depreciation.</strong> A system that allows a business or individual to deduct a portion of the cost of an asset (\"recover its cost\") during each year of its predetermined \"life\" (or \"recovery period\").\r\n\r\n<strong>Earned income.</strong> Income earned by working for it. Interest, dividends and other kinds of profits are examples of unearned income.\r\n\r\n<strong>Earned income credit.</strong> A tax credit available to individuals with low earned income. An individual is entitled to the full amount of this credit even if it exceeds the amount of tax otherwise due.\r\n\r\n<strong>Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP).</strong> A type of profit-sharing plan in which benefits come in the form of stock in the employer.\r\n\r\n<strong>Estimated tax.</strong> Quarterly down payments on a year\'s taxes that are required (on April 15, June 15, September 15, and January 15) if the total year\'s taxes will exceed $1,000 and the amount is not covered by withholding.\r\n\r\n<strong>Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA).</strong> Social security taxes (for both old-age, survivors and disability insurance-OASDI-and Medicare).\r\n\r\n<strong>Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA).</strong> Unemployment taxes.\r\n\r\n<strong>Filing status.</strong> One of four tax ranks determined by your marital status, your dependents and the way you file your tax return: (1) single, (2) married filing jointly, (3) married filing separately and (4) head of household. Filing status determines your tax rates and your eligibility for various tax benefits (for example: alimony deduction, IRA deduction, standard deduction, etc.).\r\n\r\n<strong>First-in, first-out (FIFO).</strong> A rule that applies to the sale of part of a group of similar items (such as inventory, shares of the same stock, etc.) that assumes the first ones acquired were the first ones sold. This is important if the items in the group were acquired or manufactured at different times or for different costs. The rule may be overridden by identifying the specific item sold, if possible. (See \"Last-in, first-out (LIFO).\")\r\n\r\n<strong>Generation-skipping transfer tax.</strong> An extra tax on gifts or on-death transfers of money or property that would otherwise escape the once-per-generation transfer taxes that apply to gifts and estates. For example: a gift from a grandfather to a granddaughter skips a generation and might be subject to this tax.\r\n\r\n<strong>Golden parachutes.</strong> Bonuses payable to key executives in the event control of their corporation changes, as in the case of a takeover. \"Excess\" golden parachute payments are subject to tax penalties.\r\n\r\n<strong>Gross income.</strong> All income that might be subject to tax. Most \"realized\" increases in wealth are considered income. The main exceptions for individuals are gifts, inheritances, increases in value of property prior to sale, loan repayments and some personal injury awards. For businesses, investments in their capital are not considered income.\r\n\r\n<strong>Head of household.</strong> A filing status available to qualifying single parents (or others supporting certain dependents) that allows lower taxes than the normal rates for singles.\r\n\r\n<strong>Imputed interest.</strong> A portion of a future payment that is treated as interest if parties to the transaction do not provide a stated amount of interest at a rate acceptable to the IRS. (See \"Applicable Federal Rates (AFRs).\") This prevents improper use of certain tax advantages (capital gains rates or tax deferral). For example: if a business sells an asset on the installment basis, part of all future payments is treated as interest whether the transaction states it or not.\r\n\r\n<strong>Incentive stock option.</strong> A stock option that may be granted to an employee under tax-favored terms.\r\n\r\n<strong>Itemized deductions.</strong> Personal deductions that may be taken if they total more than the standard deduction. (See \"Standard deduction.\") The following deductions are then itemized or listed on Schedule A of Form 1040: medical expenses, charitable contributions, state and local taxes, home mortgage interest, real estate taxes, casualty losses, unreimbursed employee expenses, investment expenses and others.\r\n\r\n<strong>Investment credit.</strong> A credit against tax available for investment in a limited range of business property. The general investment credit was repealed in 1986, but this type of credit has been enacted and repealed repeatedly throughout history.\r\n\r\n<strong>Involuntary conversion.</strong> The conversion of property into money under circumstances beyond the control of the owner. For example: (1) property that is destroyed and \"converted\" into an insurance settlement or (2) property that is seized by the government and \"converted\" into a condemnation award. Owners may avoid tax on any gain that may result (if the insurance settlement or condemnation award exceeds the adjusted basis of the property) by reinvesting in similar property within certain time limits.\r\n\r\n<strong>Joint return.</strong> An optional filing status available to married taxpayers that offers generally (but not always) lower taxes than \"married filing separately.\"\r\n\r\n<strong>Keogh plan.</strong> A retirement plan available to self-employed individuals.\r\n\r\n<strong>Last-in, first-out (LIFO).</strong> A rule that applies to the sale of part of a group of similar items in an inventory that assumes the last ones acquired were the first ones sold. This is important if the items in the group were acquired or manufactured at different times or for different costs. (See \"First-in, first-out (FIFO).\")\r\n\r\n<strong>Like-kind exchanges.</strong> Tax-free swaps of investment property. Commonly used for real estate.\r\n\r\n<strong>Limited liability company (LLC).</strong> A legal structure that allows a business to be taxed like a partnership but function generally like a corporation. An LLC offers members (among other things) protection against liability for claims against the business that is not available in a partnership.\r\n\r\n<strong>Listed property.</strong> Property listed in the tax code or by the IRS that must comply with special rules before depreciation may be claimed. Cars and personal computers are examples of listed property. The special rules are designed to prevent deductions where the property is used for personal rather than business purposes.\r\n\r\n<strong>Medical Spending Accounts (MSAs).</strong> An investment fund similar to an IRA that can be used to pay more routine medical expenses, when used in conjunction with \"high-deductible\" health insurance, which pays the big bills. Only 750,000 of these MSAs are available nationwide under a pilot program that runs through the year 2000. To qualify, you have to be self-employed or employed by a small employer that offers the program.\r\n\r\n<strong>Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS).</strong> The system for computing depreciation for most business assets.\r\n\r\n<strong>Net operating loss.</strong> The excess of business expenses over income. A business may apply a net operating loss to get a refund of past taxes (or a reduction of future taxes) by carrying it back to profitable years as an additional deduction (or by carrying it forward as a deduction to future years).\r\n\r\n<strong>Original issue discount (OID).</strong> The purchase discount offered on some bonds (and similar obligations) in lieu of interest. For example: zero-coupon bonds. OID is generally treated as interest income to the holder rather than as a capital gain.\r\n\r\n<strong>Passive activity loss (PAL).</strong> Loss on an investment that is deductible only up to the limit of gains from similar investments. The limit mainly affects tax shelters and does not apply to stocks, bonds or investments in businesses in which the investor materially participates. Special rules apply to investments in real estate.\r\n\r\n<strong>Qualified plan.</strong> A retirement or profit-sharing plan that meets requirements about who must be covered, the amount of benefits that are paid, information that must be given to plan participants, etc. Qualified plans are entitled to tax benefits unavailable to nonqualified plans.\r\n\r\n<strong>Real estate investment trust (REIT).</strong> A kind of \"mutual fund\" that invests in real estate rather than stocks and bonds.\r\n\r\n<strong>Real estate mortgage investment conduit (REMIC).</strong> A kind of \"mutual fund\" that invests in real estate mortgages rather than stocks and bonds.\r\n\r\n<strong>Recapture.</strong> The undoing of a tax benefit if certain requirements are not met in future years. For example: (1) The low-income housing credit may be recaptured or added back to tax if the credit property ceases to be used as low-income housing for a minimum number of years. (2) The alimony deduction may be retroactively lost or recaptured if payments do not continue at the requisite level for a minimum number of years.\r\n\r\n<strong>Regulated investment company (RIC).</strong> A mutual fund.\r\n\r\n<strong>Rollover.</strong> The tax-free termination of one investment and reinvestment of the proceeds. For example: An individual may roll over a lump-sum distribution from an employer\'s retirement plan into an IRA.\r\n\r\n<strong>S corporation.</strong> A corporation with no more than 35 shareholders that is not taxed, but treated similarly to a partnership, if other requirements are met.\r\n\r\n<strong>Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees (SIMPLE plans).</strong> A simplified retirement arrangement for small businesses that comes in two varieties: one similar to a 401(k) plan and one that funds IRAs for employees.\r\n\r\n<strong>Standard deduction.</strong> A deduction allowed individuals instead of listing or itemizing deductible personal expenses. (See \"Itemized deductions.\") The amount depends on the individual\'s filing status. Additional amounts are available for taxpayers who are blind or are age 65 or over. Individuals may deduct either their standard deduction or the total of their itemized deductions, whichever is greater.\r\n\r\n<strong>Straight-line depreciation.</strong> A depreciation method that allows equal deductions in each year of an asset\'s \"life\" or recovery period. (See \"Accelerated depreciation.\")\r\n\r\n<strong>Swaps, tax-free.</strong> (1) Exchanges of like-kind property that result in no capital gains tax (commonly used for real estate). (2) Sales and repurchases of stock (or other securities) designed to realize a tax loss without discontinuing the investment. Transactions must comply with the wash sale rules to be effective. (See \"Wash sales.\")\r\n\r\n<strong>Taxable income.</strong> What is left after all deductions are taken. This is the amount upon which tax is computed.\r\n\r\n<strong>Taxpayer identification number (TIN).</strong> In the case of an individual, the Social Security number. In the case of a business (even an individual in business), the employer identification number.\r\n\r\n<strong>Top-heavy plan.</strong> An employee retirement or profit-sharing plan that disproportionately benefits top executives.\r\n\r\n<strong>Uniform capitalization rules (Unicap).</strong> A set of uniform rules for computing the cost of goods produced by a business that prevents current deductions for costs that must be capitalized (See \"Capital expenditures.\") or added to inventory.\r\n\r\n<strong>Wash sales.</strong> Simultaneous or near-simultaneous purchases and sales of the same property, usually stocks or bonds, made to generate deductible tax losses without discontinuing the investment. Losses on the transactions are ignored for tax purposes, however, unless a 30-day waiting period is observed between them.\r\n\r\n<strong>Withholding allowances.</strong> Adjustments made to assure correct withholding on wages for individuals who may have unusually large deductions or who may be subject to other special circumstances.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size:smaller;\">The information presented is only of a general nature, may omit many details and special rules, is current only as of its published date, and accordingly cannot be regarded as legal or tax advice. Please contact our office for more information on this subject and how it pertains to your specific tax or financial situation.</span>','Tax Glossary','','inherit','closed','closed','','68-revision-v1','','','2016-12-28 23:50:38','2016-12-28 23:50:38','',68,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/68-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(176,1,'2016-12-29 00:04:07','2016-12-29 00:04:07','<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>CPI / Inflation Rate</strong></span>\n<script language=\"JavaScript\" src=\"http://www.inflationdata.com/Inflation/sharedcontent/insertCPI.js\"></script></h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Current Consumer Price Index Table</span></strong>\n<script language=\"JavaScript\" src=\"http://www.inflationdata.com/Inflation/sharedcontent/insertCPItable.js\"></script></h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Current Inflation Rate Table</strong></span>\n<script language=\"JavaScript\" src=\"http://www.inflationdata.com/Inflation/sharedcontent/insertINFLATIONtable.js\"></script></h4>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Source: Financial Trend Forecaster</div>\n</div>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>\n</strong></span><strong>How Do I Calculate the Inflation Rate?</strong>\n\nThe following article explains how to calculate the current inflation rate, if you know the Consumer Price Index. If you don\'t know it, you can find it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://inflationdata.com/inflation/Consumer_Price_Index/HistoricalCPI.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">here</a></span>.\n\nIf you don\'t care about the mechanics and just want the answer, use our <a href=\"http://inflationdata.com/inflation/Inflation_Rate/InflationCalculator.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Inflation Calculator</span></a>.\n\n<strong>The Formula for Calculating Inflation</strong>\n\nThe formula for calculating the Inflation Rate using the Consumer Price Index is relatively simple. Every month the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) surveys prices and generates the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://inflationdata.com/inflation/Consumer_Price_Index/CurrentCPI.asp\" target=\"_blank\">current Consumer Price Index (CPI)</a></span>. Let us assume for the sake of simplicity that the index consists of one item and that one item cost $1.00 in 1984. The BLS published the index in 1984 at 100. If today that same item costs $1.85 the index would stand at 185.0\n\nBy looking at the above example, common sense would tell us that the index increased (it went from 100 to 185). The question is how much has it increased? To calculate the change we would take the second number (185) and subtract the first number (100). The result would be 85. So we know that since 1984 prices increased (Inflated) by 85 points.\n\nWhat good does knowing that it moved 85 do? Not much. We still need a method of comparison.\n\nSince we know the increase in the Consumer Price Index we still need to compare it to something, so we compare it to the price it started at (100). We do that by dividing the increase by the first price or 85/100. the result is (.85). This number is still not very useful so we convert it into a percent. To do that we multiply by 100 and add a % symbol.\n\nSo the result is an 85% increase in prices since 1984. That is interesting but (other than being the date of George Orwell\'s famous novel) to most people today 1984 is not particularly significant.\n\n<strong>Calculating a specific Inflation Rate</strong>\n\nNormally, we want to know how much prices have increased since last year, or since we bought our house, or perhaps how much prices will increase by the time we retire or our kids go to college.\n\nFortunately, The method of calculating Inflation is the same, no matter what time period we desire. We just substitute a different value for the first one. So if we want to know how much prices have increased over the last 12 months (the commonly published inflation rate number) we would subtract last year\'s index from the current index and divide by last year\'s number and multiply the result by 100 and add a % sign.\n\nThe formula for calculating the Inflation Rate looks like this:\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">((B - A)/A)*100</p>\nSo if exactly one year ago the Consumer Price Index was 178 and today the CPI is 185, then the calculations would look like this:\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">((185-178)/178)*100\n<em>or</em>\n(7/178)*100\n<em>or</em>\n0.0393*100</p>\nwhich equals 3.93% inflation over the sample year.\n(Not Actual Inflation Rates). For more information you may check the current Consumer Inflation Rate and Historical Inflation Rates in table format. Or if you believe a picture is worth a thousand words you may prefer the Annual Inflation Rate plotted in Chart format.\n\n<strong>What happens if prices went down?</strong>\n\nIf prices went down and we experienced Price Deflation then \"A\" would be larger than \"B\" and we would end up with a negative number. So if last year the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 189 and this year the CPI is 185 then the formula would look like this:\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">((185-189)/189)*100\nor\n(-4/189)*100\nor\n-0.021*100</p>\nwhich equals negative 2.11% inflation over the sample year. Of course negative inflation is deflation.\n(Not Actual CPI numbers).','Economic Data','','inherit','closed','closed','','70-autosave-v1','','','2016-12-29 00:04:07','2016-12-29 00:04:07','',70,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/70-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(177,1,'2016-12-28 23:56:30','2016-12-28 23:56:30','<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>CPI / Inflation Rate</strong></span>\r\n<script language=\"JavaScript\" src=\"http://www.inflationdata.com/Inflation/sharedcontent/insertCPI.js\"></script></h4>\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Current Consumer Price Index Table</span></strong>\r\n<script language=\"JavaScript\" src=\"http://www.inflationdata.com/Inflation/sharedcontent/insertCPItable.js\"></script></h4>\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Current Inflation Rate Table</strong></span>\r\n<script language=\"JavaScript\" src=\"http://www.inflationdata.com/Inflation/sharedcontent/insertINFLATIONtable.js\"></script></h4>\r\n<div>Source: Financial Trend Forecaster</div>','Economic Data','','inherit','closed','closed','','70-revision-v1','','','2016-12-28 23:56:30','2016-12-28 23:56:30','',70,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/70-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(178,1,'2016-12-28 23:58:28','2016-12-28 23:58:28','<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>CPI / Inflation Rate</strong></span>\r\n<script language=\"JavaScript\" src=\"http://www.inflationdata.com/Inflation/sharedcontent/insertCPI.js\"></script></h4>\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Current Consumer Price Index Table</span></strong>\r\n<script language=\"JavaScript\" src=\"http://www.inflationdata.com/Inflation/sharedcontent/insertCPItable.js\"></script></h4>\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Current Inflation Rate Table</strong></span>\r\n<script language=\"JavaScript\" src=\"http://www.inflationdata.com/Inflation/sharedcontent/insertINFLATIONtable.js\"></script></h4>\r\n<div>Source: Financial Trend Forecaster</div>\r\n</div>','Economic Data','','inherit','closed','closed','','70-revision-v1','','','2016-12-28 23:58:28','2016-12-28 23:58:28','',70,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/70-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(179,1,'2016-12-28 23:58:59','2016-12-28 23:58:59','<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>CPI / Inflation Rate</strong></span>\r\n<script language=\"JavaScript\" src=\"http://www.inflationdata.com/Inflation/sharedcontent/insertCPI.js\"></script></h4>\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Current Consumer Price Index Table</span></strong>\r\n<script language=\"JavaScript\" src=\"http://www.inflationdata.com/Inflation/sharedcontent/insertCPItable.js\"></script></h4>\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Current Inflation Rate Table</strong></span>\r\n<script language=\"JavaScript\" src=\"http://www.inflationdata.com/Inflation/sharedcontent/insertINFLATIONtable.js\"></script></h4>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Source: Financial Trend Forecaster</div>\r\n</div>','Economic Data','','inherit','closed','closed','','70-revision-v1','','','2016-12-28 23:58:59','2016-12-28 23:58:59','',70,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/70-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(180,1,'2016-12-29 00:04:13','2016-12-29 00:04:13','<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>CPI / Inflation Rate</strong></span>\r\n<script language=\"JavaScript\" src=\"http://www.inflationdata.com/Inflation/sharedcontent/insertCPI.js\"></script></h4>\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Current Consumer Price Index Table</span></strong>\r\n<script language=\"JavaScript\" src=\"http://www.inflationdata.com/Inflation/sharedcontent/insertCPItable.js\"></script></h4>\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Current Inflation Rate Table</strong></span>\r\n<script language=\"JavaScript\" src=\"http://www.inflationdata.com/Inflation/sharedcontent/insertINFLATIONtable.js\"></script></h4>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Source: Financial Trend Forecaster</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>\r\n</strong></span><strong>How Do I Calculate the Inflation Rate?</strong>\r\n\r\nThe following article explains how to calculate the current inflation rate, if you know the Consumer Price Index. If you don\'t know it, you can find it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://inflationdata.com/inflation/Consumer_Price_Index/HistoricalCPI.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">here</a></span>.\r\n\r\nIf you don\'t care about the mechanics and just want the answer, use our <a href=\"http://inflationdata.com/inflation/Inflation_Rate/InflationCalculator.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Inflation Calculator</span></a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Formula for Calculating Inflation</strong>\r\n\r\nThe formula for calculating the Inflation Rate using the Consumer Price Index is relatively simple. Every month the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) surveys prices and generates the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://inflationdata.com/inflation/Consumer_Price_Index/CurrentCPI.asp\" target=\"_blank\">current Consumer Price Index (CPI)</a></span>. Let us assume for the sake of simplicity that the index consists of one item and that one item cost $1.00 in 1984. The BLS published the index in 1984 at 100. If today that same item costs $1.85 the index would stand at 185.0\r\n\r\nBy looking at the above example, common sense would tell us that the index increased (it went from 100 to 185). The question is how much has it increased? To calculate the change we would take the second number (185) and subtract the first number (100). The result would be 85. So we know that since 1984 prices increased (Inflated) by 85 points.\r\n\r\nWhat good does knowing that it moved 85 do? Not much. We still need a method of comparison.\r\n\r\nSince we know the increase in the Consumer Price Index we still need to compare it to something, so we compare it to the price it started at (100). We do that by dividing the increase by the first price or 85/100. the result is (.85). This number is still not very useful so we convert it into a percent. To do that we multiply by 100 and add a % symbol.\r\n\r\nSo the result is an 85% increase in prices since 1984. That is interesting but (other than being the date of George Orwell\'s famous novel) to most people today 1984 is not particularly significant.\r\n\r\n<strong>Calculating a specific Inflation Rate</strong>\r\n\r\nNormally, we want to know how much prices have increased since last year, or since we bought our house, or perhaps how much prices will increase by the time we retire or our kids go to college.\r\n\r\nFortunately, The method of calculating Inflation is the same, no matter what time period we desire. We just substitute a different value for the first one. So if we want to know how much prices have increased over the last 12 months (the commonly published inflation rate number) we would subtract last year\'s index from the current index and divide by last year\'s number and multiply the result by 100 and add a % sign.\r\n\r\nThe formula for calculating the Inflation Rate looks like this:\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">((B - A)/A)*100</p>\r\nSo if exactly one year ago the Consumer Price Index was 178 and today the CPI is 185, then the calculations would look like this:\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">((185-178)/178)*100\r\n<em>or</em>\r\n(7/178)*100\r\n<em>or</em>\r\n0.0393*100</p>\r\nwhich equals 3.93% inflation over the sample year.\r\n(Not Actual Inflation Rates). For more information you may check the current Consumer Inflation Rate and Historical Inflation Rates in table format. Or if you believe a picture is worth a thousand words you may prefer the Annual Inflation Rate plotted in Chart format.\r\n\r\n<strong>What happens if prices went down?</strong>\r\n\r\nIf prices went down and we experienced Price Deflation then \"A\" would be larger than \"B\" and we would end up with a negative number. So if last year the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 189 and this year the CPI is 185 then the formula would look like this:\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">((185-189)/189)*100\r\n<em>or</em>\r\n(-4/189)*100\r\n<em>or</em>\r\n-0.021*100</p>\r\nwhich equals negative 2.11% inflation over the sample year. Of course negative inflation is deflation.\r\n(Not Actual CPI numbers).','Economic Data','','inherit','closed','closed','','70-revision-v1','','','2016-12-29 00:04:13','2016-12-29 00:04:13','',70,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/70-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(181,1,'2016-12-29 23:02:48','2016-12-29 23:02:48','<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">New Small Business Clients Tell Us About Their Distressing Experiences With Their Prior Bargain Bookkeeping and Income Tax Services</span></strong></h3>\nMost of our clients have had prior unsatisfactory experiences with bargain-priced bookkeepers and income tax preparers. They come to us after realizing that cutting costs for small business bookkeeping and income tax services is false economy. Bargain bookkeeping and tax services lead to wasted time, wasted money and, often, lost opportunities for not being able to make sound business decisions because their bookkeeping was either not accurate, not detailed enough, not reliable or not up to date.\n\nSavvy business owners have learned that bargain hunting is not wise for fulfilling a mission-critical business function such as bookkeeping and tax services. (And, that\'s why inexperienced small business owners usually insist on price-shopping and selecting only bargain-priced bookkeepers and tax preparers.) Because we appeal to seasoned clients, we have the privilege of serving <em><strong>fabulous</strong></em> clients who recognize and appreciate what we do for them and how we do it for over 30 years.\n\nMoreover, bargain priced bookkeepers and tax preparers don\'t know enough about basic bookkeeping and business operations to realize that they don\'t have a sustainable fee structure. That means they do not have the experience to guide you in your business because they do not know their own business structure. And, they usually do not stay in business long enough to serve you in the long term.\n\nWe have frequently seen where bargain tax services have done the following:\n<ul>\n <li>Cut corners</li>\n <li>Poor or no documentation showing their sources of data</li>\n <li>Entering information which the tax payer has not furnished</li>\n <li>Business losses entered for non-existent businesses</li>\n <li>Making up deductions about which the client had no knowledge</li>\n <li>Tax returns not signed, or signed by someone who was not the preparer</li>\n <li>Omit supporting information to explain tax treatments or deductions fully</li>\n <li>Make frequent mistakes</li>\n <li>Omit, disregard or under-report legitimate deductions</li>\n <li>Give bad or misleading advice</li>\n <li>Don\'t check their work</li>\n <li>Use bargain or home-based software which prepared or allowed inconsistent numbers from form to form</li>\n <li>Do not confirm tax treatment with legitimate tax research sources</li>\n <li>Prepare tax returns when they have not been registered with the State of California as required</li>\n <li>Misapply tax law</li>\n <li>Use the wrong tax forms (S corporation tax entity using a C corporation forms, etc.)</li>\n <li>Do not coordinate the personal and business tax returns</li>\n <li>Unknowingly or knowingly expose the client to preventable audit exposure</li>\n <li>Reckless tax strategies (S corporation showing little or no salaries to shareholder-employees, etc.)</li>\n <li>Create or prevent penalties and interest assessments (little or no attention to estimated tax payments for the following year, etc.)</li>\n <li><a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/\">Learn more...</a></li>\n</ul>\nClients tell us that their prior unsatisfactory bookkeeping experiences include:\n<ul>\n <li>Wrong or inaccurate numbers on reports or books</li>\n <li>Untimely or missing reports</li>\n <li>Fines or penalties for omitted, late or inaccurate tax returns or agency reports</li>\n <li>Uncertainty about accuracy of sales tax, payroll tax or workers compensation reports</li>\n <li>Inability to produce certified payroll</li>\n <li>Can\'t get straight answers to simple questions about your books</li>\n <li>Sudden disappearances or departures of bookkeeper</li>\n <li>Not sure QuickBooks is set up correctly or working properly to full capacity</li>\n <li>Backlogged or incomplete work</li>\n <li>Forced bank reconciliations (plugging in fictitious numbers to falsify the reconciliation)</li>\n <li>Books out of balance forcing QuickBooks to generate temporary balancing accounts</li>\n <li>Refusal or inability to use modern methods to save time and money</li>\n <li>Not keeping up to date with advances and new time-saving technology</li>\n <li>Continuing confusion or errors on payroll and payroll tax returns</li>\n <li>Business transactions from owner\'s personal expenditures, credit cards, advances, loans or lines of credit not property incorporated into business books</li>\n <li>Petty cash not properly established, replenished or classified on books</li>\n <li>Depreciation not considered or incorporated in formal reports to owners for planning</li>\n <li>Duplicate work or meaningless repetitive work</li>\n <li>Over-utilization of time-consuming Excel or Word templates to do bookkeeping or financial functions available in QuickBooks</li>\n <li>Unaware or under-utilization of integrated business features in QuickBooks</li>\n <li>Unexplained balances, transactions or accounts</li>\n <li>Mysterious transactions or accounts set up</li>\n <li>Unavailability of costs by job, department, location or division</li>\n <li>Expenses and costs not segregated enough to determine costs to set prices properly</li>\n <li>Equity balances do not agree to prior year tax returns</li>\n <li>Unfamiliar with accounting on the cash basis or accrual basis for tax returns</li>\n <li>Not sure when an accounting event has occurred, so critical transactions could be omitted or entered in the wrong year</li>\n <li>Unfamiliar with basic bookkeeping principles, debits and credits, balancing, error detection, checking procedures and correct reconciliation procedures</li>\n <li>Payroll not entered or downloaded by individual employee for proper bank reconciliations</li>\n <li>Unfamiliar with downloading transactions from bank or credit card accounts</li>\n <li>Chart of accounts too lengthy, too short or incompatible with company operating basis</li>\n <li>Misclassification of expenses, income, loan proceeds, loans to or from owners, purchases or leases</li>\n <li>Omitted transactions, including business expenses paid personally by owners</li>\n <li>Frequent or recurring mistakes</li>\n <li>Accounts receivable or accounts payable do not agree to customer or vendor records</li>\n <li>Backwards balances in accounts or books (negative receivables, etc.)</li>\n <li>Increasing reliance on outside tax preparer for answering bookkeeping questions</li>\n <li>Unexplained heavy workload</li>\n <li>Inaccurate or nonsensical reports</li>\n <li>Unavailable information</li>\n <li>Continuous excuses for unexplained or unanswered questions</li>\n <li>Costs or expenses improperly classified</li>\n <li>Late or unexplained absent work or reports</li>\n <li>Unusually long time required to do basic or routine tasks</li>\n <li>Broken promises\nUnexplained increasing billing\nContinuous problems or errors\nDiminishing responsibility for incomplete tasks or missed deadlines\nPersonal problems or family issues conflicting with work assignments\nUntidy or disorganized work area, files or documents\nMissing or unavailable company files or valuable documents\nCompany source documents taken off work premises\nAnd more...</li>\n</ul>\nWe know bookkeeping, accounting and income tax services are a mission-critical function to developing accurate financial information for running your business by the numbers. Moreover, accurate bookkeeping and accounting is critical for reducing taxes and providing reliable information to support you if your tax returns are audited.\n\nWe\'re experts in QuickBooks bookkeeping, accounting and taxes for small businesses and individuals with expertise in over 92 industries with over 30 years of experience based in Orange County (OC), California. That means we know how to accurately assess your situation and quickly formulate a cost-effective service plan to accomplish your objectives.\n\nWe believe Mr. Ruskin had the right idea when he advised the following:\n\n\"It is unwise to pay too much, but it is worse to pay too little.\n\nWhen you pay too much, you lose a little money - that is all.\n\nWhen you pay too little you sometimes lose everything because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do.\n\nThe common law of business balance prohibits paying too little and getting a lot - it cannot be done.\n\nIf you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run, and if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better.\"\n\nJohn Ruskin\n\n(1819-1900)\n\nBritish Author, Artist, Essayist and Critic','For Bargain Hunters','','inherit','closed','closed','','72-autosave-v1','','','2016-12-29 23:02:48','2016-12-29 23:02:48','',72,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/72-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(182,1,'2016-12-29 23:03:45','2016-12-29 23:03:45','<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">New Small Business Clients Tell Us About Their Distressing Experiences With Their Prior Bargain Bookkeeping and Income Tax Services</span></strong></h3>\r\nMost of our clients have had prior unsatisfactory experiences with bargain-priced bookkeepers and income tax preparers. They come to us after realizing that cutting costs for small business bookkeeping and income tax services is false economy. Bargain bookkeeping and tax services lead to wasted time, wasted money and, often, lost opportunities for not being able to make sound business decisions because their bookkeeping was either not accurate, not detailed enough, not reliable or not up to date.\r\n\r\nSavvy business owners have learned that bargain hunting is not wise for fulfilling a mission-critical business function such as bookkeeping and tax services. (And, that\'s why inexperienced small business owners usually insist on price-shopping and selecting only bargain-priced bookkeepers and tax preparers.) Because we appeal to seasoned clients, we have the privilege of serving <em><strong>fabulous</strong></em> clients who recognize and appreciate what we do for them and how we do it for over 30 years.\r\n\r\nMoreover, bargain priced bookkeepers and tax preparers don\'t know enough about basic bookkeeping and business operations to realize that they don\'t have a sustainable fee structure. That means they do not have the experience to guide you in your business because they do not know their own business structure. And, they usually do not stay in business long enough to serve you in the long term.\r\n\r\nWe have frequently seen where bargain tax services have done the following:\r\n<ul>\r\n <li>Cut corners</li>\r\n <li>Poor or no documentation showing their sources of data</li>\r\n <li>Entering information which the tax payer has not furnished</li>\r\n <li>Business losses entered for non-existent businesses</li>\r\n <li>Making up deductions about which the client had no knowledge</li>\r\n <li>Tax returns not signed, or signed by someone who was not the preparer</li>\r\n <li>Omit supporting information to explain tax treatments or deductions fully</li>\r\n <li>Make frequent mistakes</li>\r\n <li>Omit, disregard or under-report legitimate deductions</li>\r\n <li>Give bad or misleading advice</li>\r\n <li>Don\'t check their work</li>\r\n <li>Use bargain or home-based software which prepared or allowed inconsistent numbers from form to form</li>\r\n <li>Do not confirm tax treatment with legitimate tax research sources</li>\r\n <li>Prepare tax returns when they have not been registered with the State of California as required</li>\r\n <li>Misapply tax law</li>\r\n <li>Use the wrong tax forms (S corporation tax entity using a C corporation forms, etc.)</li>\r\n <li>Do not coordinate the personal and business tax returns</li>\r\n <li>Unknowingly or knowingly expose the client to preventable audit exposure</li>\r\n <li>Reckless tax strategies (S corporation showing little or no salaries to shareholder-employees, etc.)</li>\r\n <li>Create or prevent penalties and interest assessments (little or no attention to estimated tax payments for the following year, etc.)</li>\r\n <li><a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/\">Learn more...</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\nClients tell us that their prior unsatisfactory bookkeeping experiences include:\r\n<ul>\r\n <li>Wrong or inaccurate numbers on reports or books</li>\r\n <li>Untimely or missing reports</li>\r\n <li>Fines or penalties for omitted, late or inaccurate tax returns or agency reports</li>\r\n <li>Uncertainty about accuracy of sales tax, payroll tax or workers compensation reports</li>\r\n <li>Inability to produce certified payroll</li>\r\n <li>Can\'t get straight answers to simple questions about your books</li>\r\n <li>Sudden disappearances or departures of bookkeeper</li>\r\n <li>Not sure QuickBooks is set up correctly or working properly to full capacity</li>\r\n <li>Backlogged or incomplete work</li>\r\n <li>Forced bank reconciliations (plugging in fictitious numbers to falsify the reconciliation)</li>\r\n <li>Books out of balance forcing QuickBooks to generate temporary balancing accounts</li>\r\n <li>Refusal or inability to use modern methods to save time and money</li>\r\n <li>Not keeping up to date with advances and new time-saving technology</li>\r\n <li>Continuing confusion or errors on payroll and payroll tax returns</li>\r\n <li>Business transactions from owner\'s personal expenditures, credit cards, advances, loans or lines of credit not property incorporated into business books</li>\r\n <li>Petty cash not properly established, replenished or classified on books</li>\r\n <li>Depreciation not considered or incorporated in formal reports to owners for planning</li>\r\n <li>Duplicate work or meaningless repetitive work</li>\r\n <li>Over-utilization of time-consuming Excel or Word templates to do bookkeeping or financial functions available in QuickBooks</li>\r\n <li>Unaware or under-utilization of integrated business features in QuickBooks</li>\r\n <li>Unexplained balances, transactions or accounts</li>\r\n <li>Mysterious transactions or accounts set up</li>\r\n <li>Unavailability of costs by job, department, location or division</li>\r\n <li>Expenses and costs not segregated enough to determine costs to set prices properly</li>\r\n <li>Equity balances do not agree to prior year tax returns</li>\r\n <li>Unfamiliar with accounting on the cash basis or accrual basis for tax returns</li>\r\n <li>Not sure when an accounting event has occurred, so critical transactions could be omitted or entered in the wrong year</li>\r\n <li>Unfamiliar with basic bookkeeping principles, debits and credits, balancing, error detection, checking procedures and correct reconciliation procedures</li>\r\n <li>Payroll not entered or downloaded by individual employee for proper bank reconciliations</li>\r\n <li>Unfamiliar with downloading transactions from bank or credit card accounts</li>\r\n <li>Chart of accounts too lengthy, too short or incompatible with company operating basis</li>\r\n <li>Misclassification of expenses, income, loan proceeds, loans to or from owners, purchases or leases</li>\r\n <li>Omitted transactions, including business expenses paid personally by owners</li>\r\n <li>Frequent or recurring mistakes</li>\r\n <li>Accounts receivable or accounts payable do not agree to customer or vendor records</li>\r\n <li>Backwards balances in accounts or books (negative receivables, etc.)</li>\r\n <li>Increasing reliance on outside tax preparer for answering bookkeeping questions</li>\r\n <li>Unexplained heavy workload</li>\r\n <li>Inaccurate or nonsensical reports</li>\r\n <li>Unavailable information</li>\r\n <li>Continuous excuses for unexplained or unanswered questions</li>\r\n <li>Costs or expenses improperly classified</li>\r\n <li>Late or unexplained absent work or reports</li>\r\n <li>Unusually long time required to do basic or routine tasks</li>\r\n <li>Broken promises</li>\r\n <li>Unexplained increasing billing</li>\r\n <li>Continuous problems or errors</li>\r\n <li>Diminishing responsibility for incomplete tasks or missed deadlines</li>\r\n <li>Personal problems or family issues conflicting with work assignments</li>\r\n <li>Untidy or disorganized work area, files or documents</li>\r\n <li>Missing or unavailable company files or valuable documents</li>\r\n <li>Company source documents taken off work premises</li>\r\n <li>And more...</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nWe know bookkeeping, accounting and income tax services are a mission-critical function to developing accurate financial information for running your business by the numbers. Moreover, accurate bookkeeping and accounting is critical for reducing taxes and providing reliable information to support you if your tax returns are audited.\r\n\r\nWe\'re experts in QuickBooks bookkeeping, accounting and taxes for small businesses and individuals with expertise in over 92 industries with over 30 years of experience based in Orange County (OC), California. That means we know how to accurately assess your situation and quickly formulate a cost-effective service plan to accomplish your objectives.\r\n\r\nWe believe Mr. Ruskin had the right idea when he advised the following:\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignleft size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/j0314331.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"231\" />\"It is unwise to pay too much, but it is worse to pay too little.\r\n\r\nWhen you pay too much, you lose a little money - that is all.\r\n\r\nWhen you pay too little you sometimes lose everything because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do.\r\n\r\nThe common law of business balance prohibits paying too little and getting a lot - it cannot be done.\r\n\r\nIf you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run, and if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better.\"\r\n\r\n<strong>John Ruskin\r\n</strong><em>(1819-1900)\r\n</em><em>British Author, Artist, Essayist and Critic</em>','For Bargain Hunters','','inherit','closed','closed','','72-revision-v1','','','2016-12-29 23:03:45','2016-12-29 23:03:45','',72,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/72-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(183,1,'2016-12-29 23:05:06','2016-12-29 23:05:06','<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">New Small Business Clients Tell Us About Their Distressing Experiences With Their Prior Bargain Bookkeeping and Income Tax Services</span></strong></h3>\r\nMost of our clients have had prior unsatisfactory experiences with bargain-priced bookkeepers and income tax preparers. They come to us after realizing that cutting costs for small business bookkeeping and income tax services is false economy. Bargain bookkeeping and tax services lead to wasted time, wasted money and, often, lost opportunities for not being able to make sound business decisions because their bookkeeping was either not accurate, not detailed enough, not reliable or not up to date.\r\n\r\nSavvy business owners have learned that bargain hunting is not wise for fulfilling a mission-critical business function such as bookkeeping and tax services. (And, that\'s why inexperienced small business owners usually insist on price-shopping and selecting only bargain-priced bookkeepers and tax preparers.) Because we appeal to seasoned clients, we have the privilege of serving <em><strong>fabulous</strong></em> clients who recognize and appreciate what we do for them and how we do it for over 30 years.\r\n\r\nMoreover, bargain priced bookkeepers and tax preparers don\'t know enough about basic bookkeeping and business operations to realize that they don\'t have a sustainable fee structure. That means they do not have the experience to guide you in your business because they do not know their own business structure. And, they usually do not stay in business long enough to serve you in the long term.\r\n\r\nWe have frequently seen where bargain tax services have done the following:\r\n<ul style=\"font-size:13px;\">\r\n <li>Cut corners</li>\r\n <li>Poor or no documentation showing their sources of data</li>\r\n <li>Entering information which the tax payer has not furnished</li>\r\n <li>Business losses entered for non-existent businesses</li>\r\n <li>Making up deductions about which the client had no knowledge</li>\r\n <li>Tax returns not signed, or signed by someone who was not the preparer</li>\r\n <li>Omit supporting information to explain tax treatments or deductions fully</li>\r\n <li>Make frequent mistakes</li>\r\n <li>Omit, disregard or under-report legitimate deductions</li>\r\n <li>Give bad or misleading advice</li>\r\n <li>Don\'t check their work</li>\r\n <li>Use bargain or home-based software which prepared or allowed inconsistent numbers from form to form</li>\r\n <li>Do not confirm tax treatment with legitimate tax research sources</li>\r\n <li>Prepare tax returns when they have not been registered with the State of California as required</li>\r\n <li>Misapply tax law</li>\r\n <li>Use the wrong tax forms (S corporation tax entity using a C corporation forms, etc.)</li>\r\n <li>Do not coordinate the personal and business tax returns</li>\r\n <li>Unknowingly or knowingly expose the client to preventable audit exposure</li>\r\n <li>Reckless tax strategies (S corporation showing little or no salaries to shareholder-employees, etc.)</li>\r\n <li>Create or prevent penalties and interest assessments (little or no attention to estimated tax payments for the following year, etc.)</li>\r\n <li><a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/\">Learn more...</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\nClients tell us that their prior unsatisfactory bookkeeping experiences include:\r\n<ul style=\"font-size:13px;\">>\r\n <li>Wrong or inaccurate numbers on reports or books</li>\r\n <li>Untimely or missing reports</li>\r\n <li>Fines or penalties for omitted, late or inaccurate tax returns or agency reports</li>\r\n <li>Uncertainty about accuracy of sales tax, payroll tax or workers compensation reports</li>\r\n <li>Inability to produce certified payroll</li>\r\n <li>Can\'t get straight answers to simple questions about your books</li>\r\n <li>Sudden disappearances or departures of bookkeeper</li>\r\n <li>Not sure QuickBooks is set up correctly or working properly to full capacity</li>\r\n <li>Backlogged or incomplete work</li>\r\n <li>Forced bank reconciliations (plugging in fictitious numbers to falsify the reconciliation)</li>\r\n <li>Books out of balance forcing QuickBooks to generate temporary balancing accounts</li>\r\n <li>Refusal or inability to use modern methods to save time and money</li>\r\n <li>Not keeping up to date with advances and new time-saving technology</li>\r\n <li>Continuing confusion or errors on payroll and payroll tax returns</li>\r\n <li>Business transactions from owner\'s personal expenditures, credit cards, advances, loans or lines of credit not property incorporated into business books</li>\r\n <li>Petty cash not properly established, replenished or classified on books</li>\r\n <li>Depreciation not considered or incorporated in formal reports to owners for planning</li>\r\n <li>Duplicate work or meaningless repetitive work</li>\r\n <li>Over-utilization of time-consuming Excel or Word templates to do bookkeeping or financial functions available in QuickBooks</li>\r\n <li>Unaware or under-utilization of integrated business features in QuickBooks</li>\r\n <li>Unexplained balances, transactions or accounts</li>\r\n <li>Mysterious transactions or accounts set up</li>\r\n <li>Unavailability of costs by job, department, location or division</li>\r\n <li>Expenses and costs not segregated enough to determine costs to set prices properly</li>\r\n <li>Equity balances do not agree to prior year tax returns</li>\r\n <li>Unfamiliar with accounting on the cash basis or accrual basis for tax returns</li>\r\n <li>Not sure when an accounting event has occurred, so critical transactions could be omitted or entered in the wrong year</li>\r\n <li>Unfamiliar with basic bookkeeping principles, debits and credits, balancing, error detection, checking procedures and correct reconciliation procedures</li>\r\n <li>Payroll not entered or downloaded by individual employee for proper bank reconciliations</li>\r\n <li>Unfamiliar with downloading transactions from bank or credit card accounts</li>\r\n <li>Chart of accounts too lengthy, too short or incompatible with company operating basis</li>\r\n <li>Misclassification of expenses, income, loan proceeds, loans to or from owners, purchases or leases</li>\r\n <li>Omitted transactions, including business expenses paid personally by owners</li>\r\n <li>Frequent or recurring mistakes</li>\r\n <li>Accounts receivable or accounts payable do not agree to customer or vendor records</li>\r\n <li>Backwards balances in accounts or books (negative receivables, etc.)</li>\r\n <li>Increasing reliance on outside tax preparer for answering bookkeeping questions</li>\r\n <li>Unexplained heavy workload</li>\r\n <li>Inaccurate or nonsensical reports</li>\r\n <li>Unavailable information</li>\r\n <li>Continuous excuses for unexplained or unanswered questions</li>\r\n <li>Costs or expenses improperly classified</li>\r\n <li>Late or unexplained absent work or reports</li>\r\n <li>Unusually long time required to do basic or routine tasks</li>\r\n <li>Broken promises</li>\r\n <li>Unexplained increasing billing</li>\r\n <li>Continuous problems or errors</li>\r\n <li>Diminishing responsibility for incomplete tasks or missed deadlines</li>\r\n <li>Personal problems or family issues conflicting with work assignments</li>\r\n <li>Untidy or disorganized work area, files or documents</li>\r\n <li>Missing or unavailable company files or valuable documents</li>\r\n <li>Company source documents taken off work premises</li>\r\n <li>And more...</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nWe know bookkeeping, accounting and income tax services are a mission-critical function to developing accurate financial information for running your business by the numbers. Moreover, accurate bookkeeping and accounting is critical for reducing taxes and providing reliable information to support you if your tax returns are audited.\r\n\r\nWe\'re experts in QuickBooks bookkeeping, accounting and taxes for small businesses and individuals with expertise in over 92 industries with over 30 years of experience based in Orange County (OC), California. That means we know how to accurately assess your situation and quickly formulate a cost-effective service plan to accomplish your objectives.\r\n\r\nWe believe Mr. Ruskin had the right idea when he advised the following:\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignleft size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/j0314331.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"231\" />\"It is unwise to pay too much, but it is worse to pay too little.\r\n\r\nWhen you pay too much, you lose a little money - that is all.\r\n\r\nWhen you pay too little you sometimes lose everything because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do.\r\n\r\nThe common law of business balance prohibits paying too little and getting a lot - it cannot be done.\r\n\r\nIf you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run, and if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better.\"\r\n\r\n<strong>John Ruskin\r\n</strong><em>(1819-1900)\r\n</em><em>British Author, Artist, Essayist and Critic</em>','For Bargain Hunters','','inherit','closed','closed','','72-revision-v1','','','2016-12-29 23:05:06','2016-12-29 23:05:06','',72,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/72-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(184,1,'2016-12-29 23:05:32','2016-12-29 23:05:32','<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">New Small Business Clients Tell Us About Their Distressing Experiences With Their Prior Bargain Bookkeeping and Income Tax Services</span></strong></h3>\r\nMost of our clients have had prior unsatisfactory experiences with bargain-priced bookkeepers and income tax preparers. They come to us after realizing that cutting costs for small business bookkeeping and income tax services is false economy. Bargain bookkeeping and tax services lead to wasted time, wasted money and, often, lost opportunities for not being able to make sound business decisions because their bookkeeping was either not accurate, not detailed enough, not reliable or not up to date.\r\n\r\nSavvy business owners have learned that bargain hunting is not wise for fulfilling a mission-critical business function such as bookkeeping and tax services. (And, that\'s why inexperienced small business owners usually insist on price-shopping and selecting only bargain-priced bookkeepers and tax preparers.) Because we appeal to seasoned clients, we have the privilege of serving <em><strong>fabulous</strong></em> clients who recognize and appreciate what we do for them and how we do it for over 30 years.\r\n\r\nMoreover, bargain priced bookkeepers and tax preparers don\'t know enough about basic bookkeeping and business operations to realize that they don\'t have a sustainable fee structure. That means they do not have the experience to guide you in your business because they do not know their own business structure. And, they usually do not stay in business long enough to serve you in the long term.\r\n\r\nWe have frequently seen where bargain tax services have done the following:\r\n<ul style=\"font-size:14.4px;\">\r\n <li>Cut corners</li>\r\n <li>Poor or no documentation showing their sources of data</li>\r\n <li>Entering information which the tax payer has not furnished</li>\r\n <li>Business losses entered for non-existent businesses</li>\r\n <li>Making up deductions about which the client had no knowledge</li>\r\n <li>Tax returns not signed, or signed by someone who was not the preparer</li>\r\n <li>Omit supporting information to explain tax treatments or deductions fully</li>\r\n <li>Make frequent mistakes</li>\r\n <li>Omit, disregard or under-report legitimate deductions</li>\r\n <li>Give bad or misleading advice</li>\r\n <li>Don\'t check their work</li>\r\n <li>Use bargain or home-based software which prepared or allowed inconsistent numbers from form to form</li>\r\n <li>Do not confirm tax treatment with legitimate tax research sources</li>\r\n <li>Prepare tax returns when they have not been registered with the State of California as required</li>\r\n <li>Misapply tax law</li>\r\n <li>Use the wrong tax forms (S corporation tax entity using a C corporation forms, etc.)</li>\r\n <li>Do not coordinate the personal and business tax returns</li>\r\n <li>Unknowingly or knowingly expose the client to preventable audit exposure</li>\r\n <li>Reckless tax strategies (S corporation showing little or no salaries to shareholder-employees, etc.)</li>\r\n <li>Create or prevent penalties and interest assessments (little or no attention to estimated tax payments for the following year, etc.)</li>\r\n <li><a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/\">Learn more...</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\nClients tell us that their prior unsatisfactory bookkeeping experiences include:\r\n<ul style=\"font-size:14.4px;\">>\r\n <li>Wrong or inaccurate numbers on reports or books</li>\r\n <li>Untimely or missing reports</li>\r\n <li>Fines or penalties for omitted, late or inaccurate tax returns or agency reports</li>\r\n <li>Uncertainty about accuracy of sales tax, payroll tax or workers compensation reports</li>\r\n <li>Inability to produce certified payroll</li>\r\n <li>Can\'t get straight answers to simple questions about your books</li>\r\n <li>Sudden disappearances or departures of bookkeeper</li>\r\n <li>Not sure QuickBooks is set up correctly or working properly to full capacity</li>\r\n <li>Backlogged or incomplete work</li>\r\n <li>Forced bank reconciliations (plugging in fictitious numbers to falsify the reconciliation)</li>\r\n <li>Books out of balance forcing QuickBooks to generate temporary balancing accounts</li>\r\n <li>Refusal or inability to use modern methods to save time and money</li>\r\n <li>Not keeping up to date with advances and new time-saving technology</li>\r\n <li>Continuing confusion or errors on payroll and payroll tax returns</li>\r\n <li>Business transactions from owner\'s personal expenditures, credit cards, advances, loans or lines of credit not property incorporated into business books</li>\r\n <li>Petty cash not properly established, replenished or classified on books</li>\r\n <li>Depreciation not considered or incorporated in formal reports to owners for planning</li>\r\n <li>Duplicate work or meaningless repetitive work</li>\r\n <li>Over-utilization of time-consuming Excel or Word templates to do bookkeeping or financial functions available in QuickBooks</li>\r\n <li>Unaware or under-utilization of integrated business features in QuickBooks</li>\r\n <li>Unexplained balances, transactions or accounts</li>\r\n <li>Mysterious transactions or accounts set up</li>\r\n <li>Unavailability of costs by job, department, location or division</li>\r\n <li>Expenses and costs not segregated enough to determine costs to set prices properly</li>\r\n <li>Equity balances do not agree to prior year tax returns</li>\r\n <li>Unfamiliar with accounting on the cash basis or accrual basis for tax returns</li>\r\n <li>Not sure when an accounting event has occurred, so critical transactions could be omitted or entered in the wrong year</li>\r\n <li>Unfamiliar with basic bookkeeping principles, debits and credits, balancing, error detection, checking procedures and correct reconciliation procedures</li>\r\n <li>Payroll not entered or downloaded by individual employee for proper bank reconciliations</li>\r\n <li>Unfamiliar with downloading transactions from bank or credit card accounts</li>\r\n <li>Chart of accounts too lengthy, too short or incompatible with company operating basis</li>\r\n <li>Misclassification of expenses, income, loan proceeds, loans to or from owners, purchases or leases</li>\r\n <li>Omitted transactions, including business expenses paid personally by owners</li>\r\n <li>Frequent or recurring mistakes</li>\r\n <li>Accounts receivable or accounts payable do not agree to customer or vendor records</li>\r\n <li>Backwards balances in accounts or books (negative receivables, etc.)</li>\r\n <li>Increasing reliance on outside tax preparer for answering bookkeeping questions</li>\r\n <li>Unexplained heavy workload</li>\r\n <li>Inaccurate or nonsensical reports</li>\r\n <li>Unavailable information</li>\r\n <li>Continuous excuses for unexplained or unanswered questions</li>\r\n <li>Costs or expenses improperly classified</li>\r\n <li>Late or unexplained absent work or reports</li>\r\n <li>Unusually long time required to do basic or routine tasks</li>\r\n <li>Broken promises</li>\r\n <li>Unexplained increasing billing</li>\r\n <li>Continuous problems or errors</li>\r\n <li>Diminishing responsibility for incomplete tasks or missed deadlines</li>\r\n <li>Personal problems or family issues conflicting with work assignments</li>\r\n <li>Untidy or disorganized work area, files or documents</li>\r\n <li>Missing or unavailable company files or valuable documents</li>\r\n <li>Company source documents taken off work premises</li>\r\n <li>And more...</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nWe know bookkeeping, accounting and income tax services are a mission-critical function to developing accurate financial information for running your business by the numbers. Moreover, accurate bookkeeping and accounting is critical for reducing taxes and providing reliable information to support you if your tax returns are audited.\r\n\r\nWe\'re experts in QuickBooks bookkeeping, accounting and taxes for small businesses and individuals with expertise in over 92 industries with over 30 years of experience based in Orange County (OC), California. That means we know how to accurately assess your situation and quickly formulate a cost-effective service plan to accomplish your objectives.\r\n\r\nWe believe Mr. Ruskin had the right idea when he advised the following:\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignleft size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/j0314331.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"231\" />\"It is unwise to pay too much, but it is worse to pay too little.\r\n\r\nWhen you pay too much, you lose a little money - that is all.\r\n\r\nWhen you pay too little you sometimes lose everything because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do.\r\n\r\nThe common law of business balance prohibits paying too little and getting a lot - it cannot be done.\r\n\r\nIf you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run, and if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better.\"\r\n\r\n<strong>John Ruskin\r\n</strong><em>(1819-1900)\r\n</em><em>British Author, Artist, Essayist and Critic</em>','For Bargain Hunters','','inherit','closed','closed','','72-revision-v1','','','2016-12-29 23:05:32','2016-12-29 23:05:32','',72,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/72-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(185,1,'2016-12-29 23:06:07','2016-12-29 23:06:07','<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">New Small Business Clients Tell Us About Their Distressing Experiences With Their Prior Bargain Bookkeeping and Income Tax Services</span></strong></h3>\r\nMost of our clients have had prior unsatisfactory experiences with bargain-priced bookkeepers and income tax preparers. They come to us after realizing that cutting costs for small business bookkeeping and income tax services is false economy. Bargain bookkeeping and tax services lead to wasted time, wasted money and, often, lost opportunities for not being able to make sound business decisions because their bookkeeping was either not accurate, not detailed enough, not reliable or not up to date.\r\n\r\nSavvy business owners have learned that bargain hunting is not wise for fulfilling a mission-critical business function such as bookkeeping and tax services. (And, that\'s why inexperienced small business owners usually insist on price-shopping and selecting only bargain-priced bookkeepers and tax preparers.) Because we appeal to seasoned clients, we have the privilege of serving <em><strong>fabulous</strong></em> clients who recognize and appreciate what we do for them and how we do it for over 30 years.\r\n\r\nMoreover, bargain priced bookkeepers and tax preparers don\'t know enough about basic bookkeeping and business operations to realize that they don\'t have a sustainable fee structure. That means they do not have the experience to guide you in your business because they do not know their own business structure. And, they usually do not stay in business long enough to serve you in the long term.\r\n\r\nWe have frequently seen where bargain tax services have done the following:\r\n<ul style=\"font-size:14.4px;\">\r\n <li>Cut corners</li>\r\n <li>Poor or no documentation showing their sources of data</li>\r\n <li>Entering information which the tax payer has not furnished</li>\r\n <li>Business losses entered for non-existent businesses</li>\r\n <li>Making up deductions about which the client had no knowledge</li>\r\n <li>Tax returns not signed, or signed by someone who was not the preparer</li>\r\n <li>Omit supporting information to explain tax treatments or deductions fully</li>\r\n <li>Make frequent mistakes</li>\r\n <li>Omit, disregard or under-report legitimate deductions</li>\r\n <li>Give bad or misleading advice</li>\r\n <li>Don\'t check their work</li>\r\n <li>Use bargain or home-based software which prepared or allowed inconsistent numbers from form to form</li>\r\n <li>Do not confirm tax treatment with legitimate tax research sources</li>\r\n <li>Prepare tax returns when they have not been registered with the State of California as required</li>\r\n <li>Misapply tax law</li>\r\n <li>Use the wrong tax forms (S corporation tax entity using a C corporation forms, etc.)</li>\r\n <li>Do not coordinate the personal and business tax returns</li>\r\n <li>Unknowingly or knowingly expose the client to preventable audit exposure</li>\r\n <li>Reckless tax strategies (S corporation showing little or no salaries to shareholder-employees, etc.)</li>\r\n <li>Create or prevent penalties and interest assessments (little or no attention to estimated tax payments for the following year, etc.)</li>\r\n <li><a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/\">Learn more...</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\nClients tell us that their prior unsatisfactory bookkeeping experiences include:\r\n<ul style=\"font-size:14.4px;\">\r\n <li>Wrong or inaccurate numbers on reports or books</li>\r\n <li>Untimely or missing reports</li>\r\n <li>Fines or penalties for omitted, late or inaccurate tax returns or agency reports</li>\r\n <li>Uncertainty about accuracy of sales tax, payroll tax or workers compensation reports</li>\r\n <li>Inability to produce certified payroll</li>\r\n <li>Can\'t get straight answers to simple questions about your books</li>\r\n <li>Sudden disappearances or departures of bookkeeper</li>\r\n <li>Not sure QuickBooks is set up correctly or working properly to full capacity</li>\r\n <li>Backlogged or incomplete work</li>\r\n <li>Forced bank reconciliations (plugging in fictitious numbers to falsify the reconciliation)</li>\r\n <li>Books out of balance forcing QuickBooks to generate temporary balancing accounts</li>\r\n <li>Refusal or inability to use modern methods to save time and money</li>\r\n <li>Not keeping up to date with advances and new time-saving technology</li>\r\n <li>Continuing confusion or errors on payroll and payroll tax returns</li>\r\n <li>Business transactions from owner\'s personal expenditures, credit cards, advances, loans or lines of credit not property incorporated into business books</li>\r\n <li>Petty cash not properly established, replenished or classified on books</li>\r\n <li>Depreciation not considered or incorporated in formal reports to owners for planning</li>\r\n <li>Duplicate work or meaningless repetitive work</li>\r\n <li>Over-utilization of time-consuming Excel or Word templates to do bookkeeping or financial functions available in QuickBooks</li>\r\n <li>Unaware or under-utilization of integrated business features in QuickBooks</li>\r\n <li>Unexplained balances, transactions or accounts</li>\r\n <li>Mysterious transactions or accounts set up</li>\r\n <li>Unavailability of costs by job, department, location or division</li>\r\n <li>Expenses and costs not segregated enough to determine costs to set prices properly</li>\r\n <li>Equity balances do not agree to prior year tax returns</li>\r\n <li>Unfamiliar with accounting on the cash basis or accrual basis for tax returns</li>\r\n <li>Not sure when an accounting event has occurred, so critical transactions could be omitted or entered in the wrong year</li>\r\n <li>Unfamiliar with basic bookkeeping principles, debits and credits, balancing, error detection, checking procedures and correct reconciliation procedures</li>\r\n <li>Payroll not entered or downloaded by individual employee for proper bank reconciliations</li>\r\n <li>Unfamiliar with downloading transactions from bank or credit card accounts</li>\r\n <li>Chart of accounts too lengthy, too short or incompatible with company operating basis</li>\r\n <li>Misclassification of expenses, income, loan proceeds, loans to or from owners, purchases or leases</li>\r\n <li>Omitted transactions, including business expenses paid personally by owners</li>\r\n <li>Frequent or recurring mistakes</li>\r\n <li>Accounts receivable or accounts payable do not agree to customer or vendor records</li>\r\n <li>Backwards balances in accounts or books (negative receivables, etc.)</li>\r\n <li>Increasing reliance on outside tax preparer for answering bookkeeping questions</li>\r\n <li>Unexplained heavy workload</li>\r\n <li>Inaccurate or nonsensical reports</li>\r\n <li>Unavailable information</li>\r\n <li>Continuous excuses for unexplained or unanswered questions</li>\r\n <li>Costs or expenses improperly classified</li>\r\n <li>Late or unexplained absent work or reports</li>\r\n <li>Unusually long time required to do basic or routine tasks</li>\r\n <li>Broken promises</li>\r\n <li>Unexplained increasing billing</li>\r\n <li>Continuous problems or errors</li>\r\n <li>Diminishing responsibility for incomplete tasks or missed deadlines</li>\r\n <li>Personal problems or family issues conflicting with work assignments</li>\r\n <li>Untidy or disorganized work area, files or documents</li>\r\n <li>Missing or unavailable company files or valuable documents</li>\r\n <li>Company source documents taken off work premises</li>\r\n <li>And more...</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nWe know bookkeeping, accounting and income tax services are a mission-critical function to developing accurate financial information for running your business by the numbers. Moreover, accurate bookkeeping and accounting is critical for reducing taxes and providing reliable information to support you if your tax returns are audited.\r\n\r\nWe\'re experts in QuickBooks bookkeeping, accounting and taxes for small businesses and individuals with expertise in over 92 industries with over 30 years of experience based in Orange County (OC), California. That means we know how to accurately assess your situation and quickly formulate a cost-effective service plan to accomplish your objectives.\r\n\r\nWe believe Mr. Ruskin had the right idea when he advised the following:\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignleft size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/j0314331.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"231\" />\"It is unwise to pay too much, but it is worse to pay too little.\r\n\r\nWhen you pay too much, you lose a little money - that is all.\r\n\r\nWhen you pay too little you sometimes lose everything because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do.\r\n\r\nThe common law of business balance prohibits paying too little and getting a lot - it cannot be done.\r\n\r\nIf you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run, and if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better.\"\r\n\r\n<strong>John Ruskin\r\n</strong><em>(1819-1900)\r\n</em><em>British Author, Artist, Essayist and Critic</em>','For Bargain Hunters','','inherit','closed','closed','','72-revision-v1','','','2016-12-29 23:06:07','2016-12-29 23:06:07','',72,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/72-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(186,1,'2016-12-29 23:06:23','2016-12-29 23:06:23','<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">New Small Business Clients Tell Us About Their Distressing Experiences With Their Prior Bargain Bookkeeping and Income Tax Services</span></strong></h3>\r\nMost of our clients have had prior unsatisfactory experiences with bargain-priced bookkeepers and income tax preparers. They come to us after realizing that cutting costs for small business bookkeeping and income tax services is false economy. Bargain bookkeeping and tax services lead to wasted time, wasted money and, often, lost opportunities for not being able to make sound business decisions because their bookkeeping was either not accurate, not detailed enough, not reliable or not up to date.\r\n\r\nSavvy business owners have learned that bargain hunting is not wise for fulfilling a mission-critical business function such as bookkeeping and tax services. (And, that\'s why inexperienced small business owners usually insist on price-shopping and selecting only bargain-priced bookkeepers and tax preparers.) Because we appeal to seasoned clients, we have the privilege of serving <em><strong>fabulous</strong></em> clients who recognize and appreciate what we do for them and how we do it for over 30 years.\r\n\r\nMoreover, bargain priced bookkeepers and tax preparers don\'t know enough about basic bookkeeping and business operations to realize that they don\'t have a sustainable fee structure. That means they do not have the experience to guide you in your business because they do not know their own business structure. And, they usually do not stay in business long enough to serve you in the long term.\r\n\r\nWe have frequently seen where bargain tax services have done the following:\r\n<ul style=\"font-size: 14.4px;\">\r\n <li>Cut corners</li>\r\n <li>Poor or no documentation showing their sources of data</li>\r\n <li>Entering information which the tax payer has not furnished</li>\r\n <li>Business losses entered for non-existent businesses</li>\r\n <li>Making up deductions about which the client had no knowledge</li>\r\n <li>Tax returns not signed, or signed by someone who was not the preparer</li>\r\n <li>Omit supporting information to explain tax treatments or deductions fully</li>\r\n <li>Make frequent mistakes</li>\r\n <li>Omit, disregard or under-report legitimate deductions</li>\r\n <li>Give bad or misleading advice</li>\r\n <li>Don\'t check their work</li>\r\n <li>Use bargain or home-based software which prepared or allowed inconsistent numbers from form to form</li>\r\n <li>Do not confirm tax treatment with legitimate tax research sources</li>\r\n <li>Prepare tax returns when they have not been registered with the State of California as required</li>\r\n <li>Misapply tax law</li>\r\n <li>Use the wrong tax forms (S corporation tax entity using a C corporation forms, etc.)</li>\r\n <li>Do not coordinate the personal and business tax returns</li>\r\n <li>Unknowingly or knowingly expose the client to preventable audit exposure</li>\r\n <li>Reckless tax strategies (S corporation showing little or no salaries to shareholder-employees, etc.)</li>\r\n <li>Create or prevent penalties and interest assessments (little or no attention to estimated tax payments for the following year, etc.)</li>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/\">Learn more...</a></span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\nClients tell us that their prior unsatisfactory bookkeeping experiences include:\r\n<ul style=\"font-size: 14.4px;\">\r\n <li>Wrong or inaccurate numbers on reports or books</li>\r\n <li>Untimely or missing reports</li>\r\n <li>Fines or penalties for omitted, late or inaccurate tax returns or agency reports</li>\r\n <li>Uncertainty about accuracy of sales tax, payroll tax or workers compensation reports</li>\r\n <li>Inability to produce certified payroll</li>\r\n <li>Can\'t get straight answers to simple questions about your books</li>\r\n <li>Sudden disappearances or departures of bookkeeper</li>\r\n <li>Not sure QuickBooks is set up correctly or working properly to full capacity</li>\r\n <li>Backlogged or incomplete work</li>\r\n <li>Forced bank reconciliations (plugging in fictitious numbers to falsify the reconciliation)</li>\r\n <li>Books out of balance forcing QuickBooks to generate temporary balancing accounts</li>\r\n <li>Refusal or inability to use modern methods to save time and money</li>\r\n <li>Not keeping up to date with advances and new time-saving technology</li>\r\n <li>Continuing confusion or errors on payroll and payroll tax returns</li>\r\n <li>Business transactions from owner\'s personal expenditures, credit cards, advances, loans or lines of credit not property incorporated into business books</li>\r\n <li>Petty cash not properly established, replenished or classified on books</li>\r\n <li>Depreciation not considered or incorporated in formal reports to owners for planning</li>\r\n <li>Duplicate work or meaningless repetitive work</li>\r\n <li>Over-utilization of time-consuming Excel or Word templates to do bookkeeping or financial functions available in QuickBooks</li>\r\n <li>Unaware or under-utilization of integrated business features in QuickBooks</li>\r\n <li>Unexplained balances, transactions or accounts</li>\r\n <li>Mysterious transactions or accounts set up</li>\r\n <li>Unavailability of costs by job, department, location or division</li>\r\n <li>Expenses and costs not segregated enough to determine costs to set prices properly</li>\r\n <li>Equity balances do not agree to prior year tax returns</li>\r\n <li>Unfamiliar with accounting on the cash basis or accrual basis for tax returns</li>\r\n <li>Not sure when an accounting event has occurred, so critical transactions could be omitted or entered in the wrong year</li>\r\n <li>Unfamiliar with basic bookkeeping principles, debits and credits, balancing, error detection, checking procedures and correct reconciliation procedures</li>\r\n <li>Payroll not entered or downloaded by individual employee for proper bank reconciliations</li>\r\n <li>Unfamiliar with downloading transactions from bank or credit card accounts</li>\r\n <li>Chart of accounts too lengthy, too short or incompatible with company operating basis</li>\r\n <li>Misclassification of expenses, income, loan proceeds, loans to or from owners, purchases or leases</li>\r\n <li>Omitted transactions, including business expenses paid personally by owners</li>\r\n <li>Frequent or recurring mistakes</li>\r\n <li>Accounts receivable or accounts payable do not agree to customer or vendor records</li>\r\n <li>Backwards balances in accounts or books (negative receivables, etc.)</li>\r\n <li>Increasing reliance on outside tax preparer for answering bookkeeping questions</li>\r\n <li>Unexplained heavy workload</li>\r\n <li>Inaccurate or nonsensical reports</li>\r\n <li>Unavailable information</li>\r\n <li>Continuous excuses for unexplained or unanswered questions</li>\r\n <li>Costs or expenses improperly classified</li>\r\n <li>Late or unexplained absent work or reports</li>\r\n <li>Unusually long time required to do basic or routine tasks</li>\r\n <li>Broken promises</li>\r\n <li>Unexplained increasing billing</li>\r\n <li>Continuous problems or errors</li>\r\n <li>Diminishing responsibility for incomplete tasks or missed deadlines</li>\r\n <li>Personal problems or family issues conflicting with work assignments</li>\r\n <li>Untidy or disorganized work area, files or documents</li>\r\n <li>Missing or unavailable company files or valuable documents</li>\r\n <li>Company source documents taken off work premises</li>\r\n <li>And more...</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nWe know bookkeeping, accounting and income tax services are a mission-critical function to developing accurate financial information for running your business by the numbers. Moreover, accurate bookkeeping and accounting is critical for reducing taxes and providing reliable information to support you if your tax returns are audited.\r\n\r\nWe\'re experts in QuickBooks bookkeeping, accounting and taxes for small businesses and individuals with expertise in over 92 industries with over 30 years of experience based in Orange County (OC), California. That means we know how to accurately assess your situation and quickly formulate a cost-effective service plan to accomplish your objectives.\r\n\r\nWe believe Mr. Ruskin had the right idea when he advised the following:\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignleft size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/j0314331.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"231\" />\"It is unwise to pay too much, but it is worse to pay too little.\r\n\r\nWhen you pay too much, you lose a little money - that is all.\r\n\r\nWhen you pay too little you sometimes lose everything because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do.\r\n\r\nThe common law of business balance prohibits paying too little and getting a lot - it cannot be done.\r\n\r\nIf you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run, and if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better.\"\r\n\r\n<strong>John Ruskin\r\n</strong><em>(1819-1900)\r\n</em><em>British Author, Artist, Essayist and Critic</em>','For Bargain Hunters','','inherit','closed','closed','','72-revision-v1','','','2016-12-29 23:06:23','2016-12-29 23:06:23','',72,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/72-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(187,1,'2016-12-29 23:07:28','2016-12-29 23:07:28','<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">New Small Business Clients Tell Us About Their Distressing Experiences With Their Prior Bargain Bookkeeping and Income Tax Services</span></strong></h3>\r\nMost of our clients have had prior unsatisfactory experiences with bargain-priced bookkeepers and income tax preparers. They come to us after realizing that cutting costs for small business bookkeeping and income tax services is false economy. Bargain bookkeeping and tax services lead to wasted time, wasted money and, often, lost opportunities for not being able to make sound business decisions because their bookkeeping was either not accurate, not detailed enough, not reliable or not up to date.\r\n\r\nSavvy business owners have learned that bargain hunting is not wise for fulfilling a mission-critical business function such as bookkeeping and tax services. (And, that\'s why inexperienced small business owners usually insist on price-shopping and selecting only bargain-priced bookkeepers and tax preparers.) Because we appeal to seasoned clients, we have the privilege of serving <em><strong>fabulous</strong></em> clients who recognize and appreciate what we do for them and how we do it for over 30 years.\r\n\r\nMoreover, bargain priced bookkeepers and tax preparers don\'t know enough about basic bookkeeping and business operations to realize that they don\'t have a sustainable fee structure. That means they do not have the experience to guide you in your business because they do not know their own business structure. And, they usually do not stay in business long enough to serve you in the long term.\r\n\r\nWe have frequently seen where bargain tax services have done the following:\r\n<ul style=\"font-size: 14.4px;\">\r\n <li>Cut corners</li>\r\n <li>Poor or no documentation showing their sources of data</li>\r\n <li>Entering information which the tax payer has not furnished</li>\r\n <li>Business losses entered for non-existent businesses</li>\r\n <li>Making up deductions about which the client had no knowledge</li>\r\n <li>Tax returns not signed, or signed by someone who was not the preparer</li>\r\n <li>Omit supporting information to explain tax treatments or deductions fully</li>\r\n <li>Make frequent mistakes</li>\r\n <li>Omit, disregard or under-report legitimate deductions</li>\r\n <li>Give bad or misleading advice</li>\r\n <li>Don\'t check their work</li>\r\n <li>Use bargain or home-based software which prepared or allowed inconsistent numbers from form to form</li>\r\n <li>Do not confirm tax treatment with legitimate tax research sources</li>\r\n <li>Prepare tax returns when they have not been registered with the State of California as required</li>\r\n <li>Misapply tax law</li>\r\n <li>Use the wrong tax forms (S corporation tax entity using a C corporation forms, etc.)</li>\r\n <li>Do not coordinate the personal and business tax returns</li>\r\n <li>Unknowingly or knowingly expose the client to preventable audit exposure</li>\r\n <li>Reckless tax strategies (S corporation showing little or no salaries to shareholder-employees, etc.)</li>\r\n <li>Create or prevent penalties and interest assessments (little or no attention to estimated tax payments for the following year, etc.)</li>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/\">Learn more...</a></span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\nClients tell us that their prior unsatisfactory bookkeeping experiences include:\r\n<ul style=\"font-size: 14.4px;\">\r\n <li>Wrong or inaccurate numbers on reports or books</li>\r\n <li>Untimely or missing reports</li>\r\n <li>Fines or penalties for omitted, late or inaccurate tax returns or agency reports</li>\r\n <li>Uncertainty about accuracy of sales tax, payroll tax or workers compensation reports</li>\r\n <li>Inability to produce certified payroll</li>\r\n <li>Can\'t get straight answers to simple questions about your books</li>\r\n <li>Sudden disappearances or departures of bookkeeper</li>\r\n <li>Not sure QuickBooks is set up correctly or working properly to full capacity</li>\r\n <li>Backlogged or incomplete work</li>\r\n <li>Forced bank reconciliations (plugging in fictitious numbers to falsify the reconciliation)</li>\r\n <li>Books out of balance forcing QuickBooks to generate temporary balancing accounts</li>\r\n <li>Refusal or inability to use modern methods to save time and money</li>\r\n <li>Not keeping up to date with advances and new time-saving technology</li>\r\n <li>Continuing confusion or errors on payroll and payroll tax returns</li>\r\n <li>Business transactions from owner\'s personal expenditures, credit cards, advances, loans or lines of credit not property incorporated into business books</li>\r\n <li>Petty cash not properly established, replenished or classified on books</li>\r\n <li>Depreciation not considered or incorporated in formal reports to owners for planning</li>\r\n <li>Duplicate work or meaningless repetitive work</li>\r\n <li>Over-utilization of time-consuming Excel or Word templates to do bookkeeping or financial functions available in QuickBooks</li>\r\n <li>Unaware or under-utilization of integrated business features in QuickBooks</li>\r\n <li>Unexplained balances, transactions or accounts</li>\r\n <li>Mysterious transactions or accounts set up</li>\r\n <li>Unavailability of costs by job, department, location or division</li>\r\n <li>Expenses and costs not segregated enough to determine costs to set prices properly</li>\r\n <li>Equity balances do not agree to prior year tax returns</li>\r\n <li>Unfamiliar with accounting on the cash basis or accrual basis for tax returns</li>\r\n <li>Not sure when an accounting event has occurred, so critical transactions could be omitted or entered in the wrong year</li>\r\n <li>Unfamiliar with basic bookkeeping principles, debits and credits, balancing, error detection, checking procedures and correct reconciliation procedures</li>\r\n <li>Payroll not entered or downloaded by individual employee for proper bank reconciliations</li>\r\n <li>Unfamiliar with downloading transactions from bank or credit card accounts</li>\r\n <li>Chart of accounts too lengthy, too short or incompatible with company operating basis</li>\r\n <li>Misclassification of expenses, income, loan proceeds, loans to or from owners, purchases or leases</li>\r\n <li>Omitted transactions, including business expenses paid personally by owners</li>\r\n <li>Frequent or recurring mistakes</li>\r\n <li>Accounts receivable or accounts payable do not agree to customer or vendor records</li>\r\n <li>Backwards balances in accounts or books (negative receivables, etc.)</li>\r\n <li>Increasing reliance on outside tax preparer for answering bookkeeping questions</li>\r\n <li>Unexplained heavy workload</li>\r\n <li>Inaccurate or nonsensical reports</li>\r\n <li>Unavailable information</li>\r\n <li>Continuous excuses for unexplained or unanswered questions</li>\r\n <li>Costs or expenses improperly classified</li>\r\n <li>Late or unexplained absent work or reports</li>\r\n <li>Unusually long time required to do basic or routine tasks</li>\r\n <li>Broken promises</li>\r\n <li>Unexplained increasing billing</li>\r\n <li>Continuous problems or errors</li>\r\n <li>Diminishing responsibility for incomplete tasks or missed deadlines</li>\r\n <li>Personal problems or family issues conflicting with work assignments</li>\r\n <li>Untidy or disorganized work area, files or documents</li>\r\n <li>Missing or unavailable company files or valuable documents</li>\r\n <li>Company source documents taken off work premises</li>\r\n <li>And more...</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nWe know bookkeeping, accounting and income tax services are a mission-critical function to developing accurate financial information for running your business by the numbers. Moreover, accurate bookkeeping and accounting is critical for reducing taxes and providing reliable information to support you if your tax returns are audited.\r\n\r\nWe\'re experts in QuickBooks bookkeeping, accounting and taxes for small businesses and individuals with expertise in over 92 industries with over 30 years of experience based in Orange County (OC), California. That means we know how to accurately assess your situation and quickly formulate a cost-effective service plan to accomplish your objectives.\r\n\r\nWe believe Mr. Ruskin had the right idea when he advised the following:\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignleft size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/j0314331.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"231\" /><span style=\"line-height:1.3em;\">\"It is unwise to pay too much, but it is worse to pay too little.\r\n\r\nWhen you pay too much, you lose a little money - that is all.\r\n\r\nWhen you pay too little you sometimes lose everything because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do.\r\n\r\nThe common law of business balance prohibits paying too little and getting a lot - it cannot be done.\r\n\r\nIf you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run, and if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better.\"</span>\r\n\r\n<strong>John Ruskin\r\n</strong><em>(1819-1900)\r\n</em><em>British Author, Artist, Essayist and Critic</em>','For Bargain Hunters','','inherit','closed','closed','','72-revision-v1','','','2016-12-29 23:07:28','2016-12-29 23:07:28','',72,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/72-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(188,1,'2016-12-29 23:09:09','2016-12-29 23:09:09','<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">New Small Business Clients Tell Us About Their Distressing Experiences With Their Prior Bargain Bookkeeping and Income Tax Services</span></strong></h3>\r\nMost of our clients have had prior unsatisfactory experiences with bargain-priced bookkeepers and income tax preparers. They come to us after realizing that cutting costs for small business bookkeeping and income tax services is false economy. Bargain bookkeeping and tax services lead to wasted time, wasted money and, often, lost opportunities for not being able to make sound business decisions because their bookkeeping was either not accurate, not detailed enough, not reliable or not up to date.\r\n\r\nSavvy business owners have learned that bargain hunting is not wise for fulfilling a mission-critical business function such as bookkeeping and tax services. (And, that\'s why inexperienced small business owners usually insist on price-shopping and selecting only bargain-priced bookkeepers and tax preparers.) Because we appeal to seasoned clients, we have the privilege of serving <em><strong>fabulous</strong></em> clients who recognize and appreciate what we do for them and how we do it for over 30 years.\r\n\r\nMoreover, bargain priced bookkeepers and tax preparers don\'t know enough about basic bookkeeping and business operations to realize that they don\'t have a sustainable fee structure. That means they do not have the experience to guide you in your business because they do not know their own business structure. And, they usually do not stay in business long enough to serve you in the long term.\r\n\r\nWe have frequently seen where bargain tax services have done the following:\r\n<ul style=\"font-size: 14.4px;\">\r\n <li>Cut corners</li>\r\n <li>Poor or no documentation showing their sources of data</li>\r\n <li>Entering information which the tax payer has not furnished</li>\r\n <li>Business losses entered for non-existent businesses</li>\r\n <li>Making up deductions about which the client had no knowledge</li>\r\n <li>Tax returns not signed, or signed by someone who was not the preparer</li>\r\n <li>Omit supporting information to explain tax treatments or deductions fully</li>\r\n <li>Make frequent mistakes</li>\r\n <li>Omit, disregard or under-report legitimate deductions</li>\r\n <li>Give bad or misleading advice</li>\r\n <li>Don\'t check their work</li>\r\n <li>Use bargain or home-based software which prepared or allowed inconsistent numbers from form to form</li>\r\n <li>Do not confirm tax treatment with legitimate tax research sources</li>\r\n <li>Prepare tax returns when they have not been registered with the State of California as required</li>\r\n <li>Misapply tax law</li>\r\n <li>Use the wrong tax forms (S corporation tax entity using a C corporation forms, etc.)</li>\r\n <li>Do not coordinate the personal and business tax returns</li>\r\n <li>Unknowingly or knowingly expose the client to preventable audit exposure</li>\r\n <li>Reckless tax strategies (S corporation showing little or no salaries to shareholder-employees, etc.)</li>\r\n <li>Create or prevent penalties and interest assessments (little or no attention to estimated tax payments for the following year, etc.)</li>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/\">Learn more...</a></span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\nClients tell us that their prior unsatisfactory bookkeeping experiences include:\r\n<ul style=\"font-size: 14.4px;\">\r\n <li>Wrong or inaccurate numbers on reports or books</li>\r\n <li>Untimely or missing reports</li>\r\n <li>Fines or penalties for omitted, late or inaccurate tax returns or agency reports</li>\r\n <li>Uncertainty about accuracy of sales tax, payroll tax or workers compensation reports</li>\r\n <li>Inability to produce certified payroll</li>\r\n <li>Can\'t get straight answers to simple questions about your books</li>\r\n <li>Sudden disappearances or departures of bookkeeper</li>\r\n <li>Not sure QuickBooks is set up correctly or working properly to full capacity</li>\r\n <li>Backlogged or incomplete work</li>\r\n <li>Forced bank reconciliations (plugging in fictitious numbers to falsify the reconciliation)</li>\r\n <li>Books out of balance forcing QuickBooks to generate temporary balancing accounts</li>\r\n <li>Refusal or inability to use modern methods to save time and money</li>\r\n <li>Not keeping up to date with advances and new time-saving technology</li>\r\n <li>Continuing confusion or errors on payroll and payroll tax returns</li>\r\n <li>Business transactions from owner\'s personal expenditures, credit cards, advances, loans or lines of credit not property incorporated into business books</li>\r\n <li>Petty cash not properly established, replenished or classified on books</li>\r\n <li>Depreciation not considered or incorporated in formal reports to owners for planning</li>\r\n <li>Duplicate work or meaningless repetitive work</li>\r\n <li>Over-utilization of time-consuming Excel or Word templates to do bookkeeping or financial functions available in QuickBooks</li>\r\n <li>Unaware or under-utilization of integrated business features in QuickBooks</li>\r\n <li>Unexplained balances, transactions or accounts</li>\r\n <li>Mysterious transactions or accounts set up</li>\r\n <li>Unavailability of costs by job, department, location or division</li>\r\n <li>Expenses and costs not segregated enough to determine costs to set prices properly</li>\r\n <li>Equity balances do not agree to prior year tax returns</li>\r\n <li>Unfamiliar with accounting on the cash basis or accrual basis for tax returns</li>\r\n <li>Not sure when an accounting event has occurred, so critical transactions could be omitted or entered in the wrong year</li>\r\n <li>Unfamiliar with basic bookkeeping principles, debits and credits, balancing, error detection, checking procedures and correct reconciliation procedures</li>\r\n <li>Payroll not entered or downloaded by individual employee for proper bank reconciliations</li>\r\n <li>Unfamiliar with downloading transactions from bank or credit card accounts</li>\r\n <li>Chart of accounts too lengthy, too short or incompatible with company operating basis</li>\r\n <li>Misclassification of expenses, income, loan proceeds, loans to or from owners, purchases or leases</li>\r\n <li>Omitted transactions, including business expenses paid personally by owners</li>\r\n <li>Frequent or recurring mistakes</li>\r\n <li>Accounts receivable or accounts payable do not agree to customer or vendor records</li>\r\n <li>Backwards balances in accounts or books (negative receivables, etc.)</li>\r\n <li>Increasing reliance on outside tax preparer for answering bookkeeping questions</li>\r\n <li>Unexplained heavy workload</li>\r\n <li>Inaccurate or nonsensical reports</li>\r\n <li>Unavailable information</li>\r\n <li>Continuous excuses for unexplained or unanswered questions</li>\r\n <li>Costs or expenses improperly classified</li>\r\n <li>Late or unexplained absent work or reports</li>\r\n <li>Unusually long time required to do basic or routine tasks</li>\r\n <li>Broken promises</li>\r\n <li>Unexplained increasing billing</li>\r\n <li>Continuous problems or errors</li>\r\n <li>Diminishing responsibility for incomplete tasks or missed deadlines</li>\r\n <li>Personal problems or family issues conflicting with work assignments</li>\r\n <li>Untidy or disorganized work area, files or documents</li>\r\n <li>Missing or unavailable company files or valuable documents</li>\r\n <li>Company source documents taken off work premises</li>\r\n <li>And more...</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nWe know bookkeeping, accounting and income tax services are a mission-critical function to developing accurate financial information for running your business by the numbers. Moreover, accurate bookkeeping and accounting is critical for reducing taxes and providing reliable information to support you if your tax returns are audited.\r\n\r\nWe\'re experts in QuickBooks bookkeeping, accounting and taxes for small businesses and individuals with expertise in over 92 industries with over 30 years of experience based in Orange County (OC), California. That means we know how to accurately assess your situation and quickly formulate a cost-effective service plan to accomplish your objectives.\r\n\r\nWe believe Mr. Ruskin had the right idea when he advised the following:\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignleft size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/j0314331.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"231\" /><span style=\"line-height:1.3em;\">\"It is unwise to pay too much, but it is worse to pay too little.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"line-height:1.3em;\">When you pay too much, you lose a little money - that is all.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"line-height:1.3em;\">When you pay too little you sometimes lose everything because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"line-height:1.3em;\">The common law of business balance prohibits paying too little and getting a lot - it cannot be done.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"line-height:1.3em;\">If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run, and if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better.\"</span></span>\r\n\r\n<strong>John Ruskin\r\n</strong><em>(1819-1900)\r\n</em><em>British Author, Artist, Essayist and Critic</em>','For Bargain Hunters','','inherit','closed','closed','','72-revision-v1','','','2016-12-29 23:09:09','2016-12-29 23:09:09','',72,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/72-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(189,1,'2016-12-29 23:09:20','2016-12-29 23:09:20','<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">New Small Business Clients Tell Us About Their Distressing Experiences With Their Prior Bargain Bookkeeping and Income Tax Services</span></strong></h3>\r\nMost of our clients have had prior unsatisfactory experiences with bargain-priced bookkeepers and income tax preparers. They come to us after realizing that cutting costs for small business bookkeeping and income tax services is false economy. Bargain bookkeeping and tax services lead to wasted time, wasted money and, often, lost opportunities for not being able to make sound business decisions because their bookkeeping was either not accurate, not detailed enough, not reliable or not up to date.\r\n\r\nSavvy business owners have learned that bargain hunting is not wise for fulfilling a mission-critical business function such as bookkeeping and tax services. (And, that\'s why inexperienced small business owners usually insist on price-shopping and selecting only bargain-priced bookkeepers and tax preparers.) Because we appeal to seasoned clients, we have the privilege of serving <em><strong>fabulous</strong></em> clients who recognize and appreciate what we do for them and how we do it for over 30 years.\r\n\r\nMoreover, bargain priced bookkeepers and tax preparers don\'t know enough about basic bookkeeping and business operations to realize that they don\'t have a sustainable fee structure. That means they do not have the experience to guide you in your business because they do not know their own business structure. And, they usually do not stay in business long enough to serve you in the long term.\r\n\r\nWe have frequently seen where bargain tax services have done the following:\r\n<ul style=\"font-size: 14.4px;\">\r\n <li>Cut corners</li>\r\n <li>Poor or no documentation showing their sources of data</li>\r\n <li>Entering information which the tax payer has not furnished</li>\r\n <li>Business losses entered for non-existent businesses</li>\r\n <li>Making up deductions about which the client had no knowledge</li>\r\n <li>Tax returns not signed, or signed by someone who was not the preparer</li>\r\n <li>Omit supporting information to explain tax treatments or deductions fully</li>\r\n <li>Make frequent mistakes</li>\r\n <li>Omit, disregard or under-report legitimate deductions</li>\r\n <li>Give bad or misleading advice</li>\r\n <li>Don\'t check their work</li>\r\n <li>Use bargain or home-based software which prepared or allowed inconsistent numbers from form to form</li>\r\n <li>Do not confirm tax treatment with legitimate tax research sources</li>\r\n <li>Prepare tax returns when they have not been registered with the State of California as required</li>\r\n <li>Misapply tax law</li>\r\n <li>Use the wrong tax forms (S corporation tax entity using a C corporation forms, etc.)</li>\r\n <li>Do not coordinate the personal and business tax returns</li>\r\n <li>Unknowingly or knowingly expose the client to preventable audit exposure</li>\r\n <li>Reckless tax strategies (S corporation showing little or no salaries to shareholder-employees, etc.)</li>\r\n <li>Create or prevent penalties and interest assessments (little or no attention to estimated tax payments for the following year, etc.)</li>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/\">Learn more...</a></span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\nClients tell us that their prior unsatisfactory bookkeeping experiences include:\r\n<ul style=\"font-size: 14.4px;\">\r\n <li>Wrong or inaccurate numbers on reports or books</li>\r\n <li>Untimely or missing reports</li>\r\n <li>Fines or penalties for omitted, late or inaccurate tax returns or agency reports</li>\r\n <li>Uncertainty about accuracy of sales tax, payroll tax or workers compensation reports</li>\r\n <li>Inability to produce certified payroll</li>\r\n <li>Can\'t get straight answers to simple questions about your books</li>\r\n <li>Sudden disappearances or departures of bookkeeper</li>\r\n <li>Not sure QuickBooks is set up correctly or working properly to full capacity</li>\r\n <li>Backlogged or incomplete work</li>\r\n <li>Forced bank reconciliations (plugging in fictitious numbers to falsify the reconciliation)</li>\r\n <li>Books out of balance forcing QuickBooks to generate temporary balancing accounts</li>\r\n <li>Refusal or inability to use modern methods to save time and money</li>\r\n <li>Not keeping up to date with advances and new time-saving technology</li>\r\n <li>Continuing confusion or errors on payroll and payroll tax returns</li>\r\n <li>Business transactions from owner\'s personal expenditures, credit cards, advances, loans or lines of credit not property incorporated into business books</li>\r\n <li>Petty cash not properly established, replenished or classified on books</li>\r\n <li>Depreciation not considered or incorporated in formal reports to owners for planning</li>\r\n <li>Duplicate work or meaningless repetitive work</li>\r\n <li>Over-utilization of time-consuming Excel or Word templates to do bookkeeping or financial functions available in QuickBooks</li>\r\n <li>Unaware or under-utilization of integrated business features in QuickBooks</li>\r\n <li>Unexplained balances, transactions or accounts</li>\r\n <li>Mysterious transactions or accounts set up</li>\r\n <li>Unavailability of costs by job, department, location or division</li>\r\n <li>Expenses and costs not segregated enough to determine costs to set prices properly</li>\r\n <li>Equity balances do not agree to prior year tax returns</li>\r\n <li>Unfamiliar with accounting on the cash basis or accrual basis for tax returns</li>\r\n <li>Not sure when an accounting event has occurred, so critical transactions could be omitted or entered in the wrong year</li>\r\n <li>Unfamiliar with basic bookkeeping principles, debits and credits, balancing, error detection, checking procedures and correct reconciliation procedures</li>\r\n <li>Payroll not entered or downloaded by individual employee for proper bank reconciliations</li>\r\n <li>Unfamiliar with downloading transactions from bank or credit card accounts</li>\r\n <li>Chart of accounts too lengthy, too short or incompatible with company operating basis</li>\r\n <li>Misclassification of expenses, income, loan proceeds, loans to or from owners, purchases or leases</li>\r\n <li>Omitted transactions, including business expenses paid personally by owners</li>\r\n <li>Frequent or recurring mistakes</li>\r\n <li>Accounts receivable or accounts payable do not agree to customer or vendor records</li>\r\n <li>Backwards balances in accounts or books (negative receivables, etc.)</li>\r\n <li>Increasing reliance on outside tax preparer for answering bookkeeping questions</li>\r\n <li>Unexplained heavy workload</li>\r\n <li>Inaccurate or nonsensical reports</li>\r\n <li>Unavailable information</li>\r\n <li>Continuous excuses for unexplained or unanswered questions</li>\r\n <li>Costs or expenses improperly classified</li>\r\n <li>Late or unexplained absent work or reports</li>\r\n <li>Unusually long time required to do basic or routine tasks</li>\r\n <li>Broken promises</li>\r\n <li>Unexplained increasing billing</li>\r\n <li>Continuous problems or errors</li>\r\n <li>Diminishing responsibility for incomplete tasks or missed deadlines</li>\r\n <li>Personal problems or family issues conflicting with work assignments</li>\r\n <li>Untidy or disorganized work area, files or documents</li>\r\n <li>Missing or unavailable company files or valuable documents</li>\r\n <li>Company source documents taken off work premises</li>\r\n <li>And more...</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nWe know bookkeeping, accounting and income tax services are a mission-critical function to developing accurate financial information for running your business by the numbers. Moreover, accurate bookkeeping and accounting is critical for reducing taxes and providing reliable information to support you if your tax returns are audited.\r\n\r\nWe\'re experts in QuickBooks bookkeeping, accounting and taxes for small businesses and individuals with expertise in over 92 industries with over 30 years of experience based in Orange County (OC), California. That means we know how to accurately assess your situation and quickly formulate a cost-effective service plan to accomplish your objectives.\r\n\r\nWe believe Mr. Ruskin had the right idea when he advised the following:\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignleft size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/j0314331.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"231\" /><span style=\"line-height:1.3em;\">\"It is unwise to pay too much, but it is worse to pay too little.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"line-height:1.3em;\">When you pay too much, you lose a little money - that is all.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"line-height:1.3em;\">When you pay too little you sometimes lose everything because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"line-height:1.3em;\">The common law of business balance prohibits paying too little and getting a lot - it cannot be done.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"line-height:1.3em;\">If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run, and if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better.\"</span>\r\n\r\n<strong>John Ruskin\r\n</strong><em>(1819-1900)\r\n</em><em>British Author, Artist, Essayist and Critic</em>','For Bargain Hunters','','inherit','closed','closed','','72-revision-v1','','','2016-12-29 23:09:20','2016-12-29 23:09:20','',72,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/72-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(190,1,'2018-04-18 00:32:07','2018-04-18 00:32:07','<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>All Services Provided Personally in California by Qualified, Bonded Income Tax Professional (CRTP) Registered with the Internal Revenue Service and the State of California.</strong></span></h6>\n \n<ul>\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/tax-pricing-choices/\">Your Taxes, Prepared Your Way</a></span>\n<ul>\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/tax-pricing-choices/individual-tax-pricing-choices/\">Individual Fee Structure, from $249</a></span></span></li>\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/tax-pricing-choices/for-business-income-tax-return-preparation/\">Business Fee Structure, from $749</a></span></li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<em><strong>More Information to Assist in Your Selection of an Income Tax Professional</strong></em>\n<ul>\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/tax-reduction-measures/\">Income Tax Reduction Measures</a></span></li>\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; 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color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/tax-reduction-measures/\">Income Tax Reduction Measures</a></span></li>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/tax-audit-deterrence/\">Income Tax Audit Deterrence Measures</a></span></li>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/tax-penalty-avoidance/\">Income Tax Penalty Avoidance Measures</a></span></span></li>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/tax-preparation-measures/\">Income Tax Preparation Measures</a></span></span></li>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/tax-planning-measures/\">Income Tax Planning and Projection Measures</a></span></span></li>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/whats-unique/\">What\'s Unique About Us</a></span></li>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/crtp-vs-cpa/\">CRTP or CPA: What\'s Best for You</a></span></span></li>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/taxes/\">Scope of Income Tax Services</a></span></span></li>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; 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text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/tax-planning-measures/\">Income Tax Planning and Projection Measures</a></span></span></li>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/whats-unique/\">What\'s Unique About Us</a></span></li>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/crtp-vs-cpa/\">CRTP or CPA: What\'s Best for You</a></span></span></li>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/taxes/\">Scope of Income Tax Services</a></span></span></li>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/about-us/toms-qualifications/\">Tom\'s Professional Qualifications</a></span></li>\r\n</ul>','Precision Handcrafted Income Tax Returns','','inherit','closed','closed','','8-revision-v1','','','2016-12-30 00:20:46','2016-12-30 00:20:46','',8,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/8-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(193,1,'2016-12-30 00:21:07','2016-12-30 00:21:07','<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>All Services Provided Personally in California by Qualified, Bonded Income Tax Professional (CRTP) Registered with the Internal Revenue Service and the State of California.</strong></span></h5>\r\n<ul>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/tax-pricing-choices/\">Your Taxes, Prepared Your Way</a></span>\r\n<ul>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/tax-pricing-choices/individual-tax-pricing-choices/\">Individual Fee Structure, from $249</a></span></span></li>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/tax-pricing-choices/for-business-income-tax-return-preparation/\">Business Fee Structure, from $749</a></span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<em><strong>More Information to Assist in Your Selection of an Income Tax Professional</strong></em>\r\n<ul>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/tax-reduction-measures/\">Income Tax Reduction Measures</a></span></li>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/tax-audit-deterrence/\">Income Tax Audit Deterrence Measures</a></span></li>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/tax-penalty-avoidance/\">Income Tax Penalty Avoidance Measures</a></span></span></li>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/tax-preparation-measures/\">Income Tax Preparation Measures</a></span></span></li>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; 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color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/about-us/toms-qualifications/\">Tom\'s Professional Qualifications</a></span></li>\r\n</ul>','Precision Handcrafted Income Tax Returns','','inherit','closed','closed','','8-revision-v1','','','2016-12-30 00:21:07','2016-12-30 00:21:07','',8,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/8-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(194,1,'2016-12-30 00:22:00','2016-12-30 00:22:00','<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>All Services Provided Personally in California by Qualified, Bonded Income Tax Professional (CRTP) Registered with the Internal Revenue Service and the State of California.\r\n\r\n</strong></span></h5>\r\n<ul>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/tax-pricing-choices/\">Your Taxes, Prepared Your Way</a></span>\r\n<ul>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/tax-pricing-choices/individual-tax-pricing-choices/\">Individual Fee Structure, from $249</a></span></span></li>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/tax-pricing-choices/for-business-income-tax-return-preparation/\">Business Fee Structure, from $749</a></span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<em><strong>More Information to Assist in Your Selection of an Income Tax Professional</strong></em>\r\n<ul>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/tax-reduction-measures/\">Income Tax Reduction Measures</a></span></li>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; 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text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/tax-planning-measures/\">Income Tax Planning and Projection Measures</a></span></span></li>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/whats-unique/\">What\'s Unique About Us</a></span></li>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/crtp-vs-cpa/\">CRTP or CPA: What\'s Best for You</a></span></span></li>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/taxes/\">Scope of Income Tax Services</a></span></span></li>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/about-us/toms-qualifications/\">Tom\'s Professional Qualifications</a></span></li>\r\n</ul>','Precision Handcrafted Income Tax Returns','','inherit','closed','closed','','8-revision-v1','','','2016-12-30 00:22:00','2016-12-30 00:22:00','',8,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/8-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(195,1,'2016-12-30 00:22:21','2016-12-30 00:22:21','<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>All Services Provided Personally in California by Qualified, Bonded Income Tax Professional (CRTP) Registered with the Internal Revenue Service and the State of California.</strong></span></h6>\r\n \r\n<ul>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/tax-pricing-choices/\">Your Taxes, Prepared Your Way</a></span>\r\n<ul>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; 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Based on your preferences and budget, you have the choice and control on how comprehensive you want your income tax returns prepared. This is a fundamental breakthrough in the whole process of income tax preparation, where we offer you the choices of implementing which procedures you wish to include in your unique service plan.</p>\nValue Service\n\nYou may choose from our no-frills Value Service, which is approximately equivalent to most tax preparation professionals, which is generally a more comprehensive level than popular seasonal strip-mall franchise operators.\n\nClassic Service\n\nOur mid-range service level, the Classic Service, incorporates several important options and services you might find valuable. This is usually more comprehensive than low- or medium-priced services elsewhere.\n\nPremium Select\n\nOur Premium Select service, reserved for the first 25 enrollees, includes most of our cutting-edge options which provide the greatest value and most intense personal attention to all your income tax needs, questions and concerns.','Your Taxes, Prepared Your Way','','inherit','closed','closed','','11-autosave-v1','','','2016-12-30 00:24:05','2016-12-30 00:24:05','',11,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/11-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(197,1,'2016-12-30 00:25:37','2016-12-30 00:25:37','<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Your Choice of Fees and Level of Service</span></strong></h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/tax-pricing-choices/individual-tax-pricing-choices/\"><strong>Individual Income Tax Fee Choices</strong></a></span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/tax-pricing-choices/for-business-income-tax-return-preparation/\"><strong>Business Income Tax Fee Choices</strong></a></span></span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To the best of our knowledge, we are the only firm which offers our clients a choice of pricing choices through service levels for individual and business income tax preparation services. Based on your preferences and budget, you have the choice and control on how comprehensive you want your income tax returns prepared. This is a fundamental breakthrough in the whole process of income tax preparation, where we offer you the choices of implementing which procedures you wish to include in your unique service plan.</p>\r\n\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\r\nValue Service</strong></h4>\r\nYou may choose from our no-frills <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Value Service</span>, which is approximately equivalent to most tax preparation professionals, which is generally a more comprehensive level than popular seasonal strip-mall franchise operators.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\r\nClassic Service</strong></h4>\r\nOur mid-range service level, the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Classic Service</span>, incorporates several important options and services you might find valuable. This is usually more comprehensive than low- or medium-priced services elsewhere.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\r\nPremium Select</strong></h4>\r\nOur <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Premium Select</span> service, reserved for the first 25 enrollees, includes most of our cutting-edge options which provide the greatest value and most intense personal attention to all your income tax needs, questions and concerns.','Your Taxes, Prepared Your Way','','inherit','closed','closed','','11-revision-v1','','','2016-12-30 00:25:37','2016-12-30 00:25:37','',11,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/11-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(198,1,'2016-12-30 00:26:11','2016-12-30 00:26:11','<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Your Choice of Fees and Level of Service\r\n\r\n</span></strong></h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/tax-pricing-choices/individual-tax-pricing-choices/\"><strong>Individual Income Tax Fee Choices</strong></a></span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/tax-pricing-choices/for-business-income-tax-return-preparation/\"><strong>Business Income Tax Fee Choices</strong></a></span></span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To the best of our knowledge, we are the only firm which offers our clients a choice of pricing choices through service levels for individual and business income tax preparation services. Based on your preferences and budget, you have the choice and control on how comprehensive you want your income tax returns prepared. This is a fundamental breakthrough in the whole process of income tax preparation, where we offer you the choices of implementing which procedures you wish to include in your unique service plan.</p>\r\n\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Value Service</strong></h4>\r\nYou may choose from our no-frills <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Value Service</span>, which is approximately equivalent to most tax preparation professionals, which is generally a more comprehensive level than popular seasonal strip-mall franchise operators.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Classic Service</strong></h4>\r\nOur mid-range service level, the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Classic Service</span>, incorporates several important options and services you might find valuable. This is usually more comprehensive than low- or medium-priced services elsewhere.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Premium Select</strong></h4>\r\nOur <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Premium Select</span> service, reserved for the first 25 enrollees, includes most of our cutting-edge options which provide the greatest value and most intense personal attention to all your income tax needs, questions and concerns.','Your Taxes, Prepared Your Way','','inherit','closed','closed','','11-revision-v1','','','2016-12-30 00:26:11','2016-12-30 00:26:11','',11,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/11-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(199,1,'2016-12-30 00:28:04','2016-12-30 00:28:04','<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Your Choice of Fee and Level of Service</strong></span></h4>\nStarting at <strong>$299</strong> for basic tax returns and <strong>$349</strong> for basic \"long form\" income tax returns under our Value Service level, you have the option of choosing your the service level which best fits your preferences and expectations. Since there are a multitude of additional possible forms which may apply to your unique situation, the preparation of those additional forms are not included in the base price. Therefore, the overall price will depend on how many additional forms, schedules and services will be required to prepare a proper return.\nTo the best of our knowledge, we are the only firm which offers our clients a choice of pricing choices through service levels for individual income tax preparation services. Based on your preferences and budget, you have the choice and control on how comprehensive you want your income tax returns prepared. This is a fundamental breakthrough in the whole process of income tax preparation, where we offer you the choices of implementing which procedures you wish to include in your unique service plan.\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Value Service</strong></h6>\nYou may choose from our no-frills Value Service, which is approximately equivalent to most tax preparation professionals, which is generally a more comprehensive level than popular seasonal strip-mall franchise operators.\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Classic Service</strong></h6>\nOur mid-range service level, the Classic Service, incorporates several important options and services you might find valuable. 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Since there are a multitude of additional possible forms which may apply to your unique situation, the preparation of those additional forms are not included in the base price. Therefore, the overall price will depend on how many additional forms, schedules and services will be required to prepare a proper return.\r\nTo the best of our knowledge, we are the only firm which offers our clients a choice of pricing choices through service levels for individual income tax preparation services. Based on your preferences and budget, you have the choice and control on how comprehensive you want your income tax returns prepared. 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Since there are a multitude of additional possible forms which may apply to your unique situation, the preparation of those additional forms are not included in the base price. Therefore, the overall price will depend on how many additional forms, schedules and services will be required to prepare a proper return.\r\n\r\nTo the best of our knowledge, we are the only firm which offers our clients a choice of pricing choices through service levels for business income tax preparation services. Based on your preferences and budget, you have the choice and control on how comprehensive you want your income tax returns prepared within your annual revenue range. This is a fundamental breakthrough in the whole process of income tax preparation, where we offer you the choices of implementing which procedures you wish to include in your unique service plan.\r\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Value Service</strong></h6>\r\nYou may choose from our no-frills <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Value Service</span>, which is approximately equivalent to most tax preparation professionals, which is generally a more comprehensive level than popular seasonal strip-mall franchise operators and low-end tax preparation \"tax mill\" operators.\r\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Classic Service</strong></h6>\r\nOur mid-range service level, the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Classic Service</span>, incorporates several important options and services you might find valuable. This is usually more comprehensive than low- or medium-priced services elsewhere.\r\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Premium Select</strong></h6>\r\nOur <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Premium Select</span> service, reserved for the first 25 enrollees, includes most of our cutting-edge options which provide the greatest value and most intense personal attention to all your income tax needs, questions and concerns.\r\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Audit Deterrence Measures</strong></h6>\r\nAlso, you may choose to implement our breakthrough audit deterrence measures, which take the form of pro-active narrative supplemental information directed to the officials in the taxing agencies who have the option of either ordering your income tax returns to be audited or not.\r\n\r\nWe believe our audit deterrence measures, taken in conjunction with our thorough and detailed numerical preparation process, offer a measure of deterrence to income tax audits which might otherwise be instituted if these clarifications were excluded. Our audit deterrence measures are available on both the Classic and Premium Select levels only at modest incremental charges based on the number of issues and the complexity involved in their informative content.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/images/PFS%20Business%20Income%20Tax%20Preparation%20Pricing%20Choices%20-%202010%20edition.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"463\" />','For Business Income Tax Return Preparation','','inherit','closed','closed','','15-revision-v1','','','2016-12-30 00:47:43','2016-12-30 00:47:43','',15,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/15-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(203,1,'2016-12-30 01:45:46','2016-12-30 01:45:46','<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:</span></em>\nWe stay continuously updated on the latest income tax developments for you.</strong>\n\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></em>\n</strong><strong>We know the latest income tax saving opportunities through updates on income tax law, case law, techniques, procedures and policies to keep your income tax at the legal minimum.</strong>\n\nWe attend professional income tax update seminars, participate in income tax webinars, use updated income tax manuals and handbooks, income tax workbooks, and income tax web sites.\n\nWe subscribe to on-line income tax newsletters published by the IRS and review continuous income tax information from daily on-line income tax updates, nationally-recognized income tax firms and other professional income tax education sources.\n\n<hr />\n\n<strong><strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:</span></em>\nWe search for ways to apply the latest income tax reduction opportunities to your unique circumstances.</strong></strong>\n\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong></em>\n<strong>None of the income tax developments are useful unless they can be applied to your unique circumstances.</strong>\n\nTo start, we ask you in-depth questions to understand your unique circumstances and uncover any tax reduction opportunities.\n\nThen we follow up with any questions, issues, confusions with either an in-person income tax interview at our office, or we can save you time by following up with phone calls, emails or faxes, as appropriate, to apply the legally-acceptable income tax savings measures to your circumstances.\n\n<hr />\n\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:</span></em></strong>\n<strong>We consider current, prior and future years to minimize your income tax across a broad time horizon.</strong>\n\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong></em>\n<strong>We know when to apply the correct income tax savings opportunities to provide the greatest overall income tax savings across multiple years.</strong>\n\nSometimes, it is not the best strategy to apply income tax savings options exclusively to the current income tax year. We make the effort to consider both the benefits and burdens to applying certain optional benefits to prior or future years.\n\nThis extra effort takes into account the highest and best use of your income tax savings opportunities.\n\n<hr />\n\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:\n</span></em>We properly apply the correct income tax law to your circumstances.</strong>\n\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong></em>\n<strong>Income tax reduction is false economy if the tax law is not properly applied to your circumstances.</strong>\n\nIncorrect or inappropriate application of income tax laws could increase your income tax, increase your exposure to an income tax audit, increase your expenses by assessment of penalties and interest, jeopardize your future peace of mind by future income tax audits and undermine your financial stability.\n\n<hr />\n\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:\n</span></em>We provide a comprehensive review of prior-year income tax returns for new clients.</strong>\n\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong></em>\n<strong>Prior year income tax returns from a prior income tax preparer may be incorrect, incomplete or hold opportunities for income tax reduction for current or future years.</strong>\n\nWe conduct an in-depth review of your prior year income tax returns to uncover opportunities for income tax reduction in both current and future years.\n\nIncome tax attributes in prior years include carryovers of net operating losses, capital losses, charitable contributions, AMT income tax credits and more.\n\n<hr />\n\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:\n</span></em>We have the judgment and experience to provide you with sound income tax advice.</strong>\n\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong></em>\n<strong>You can rest assured in knowing that we have earned the judgment and perspective through over 30 years of experience to provide you with sound income tax advice.</strong>\n\nWith over 30 years experience in over 92 industries, you have the benefit of the wisdom, judgment and perspective we gained from solving real-world issues.\n\nWe have the know-how to inform you about the risks and rewards of choosing alternative income tax treatments so you maintain control over your finances by making informed decisions affecting your income tax circumstances according to your own priorities and sensibilities.\n\n<hr />\n\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:\n</span></em>We care enough to offer you proactive advice for income tax reduction.</strong>\n\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong></em>\n<strong>We accept the role of your income tax advisor in providing you with meaningful and effective income tax advice and suggestions without being asked to do so.</strong>\n\nYou cannot be expected to know and apply income tax law to reduce your taxes and exposure to audit. Whenever possible, we will inform you of income tax reduction opportunities which come to our attention which we believe might apply to your circumstances or about which we will ask about further, either for the current, past or future years.\n\n<hr />\n\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:\n</span></em>We will inform you which filing status minimizes your income tax.</strong>\n\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong></em>\n<strong>We realize married taxpayers may have a choice of filing separately to reduce taxes, so we will inform you which status minimizes your income tax.</strong>\n\nWe use only state of the art professional software not available to consumers with which we can identify income tax reduction opportunities based on filing status of married taxpayers. Our reports will inform you which filing status reduces your taxes the most, and we will inform you by how much you saved by optimizing your filing status.\n\n<hr />\n\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:\n</span></em>One senior qualified income tax professional will prepare your income tax returns from start to finish.</strong>\n\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong></em>\n<strong>One highly qualified income tax professional will be the sole responsible party for preparing your income tax returns from start to finish to prevent delegation mishaps.</strong>\n\nWe income tax preparation process involves a single professional tax preparer who has complete control and knowledge of your income tax circumstances to ensure a thorough work product with attention to every possible detail, so your tax return reflects the legally minimum income tax for your peace of mind.\n\n<hr />\n\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:\n</span></em>Your income tax returns will be prepared by a highly experienced, qualified, California-registered income tax professional.</strong>\n\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong></em>\n<strong>You can be sure your income tax returns are prepared properly because they are prepared by an educated, experienced income tax professional who is registered by the State of California.</strong>\n\nTo reduce both your income tax and exposure to income tax audits, income tax preparation requires mastery of multiple disciplines and complex and ever-changing tax and case law, requiring a dedicated professional who invests in continuing professional education and who conducts practice under the umbrella of the California Tax Education Council (CTEC).\n\nCTEC Registered Tax Preparers (CRTPs) are required to complete a minimum of 20 hours of continuing professional education annually in both federal and California taxes, whereas CPAs are not required by the Board of Accountancy\'s continuing education requirements to update their income tax knowledge or skills as a condition of preparing income tax returns.\n\n<hr />\n\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:\n</span></em>We will ask follow up questions about the underlying bookkeeping information you provide for your business income tax forms and tax returns if an obvious error, omission or irregularity comes to our attention during the normal course of our income tax preparation work.</strong>\n\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong></em>\n<strong>We will follow up with you on obvious tax savings issues, tax audit matters, errors, irregularities or omissions that come to our attention when we\'re preparing your business income tax forms based on bookkeeping and financial reports you provide.</strong>\n\nMany \"low-end\" tax preparers simply accept the bookkeeping reports they receive at face value, quickly input the information on their computers and ignore the tax savings and audit incident issues that may be hidden, omitted or disregarded in the bookkeeping work they were provided by the client.\n\nWe have found this practice is particularly prevalent amongst low-price income tax preparers whose main appeal to the public is a sub-market fee structure.\n\nThis practice is a disservice to the client, who may not realize that their bookkeeping work may be incomplete, misleading, incorrect, out-of-balance, or erroneous.\n\nAlthough we realize that we do not have the ultimate responsibility for checking your bookkeeping work in our role as your income tax preparer, we will not use that fact as an excuse to disregard obvious issues or allow important issues to go unresolved which come to our attention during the normal course of our work in preparing your business income tax forms or business income tax returns.\n\n<hr />\n\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:\n</span></em></strong>We will check your income tax returns for determining the lowest tax based on your married filing status - either filing jointly or separately. You can be sure your income tax returns reflect the lowest possible income tax because we will select with you the optimum married filing status and provide a report to inform you of the alternative filing status.\nMarried taxpayers have a choice to file their income tax returns on a joint-filing basis or a separate-filing basis, whichever filing status results in the lowest combined income tax.\n\nEvery income tax we prepare for married taxpayers includes a report informing you of the income tax implications of filing status, so you will know the dollar amount of income tax savings resulting from optimizing your married filing status.\n\n<hr />\n\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:\n</span></em></strong>We have always been an independent, private professional practice advocating for our client\'s best interests, without prior employment, ties or bias for either the Internal Revenue Service or state taxing agencies. You can be sure your income tax returns reflect the lowest possible income tax because we are not former IRS agents who impose arbitrary, unfounded or personal agenda income tax limitations on our clients.\nWe are advocates for our clients where the tax law is unclear which permits differing interpretation which may benefit the taxpayer. We do not cut corners or tax chances on challenging established tax law, procedures or practices.\n\nSome taxpayers have been mislead to assume that former IRS agents have a superior advantage because they may know the \"loopholes\" and internal weaknesses of the IRS which can result in favorable benefits to taxpayers.\n\nOther taxpayers have experienced the opposite where former IRS agents have imposed arbitrary, unlawful or severe unfounded interpretations of income tax law which unfairly and illegally result in higher than proper income tax levels by using fear tactics and bluster.\n\nHowever, it is more often the case that former IRS agents may not be as familiar with tax law and practice to truly be an advocate for their clients, as they have developed either a bias against client advocacy or have not yet developed the knowledge, skills, training, judgment or wisdom to correctly apply correct tax law and case law to serve their client\'s best interest by correctly computing the legally-minimum income tax.\n\nThere is a higher risk that former IRS agents may cause the imposition of incorrect or unfounded income taxes because of their prior experience does not serve to prepare them as client advocates where the tax law is unclear or flexibilities permit differing interpretations which may favor the taxpayer.\n\n<hr />\n\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:</span></em></strong>We have a formal education and a four-year university degree in accounting so we know how to apply accounting and tax law concepts to your unique circumstances. You can be sure your income tax returns reflect the lowest possible income tax because we will select with you the optimum married filing status and provide a report to inform you of the alternative filing status.\nMarried taxpayers have a choice to file their income tax returns on a joint-filing basis or a separate-filing basis, whichever filing status results in the lowest combined income tax.\n\nEvery income tax we prepare for married taxpayers includes a report informing you of the income tax implications of filing status, so you will know the dollar amount of income tax savings resulting from optimizing your married filing status.\n\n<hr />\n\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:</span></em></strong>We have the intellectual capacity to understand complex tax law and apply those concepts for your benefit and protection by qualification as a member of Mensa. You can be sure your income tax returns reflect the lowest possible income tax because we will select with you the optimum married filing status and provide a report to inform you of the alternative filing status.\nMarried taxpayers have a choice to file their income tax returns on a joint-filing basis or a separate-filing basis, whichever filing status results in the lowest combined income tax.\n\nEvery income tax we prepare for married taxpayers includes a report informing you of the income tax implications of filing status, so you will know the dollar amount of income tax savings resulting from optimizing your married filing status.\n\n<hr />\n\n ','Tax Reduction Measures','','inherit','closed','closed','','50-autosave-v1','','','2016-12-30 01:45:46','2016-12-30 01:45:46','',50,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/50-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(204,1,'2016-12-30 01:08:19','2016-12-30 01:08:19','<table width=\"650\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td colspan=\"3\" width=\"100%\">\r\n<table width=\"295\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><strong>Tax Reduction Measures</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"33\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"292\">How We\'re Different</td>\r\n<td width=\"401\">How This Benefits You</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"33\">1</td>\r\n<td width=\"292\">We stay continuously updated on the latest income tax developments for you.</td>\r\n<td width=\"401\"><strong>We know the latest income tax saving opportunities through updates on income tax law, case law, techniques, procedures and policies to keep your income tax at the legal minimum.</strong>We attend professional income tax update seminars, participate in income tax webinars, use updated income tax manuals and handbooks, income tax workbooks, and income tax web sites.\r\n\r\nWe subscribe to on-line income tax newsletters published by the IRS and review continuous income tax information from daily on-line income tax updates, nationally-recognized income tax firms and other professional income tax education sources.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"33\">2</td>\r\n<td width=\"292\">We search for ways to apply the latest income tax reduction opportunities to your unique circumstances.</td>\r\n<td width=\"401\"><strong>None of the income tax developments are useful unless they can be applied to your unique circumstances. </strong>To start, we ask you in-depth questions to understand your unique circumstances and uncover any tax reduction opportunities.\r\n\r\nThen we follow up with any questions, issues, confusions with either an in-person income tax interview at our office, or we can save you time by following up with phone calls, emails or faxes, as appropriate, to apply the legally-acceptable income tax savings measures to your circumstances.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"33\">3</td>\r\n<td width=\"292\">We consider current, prior and future years to minimize your income tax across a broad time horizon.</td>\r\n<td width=\"401\"><strong>We know when to apply the correct income tax savings opportunities to provide the greatest overall income tax savings across multiple years.</strong>Sometimes, it is not the best strategy to apply income tax savings options exclusively to the current income tax year. We make the effort to consider both the benefits and burdens to applying certain optional benefits to prior or future years.\r\n\r\nThis extra effort takes into account the highest and best use of your income tax savings opportunities.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"33\">4</td>\r\n<td width=\"292\">We properly apply the correct income tax law to your circumstances.</td>\r\n<td width=\"401\"><strong>Income tax reduction is false economy if the tax law is not properly applied to your circumstances. </strong>Incorrect or inappropriate application of income tax laws could increase your income tax, increase your exposure to an income tax audit, increase your expenses by assessment of penalties and interest, jeopardize your future peace of mind by future income tax audits and undermine your financial stability.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"33\">5</td>\r\n<td width=\"292\">We provide a comprehensive review of prior-year income tax returns for new clients.</td>\r\n<td width=\"401\"><strong>Prior year income tax returns from a prior income tax preparer may be incorrect, incomplete or hold opportunities for income tax reduction for current or future years.</strong>We conduct an in-depth review of your prior year income tax returns to uncover opportunities for income tax reduction in both current and future years.\r\n\r\nIncome tax attributes in prior years include carryovers of net operating losses, capital losses, charitable contributions, AMT income tax credits and more.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"33\">6</td>\r\n<td width=\"292\">We have the judgment and experience to provide you with sound income tax advice.</td>\r\n<td width=\"401\"><strong>You can rest assured in knowing that we have earned the judgment and perspective through over 30 years of experience to provide you with sound income tax advice.</strong>With over 30 years experience in over 92 industries, you have the benefit of the wisdom, judgment and perspective we gained from solving real-world issues.\r\n\r\n<strong>We have the know-how to inform you about the risks and rewards of choosing alternative income tax treatments so you maintain control over your finances by making informed decisions affecting your income tax circumstances according to your own priorities and sensibilities.</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"33\">7</td>\r\n<td width=\"292\"><strong>We care enough to offer you proactive advice for income tax reduction.</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"401\"><strong>We accept the role of your income tax advisor in providing you with meaningful and effective income tax advice and suggestions without being asked to do so.</strong>You cannot be expected to know and apply income tax law to reduce your taxes and exposure to audit. Whenever possible, we will inform you of income tax reduction opportunities which come to our attention which we believe might apply to your circumstances or about which we will ask about further, either for the current, past or future years.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"33\">8</td>\r\n<td width=\"292\">We will inform you which filing status minimizes your income tax.</td>\r\n<td width=\"401\"><strong>We realize married taxpayers may have a choice of filing separately to reduce taxes, so we will inform you which status minimizes your income tax.</strong>We use only state of the art professional software not available to consumers with which we can identify income tax reduction opportunities based on filing status of married taxpayers. Our reports will inform you which filing status reduces your taxes the most, and we will inform you by how much you saved by optimizing your filing status.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"33\">9</td>\r\n<td width=\"292\">One senior qualified income tax professional will prepare your income tax returns from start to finish.</td>\r\n<td width=\"401\"><strong>One highly qualified income tax professional will be the sole responsible party for preparing your income tax returns from start to finish to prevent delegation mishaps.</strong>We income tax preparation process involves a single professional tax preparer who has complete control and knowledge of your income tax circumstances to ensure a thorough work product with attention to every possible detail, so your tax return reflects the legally minimum income tax for your peace of mind.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"33\">10</td>\r\n<td width=\"292\">Your income tax returns will be prepared by a highly experienced, qualified, California-registered income tax professional.</td>\r\n<td width=\"401\"><strong>You can be sure your income tax returns are prepared properly because they are prepared by an educated, experienced income tax professional who is registered by the State of California.</strong>To reduce both your income tax and exposure to income tax audits, income tax preparation requires mastery of multiple disciplines and complex and ever-changing tax and case law, requiring a dedicated professional who invests in continuing professional education and who conducts practice under the umbrella of the California Tax Education Council (CTEC).\r\n\r\nCTEC Registered Tax Preparers (CRTPs) are required to complete a minimum of 20 hours of continuing professional education annually in both federal and California taxes, whereas CPAs are not required by the Board of Accountancy\'s continuing education requirements to update their income tax knowledge or skills as a condition of preparing income tax returns.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"33\">11</td>\r\n<td width=\"292\">We will ask follow up questions about the underlying bookkeeping information you provide for your business income tax forms and tax returns if an obvious error, omission or irregularity comes to our attention during the normal course of our income tax preparation work.</td>\r\n<td width=\"401\"><strong>We will follow up with you on obvious tax savings issues, tax audit matters, errors, irregularities or omissions that come to our attention when we\'re preparing your business income tax forms based on bookkeeping and financial reports you provide.</strong>Many \"low-end\" tax preparers simply accept the bookkeeping reports they receive at face value, quickly input the information on their computers and ignore the tax savings and audit incident issues that may be hidden, omitted or disregarded in the bookkeeping work they were provided by the client.\r\n\r\nWe have found this practice is particularly prevalent amongst low-price income tax preparers whose main appeal to the public is a sub-market fee structure.\r\n\r\nThis practice is a disservice to the client, who may not realize that their bookkeeping work may be incomplete, misleading, incorrect, out-of-balance, or erroneous.\r\n\r\nAlthough we realize that we do not have the ultimate responsibility for checking your bookkeeping work in our role as your income tax preparer, we will not use that fact as an excuse to disregard obvious issues or allow important issues to go unresolved which come to our attention during the normal course of our work in preparing your business income tax forms or business income tax returns.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"33\">12</td>\r\n<td width=\"292\"><strong>We will check your income tax returns for determining the lowest tax based on your married filing status - either filing jointly or separately.</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"401\"><strong>You can be sure your income tax returns reflect the lowest possible income tax because we will select with you the optimum married filing status and provide a report to inform you of the alternative filing status.</strong>Married taxpayers have a choice to file their income tax returns on a joint-filing basis or a separate-filing basis, whichever filing status results in the lowest combined income tax.\r\n\r\nEvery income tax we prepare for married taxpayers includes a report informing you of the income tax implications of filing status, so you will know the dollar amount of income tax savings resulting from optimizing your married filing status.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"33\">13</td>\r\n<td width=\"292\">We have always been an independent, private professional practice advocating for our client\'s best interests, without prior employment, ties or bias for either the Internal Revenue Service or state taxing agencies.</td>\r\n<td width=\"401\"><strong>You can be sure your income tax returns reflect the lowest possible income tax because we are not former IRS agents who impose arbitrary, unfounded or personal agenda income tax limitations on our clients.</strong>We are advocates for our clients where the tax law is unclear which permits differing interpretation which may benefit the taxpayer. We do not cut corners or tax chances on challenging established tax law, procedures or practices.\r\n\r\nSome taxpayers have been mislead to assume that former IRS agents have a superior advantage because they may know the \"loopholes\" and internal weaknesses of the IRS which can result in favorable benefits to taxpayers.\r\n\r\nOther taxpayers have experienced the opposite where former IRS agents have imposed arbitrary, unlawful or severe unfounded interpretations of income tax law which unfairly and illegally result in higher than proper income tax levels by using fear tactics and bluster.\r\n\r\nHowever, it is more often the case that former IRS agents may not be as familiar with tax law and practice to truly be an advocate for their clients, as they have developed either a bias against client advocacy or have not yet developed the knowledge, skills, training, judgment or wisdom to correctly apply correct tax law and case law to serve their client\'s best interest by correctly computing the legally-minimum income tax.\r\n\r\nThere is a higher risk that former IRS agents may cause the imposition of incorrect or unfounded income taxes because of their prior experience does not serve to prepare them as client advocates where the tax law is unclear or flexibilities permit differing interpretations which may favor the taxpayer.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"33\">14</td>\r\n<td width=\"292\">We have a formal education and a four-year university degree in accounting so we know how to apply accounting and tax law concepts to your unique circumstances.</td>\r\n<td width=\"401\"><strong>You can be sure your income tax returns reflect the lowest possible income tax because we will select with you the optimum married filing status and provide a report to inform you of the alternative filing status.</strong>Married taxpayers have a choice to file their income tax returns on a joint-filing basis or a separate-filing basis, whichever filing status results in the lowest combined income tax.\r\n\r\nEvery income tax we prepare for married taxpayers includes a report informing you of the income tax implications of filing status, so you will know the dollar amount of income tax savings resulting from optimizing your married filing status.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"33\">15</td>\r\n<td width=\"292\">We have the intellectual capacity to understand complex tax law and apply those concepts for your benefit and protection by qualification as a member of Mensa.</td>\r\n<td width=\"401\"><strong>You can be sure your income tax returns reflect the lowest possible income tax because we will select with you the optimum married filing status and provide a report to inform you of the alternative filing status.</strong>Married taxpayers have a choice to file their income tax returns on a joint-filing basis or a separate-filing basis, whichever filing status results in the lowest combined income tax.\r\n\r\nEvery income tax we prepare for married taxpayers includes a report informing you of the income tax implications of filing status, so you will know the dollar amount of income tax savings resulting from optimizing your married filing status.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<table width=\"650\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>','Tax Reduction Measures','','inherit','closed','closed','','50-revision-v1','','','2016-12-30 01:08:19','2016-12-30 01:08:19','',50,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/50-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(205,1,'2016-12-30 01:17:53','2016-12-30 01:17:53','<ol>\r\n <li><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:</span>\r\n</strong>We stay continuously updated on the latest income tax developments for you.<strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span>\r\n</strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>We know the latest income tax saving opportunities through updates on income tax law, case law, techniques, procedures and policies to keep your income tax at the legal minimum.</strong></span>\r\n\r\nWe attend professional income tax update seminars, participate in income tax webinars, use updated income tax manuals and handbooks, income tax workbooks, and income tax web sites.\r\n\r\nWe subscribe to on-line income tax newsletters published by the IRS and review continuous income tax information from daily on-line income tax updates, nationally-recognized income tax firms and other professional income tax education sources.</li>\r\n <li><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\">We search for ways to apply the latest income tax reduction opportunities to your unique circumstances.</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong>\r\n<strong>None of the income tax developments are useful unless they can be applied to your unique circumstances.</strong>\r\n\r\nTo start, we ask you in-depth questions to understand your unique circumstances and uncover any tax reduction opportunities.\r\n\r\nThen we follow up with any questions, issues, confusions with either an in-person income tax interview at our office, or we can save you time by following up with phone calls, emails or faxes, as appropriate, to apply the legally-acceptable income tax savings measures to your circumstances.\r\n\r\n3 We consider current, prior and future years to minimize your income tax across a broad time horizon. We know when to apply the correct income tax savings opportunities to provide the greatest overall income tax savings across multiple years.\r\nSometimes, it is not the best strategy to apply income tax savings options exclusively to the current income tax year. We make the effort to consider both the benefits and burdens to applying certain optional benefits to prior or future years.\r\n\r\nThis extra effort takes into account the highest and best use of your income tax savings opportunities.\r\n\r\n4 We properly apply the correct income tax law to your circumstances. Income tax reduction is false economy if the tax law is not properly applied to your circumstances.\r\nIncorrect or inappropriate application of income tax laws could increase your income tax, increase your exposure to an income tax audit, increase your expenses by assessment of penalties and interest, jeopardize your future peace of mind by future income tax audits and undermine your financial stability.\r\n\r\n5 We provide a comprehensive review of prior-year income tax returns for new clients. Prior year income tax returns from a prior income tax preparer may be incorrect, incomplete or hold opportunities for income tax reduction for current or future years.\r\nWe conduct an in-depth review of your prior year income tax returns to uncover opportunities for income tax reduction in both current and future years.\r\n\r\nIncome tax attributes in prior years include carryovers of net operating losses, capital losses, charitable contributions, AMT income tax credits and more.\r\n\r\n6 We have the judgment and experience to provide you with sound income tax advice. You can rest assured in knowing that we have earned the judgment and perspective through over 30 years of experience to provide you with sound income tax advice.\r\nWith over 30 years experience in over 92 industries, you have the benefit of the wisdom, judgment and perspective we gained from solving real-world issues.\r\n\r\nWe have the know-how to inform you about the risks and rewards of choosing alternative income tax treatments so you maintain control over your finances by making informed decisions affecting your income tax circumstances according to your own priorities and sensibilities.\r\n\r\n7 We care enough to offer you proactive advice for income tax reduction. We accept the role of your income tax advisor in providing you with meaningful and effective income tax advice and suggestions without being asked to do so.\r\nYou cannot be expected to know and apply income tax law to reduce your taxes and exposure to audit. Whenever possible, we will inform you of income tax reduction opportunities which come to our attention which we believe might apply to your circumstances or about which we will ask about further, either for the current, past or future years.\r\n\r\n8 We will inform you which filing status minimizes your income tax. We realize married taxpayers may have a choice of filing separately to reduce taxes, so we will inform you which status minimizes your income tax.\r\nWe use only state of the art professional software not available to consumers with which we can identify income tax reduction opportunities based on filing status of married taxpayers. Our reports will inform you which filing status reduces your taxes the most, and we will inform you by how much you saved by optimizing your filing status.\r\n\r\n9 One senior qualified income tax professional will prepare your income tax returns from start to finish. One highly qualified income tax professional will be the sole responsible party for preparing your income tax returns from start to finish to prevent delegation mishaps.\r\nWe income tax preparation process involves a single professional tax preparer who has complete control and knowledge of your income tax circumstances to ensure a thorough work product with attention to every possible detail, so your tax return reflects the legally minimum income tax for your peace of mind.\r\n\r\n10 Your income tax returns will be prepared by a highly experienced, qualified, California-registered income tax professional. You can be sure your income tax returns are prepared properly because they are prepared by an educated, experienced income tax professional who is registered by the State of California.\r\nTo reduce both your income tax and exposure to income tax audits, income tax preparation requires mastery of multiple disciplines and complex and ever-changing tax and case law, requiring a dedicated professional who invests in continuing professional education and who conducts practice under the umbrella of the California Tax Education Council (CTEC).\r\n\r\nCTEC Registered Tax Preparers (CRTPs) are required to complete a minimum of 20 hours of continuing professional education annually in both federal and California taxes, whereas CPAs are not required by the Board of Accountancy\'s continuing education requirements to update their income tax knowledge or skills as a condition of preparing income tax returns.\r\n\r\n11 We will ask follow up questions about the underlying bookkeeping information you provide for your business income tax forms and tax returns if an obvious error, omission or irregularity comes to our attention during the normal course of our income tax preparation work. We will follow up with you on obvious tax savings issues, tax audit matters, errors, irregularities or omissions that come to our attention when we\'re preparing your business income tax forms based on bookkeeping and financial reports you provide.\r\nMany \"low-end\" tax preparers simply accept the bookkeeping reports they receive at face value, quickly input the information on their computers and ignore the tax savings and audit incident issues that may be hidden, omitted or disregarded in the bookkeeping work they were provided by the client.\r\n\r\nWe have found this practice is particularly prevalent amongst low-price income tax preparers whose main appeal to the public is a sub-market fee structure.\r\n\r\nThis practice is a disservice to the client, who may not realize that their bookkeeping work may be incomplete, misleading, incorrect, out-of-balance, or erroneous.\r\n\r\nAlthough we realize that we do not have the ultimate responsibility for checking your bookkeeping work in our role as your income tax preparer, we will not use that fact as an excuse to disregard obvious issues or allow important issues to go unresolved which come to our attention during the normal course of our work in preparing your business income tax forms or business income tax returns.\r\n\r\n12 We will check your income tax returns for determining the lowest tax based on your married filing status - either filing jointly or separately. You can be sure your income tax returns reflect the lowest possible income tax because we will select with you the optimum married filing status and provide a report to inform you of the alternative filing status.\r\nMarried taxpayers have a choice to file their income tax returns on a joint-filing basis or a separate-filing basis, whichever filing status results in the lowest combined income tax.\r\n\r\nEvery income tax we prepare for married taxpayers includes a report informing you of the income tax implications of filing status, so you will know the dollar amount of income tax savings resulting from optimizing your married filing status.\r\n\r\n13 We have always been an independent, private professional practice advocating for our client\'s best interests, without prior employment, ties or bias for either the Internal Revenue Service or state taxing agencies. You can be sure your income tax returns reflect the lowest possible income tax because we are not former IRS agents who impose arbitrary, unfounded or personal agenda income tax limitations on our clients.\r\nWe are advocates for our clients where the tax law is unclear which permits differing interpretation which may benefit the taxpayer. We do not cut corners or tax chances on challenging established tax law, procedures or practices.\r\n\r\nSome taxpayers have been mislead to assume that former IRS agents have a superior advantage because they may know the \"loopholes\" and internal weaknesses of the IRS which can result in favorable benefits to taxpayers.\r\n\r\nOther taxpayers have experienced the opposite where former IRS agents have imposed arbitrary, unlawful or severe unfounded interpretations of income tax law which unfairly and illegally result in higher than proper income tax levels by using fear tactics and bluster.\r\n\r\nHowever, it is more often the case that former IRS agents may not be as familiar with tax law and practice to truly be an advocate for their clients, as they have developed either a bias against client advocacy or have not yet developed the knowledge, skills, training, judgment or wisdom to correctly apply correct tax law and case law to serve their client\'s best interest by correctly computing the legally-minimum income tax.\r\n\r\nThere is a higher risk that former IRS agents may cause the imposition of incorrect or unfounded income taxes because of their prior experience does not serve to prepare them as client advocates where the tax law is unclear or flexibilities permit differing interpretations which may favor the taxpayer.\r\n\r\n14 We have a formal education and a four-year university degree in accounting so we know how to apply accounting and tax law concepts to your unique circumstances. You can be sure your income tax returns reflect the lowest possible income tax because we will select with you the optimum married filing status and provide a report to inform you of the alternative filing status.\r\nMarried taxpayers have a choice to file their income tax returns on a joint-filing basis or a separate-filing basis, whichever filing status results in the lowest combined income tax.\r\n\r\nEvery income tax we prepare for married taxpayers includes a report informing you of the income tax implications of filing status, so you will know the dollar amount of income tax savings resulting from optimizing your married filing status.\r\n\r\n15 We have the intellectual capacity to understand complex tax law and apply those concepts for your benefit and protection by qualification as a member of Mensa. You can be sure your income tax returns reflect the lowest possible income tax because we will select with you the optimum married filing status and provide a report to inform you of the alternative filing status.\r\nMarried taxpayers have a choice to file their income tax returns on a joint-filing basis or a separate-filing basis, whichever filing status results in the lowest combined income tax.\r\n\r\nEvery income tax we prepare for married taxpayers includes a report informing you of the income tax implications of filing status, so you will know the dollar amount of income tax savings resulting from optimizing your married filing status.</li>\r\n</ol>','Tax Reduction Measures','','inherit','closed','closed','','50-revision-v1','','','2016-12-30 01:17:53','2016-12-30 01:17:53','',50,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/50-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(206,1,'2016-12-30 01:18:58','2016-12-30 01:18:58','<ol>\r\n <li><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\">We stay continuously updated on the latest income tax developments for you.</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span>\r\n</strong><strong>We know the latest income tax saving opportunities through updates on income tax law, case law, techniques, procedures and policies to keep your income tax at the legal minimum.</strong>We attend professional income tax update seminars, participate in income tax webinars, use updated income tax manuals and handbooks, income tax workbooks, and income tax web sites.\r\n\r\nWe subscribe to on-line income tax newsletters published by the IRS and review continuous income tax information from daily on-line income tax updates, nationally-recognized income tax firms and other professional income tax education sources.</li>\r\n <li><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\">We search for ways to apply the latest income tax reduction opportunities to your unique circumstances.</span></strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong>\r\n<strong>None of the income tax developments are useful unless they can be applied to your unique circumstances.</strong>\r\n\r\nTo start, we ask you in-depth questions to understand your unique circumstances and uncover any tax reduction opportunities.\r\n\r\nThen we follow up with any questions, issues, confusions with either an in-person income tax interview at our office, or we can save you time by following up with phone calls, emails or faxes, as appropriate, to apply the legally-acceptable income tax savings measures to your circumstances.\r\n\r\n3 We consider current, prior and future years to minimize your income tax across a broad time horizon. We know when to apply the correct income tax savings opportunities to provide the greatest overall income tax savings across multiple years.\r\nSometimes, it is not the best strategy to apply income tax savings options exclusively to the current income tax year. We make the effort to consider both the benefits and burdens to applying certain optional benefits to prior or future years.\r\n\r\nThis extra effort takes into account the highest and best use of your income tax savings opportunities.\r\n\r\n4 We properly apply the correct income tax law to your circumstances. Income tax reduction is false economy if the tax law is not properly applied to your circumstances.\r\nIncorrect or inappropriate application of income tax laws could increase your income tax, increase your exposure to an income tax audit, increase your expenses by assessment of penalties and interest, jeopardize your future peace of mind by future income tax audits and undermine your financial stability.\r\n\r\n5 We provide a comprehensive review of prior-year income tax returns for new clients. Prior year income tax returns from a prior income tax preparer may be incorrect, incomplete or hold opportunities for income tax reduction for current or future years.\r\nWe conduct an in-depth review of your prior year income tax returns to uncover opportunities for income tax reduction in both current and future years.\r\n\r\nIncome tax attributes in prior years include carryovers of net operating losses, capital losses, charitable contributions, AMT income tax credits and more.\r\n\r\n6 We have the judgment and experience to provide you with sound income tax advice. You can rest assured in knowing that we have earned the judgment and perspective through over 30 years of experience to provide you with sound income tax advice.\r\nWith over 30 years experience in over 92 industries, you have the benefit of the wisdom, judgment and perspective we gained from solving real-world issues.\r\n\r\nWe have the know-how to inform you about the risks and rewards of choosing alternative income tax treatments so you maintain control over your finances by making informed decisions affecting your income tax circumstances according to your own priorities and sensibilities.\r\n\r\n7 We care enough to offer you proactive advice for income tax reduction. We accept the role of your income tax advisor in providing you with meaningful and effective income tax advice and suggestions without being asked to do so.\r\nYou cannot be expected to know and apply income tax law to reduce your taxes and exposure to audit. Whenever possible, we will inform you of income tax reduction opportunities which come to our attention which we believe might apply to your circumstances or about which we will ask about further, either for the current, past or future years.\r\n\r\n8 We will inform you which filing status minimizes your income tax. We realize married taxpayers may have a choice of filing separately to reduce taxes, so we will inform you which status minimizes your income tax.\r\nWe use only state of the art professional software not available to consumers with which we can identify income tax reduction opportunities based on filing status of married taxpayers. Our reports will inform you which filing status reduces your taxes the most, and we will inform you by how much you saved by optimizing your filing status.\r\n\r\n9 One senior qualified income tax professional will prepare your income tax returns from start to finish. One highly qualified income tax professional will be the sole responsible party for preparing your income tax returns from start to finish to prevent delegation mishaps.\r\nWe income tax preparation process involves a single professional tax preparer who has complete control and knowledge of your income tax circumstances to ensure a thorough work product with attention to every possible detail, so your tax return reflects the legally minimum income tax for your peace of mind.\r\n\r\n10 Your income tax returns will be prepared by a highly experienced, qualified, California-registered income tax professional. You can be sure your income tax returns are prepared properly because they are prepared by an educated, experienced income tax professional who is registered by the State of California.\r\nTo reduce both your income tax and exposure to income tax audits, income tax preparation requires mastery of multiple disciplines and complex and ever-changing tax and case law, requiring a dedicated professional who invests in continuing professional education and who conducts practice under the umbrella of the California Tax Education Council (CTEC).\r\n\r\nCTEC Registered Tax Preparers (CRTPs) are required to complete a minimum of 20 hours of continuing professional education annually in both federal and California taxes, whereas CPAs are not required by the Board of Accountancy\'s continuing education requirements to update their income tax knowledge or skills as a condition of preparing income tax returns.\r\n\r\n11 We will ask follow up questions about the underlying bookkeeping information you provide for your business income tax forms and tax returns if an obvious error, omission or irregularity comes to our attention during the normal course of our income tax preparation work. We will follow up with you on obvious tax savings issues, tax audit matters, errors, irregularities or omissions that come to our attention when we\'re preparing your business income tax forms based on bookkeeping and financial reports you provide.\r\nMany \"low-end\" tax preparers simply accept the bookkeeping reports they receive at face value, quickly input the information on their computers and ignore the tax savings and audit incident issues that may be hidden, omitted or disregarded in the bookkeeping work they were provided by the client.\r\n\r\nWe have found this practice is particularly prevalent amongst low-price income tax preparers whose main appeal to the public is a sub-market fee structure.\r\n\r\nThis practice is a disservice to the client, who may not realize that their bookkeeping work may be incomplete, misleading, incorrect, out-of-balance, or erroneous.\r\n\r\nAlthough we realize that we do not have the ultimate responsibility for checking your bookkeeping work in our role as your income tax preparer, we will not use that fact as an excuse to disregard obvious issues or allow important issues to go unresolved which come to our attention during the normal course of our work in preparing your business income tax forms or business income tax returns.\r\n\r\n12 We will check your income tax returns for determining the lowest tax based on your married filing status - either filing jointly or separately. You can be sure your income tax returns reflect the lowest possible income tax because we will select with you the optimum married filing status and provide a report to inform you of the alternative filing status.\r\nMarried taxpayers have a choice to file their income tax returns on a joint-filing basis or a separate-filing basis, whichever filing status results in the lowest combined income tax.\r\n\r\nEvery income tax we prepare for married taxpayers includes a report informing you of the income tax implications of filing status, so you will know the dollar amount of income tax savings resulting from optimizing your married filing status.\r\n\r\n13 We have always been an independent, private professional practice advocating for our client\'s best interests, without prior employment, ties or bias for either the Internal Revenue Service or state taxing agencies. You can be sure your income tax returns reflect the lowest possible income tax because we are not former IRS agents who impose arbitrary, unfounded or personal agenda income tax limitations on our clients.\r\nWe are advocates for our clients where the tax law is unclear which permits differing interpretation which may benefit the taxpayer. We do not cut corners or tax chances on challenging established tax law, procedures or practices.\r\n\r\nSome taxpayers have been mislead to assume that former IRS agents have a superior advantage because they may know the \"loopholes\" and internal weaknesses of the IRS which can result in favorable benefits to taxpayers.\r\n\r\nOther taxpayers have experienced the opposite where former IRS agents have imposed arbitrary, unlawful or severe unfounded interpretations of income tax law which unfairly and illegally result in higher than proper income tax levels by using fear tactics and bluster.\r\n\r\nHowever, it is more often the case that former IRS agents may not be as familiar with tax law and practice to truly be an advocate for their clients, as they have developed either a bias against client advocacy or have not yet developed the knowledge, skills, training, judgment or wisdom to correctly apply correct tax law and case law to serve their client\'s best interest by correctly computing the legally-minimum income tax.\r\n\r\nThere is a higher risk that former IRS agents may cause the imposition of incorrect or unfounded income taxes because of their prior experience does not serve to prepare them as client advocates where the tax law is unclear or flexibilities permit differing interpretations which may favor the taxpayer.\r\n\r\n14 We have a formal education and a four-year university degree in accounting so we know how to apply accounting and tax law concepts to your unique circumstances. You can be sure your income tax returns reflect the lowest possible income tax because we will select with you the optimum married filing status and provide a report to inform you of the alternative filing status.\r\nMarried taxpayers have a choice to file their income tax returns on a joint-filing basis or a separate-filing basis, whichever filing status results in the lowest combined income tax.\r\n\r\nEvery income tax we prepare for married taxpayers includes a report informing you of the income tax implications of filing status, so you will know the dollar amount of income tax savings resulting from optimizing your married filing status.\r\n\r\n15 We have the intellectual capacity to understand complex tax law and apply those concepts for your benefit and protection by qualification as a member of Mensa. You can be sure your income tax returns reflect the lowest possible income tax because we will select with you the optimum married filing status and provide a report to inform you of the alternative filing status.\r\nMarried taxpayers have a choice to file their income tax returns on a joint-filing basis or a separate-filing basis, whichever filing status results in the lowest combined income tax.\r\n\r\nEvery income tax we prepare for married taxpayers includes a report informing you of the income tax implications of filing status, so you will know the dollar amount of income tax savings resulting from optimizing your married filing status.</li>\r\n</ol>','Tax Reduction Measures','','inherit','closed','closed','','50-revision-v1','','','2016-12-30 01:18:58','2016-12-30 01:18:58','',50,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/50-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(207,1,'2016-12-30 01:21:13','2016-12-30 01:21:13','<ol>\r\n <li><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\">We stay continuously updated on the latest income tax developments for you.</span></strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span>\r\n</strong><strong>We know the latest income tax saving opportunities through updates on income tax law, case law, techniques, procedures and policies to keep your income tax at the legal minimum.</strong>We attend professional income tax update seminars, participate in income tax webinars, use updated income tax manuals and handbooks, income tax workbooks, and income tax web sites.We subscribe to on-line income tax newsletters published by the IRS and review continuous income tax information from daily on-line income tax updates, nationally-recognized income tax firms and other professional income tax education sources.</li>\r\n <li><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\">We search for ways to apply the latest income tax reduction opportunities to your unique circumstances.\r\n\r\n</span></strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong>\r\n<strong>None of the income tax developments are useful unless they can be applied to your unique circumstances.</strong>To start, we ask you in-depth questions to understand your unique circumstances and uncover any tax reduction opportunities.Then we follow up with any questions, issues, confusions with either an in-person income tax interview at our office, or we can save you time by following up with phone calls, emails or faxes, as appropriate, to apply the legally-acceptable income tax savings measures to your circumstances.\r\n\r\n3 We consider current, prior and future years to minimize your income tax across a broad time horizon. We know when to apply the correct income tax savings opportunities to provide the greatest overall income tax savings across multiple years.\r\nSometimes, it is not the best strategy to apply income tax savings options exclusively to the current income tax year. We make the effort to consider both the benefits and burdens to applying certain optional benefits to prior or future years.\r\n\r\nThis extra effort takes into account the highest and best use of your income tax savings opportunities.\r\n\r\n4 We properly apply the correct income tax law to your circumstances. Income tax reduction is false economy if the tax law is not properly applied to your circumstances.\r\nIncorrect or inappropriate application of income tax laws could increase your income tax, increase your exposure to an income tax audit, increase your expenses by assessment of penalties and interest, jeopardize your future peace of mind by future income tax audits and undermine your financial stability.\r\n\r\n5 We provide a comprehensive review of prior-year income tax returns for new clients. Prior year income tax returns from a prior income tax preparer may be incorrect, incomplete or hold opportunities for income tax reduction for current or future years.\r\nWe conduct an in-depth review of your prior year income tax returns to uncover opportunities for income tax reduction in both current and future years.\r\n\r\nIncome tax attributes in prior years include carryovers of net operating losses, capital losses, charitable contributions, AMT income tax credits and more.\r\n\r\n6 We have the judgment and experience to provide you with sound income tax advice. You can rest assured in knowing that we have earned the judgment and perspective through over 30 years of experience to provide you with sound income tax advice.\r\nWith over 30 years experience in over 92 industries, you have the benefit of the wisdom, judgment and perspective we gained from solving real-world issues.\r\n\r\nWe have the know-how to inform you about the risks and rewards of choosing alternative income tax treatments so you maintain control over your finances by making informed decisions affecting your income tax circumstances according to your own priorities and sensibilities.\r\n\r\n7 We care enough to offer you proactive advice for income tax reduction. We accept the role of your income tax advisor in providing you with meaningful and effective income tax advice and suggestions without being asked to do so.\r\nYou cannot be expected to know and apply income tax law to reduce your taxes and exposure to audit. Whenever possible, we will inform you of income tax reduction opportunities which come to our attention which we believe might apply to your circumstances or about which we will ask about further, either for the current, past or future years.\r\n\r\n8 We will inform you which filing status minimizes your income tax. We realize married taxpayers may have a choice of filing separately to reduce taxes, so we will inform you which status minimizes your income tax.\r\nWe use only state of the art professional software not available to consumers with which we can identify income tax reduction opportunities based on filing status of married taxpayers. Our reports will inform you which filing status reduces your taxes the most, and we will inform you by how much you saved by optimizing your filing status.\r\n\r\n9 One senior qualified income tax professional will prepare your income tax returns from start to finish. One highly qualified income tax professional will be the sole responsible party for preparing your income tax returns from start to finish to prevent delegation mishaps.\r\nWe income tax preparation process involves a single professional tax preparer who has complete control and knowledge of your income tax circumstances to ensure a thorough work product with attention to every possible detail, so your tax return reflects the legally minimum income tax for your peace of mind.\r\n\r\n10 Your income tax returns will be prepared by a highly experienced, qualified, California-registered income tax professional. You can be sure your income tax returns are prepared properly because they are prepared by an educated, experienced income tax professional who is registered by the State of California.\r\nTo reduce both your income tax and exposure to income tax audits, income tax preparation requires mastery of multiple disciplines and complex and ever-changing tax and case law, requiring a dedicated professional who invests in continuing professional education and who conducts practice under the umbrella of the California Tax Education Council (CTEC).\r\n\r\nCTEC Registered Tax Preparers (CRTPs) are required to complete a minimum of 20 hours of continuing professional education annually in both federal and California taxes, whereas CPAs are not required by the Board of Accountancy\'s continuing education requirements to update their income tax knowledge or skills as a condition of preparing income tax returns.\r\n\r\n11 We will ask follow up questions about the underlying bookkeeping information you provide for your business income tax forms and tax returns if an obvious error, omission or irregularity comes to our attention during the normal course of our income tax preparation work. We will follow up with you on obvious tax savings issues, tax audit matters, errors, irregularities or omissions that come to our attention when we\'re preparing your business income tax forms based on bookkeeping and financial reports you provide.\r\nMany \"low-end\" tax preparers simply accept the bookkeeping reports they receive at face value, quickly input the information on their computers and ignore the tax savings and audit incident issues that may be hidden, omitted or disregarded in the bookkeeping work they were provided by the client.\r\n\r\nWe have found this practice is particularly prevalent amongst low-price income tax preparers whose main appeal to the public is a sub-market fee structure.\r\n\r\nThis practice is a disservice to the client, who may not realize that their bookkeeping work may be incomplete, misleading, incorrect, out-of-balance, or erroneous.\r\n\r\nAlthough we realize that we do not have the ultimate responsibility for checking your bookkeeping work in our role as your income tax preparer, we will not use that fact as an excuse to disregard obvious issues or allow important issues to go unresolved which come to our attention during the normal course of our work in preparing your business income tax forms or business income tax returns.\r\n\r\n12 We will check your income tax returns for determining the lowest tax based on your married filing status - either filing jointly or separately. You can be sure your income tax returns reflect the lowest possible income tax because we will select with you the optimum married filing status and provide a report to inform you of the alternative filing status.\r\nMarried taxpayers have a choice to file their income tax returns on a joint-filing basis or a separate-filing basis, whichever filing status results in the lowest combined income tax.\r\n\r\nEvery income tax we prepare for married taxpayers includes a report informing you of the income tax implications of filing status, so you will know the dollar amount of income tax savings resulting from optimizing your married filing status.\r\n\r\n13 We have always been an independent, private professional practice advocating for our client\'s best interests, without prior employment, ties or bias for either the Internal Revenue Service or state taxing agencies. You can be sure your income tax returns reflect the lowest possible income tax because we are not former IRS agents who impose arbitrary, unfounded or personal agenda income tax limitations on our clients.\r\nWe are advocates for our clients where the tax law is unclear which permits differing interpretation which may benefit the taxpayer. We do not cut corners or tax chances on challenging established tax law, procedures or practices.\r\n\r\nSome taxpayers have been mislead to assume that former IRS agents have a superior advantage because they may know the \"loopholes\" and internal weaknesses of the IRS which can result in favorable benefits to taxpayers.\r\n\r\nOther taxpayers have experienced the opposite where former IRS agents have imposed arbitrary, unlawful or severe unfounded interpretations of income tax law which unfairly and illegally result in higher than proper income tax levels by using fear tactics and bluster.\r\n\r\nHowever, it is more often the case that former IRS agents may not be as familiar with tax law and practice to truly be an advocate for their clients, as they have developed either a bias against client advocacy or have not yet developed the knowledge, skills, training, judgment or wisdom to correctly apply correct tax law and case law to serve their client\'s best interest by correctly computing the legally-minimum income tax.\r\n\r\nThere is a higher risk that former IRS agents may cause the imposition of incorrect or unfounded income taxes because of their prior experience does not serve to prepare them as client advocates where the tax law is unclear or flexibilities permit differing interpretations which may favor the taxpayer.\r\n\r\n14 We have a formal education and a four-year university degree in accounting so we know how to apply accounting and tax law concepts to your unique circumstances. You can be sure your income tax returns reflect the lowest possible income tax because we will select with you the optimum married filing status and provide a report to inform you of the alternative filing status.\r\nMarried taxpayers have a choice to file their income tax returns on a joint-filing basis or a separate-filing basis, whichever filing status results in the lowest combined income tax.\r\n\r\nEvery income tax we prepare for married taxpayers includes a report informing you of the income tax implications of filing status, so you will know the dollar amount of income tax savings resulting from optimizing your married filing status.\r\n\r\n15 We have the intellectual capacity to understand complex tax law and apply those concepts for your benefit and protection by qualification as a member of Mensa. You can be sure your income tax returns reflect the lowest possible income tax because we will select with you the optimum married filing status and provide a report to inform you of the alternative filing status.\r\nMarried taxpayers have a choice to file their income tax returns on a joint-filing basis or a separate-filing basis, whichever filing status results in the lowest combined income tax.\r\n\r\nEvery income tax we prepare for married taxpayers includes a report informing you of the income tax implications of filing status, so you will know the dollar amount of income tax savings resulting from optimizing your married filing status.</li>\r\n</ol>','Tax Reduction Measures','','inherit','closed','closed','','50-revision-v1','','','2016-12-30 01:21:13','2016-12-30 01:21:13','',50,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/50-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(208,1,'2016-12-30 01:24:47','2016-12-30 01:24:47','<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:</span></em>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\">We stay continuously updated on the latest income tax developments for you.</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></em>\r\n</strong><strong>We know the latest income tax saving opportunities through updates on income tax law, case law, techniques, procedures and policies to keep your income tax at the legal minimum.</strong>\r\n\r\nWe attend professional income tax update seminars, participate in income tax webinars, use updated income tax manuals and handbooks, income tax workbooks, and income tax web sites.\r\n\r\nWe subscribe to on-line income tax newsletters published by the IRS and review continuous income tax information from daily on-line income tax updates, nationally-recognized income tax firms and other professional income tax education sources.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:</span></em>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\">We search for ways to apply the latest income tax reduction opportunities to your unique circumstances.</span></strong></strong>\r\n\r\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong></em>\r\n<strong>None of the income tax developments are useful unless they can be applied to your unique circumstances.</strong>\r\n\r\nTo start, we ask you in-depth questions to understand your unique circumstances and uncover any tax reduction opportunities.\r\n\r\nThen we follow up with any questions, issues, confusions with either an in-person income tax interview at our office, or we can save you time by following up with phone calls, emails or faxes, as appropriate, to apply the legally-acceptable income tax savings measures to your circumstances.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:</span></em></strong>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>We consider current, prior and future years to minimize your income tax across a broad time horizon.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong></em>\r\n<strong>We know when to apply the correct income tax savings opportunities to provide the greatest overall income tax savings across multiple years.</strong>\r\n\r\nSometimes, it is not the best strategy to apply income tax savings options exclusively to the current income tax year. We make the effort to consider both the benefits and burdens to applying certain optional benefits to prior or future years.\r\n\r\nThis extra effort takes into account the highest and best use of your income tax savings opportunities.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n4 We properly apply the correct income tax law to your circumstances. Income tax reduction is false economy if the tax law is not properly applied to your circumstances.\r\nIncorrect or inappropriate application of income tax laws could increase your income tax, increase your exposure to an income tax audit, increase your expenses by assessment of penalties and interest, jeopardize your future peace of mind by future income tax audits and undermine your financial stability.\r\n\r\n5 We provide a comprehensive review of prior-year income tax returns for new clients. Prior year income tax returns from a prior income tax preparer may be incorrect, incomplete or hold opportunities for income tax reduction for current or future years.\r\nWe conduct an in-depth review of your prior year income tax returns to uncover opportunities for income tax reduction in both current and future years.\r\n\r\nIncome tax attributes in prior years include carryovers of net operating losses, capital losses, charitable contributions, AMT income tax credits and more.\r\n\r\n6 We have the judgment and experience to provide you with sound income tax advice. You can rest assured in knowing that we have earned the judgment and perspective through over 30 years of experience to provide you with sound income tax advice.\r\nWith over 30 years experience in over 92 industries, you have the benefit of the wisdom, judgment and perspective we gained from solving real-world issues.\r\n\r\nWe have the know-how to inform you about the risks and rewards of choosing alternative income tax treatments so you maintain control over your finances by making informed decisions affecting your income tax circumstances according to your own priorities and sensibilities.\r\n\r\n7 We care enough to offer you proactive advice for income tax reduction. We accept the role of your income tax advisor in providing you with meaningful and effective income tax advice and suggestions without being asked to do so.\r\nYou cannot be expected to know and apply income tax law to reduce your taxes and exposure to audit. Whenever possible, we will inform you of income tax reduction opportunities which come to our attention which we believe might apply to your circumstances or about which we will ask about further, either for the current, past or future years.\r\n\r\n8 We will inform you which filing status minimizes your income tax. We realize married taxpayers may have a choice of filing separately to reduce taxes, so we will inform you which status minimizes your income tax.\r\nWe use only state of the art professional software not available to consumers with which we can identify income tax reduction opportunities based on filing status of married taxpayers. Our reports will inform you which filing status reduces your taxes the most, and we will inform you by how much you saved by optimizing your filing status.\r\n\r\n9 One senior qualified income tax professional will prepare your income tax returns from start to finish. One highly qualified income tax professional will be the sole responsible party for preparing your income tax returns from start to finish to prevent delegation mishaps.\r\nWe income tax preparation process involves a single professional tax preparer who has complete control and knowledge of your income tax circumstances to ensure a thorough work product with attention to every possible detail, so your tax return reflects the legally minimum income tax for your peace of mind.\r\n\r\n10 Your income tax returns will be prepared by a highly experienced, qualified, California-registered income tax professional. You can be sure your income tax returns are prepared properly because they are prepared by an educated, experienced income tax professional who is registered by the State of California.\r\nTo reduce both your income tax and exposure to income tax audits, income tax preparation requires mastery of multiple disciplines and complex and ever-changing tax and case law, requiring a dedicated professional who invests in continuing professional education and who conducts practice under the umbrella of the California Tax Education Council (CTEC).\r\n\r\nCTEC Registered Tax Preparers (CRTPs) are required to complete a minimum of 20 hours of continuing professional education annually in both federal and California taxes, whereas CPAs are not required by the Board of Accountancy\'s continuing education requirements to update their income tax knowledge or skills as a condition of preparing income tax returns.\r\n\r\n11 We will ask follow up questions about the underlying bookkeeping information you provide for your business income tax forms and tax returns if an obvious error, omission or irregularity comes to our attention during the normal course of our income tax preparation work. We will follow up with you on obvious tax savings issues, tax audit matters, errors, irregularities or omissions that come to our attention when we\'re preparing your business income tax forms based on bookkeeping and financial reports you provide.\r\nMany \"low-end\" tax preparers simply accept the bookkeeping reports they receive at face value, quickly input the information on their computers and ignore the tax savings and audit incident issues that may be hidden, omitted or disregarded in the bookkeeping work they were provided by the client.\r\n\r\nWe have found this practice is particularly prevalent amongst low-price income tax preparers whose main appeal to the public is a sub-market fee structure.\r\n\r\nThis practice is a disservice to the client, who may not realize that their bookkeeping work may be incomplete, misleading, incorrect, out-of-balance, or erroneous.\r\n\r\nAlthough we realize that we do not have the ultimate responsibility for checking your bookkeeping work in our role as your income tax preparer, we will not use that fact as an excuse to disregard obvious issues or allow important issues to go unresolved which come to our attention during the normal course of our work in preparing your business income tax forms or business income tax returns.\r\n\r\n12 We will check your income tax returns for determining the lowest tax based on your married filing status - either filing jointly or separately. You can be sure your income tax returns reflect the lowest possible income tax because we will select with you the optimum married filing status and provide a report to inform you of the alternative filing status.\r\nMarried taxpayers have a choice to file their income tax returns on a joint-filing basis or a separate-filing basis, whichever filing status results in the lowest combined income tax.\r\n\r\nEvery income tax we prepare for married taxpayers includes a report informing you of the income tax implications of filing status, so you will know the dollar amount of income tax savings resulting from optimizing your married filing status.\r\n\r\n13 We have always been an independent, private professional practice advocating for our client\'s best interests, without prior employment, ties or bias for either the Internal Revenue Service or state taxing agencies. You can be sure your income tax returns reflect the lowest possible income tax because we are not former IRS agents who impose arbitrary, unfounded or personal agenda income tax limitations on our clients.\r\nWe are advocates for our clients where the tax law is unclear which permits differing interpretation which may benefit the taxpayer. We do not cut corners or tax chances on challenging established tax law, procedures or practices.\r\n\r\nSome taxpayers have been mislead to assume that former IRS agents have a superior advantage because they may know the \"loopholes\" and internal weaknesses of the IRS which can result in favorable benefits to taxpayers.\r\n\r\nOther taxpayers have experienced the opposite where former IRS agents have imposed arbitrary, unlawful or severe unfounded interpretations of income tax law which unfairly and illegally result in higher than proper income tax levels by using fear tactics and bluster.\r\n\r\nHowever, it is more often the case that former IRS agents may not be as familiar with tax law and practice to truly be an advocate for their clients, as they have developed either a bias against client advocacy or have not yet developed the knowledge, skills, training, judgment or wisdom to correctly apply correct tax law and case law to serve their client\'s best interest by correctly computing the legally-minimum income tax.\r\n\r\nThere is a higher risk that former IRS agents may cause the imposition of incorrect or unfounded income taxes because of their prior experience does not serve to prepare them as client advocates where the tax law is unclear or flexibilities permit differing interpretations which may favor the taxpayer.\r\n\r\n14 We have a formal education and a four-year university degree in accounting so we know how to apply accounting and tax law concepts to your unique circumstances. You can be sure your income tax returns reflect the lowest possible income tax because we will select with you the optimum married filing status and provide a report to inform you of the alternative filing status.\r\nMarried taxpayers have a choice to file their income tax returns on a joint-filing basis or a separate-filing basis, whichever filing status results in the lowest combined income tax.\r\n\r\nEvery income tax we prepare for married taxpayers includes a report informing you of the income tax implications of filing status, so you will know the dollar amount of income tax savings resulting from optimizing your married filing status.\r\n\r\n15 We have the intellectual capacity to understand complex tax law and apply those concepts for your benefit and protection by qualification as a member of Mensa. You can be sure your income tax returns reflect the lowest possible income tax because we will select with you the optimum married filing status and provide a report to inform you of the alternative filing status.\r\nMarried taxpayers have a choice to file their income tax returns on a joint-filing basis or a separate-filing basis, whichever filing status results in the lowest combined income tax.\r\n\r\nEvery income tax we prepare for married taxpayers includes a report informing you of the income tax implications of filing status, so you will know the dollar amount of income tax savings resulting from optimizing your married filing status.','Tax Reduction Measures','','inherit','closed','closed','','50-revision-v1','','','2016-12-30 01:24:47','2016-12-30 01:24:47','',50,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/50-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(209,1,'2016-12-30 01:35:01','2016-12-30 01:35:01','<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"5%\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"40%\">\r\n<p align=\"center\">How We\'re Different</p>\r\n</td>\r\n<td width=\"55%\">\r\n<p align=\"center\">How This Benefits You</p>\r\n</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"5%\">1</td>\r\n<td width=\"40%\">We stay continuously updated on the latest income tax developments for you.</td>\r\n<td width=\"55%\"><b>We know the latest income tax saving opportunities through updates on income tax law, case law, techniques, procedures and policies to keep your income tax at the legal minimum.</b> We attend professional income tax update seminars, participate in income tax webinars, use updated income tax manuals and handbooks, income tax workbooks, and income tax web sites.\r\n\r\nWe subscribe to on-line income tax newsletters published by the IRS and review continuous income tax information from daily on-line income tax updates, nationally-recognized income tax firms and other professional income tax education sources.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"5%\">2</td>\r\n<td width=\"40%\">We search for ways to apply the latest income tax reduction opportunities to your unique circumstances.</td>\r\n<td width=\"55%\"><b>None of the income tax developments are useful unless they can be applied to your unique circumstances. </b>To start, we ask you in-depth questions to understand your unique circumstances and uncover any tax reduction opportunities.\r\n\r\nThen we follow up with any questions, issues, confusions with either an in-person income tax interview at our office, or we can save you time by following up with phone calls, emails or faxes, as appropriate, to apply the legally-acceptable income tax savings measures to your circumstances.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"5%\">3</td>\r\n<td width=\"40%\">We consider current, prior and future years to minimize your income tax across a broad time horizon.</td>\r\n<td width=\"55%\"><b>We know when to apply the correct income tax savings opportunities to provide the greatest overall income tax savings across multiple years.</b> Sometimes, it is not the best strategy to apply income tax savings options exclusively to the current income tax year. We make the effort to consider both the benefits and burdens to applying certain optional benefits to prior or future years.\r\n\r\nThis extra effort takes into account the highest and best use of your income tax savings opportunities.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:</span></em>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\">We stay continuously updated on the latest income tax developments for you.</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></em>\r\n</strong><strong>We know the latest income tax saving opportunities through updates on income tax law, case law, techniques, procedures and policies to keep your income tax at the legal minimum.</strong>\r\n\r\nWe attend professional income tax update seminars, participate in income tax webinars, use updated income tax manuals and handbooks, income tax workbooks, and income tax web sites.\r\n\r\nWe subscribe to on-line income tax newsletters published by the IRS and review continuous income tax information from daily on-line income tax updates, nationally-recognized income tax firms and other professional income tax education sources.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:</span></em>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\">We search for ways to apply the latest income tax reduction opportunities to your unique circumstances.</span></strong></strong>\r\n\r\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong></em>\r\n<strong>None of the income tax developments are useful unless they can be applied to your unique circumstances.</strong>\r\n\r\nTo start, we ask you in-depth questions to understand your unique circumstances and uncover any tax reduction opportunities.\r\n\r\nThen we follow up with any questions, issues, confusions with either an in-person income tax interview at our office, or we can save you time by following up with phone calls, emails or faxes, as appropriate, to apply the legally-acceptable income tax savings measures to your circumstances.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:</span></em></strong>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>We consider current, prior and future years to minimize your income tax across a broad time horizon.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong></em>\r\n<strong>We know when to apply the correct income tax savings opportunities to provide the greatest overall income tax savings across multiple years.</strong>\r\n\r\nSometimes, it is not the best strategy to apply income tax savings options exclusively to the current income tax year. We make the effort to consider both the benefits and burdens to applying certain optional benefits to prior or future years.\r\n\r\nThis extra effort takes into account the highest and best use of your income tax savings opportunities.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n4 We properly apply the correct income tax law to your circumstances. Income tax reduction is false economy if the tax law is not properly applied to your circumstances.\r\nIncorrect or inappropriate application of income tax laws could increase your income tax, increase your exposure to an income tax audit, increase your expenses by assessment of penalties and interest, jeopardize your future peace of mind by future income tax audits and undermine your financial stability.\r\n\r\n5 We provide a comprehensive review of prior-year income tax returns for new clients. Prior year income tax returns from a prior income tax preparer may be incorrect, incomplete or hold opportunities for income tax reduction for current or future years.\r\nWe conduct an in-depth review of your prior year income tax returns to uncover opportunities for income tax reduction in both current and future years.\r\n\r\nIncome tax attributes in prior years include carryovers of net operating losses, capital losses, charitable contributions, AMT income tax credits and more.\r\n\r\n6 We have the judgment and experience to provide you with sound income tax advice. You can rest assured in knowing that we have earned the judgment and perspective through over 30 years of experience to provide you with sound income tax advice.\r\nWith over 30 years experience in over 92 industries, you have the benefit of the wisdom, judgment and perspective we gained from solving real-world issues.\r\n\r\nWe have the know-how to inform you about the risks and rewards of choosing alternative income tax treatments so you maintain control over your finances by making informed decisions affecting your income tax circumstances according to your own priorities and sensibilities.\r\n\r\n7 We care enough to offer you proactive advice for income tax reduction. We accept the role of your income tax advisor in providing you with meaningful and effective income tax advice and suggestions without being asked to do so.\r\nYou cannot be expected to know and apply income tax law to reduce your taxes and exposure to audit. Whenever possible, we will inform you of income tax reduction opportunities which come to our attention which we believe might apply to your circumstances or about which we will ask about further, either for the current, past or future years.\r\n\r\n8 We will inform you which filing status minimizes your income tax. We realize married taxpayers may have a choice of filing separately to reduce taxes, so we will inform you which status minimizes your income tax.\r\nWe use only state of the art professional software not available to consumers with which we can identify income tax reduction opportunities based on filing status of married taxpayers. Our reports will inform you which filing status reduces your taxes the most, and we will inform you by how much you saved by optimizing your filing status.\r\n\r\n9 One senior qualified income tax professional will prepare your income tax returns from start to finish. One highly qualified income tax professional will be the sole responsible party for preparing your income tax returns from start to finish to prevent delegation mishaps.\r\nWe income tax preparation process involves a single professional tax preparer who has complete control and knowledge of your income tax circumstances to ensure a thorough work product with attention to every possible detail, so your tax return reflects the legally minimum income tax for your peace of mind.\r\n\r\n10 Your income tax returns will be prepared by a highly experienced, qualified, California-registered income tax professional. You can be sure your income tax returns are prepared properly because they are prepared by an educated, experienced income tax professional who is registered by the State of California.\r\nTo reduce both your income tax and exposure to income tax audits, income tax preparation requires mastery of multiple disciplines and complex and ever-changing tax and case law, requiring a dedicated professional who invests in continuing professional education and who conducts practice under the umbrella of the California Tax Education Council (CTEC).\r\n\r\nCTEC Registered Tax Preparers (CRTPs) are required to complete a minimum of 20 hours of continuing professional education annually in both federal and California taxes, whereas CPAs are not required by the Board of Accountancy\'s continuing education requirements to update their income tax knowledge or skills as a condition of preparing income tax returns.\r\n\r\n11 We will ask follow up questions about the underlying bookkeeping information you provide for your business income tax forms and tax returns if an obvious error, omission or irregularity comes to our attention during the normal course of our income tax preparation work. We will follow up with you on obvious tax savings issues, tax audit matters, errors, irregularities or omissions that come to our attention when we\'re preparing your business income tax forms based on bookkeeping and financial reports you provide.\r\nMany \"low-end\" tax preparers simply accept the bookkeeping reports they receive at face value, quickly input the information on their computers and ignore the tax savings and audit incident issues that may be hidden, omitted or disregarded in the bookkeeping work they were provided by the client.\r\n\r\nWe have found this practice is particularly prevalent amongst low-price income tax preparers whose main appeal to the public is a sub-market fee structure.\r\n\r\nThis practice is a disservice to the client, who may not realize that their bookkeeping work may be incomplete, misleading, incorrect, out-of-balance, or erroneous.\r\n\r\nAlthough we realize that we do not have the ultimate responsibility for checking your bookkeeping work in our role as your income tax preparer, we will not use that fact as an excuse to disregard obvious issues or allow important issues to go unresolved which come to our attention during the normal course of our work in preparing your business income tax forms or business income tax returns.\r\n\r\n12 We will check your income tax returns for determining the lowest tax based on your married filing status - either filing jointly or separately. You can be sure your income tax returns reflect the lowest possible income tax because we will select with you the optimum married filing status and provide a report to inform you of the alternative filing status.\r\nMarried taxpayers have a choice to file their income tax returns on a joint-filing basis or a separate-filing basis, whichever filing status results in the lowest combined income tax.\r\n\r\nEvery income tax we prepare for married taxpayers includes a report informing you of the income tax implications of filing status, so you will know the dollar amount of income tax savings resulting from optimizing your married filing status.\r\n\r\n13 We have always been an independent, private professional practice advocating for our client\'s best interests, without prior employment, ties or bias for either the Internal Revenue Service or state taxing agencies. You can be sure your income tax returns reflect the lowest possible income tax because we are not former IRS agents who impose arbitrary, unfounded or personal agenda income tax limitations on our clients.\r\nWe are advocates for our clients where the tax law is unclear which permits differing interpretation which may benefit the taxpayer. We do not cut corners or tax chances on challenging established tax law, procedures or practices.\r\n\r\nSome taxpayers have been mislead to assume that former IRS agents have a superior advantage because they may know the \"loopholes\" and internal weaknesses of the IRS which can result in favorable benefits to taxpayers.\r\n\r\nOther taxpayers have experienced the opposite where former IRS agents have imposed arbitrary, unlawful or severe unfounded interpretations of income tax law which unfairly and illegally result in higher than proper income tax levels by using fear tactics and bluster.\r\n\r\nHowever, it is more often the case that former IRS agents may not be as familiar with tax law and practice to truly be an advocate for their clients, as they have developed either a bias against client advocacy or have not yet developed the knowledge, skills, training, judgment or wisdom to correctly apply correct tax law and case law to serve their client\'s best interest by correctly computing the legally-minimum income tax.\r\n\r\nThere is a higher risk that former IRS agents may cause the imposition of incorrect or unfounded income taxes because of their prior experience does not serve to prepare them as client advocates where the tax law is unclear or flexibilities permit differing interpretations which may favor the taxpayer.\r\n\r\n14 We have a formal education and a four-year university degree in accounting so we know how to apply accounting and tax law concepts to your unique circumstances. You can be sure your income tax returns reflect the lowest possible income tax because we will select with you the optimum married filing status and provide a report to inform you of the alternative filing status.\r\nMarried taxpayers have a choice to file their income tax returns on a joint-filing basis or a separate-filing basis, whichever filing status results in the lowest combined income tax.\r\n\r\nEvery income tax we prepare for married taxpayers includes a report informing you of the income tax implications of filing status, so you will know the dollar amount of income tax savings resulting from optimizing your married filing status.\r\n\r\n15 We have the intellectual capacity to understand complex tax law and apply those concepts for your benefit and protection by qualification as a member of Mensa. You can be sure your income tax returns reflect the lowest possible income tax because we will select with you the optimum married filing status and provide a report to inform you of the alternative filing status.\r\nMarried taxpayers have a choice to file their income tax returns on a joint-filing basis or a separate-filing basis, whichever filing status results in the lowest combined income tax.\r\n\r\nEvery income tax we prepare for married taxpayers includes a report informing you of the income tax implications of filing status, so you will know the dollar amount of income tax savings resulting from optimizing your married filing status.','Tax Reduction Measures','','inherit','closed','closed','','50-revision-v1','','','2016-12-30 01:35:01','2016-12-30 01:35:01','',50,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/50-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(210,1,'2016-12-30 01:47:21','2016-12-30 01:47:21','<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:</span></em>\r\nWe stay continuously updated on the latest income tax developments for you.</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></em>\r\n</strong><strong>We know the latest income tax saving opportunities through updates on income tax law, case law, techniques, procedures and policies to keep your income tax at the legal minimum.</strong>\r\n\r\nWe attend professional income tax update seminars, participate in income tax webinars, use updated income tax manuals and handbooks, income tax workbooks, and income tax web sites.\r\n\r\nWe subscribe to on-line income tax newsletters published by the IRS and review continuous income tax information from daily on-line income tax updates, nationally-recognized income tax firms and other professional income tax education sources.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:</span></em>\r\nWe search for ways to apply the latest income tax reduction opportunities to your unique circumstances.</strong></strong>\r\n\r\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong></em>\r\n<strong>None of the income tax developments are useful unless they can be applied to your unique circumstances.</strong>\r\n\r\nTo start, we ask you in-depth questions to understand your unique circumstances and uncover any tax reduction opportunities.\r\n\r\nThen we follow up with any questions, issues, confusions with either an in-person income tax interview at our office, or we can save you time by following up with phone calls, emails or faxes, as appropriate, to apply the legally-acceptable income tax savings measures to your circumstances.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:</span></em></strong>\r\n<strong>We consider current, prior and future years to minimize your income tax across a broad time horizon.</strong>\r\n\r\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong></em>\r\n<strong>We know when to apply the correct income tax savings opportunities to provide the greatest overall income tax savings across multiple years.</strong>\r\n\r\nSometimes, it is not the best strategy to apply income tax savings options exclusively to the current income tax year. We make the effort to consider both the benefits and burdens to applying certain optional benefits to prior or future years.\r\n\r\nThis extra effort takes into account the highest and best use of your income tax savings opportunities.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:\r\n</span></em>We properly apply the correct income tax law to your circumstances.</strong>\r\n\r\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong></em>\r\n<strong>Income tax reduction is false economy if the tax law is not properly applied to your circumstances.</strong>\r\n\r\nIncorrect or inappropriate application of income tax laws could increase your income tax, increase your exposure to an income tax audit, increase your expenses by assessment of penalties and interest, jeopardize your future peace of mind by future income tax audits and undermine your financial stability.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:\r\n</span></em>We provide a comprehensive review of prior-year income tax returns for new clients.</strong>\r\n\r\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong></em>\r\n<strong>Prior year income tax returns from a prior income tax preparer may be incorrect, incomplete or hold opportunities for income tax reduction for current or future years.</strong>\r\n\r\nWe conduct an in-depth review of your prior year income tax returns to uncover opportunities for income tax reduction in both current and future years.\r\n\r\nIncome tax attributes in prior years include carryovers of net operating losses, capital losses, charitable contributions, AMT income tax credits and more.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:\r\n</span></em>We have the judgment and experience to provide you with sound income tax advice.</strong>\r\n\r\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong></em>\r\n<strong>You can rest assured in knowing that we have earned the judgment and perspective through over 30 years of experience to provide you with sound income tax advice.</strong>\r\n\r\nWith over 30 years experience in over 92 industries, you have the benefit of the wisdom, judgment and perspective we gained from solving real-world issues.\r\n\r\nWe have the know-how to inform you about the risks and rewards of choosing alternative income tax treatments so you maintain control over your finances by making informed decisions affecting your income tax circumstances according to your own priorities and sensibilities.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:\r\n</span></em>We care enough to offer you proactive advice for income tax reduction.</strong>\r\n\r\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong></em>\r\n<strong>We accept the role of your income tax advisor in providing you with meaningful and effective income tax advice and suggestions without being asked to do so.</strong>\r\n\r\nYou cannot be expected to know and apply income tax law to reduce your taxes and exposure to audit. Whenever possible, we will inform you of income tax reduction opportunities which come to our attention which we believe might apply to your circumstances or about which we will ask about further, either for the current, past or future years.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:\r\n</span></em>We will inform you which filing status minimizes your income tax.</strong>\r\n\r\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong></em>\r\n<strong>We realize married taxpayers may have a choice of filing separately to reduce taxes, so we will inform you which status minimizes your income tax.</strong>\r\n\r\nWe use only state of the art professional software not available to consumers with which we can identify income tax reduction opportunities based on filing status of married taxpayers. Our reports will inform you which filing status reduces your taxes the most, and we will inform you by how much you saved by optimizing your filing status.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:\r\n</span></em>One senior qualified income tax professional will prepare your income tax returns from start to finish.</strong>\r\n\r\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong></em>\r\n<strong>One highly qualified income tax professional will be the sole responsible party for preparing your income tax returns from start to finish to prevent delegation mishaps.</strong>\r\n\r\nWe income tax preparation process involves a single professional tax preparer who has complete control and knowledge of your income tax circumstances to ensure a thorough work product with attention to every possible detail, so your tax return reflects the legally minimum income tax for your peace of mind.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:\r\n</span></em>Your income tax returns will be prepared by a highly experienced, qualified, California-registered income tax professional.</strong>\r\n\r\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong></em>\r\n<strong>You can be sure your income tax returns are prepared properly because they are prepared by an educated, experienced income tax professional who is registered by the State of California.</strong>\r\n\r\nTo reduce both your income tax and exposure to income tax audits, income tax preparation requires mastery of multiple disciplines and complex and ever-changing tax and case law, requiring a dedicated professional who invests in continuing professional education and who conducts practice under the umbrella of the California Tax Education Council (CTEC).\r\n\r\nCTEC Registered Tax Preparers (CRTPs) are required to complete a minimum of 20 hours of continuing professional education annually in both federal and California taxes, whereas CPAs are not required by the Board of Accountancy\'s continuing education requirements to update their income tax knowledge or skills as a condition of preparing income tax returns.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:\r\n</span></em>We will ask follow up questions about the underlying bookkeeping information you provide for your business income tax forms and tax returns if an obvious error, omission or irregularity comes to our attention during the normal course of our income tax preparation work.</strong>\r\n\r\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong></em>\r\n<strong>We will follow up with you on obvious tax savings issues, tax audit matters, errors, irregularities or omissions that come to our attention when we\'re preparing your business income tax forms based on bookkeeping and financial reports you provide.</strong>\r\n\r\nMany \"low-end\" tax preparers simply accept the bookkeeping reports they receive at face value, quickly input the information on their computers and ignore the tax savings and audit incident issues that may be hidden, omitted or disregarded in the bookkeeping work they were provided by the client.\r\n\r\nWe have found this practice is particularly prevalent amongst low-price income tax preparers whose main appeal to the public is a sub-market fee structure.\r\n\r\nThis practice is a disservice to the client, who may not realize that their bookkeeping work may be incomplete, misleading, incorrect, out-of-balance, or erroneous.\r\n\r\nAlthough we realize that we do not have the ultimate responsibility for checking your bookkeeping work in our role as your income tax preparer, we will not use that fact as an excuse to disregard obvious issues or allow important issues to go unresolved which come to our attention during the normal course of our work in preparing your business income tax forms or business income tax returns.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:\r\n</span></em>We will check your income tax returns for determining the lowest tax based on your married filing status - either filing jointly or separately.</strong>\r\n\r\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong></em>\r\n<strong>You can be sure your income tax returns reflect the lowest possible income tax because we will select with you the optimum married filing status and provide a report to inform you of the alternative filing status.</strong>\r\n\r\nMarried taxpayers have a choice to file their income tax returns on a joint-filing basis or a separate-filing basis, whichever filing status results in the lowest combined income tax.\r\n\r\nEvery income tax we prepare for married taxpayers includes a report informing you of the income tax implications of filing status, so you will know the dollar amount of income tax savings resulting from optimizing your married filing status.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:\r\n</span></em>We have always been an independent, private professional practice advocating for our client\'s best interests, without prior employment, ties or bias for either the Internal Revenue Service or state taxing agencies.</strong>\r\n\r\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong></em>\r\n<strong>You can be sure your income tax returns reflect the lowest possible income tax because we are not former IRS agents who impose arbitrary, unfounded or personal agenda income tax limitations on our clients.</strong>\r\n\r\nWe are advocates for our clients where the tax law is unclear which permits differing interpretation which may benefit the taxpayer. We do not cut corners or tax chances on challenging established tax law, procedures or practices.\r\n\r\nSome taxpayers have been mislead to assume that former IRS agents have a superior advantage because they may know the \"loopholes\" and internal weaknesses of the IRS which can result in favorable benefits to taxpayers.\r\n\r\nOther taxpayers have experienced the opposite where former IRS agents have imposed arbitrary, unlawful or severe unfounded interpretations of income tax law which unfairly and illegally result in higher than proper income tax levels by using fear tactics and bluster.\r\n\r\nHowever, it is more often the case that former IRS agents may not be as familiar with tax law and practice to truly be an advocate for their clients, as they have developed either a bias against client advocacy or have not yet developed the knowledge, skills, training, judgment or wisdom to correctly apply correct tax law and case law to serve their client\'s best interest by correctly computing the legally-minimum income tax.\r\n\r\nThere is a higher risk that former IRS agents may cause the imposition of incorrect or unfounded income taxes because of their prior experience does not serve to prepare them as client advocates where the tax law is unclear or flexibilities permit differing interpretations which may favor the taxpayer.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:\r\n</span></em>We have a formal education and a four-year university degree in accounting so we know how to apply accounting and tax law concepts to your unique circumstances.</strong>\r\n\r\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong></em>\r\n<strong>You can be sure your income tax returns reflect the lowest possible income tax because we will select with you the optimum married filing status and provide a report to inform you of the alternative filing status.</strong>\r\n\r\nMarried taxpayers have a choice to file 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status.</strong>\r\n\r\nMarried taxpayers have a choice to file their income tax returns on a joint-filing basis or a separate-filing basis, whichever filing status results in the lowest combined income tax.\r\n\r\nEvery income tax we prepare for married taxpayers includes a report informing you of the income tax implications of filing status, so you will know the dollar amount of income tax savings resulting from optimizing your married filing status.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n ','Tax Reduction Measures','','inherit','closed','closed','','50-revision-v1','','','2016-12-30 01:47:21','2016-12-30 01:47:21','',50,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/50-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(211,1,'2016-12-30 01:48:05','2016-12-30 01:48:05','<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:</span></em>\r\nWe stay continuously updated on the latest income tax developments for you.</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></em>\r\n</strong><strong>We know the latest income tax saving opportunities through updates on income tax law, case law, techniques, procedures and policies to keep your income tax at the legal minimum.</strong>\r\n\r\nWe attend professional income tax update seminars, participate in income tax webinars, use updated income tax manuals and handbooks, income tax workbooks, and income tax web sites.\r\n\r\nWe subscribe to on-line income tax newsletters published by the IRS and review continuous income tax information from daily on-line income tax updates, nationally-recognized income tax firms and other professional income tax education sources.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:</span></em>\r\nWe search for ways to apply the latest income tax reduction opportunities to your unique circumstances.</strong></strong>\r\n\r\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong></em>\r\n<strong>None of the income tax developments are useful unless they can be applied to your unique circumstances.</strong>\r\n\r\nTo start, we ask you in-depth questions to understand your unique circumstances and uncover any tax reduction opportunities.\r\n\r\nThen we follow up with any questions, issues, confusions with either an in-person income tax interview at our office, or we can save you time by following up with phone calls, emails or faxes, as appropriate, to apply the legally-acceptable income tax savings measures to your circumstances.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:</span></em></strong>\r\n<strong>We consider current, prior and future years to minimize your income tax across a broad time horizon.</strong>\r\n\r\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong></em>\r\n<strong>We know when to apply the correct income tax savings opportunities to provide the greatest overall income tax savings across multiple years.</strong>\r\n\r\nSometimes, it is not the best strategy to apply income tax savings options exclusively to the current income tax year. We make the effort to consider both the benefits and burdens to applying certain optional benefits to prior or future years.\r\n\r\nThis extra effort takes into account the highest and best use of your income tax savings opportunities.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:\r\n</span></em>We properly apply the correct income tax law to your circumstances.</strong>\r\n\r\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong></em>\r\n<strong>Income tax reduction is false economy if the tax law is not properly applied to your circumstances.</strong>\r\n\r\nIncorrect or inappropriate application of income tax laws could increase your income tax, increase your exposure to an income tax audit, increase your expenses by assessment of penalties and interest, jeopardize your future peace of mind by future income tax audits and undermine your financial stability.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:\r\n</span></em>We provide a comprehensive review of prior-year income tax returns for new clients.</strong>\r\n\r\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong></em>\r\n<strong>Prior year income tax returns from a prior income tax preparer may be incorrect, incomplete or hold opportunities for income tax reduction for current or future years.</strong>\r\n\r\nWe conduct an in-depth review of your prior year income tax returns to uncover opportunities for income tax reduction in both current and future years.\r\n\r\nIncome tax attributes in prior years include carryovers of net operating losses, capital losses, charitable contributions, AMT income tax credits and more.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:\r\n</span></em>We have the judgment and experience to provide you with sound income tax advice.</strong>\r\n\r\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong></em>\r\n<strong>You can rest assured in knowing that we have earned the judgment and perspective through over 30 years of experience to provide you with sound income tax advice.</strong>\r\n\r\nWith over 30 years experience in over 92 industries, you have the benefit of the wisdom, judgment and perspective we gained from solving real-world issues.\r\n\r\nWe have the know-how to inform you about the risks and rewards of choosing alternative income tax treatments so you maintain control over your finances by making informed decisions affecting your income tax circumstances according to your own priorities and sensibilities.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:\r\n</span></em>We care enough to offer you proactive advice for income tax reduction.</strong>\r\n\r\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong></em>\r\n<strong>We accept the role of your income tax advisor in providing you with meaningful and effective income tax advice and suggestions without being asked to do so.</strong>\r\n\r\nYou cannot be expected to know and apply income tax law to reduce your taxes and exposure to audit. Whenever possible, we will inform you of income tax reduction opportunities which come to our attention which we believe might apply to your circumstances or about which we will ask about further, either for the current, past or future years.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:\r\n</span></em>We will inform you which filing status minimizes your income tax.</strong>\r\n\r\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong></em>\r\n<strong>We realize married taxpayers may have a choice of filing separately to reduce taxes, so we will inform you which status minimizes your income tax.</strong>\r\n\r\nWe use only state of the art professional software not available to consumers with which we can identify income tax reduction opportunities based on filing status of married taxpayers. Our reports will inform you which filing status reduces your taxes the most, and we will inform you by how much you saved by optimizing your filing status.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:\r\n</span></em>One senior qualified income tax professional will prepare your income tax returns from start to finish.</strong>\r\n\r\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong></em>\r\n<strong>One highly qualified income tax professional will be the sole responsible party for preparing your income tax returns from start to finish to prevent delegation mishaps.</strong>\r\n\r\nWe income tax preparation process involves a single professional tax preparer who has complete control and knowledge of your income tax circumstances to ensure a thorough work product with attention to every possible detail, so your tax return reflects the legally minimum income tax for your peace of mind.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:\r\n</span></em>Your income tax returns will be prepared by a highly experienced, qualified, California-registered income tax professional.</strong>\r\n\r\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong></em>\r\n<strong>You can be sure your income tax returns are prepared properly because they are prepared by an educated, experienced income tax professional who is registered by the State of California.</strong>\r\n\r\nTo reduce both your income tax and exposure to income tax audits, income tax preparation requires mastery of multiple disciplines and complex and ever-changing tax and case law, requiring a dedicated professional who invests in continuing professional education and who conducts practice under the umbrella of the California Tax Education Council (CTEC).\r\n\r\nCTEC Registered Tax Preparers (CRTPs) are required to complete a minimum of 20 hours of continuing professional education annually in both federal and California taxes, whereas CPAs are not required by the Board of Accountancy\'s continuing education requirements to update their income tax knowledge or skills as a condition of preparing income tax returns.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:\r\n</span></em>We will ask follow up questions about the underlying bookkeeping information you provide for your business income tax forms and tax returns if an obvious error, omission or irregularity comes to our attention during the normal course of our income tax preparation work.</strong>\r\n\r\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong></em>\r\n<strong>We will follow up with you on obvious tax savings issues, tax audit matters, errors, irregularities or omissions that come to our attention when we\'re preparing your business income tax forms based on bookkeeping and financial reports you provide.</strong>\r\n\r\nMany \"low-end\" tax preparers simply accept the bookkeeping reports they receive at face value, quickly input the information on their computers and ignore the tax savings and audit incident issues that may be hidden, omitted or disregarded in the bookkeeping work they were provided by the client.\r\n\r\nWe have found this practice is particularly prevalent amongst low-price income tax preparers whose main appeal to the public is a sub-market fee structure.\r\n\r\nThis practice is a disservice to the client, who may not realize that their bookkeeping work may be incomplete, misleading, incorrect, out-of-balance, or erroneous.\r\n\r\nAlthough we realize that we do not have the ultimate responsibility for checking your bookkeeping work in our role as your income tax preparer, we will not use that fact as an excuse to disregard obvious issues or allow important issues to go unresolved which come to our attention during the normal course of our work in preparing your business income tax forms or business income tax returns.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:\r\n</span></em>We will check your income tax returns for determining the lowest tax based on your married filing status - either filing jointly or separately.</strong>\r\n\r\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong></em>\r\n<strong>You can be sure your income tax returns reflect the lowest possible income tax because we will select with you the optimum married filing status and provide a report to inform you of the alternative filing status.</strong>\r\n\r\nMarried taxpayers have a choice to file their income tax returns on a joint-filing basis or a separate-filing basis, whichever filing status results in the lowest combined income tax.\r\n\r\nEvery income tax we prepare for married taxpayers includes a report informing you of the income tax implications of filing status, so you will know the dollar amount of income tax savings resulting from optimizing your married filing status.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:\r\n</span></em>We have always been an independent, private professional practice advocating for our client\'s best interests, without prior employment, ties or bias for either the Internal Revenue Service or state taxing agencies.</strong>\r\n\r\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong></em>\r\n<strong>You can be sure your income tax returns reflect the lowest possible income tax because we are not former IRS agents who impose arbitrary, unfounded or personal agenda income tax limitations on our clients.</strong>\r\n\r\nWe are advocates for our clients where the tax law is unclear which permits differing interpretation which may benefit the taxpayer. We do not cut corners or tax chances on challenging established tax law, procedures or practices.\r\n\r\nSome taxpayers have been mislead to assume that former IRS agents have a superior advantage because they may know the \"loopholes\" and internal weaknesses of the IRS which can result in favorable benefits to taxpayers.\r\n\r\nOther taxpayers have experienced the opposite where former IRS agents have imposed arbitrary, unlawful or severe unfounded interpretations of income tax law which unfairly and illegally result in higher than proper income tax levels by using fear tactics and bluster.\r\n\r\nHowever, it is more often the case that former IRS agents may not be as familiar with tax law and practice to truly be an advocate for their clients, as they have developed either a bias against client advocacy or have not yet developed the knowledge, skills, training, judgment or wisdom to correctly apply correct tax law and case law to serve their client\'s best interest by correctly computing the legally-minimum income tax.\r\n\r\nThere is a higher risk that former IRS agents may cause the imposition of incorrect or unfounded income taxes because of their prior experience does not serve to prepare them as client advocates where the tax law is unclear or flexibilities permit differing interpretations which may favor the taxpayer.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:\r\n</span></em>We have a formal education and a four-year university degree in accounting so we know how to apply accounting and tax law concepts to your unique circumstances.</strong>\r\n\r\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong></em>\r\n<strong>You can be sure your income tax returns reflect the lowest possible income tax because we will select with you the optimum married filing status and provide a report to inform you of the alternative filing status.</strong>\r\n\r\nMarried taxpayers have a choice to file their income tax returns on a joint-filing basis or a separate-filing basis, whichever filing status results in the lowest combined income tax.\r\n\r\nEvery income tax we prepare for married taxpayers includes a report informing you of the income tax implications of filing status, so you will know the dollar amount of income tax savings resulting from optimizing your married filing status.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How We\'re Different:\r\n</span></em>We have the intellectual capacity to understand complex tax law and apply those concepts for your benefit and protection by qualification as a member of Mensa.</strong>\r\n\r\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How This Benefits You:</span></strong></em>\r\n<strong>You can be sure your income tax returns reflect the lowest possible income tax because we will select with you the optimum married filing status and provide a report to inform you of the alternative filing status.</strong>\r\n\r\nMarried taxpayers have a choice to file their income tax returns on a joint-filing basis or a separate-filing basis, whichever filing status results in the lowest combined income tax.\r\n\r\nEvery income tax we prepare for married taxpayers includes a report informing you of the income tax implications of filing status, so you will know the dollar amount of income tax savings resulting from optimizing your married filing status.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n ','Tax Reduction Measures','','inherit','closed','closed','','50-revision-v1','','','2016-12-30 01:48:05','2016-12-30 01:48:05','',50,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/50-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(212,1,'2016-12-30 01:49:43','2016-12-30 01:49:43','<strong>This Page Undergoing Update</strong>','Tax Penalty Avoidance','','inherit','closed','closed','','54-revision-v1','','','2016-12-30 01:49:43','2016-12-30 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the expertise to use leading edge <strong>income tax reduction and planning strategies</strong>, <strong>income tax penalty avoidance</strong> and use <strong>income tax audit deterrence measures</strong> in preparing your income tax returns. We pioneered our unique combination of expanded numerical and narrative content in your income tax returns as an effective strategy to deter income tax audits.\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Specialists Experts in Income Taxes and Accounting</strong></span></h4>\nWe\'re specialists in personal and business income tax services and related accounting issues which bear on your income taxes. We do not dilute our attention on distractions to take advantage of our relationship to act as real estate agents, insurance brokers, securities salespeople, notaries, mortgage brokers, secretarial services or other sidelines. We\'re dedicated to relevant fields of related endeavors to assist you in meeting your goals, in part, as dedicated experts and specialists in income tax reduction, income tax audit deterrence, income tax penalty avoidance and income tax return preparation.\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Experts in Both Individuals and Small Businesses</strong></span></h4>\nOur income tax services cover both individuals and small businesses. Both individual and business income tax returns are very thoroughly prepared with special attention to <strong>avoiding any questions or mysteries on your income tax returns, which might trigger an otherwise preventable income tax audit.</strong>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Why Income Tax Audit Deterrence Matters</strong></span></h4>\nGenerally, most tax preparers have everything to gain by ignoring tax audit deterrence measures because they are expecting to be engaged to assist the taxpayer in the audit process, requiring substantial fees. By contrast, we would rather prepare thorough tax returns at the outset than defend a poorly-prepared tax return in an IRS audit. That way, we are always operating in our client\'s best interests, with no conflicts based on fee revenue.\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Small Business Specialists with Small Business Experience</strong></span></h4>\nWe are small business specialists. We have gained our experience in small business CPA firms before launching our own firm over 30 years ago, so our training, orientation and experience are all consistently relevant to your small business.\n\nBeware of CPAs who brag about large \"big-4\" CPA firm backgrounds in an attempt to create a false marketing strategy to impress small business owners. Just the opposite is true. Most clients of large big-4 CPA firms are usually themselves large or international corporations which require sophisticated solutions and can afford the resultant exotic fee structure. Large CPA firm experience is NOT relevant to small businesses.\n\nOur specialized income tax services for small businesses include corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships and sole proprietors. Our clients range from emerging companies to established multimillion dollar corporations in a full range of industry types, including manufacturing, distribution, the trades, retail stores, services and the professions.\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Pioneers of Audit Deterrence Measures</span></strong></h4>\nOur tax returns have historically had a very favorable acceptance rate with the IRS and the state taxing agencies because we are absolutely determined to be thorough and accurate in our income tax preparation procedures.\n\nWe leave nothing to chance, take no reckless risks for exposing potential areas open to question, fully explain and support the tax positions we adopt so the IRS and state taxing agencies realize we have the tax law and theory researched and properly applied to our clients tax issues. In many cases we cite tax law and court cases in the return itself.\n\nWe take the initiative to disclose an extraordinary level of detail in the numerical content of your tax returns and back it up with carefully written narrative supplemental information, presented in advance, thus reducing the need for the IRS to have to audit the returns to determine if the correct tax treatment was used and if the correct numbers were properly classified.\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Comprehensive Tax Reduction Measures</strong></span></h4>\nMoreover, we have the knowhow to inquire about potential tax reduction issues and evaluate their relevance to your specific income tax situation, so you\'ll know in advance that your income taxes have been prepared in accordance with the latest tax laws and regulations to keep you safe from IRS audit harassment techniques and to minimize your tax burden at the same time. Moreover, your income tax returns will be prepared with the greatest care in protecting you from the menace of preventable IRS income tax penalties whenever possible.\n<h4>Tax Preparer Professional Education Requirements Superior to CPAs</h4>\nYour tax returns will be prepared by a California Registered Tax Preparer (CRTP), covered by a performance bond, which CPAs in California do not offer. Also, CPAs are not required to update their income tax knowledge and stay current with continuing professional income tax education to renew their CPA license. CPAs are required to complete 80 hours of education every two years, but none of it is required to involve income taxation. By contrast, CRTPs are required to renew their California state registration every year, required to maintain a consumer protection bond, and are required to complete a minimum of 20 hours of tax education to qualify for renewal. Learn more...\n\nYour Taxes Will Be Prepared in Orange County (OC), CA\n(Not in India or the Philippines)\n\nYour income tax returns will NOT be outsourced for preparation to foreign countries. Many tax preparers do so without disclosing that fact to their clients. By contract, all your income tax work will be prepared on a hands-on basis in Orange County (OC) by the principal of the firm, Tom Kalajian, who has earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting, has expertise in over 92 industries, and is broadly experienced as a seasoned, proven tax professional, an accredited business appraiser and a qualified profit improvement specialist.\n\nWe employ no junior staff or delegate income tax preparation to other preparers. There are no levels of management or bureaucratic quagmires to go through. You will have direct and responsive access to your tax professional without delay or diversions.\n\nChoice of Service Levels\n\nWe offer a range of service options which are priced according to the level of service you prefer. At the same time, we are not the low cost leader, as our work is thorough, competent, tax efficient and resistant to both preventable penalties and include cutting edge audit deterrent measures.\n\nSmall Firm Size Keeps Service Quality High\n\nTo keep our service and responsiveness at the highest levels, we limit our client base to an optimum work load level of not more than 100 income tax clients, where we are not overloaded with low end income tax returns and overwhelm ourselves, thereby causing poor service and support to the entire base of clients we value.\n\nIs Our Fit, Feel and Philosophy Right for You?\n\nShould you decide that our small firm fits with what you have in mind, you can rest assured we will cherish your patronage and treat you with dignity and respect, as ladies and gentlemen serving ladies and gentlemen.\n\nAlthough we\'re based in Orange County (OC), CA, we do provide effective services throughout Southern California and beyond, including clients who live and work outside California.\n\nFor more information, please feel welcome to simply call (949) 583 1040 and ask for Tom. We\'d be delighted to hear from you.','What\'s Unique About Us?','','inherit','closed','closed','','60-autosave-v1','','','2016-12-30 16:24:19','2016-12-30 16:24:19','',60,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/60-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(216,1,'2016-12-30 16:25:54','2016-12-30 16:25:54','With over 30 years experience as income tax specialists for individuals and small business owners, we have the expertise to use leading edge <strong>income tax reduction and planning strategies</strong>, <strong>income tax penalty avoidance</strong> and use <strong>income tax audit deterrence measures</strong> in preparing your income tax returns. We pioneered our unique combination of expanded numerical and narrative content in your income tax returns as an effective strategy to deter income tax audits.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Specialists Experts in Income Taxes and Accounting</strong></span></h4>\r\nWe\'re specialists in personal and business income tax services and related accounting issues which bear on your income taxes. We do not dilute our attention on distractions to take advantage of our relationship to act as real estate agents, insurance brokers, securities salespeople, notaries, mortgage brokers, secretarial services or other sidelines. We\'re dedicated to relevant fields of related endeavors to assist you in meeting your goals, in part, as dedicated experts and specialists in income tax reduction, income tax audit deterrence, income tax penalty avoidance and income tax return preparation.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Experts in Both Individuals and Small Businesses</strong></span></h4>\r\nOur income tax services cover both individuals and small businesses. Both individual and business income tax returns are very thoroughly prepared with special attention to <strong>avoiding any questions or mysteries on your income tax returns, which might trigger an otherwise preventable income tax audit.</strong>\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Why Income Tax Audit Deterrence Matters</strong></span></h4>\r\nGenerally, most tax preparers have everything to gain by ignoring tax audit deterrence measures because they are expecting to be engaged to assist the taxpayer in the audit process, requiring substantial fees. By contrast, we would rather prepare thorough tax returns at the outset than defend a poorly-prepared tax return in an IRS audit. That way, we are always operating in our client\'s best interests, with no conflicts based on fee revenue.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Small Business Specialists with Small Business Experience</strong></span></h4>\r\nWe are small business specialists. We have gained our experience in small business CPA firms before launching our own firm over 30 years ago, so our training, orientation and experience are all consistently relevant to your small business.\r\n\r\nBeware of CPAs who brag about large \"big-4\" CPA firm backgrounds in an attempt to create a false marketing strategy to impress small business owners. Just the opposite is true. Most clients of large big-4 CPA firms are usually themselves large or international corporations which require sophisticated solutions and can afford the resultant exotic fee structure. Large CPA firm experience is NOT relevant to small businesses.\r\n\r\nOur specialized income tax services for small businesses include corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships and sole proprietors. Our clients range from emerging companies to established multimillion dollar corporations in a full range of industry types, including manufacturing, distribution, the trades, retail stores, services and the professions.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Pioneers of Audit Deterrence Measures</span></strong></h4>\r\nOur tax returns have historically had a very favorable acceptance rate with the IRS and the state taxing agencies because we are absolutely determined to be thorough and accurate in our income tax preparation procedures.\r\n\r\nWe leave nothing to chance, take no reckless risks for exposing potential areas open to question, fully explain and support the tax positions we adopt so the IRS and state taxing agencies realize we have the tax law and theory researched and properly applied to our clients tax issues. In many cases we cite tax law and court cases in the return itself.\r\n\r\nWe take the initiative to disclose an extraordinary level of detail in the numerical content of your tax returns and back it up with carefully written narrative supplemental information, presented in advance, thus reducing the need for the IRS to have to audit the returns to determine if the correct tax treatment was used and if the correct numbers were properly classified.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Comprehensive Tax Reduction Measures</strong></span></h4>\r\nMoreover, we have the knowhow to inquire about potential tax reduction issues and evaluate their relevance to your specific income tax situation, so you\'ll know in advance that your income taxes have been prepared in accordance with the latest tax laws and regulations to keep you safe from IRS audit harassment techniques and to minimize your tax burden at the same time. Moreover, your income tax returns will be prepared with the greatest care in protecting you from the menace of preventable IRS income tax penalties whenever possible.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Tax Preparer Professional Education Requirements Superior to CPAs</span></strong></h4>\r\nYour tax returns will be prepared by a California Registered Tax Preparer (CRTP), covered by a performance bond, which CPAs in California do not offer. Also, CPAs are not required to update their income tax knowledge and stay current with continuing professional income tax education to renew their CPA license. CPAs are required to complete 80 hours of education every two years, but none of it is required to involve income taxation. By contrast, CRTPs are required to renew their California state registration every year, required to maintain a consumer protection bond, and are required to complete a minimum of 20 hours of tax education to qualify for renewal. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/crtp-vs-cpa/\">Learn more...</a></span>\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Your Taxes Will Be Prepared in Orange County (OC), CA</strong></span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong> (Not in India or the Philippines)</strong></span></h4>\r\nYour income tax returns will NOT be outsourced for preparation to foreign countries. Many tax preparers do so without disclosing that fact to their clients. By contract, all your income tax work will be prepared on a hands-on basis in Orange County (OC) by the principal of the firm, Tom Kalajian, who has earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting, has expertise in over 92 industries, and is broadly experienced as a seasoned, proven tax professional, an accredited business appraiser and a qualified profit improvement specialist.\r\n\r\nWe employ no junior staff or delegate income tax preparation to other preparers. There are no levels of management or bureaucratic quagmires to go through. You will have direct and responsive access to your tax professional without delay or diversions.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Choice of Service Levels</strong></span></h4>\r\nWe offer a range of service options which are priced according to the level of service you prefer. At the same time, we are not the low cost leader, as our work is thorough, competent, tax efficient and resistant to both preventable penalties and include cutting edge audit deterrent measures.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Small Firm Size Keeps Service Quality High</strong></span></h4>\r\nTo keep our service and responsiveness at the highest levels, we limit our client base to an optimum work load level of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>not more than 100 income tax clients</strong></span>, where we are not overloaded with low end income tax returns and overwhelm ourselves, thereby causing poor service and support to the entire base of clients we value.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Is Our Fit, Feel and Philosophy Right for You?</strong></span></h4>\r\nShould you decide that our small firm fits with what you have in mind, you can rest assured we will cherish your patronage and treat you with dignity and respect, as ladies and gentlemen serving ladies and gentlemen.\r\n\r\nAlthough we\'re based in Orange County (OC), CA, we do provide effective services throughout Southern California and beyond, including clients who live and work outside California.\r\n\r\nFor more information, please feel welcome to <strong>simply call (949) 583 1040 and ask for Tom</strong>. We\'d be delighted to hear from you.','What\'s Unique About Us?','','inherit','closed','closed','','60-revision-v1','','','2016-12-30 16:25:54','2016-12-30 16:25:54','',60,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/60-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(217,1,'2016-12-30 16:30:03','2016-12-30 16:30:03','<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Which Designation Is a Better Choice for Your Income Tax Services?\n</span>\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>CRTP Professional Education Requirements Compared to CPAs</strong></span></h4>\nYour tax returns will be prepared by a California Registered Tax Preparer (CRTP), who has undergone a rigorous course curriculum and an examination specifically geared to federal and California income tax law, procedure and preparation. CPAs take a 4 hour exam on federal taxation only, only once in their career, and the examination does not include California tax law or procedure.\n\nCPAs are not required to update their income tax knowledge and stay current with continuing professional income tax education to renew their CPA license. CPAs are required to complete 80 hours of education every two years, but none of it is required to involve either federal or California income taxation.\n\nBy contrast, CRTPs are required to renew their California state registration every year and are required to complete a minimum of 20 hours of tax education, involving both federal and California tax laws and procedure, to qualify for renewal. Registration must be completed and renewed every year.\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>CRTP Professional Client Protection Compared to CPAs</strong></span></h4>\nYour tax returns will be prepared by a California Registered Tax Preparer (CRTP), covered by a $5,000 consumer protection bond, which CPAs do not offer.\n\nIn the event of an incompetent CPA, no performance bond is available to compensate a client who has wrongfully suffered damages.\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>CRTP Professional Service Choices Compared to CPAs</strong></span></h4>\nYour tax returns will be prepared by a California Registered Tax Preparer (CRTP), who is not prohibited by restrictive CPA regulations to provide a wide variety of services with flexible compensation options for your convenience. CRTPs may engage in coordinated services such as insurance coverage, investment advice through licensing, and financial planning without having arbitrary licensing conflicts as do CPAs.\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>CRTP Income Tax Specialization Compared to CPAs</strong></span></h4>\nYour tax returns will be prepared by a California Registered Tax Preparer (CRTP), who is an income tax specialist. By contrast, CPAs are not required to be income tax specialists, usually have taken only only course in federal taxation in college, have only one section of the CPA examination relating to federal taxation, and may engage in a broad variety of accounting matters not related to income taxation. Many CPAs are not tax accountants and are not income tax specialists. By contrast, CRTPs are specifically trained and registered annually on income tax matters, both federal and California, to qualify for re-registration.\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>What\'s a CRTP?</strong></span></h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>CRTP Professional Income Tax Designation</strong></span></h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">C</span>TEC <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">R</span>egistered <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">T</span>ax <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">P</span>reparer (CRTP)</strong></span></h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>CTEC, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">C</span>alifornia <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">T</span>ax <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">E</span>ducation <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">C</span>ouncil</strong></span></h5>\nThe <strong>California Tax Education Council</strong> (CTEC) was authorized by the State of California in 1997 to register and administer professional tax preparers in California. Only California and Oregon have such agencies to administer and monitor continuing professional education programs for tax professionals not otherwise administered by other agencies.\n\nThe designation authorized by CTEC is the CTEC Registered Tax Preparer accreditation (CRTP), which must be updated annually through renewal of both a $5,000 bond and proof of completion of 20 hours of authorized continuing professional education in specifically-approved tax courses.\n\nCPAs are not required to complete any continuing education courses in taxation whatsoever, regardless of their practice specialty or marketing their materials.\n\nThomas Kalajian has satisfied these requirements continuously since 2001, and has consistently scored in the top 5% on his qualifying education test scores.','CRTP or CPA?','','inherit','closed','closed','','62-autosave-v1','','','2016-12-30 16:30:03','2016-12-30 16:30:03','',62,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/62-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(218,1,'2016-12-30 16:30:53','2016-12-30 16:30:53','<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Which Designation Is a Better Choice for Your Income Tax Services?\r\n</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>CRTP Professional Education Requirements Compared to CPAs</strong></span></h4>\r\nYour tax returns will be prepared by a California Registered Tax Preparer (CRTP), who has undergone a rigorous course curriculum and an examination specifically geared to federal and California income tax law, procedure and preparation. CPAs take a 4 hour exam on federal taxation only, only once in their career, and the examination does not include California tax law or procedure.\r\n\r\nCPAs are not required to update their income tax knowledge and stay current with continuing professional income tax education to renew their CPA license. CPAs are required to complete 80 hours of education every two years, but none of it is required to involve either federal or California income taxation.\r\n\r\nBy contrast, CRTPs are required to renew their California state registration every year and are required to complete a minimum of 20 hours of tax education, involving both federal and California tax laws and procedure, to qualify for renewal. Registration must be completed and renewed every year.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>CRTP Professional Client Protection Compared to CPAs</strong></span></h4>\r\nYour tax returns will be prepared by a California Registered Tax Preparer (CRTP), covered by a $5,000 consumer protection bond, which CPAs do not offer.\r\n\r\nIn the event of an incompetent CPA, no performance bond is available to compensate a client who has wrongfully suffered damages.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>CRTP Professional Service Choices Compared to CPAs</strong></span></h4>\r\nYour tax returns will be prepared by a California Registered Tax Preparer (CRTP), who is not prohibited by restrictive CPA regulations to provide a wide variety of services with flexible compensation options for your convenience. CRTPs may engage in coordinated services such as insurance coverage, investment advice through licensing, and financial planning without having arbitrary licensing conflicts as do CPAs.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>CRTP Income Tax Specialization Compared to CPAs</strong></span></h4>\r\nYour tax returns will be prepared by a California Registered Tax Preparer (CRTP), who is an income tax specialist. By contrast, CPAs are not required to be income tax specialists, usually have taken only only course in federal taxation in college, have only one section of the CPA examination relating to federal taxation, and may engage in a broad variety of accounting matters not related to income taxation. Many CPAs are not tax accountants and are not income tax specialists. By contrast, CRTPs are specifically trained and registered annually on income tax matters, both federal and California, to qualify for re-registration.\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>What\'s a CRTP?</strong></span></h2>\r\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>CRTP Professional Income Tax Designation</strong></span></h5>\r\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">C</span>TEC <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">R</span>egistered <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">T</span>ax <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">P</span>reparer (CRTP)</strong></span></h5>\r\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>CTEC, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">C</span>alifornia <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">T</span>ax <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">E</span>ducation <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">C</span>ouncil</strong></span></h5>\r\nThe <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>California Tax Education Council</strong></span> (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.ctec.org/\" target=\"_blank\">CTEC</a></span>) was authorized by the State of California in 1997 to register and administer professional tax preparers in California. Only California and Oregon have such agencies to administer and monitor continuing professional education programs for tax professionals not otherwise administered by other agencies.\r\n\r\nThe designation authorized by CTEC is the <strong>CTEC Registered Tax Preparer</strong> accreditation (CRTP), which must be updated annually through renewal of both a $5,000 bond and proof of completion of 20 hours of authorized continuing professional education in specifically-approved tax courses.\r\n\r\n<em>CPAs are not required to complete any continuing education courses in taxation whatsoever, regardless of their practice specialty or marketing their materials.</em>\r\n\r\nThomas Kalajian has satisfied these requirements continuously since 2001, and has consistently scored in the top 5% on his qualifying education test scores.','CRTP or CPA?','','inherit','closed','closed','','62-revision-v1','','','2016-12-30 16:30:53','2016-12-30 16:30:53','',62,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/62-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(219,1,'2016-12-30 16:31:31','2016-12-30 16:31:31','<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080; font-weight:500;\">Which Designation Is a Better Choice for Your Income Tax Services?\r\n</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>CRTP Professional Education Requirements Compared to CPAs</strong></span></h4>\r\nYour tax returns will be prepared by a California Registered Tax Preparer (CRTP), who has undergone a rigorous course curriculum and an examination specifically geared to federal and California income tax law, procedure and preparation. CPAs take a 4 hour exam on federal taxation only, only once in their career, and the examination does not include California tax law or procedure.\r\n\r\nCPAs are not required to update their income tax knowledge and stay current with continuing professional income tax education to renew their CPA license. CPAs are required to complete 80 hours of education every two years, but none of it is required to involve either federal or California income taxation.\r\n\r\nBy contrast, CRTPs are required to renew their California state registration every year and are required to complete a minimum of 20 hours of tax education, involving both federal and California tax laws and procedure, to qualify for renewal. Registration must be completed and renewed every year.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>CRTP Professional Client Protection Compared to CPAs</strong></span></h4>\r\nYour tax returns will be prepared by a California Registered Tax Preparer (CRTP), covered by a $5,000 consumer protection bond, which CPAs do not offer.\r\n\r\nIn the event of an incompetent CPA, no performance bond is available to compensate a client who has wrongfully suffered damages.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>CRTP Professional Service Choices Compared to CPAs</strong></span></h4>\r\nYour tax returns will be prepared by a California Registered Tax Preparer (CRTP), who is not prohibited by restrictive CPA regulations to provide a wide variety of services with flexible compensation options for your convenience. CRTPs may engage in coordinated services such as insurance coverage, investment advice through licensing, and financial planning without having arbitrary licensing conflicts as do CPAs.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>CRTP Income Tax Specialization Compared to CPAs</strong></span></h4>\r\nYour tax returns will be prepared by a California Registered Tax Preparer (CRTP), who is an income tax specialist. By contrast, CPAs are not required to be income tax specialists, usually have taken only only course in federal taxation in college, have only one section of the CPA examination relating to federal taxation, and may engage in a broad variety of accounting matters not related to income taxation. Many CPAs are not tax accountants and are not income tax specialists. By contrast, CRTPs are specifically trained and registered annually on income tax matters, both federal and California, to qualify for re-registration.\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>What\'s a CRTP?</strong></span></h2>\r\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>CRTP Professional Income Tax Designation</strong></span></h5>\r\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">C</span>TEC <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">R</span>egistered <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">T</span>ax <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">P</span>reparer (CRTP)</strong></span></h5>\r\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>CTEC, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">C</span>alifornia <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">T</span>ax <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">E</span>ducation <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">C</span>ouncil</strong></span></h5>\r\nThe <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>California Tax Education Council</strong></span> (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.ctec.org/\" target=\"_blank\">CTEC</a></span>) was authorized by the State of California in 1997 to register and administer professional tax preparers in California. Only California and Oregon have such agencies to administer and monitor continuing professional education programs for tax professionals not otherwise administered by other agencies.\r\n\r\nThe designation authorized by CTEC is the <strong>CTEC Registered Tax Preparer</strong> accreditation (CRTP), which must be updated annually through renewal of both a $5,000 bond and proof of completion of 20 hours of authorized continuing professional education in specifically-approved tax courses.\r\n\r\n<em>CPAs are not required to complete any continuing education courses in taxation whatsoever, regardless of their practice specialty or marketing their materials.</em>\r\n\r\nThomas Kalajian has satisfied these requirements continuously since 2001, and has consistently scored in the top 5% on his qualifying education test scores.','CRTP or CPA?','','inherit','closed','closed','','62-revision-v1','','','2016-12-30 16:31:31','2016-12-30 16:31:31','',62,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/62-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(220,1,'2016-12-30 16:38:09','2016-12-30 16:38:09','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>We provide precision handcrafted income tax services, including income tax preparation, income tax reduction, income tax audit deterrence, income tax penalty avoidance services and proactive income tax planning and projection services for:</strong></p>\n\n<ul style=\"font-size: 0.9rem;\">\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>1040 individual tax returns</strong></span></li>\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>1065 Partnership tax returns</strong></span></li>\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>1120 corporate tax returns</strong></span></li>\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>LLC tax returns</strong></span></li>\n</ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>from our offices based in Orange County (OC), CA</strong></p>\n\n<ul style=\"font-size: 0.9rem;\">\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Individual income tax returns (form 1040 and California form 540)</strong>\n<ul style=\"font-size: 0.9rem;\">\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Single state income tax returns</span></li>\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Multiple state income tax returns</span></li>\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Federal only income tax returns</span></li>\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Amended income tax returns</span></li>\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Prior-year income tax returns</span></li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Corporation income tax returns</strong>\n<ul style=\"font-size: 0.9rem;\">\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">C corporation income tax returns (form 1120 and California form 100)</span></li>\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">S corporation income tax returns (form 1120S and California form 100S)</span></li>\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Amended income tax returns</span></li>\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Prior-year income tax returns</span></li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>LLC income tax returns (federal form 1065 and California form 568)</strong>\n<ul>\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Multiple members LLC income tax returns</span></li>\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Single member LLC income tax returns</span></li>\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Amended income tax returns</span></li>\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Prior-year income tax returns</span></li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Partnership income tax returns (federal form 1065 and California form 565)</strong>\n<ul>\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">General partnership income tax returns</span></li>\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Limited partnerships income tax returns</span></li>\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Amended income tax returns</span></li>\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Prior-year income tax returns</span></li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Income tax returns for all states which impose income or franchise taxes</strong>\n<ul>\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Individual income tax returns</span></li>\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Small business income tax returns</span></li>\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Amended income tax returns</span></li>\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Prior-year income tax returns</span></li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Catch up on prior year income tax returns going back to 1990</strong>\n<ul>\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Individual income tax returns</span></li>\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Small business income tax returns</span></li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Preparation of amended income tax returns</strong>\n<ul>\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Individual income tax returns (form 1040X and California form 540X)</span></li>\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Small business income tax returns</span></li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ul>','Income Tax Services','','inherit','closed','closed','','64-autosave-v1','','','2016-12-30 16:38:09','2016-12-30 16:38:09','',64,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/64-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(221,1,'2016-12-30 16:37:01','2016-12-30 16:37:01','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>We provide precision handcrafted income tax services, including income tax preparation, income tax reduction, income tax audit deterrence, income tax penalty avoidance services and proactive income tax planning and projection services for:</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>1040 individual tax returns</strong></span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>1065 Partnership tax returns</strong></span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>1120 corporate tax returns</strong></span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>LLC tax returns</strong></span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>from our offices based in Orange County (OC), CA</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Individual income tax returns (form 1040 and California form 540)</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Single state income tax returns</span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Multiple state income tax returns</span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Federal only income tax returns</span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Amended income tax returns</span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Prior-year income tax returns</span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Corporation income tax returns</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">C corporation income tax returns (form 1120 and California form 100)</span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">S corporation income tax returns (form 1120S and California form 100S)</span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Amended income tax returns</span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Prior-year income tax returns</span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>LLC income tax returns (federal form 1065 and California form 568)</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Multiple members LLC income tax returns</span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Single member LLC income tax returns</span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Amended income tax returns</span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Prior-year income tax returns</span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Partnership income tax returns (federal form 1065 and California form 565)</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">General partnership income tax returns</span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Limited partnerships income tax returns</span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Amended income tax returns</span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Prior-year income tax returns</span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Income tax returns for all states which impose income or franchise taxes</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Individual income tax returns</span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Small business income tax returns</span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Amended income tax returns</span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Prior-year income tax returns</span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Catch up on prior year income tax returns going back to 1990</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Individual income tax returns</span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Small business income tax returns</span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Preparation of amended income tax returns</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Individual income tax returns (form 1040X and California form 540X)</span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Small business income tax returns</span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>','Income Tax Services','','inherit','closed','closed','','64-revision-v1','','','2016-12-30 16:37:01','2016-12-30 16:37:01','',64,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/64-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(222,1,'2016-12-30 16:38:22','2016-12-30 16:38:22','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>We provide precision handcrafted income tax services, including income tax preparation, income tax reduction, income tax audit deterrence, income tax penalty avoidance services and proactive income tax planning and projection services for:</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<ul style=\"font-size: 0.9rem;\">\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>1040 individual tax returns</strong></span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>1065 Partnership tax returns</strong></span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>1120 corporate tax returns</strong></span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>LLC tax returns</strong></span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>from our offices based in Orange County (OC), CA</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<ul style=\"font-size: 0.9rem;\">\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Individual income tax returns (form 1040 and California form 540)</strong>\r\n<ul style=\"font-size: 0.9rem;\">\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Single state income tax returns</span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Multiple state income tax returns</span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Federal only income tax returns</span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Amended income tax returns</span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Prior-year income tax returns</span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Corporation income tax returns</strong>\r\n<ul style=\"font-size: 0.9rem;\">\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">C corporation income tax returns (form 1120 and California form 100)</span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">S corporation income tax returns (form 1120S and California form 100S)</span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Amended income tax returns</span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Prior-year income tax returns</span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>LLC income tax returns (federal form 1065 and California form 568)</strong>\r\n<ul style=\"font-size: 0.9rem;\">\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Multiple members LLC income tax returns</span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Single member LLC income tax returns</span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Amended income tax returns</span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Prior-year income tax returns</span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Partnership income tax returns (federal form 1065 and California form 565)</strong>\r\n<ul style=\"font-size: 0.9rem;\">\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">General partnership income tax returns</span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Limited partnerships income tax returns</span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Amended income tax returns</span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Prior-year income tax returns</span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Income tax returns for all states which impose income or franchise taxes</strong>\r\n<ul style=\"font-size: 0.9rem;\">\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Individual income tax returns</span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Small business income tax returns</span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Amended income tax returns</span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Prior-year income tax returns</span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Catch up on prior year income tax returns going back to 1990</strong>\r\n<ul style=\"font-size: 0.9rem;\">\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Individual income tax returns</span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Small business income tax returns</span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Preparation of amended income tax returns</strong>\r\n<ul style=\"font-size: 0.9rem;\">\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Individual income tax returns (form 1040X and California form 540X)</span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Small business income tax returns</span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>','Income Tax Services','','inherit','closed','closed','','64-revision-v1','','','2016-12-30 16:38:22','2016-12-30 16:38:22','',64,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/wordpress/index.php/uncategorized/64-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(225,1,'2017-02-05 19:41:56','2017-02-05 19:41:56','<strong><img class=\"alignright\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/images/TK%20IMG_0076%20-%20adjusted%20-%20small.jpg\" alt=\"Tom\" width=\"109\" height=\"164\" />Thomas Kalajian, BS, CRTP, AVA, ABAR</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>\r\nThomas Kalajian - <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">ABAR</span>, Accredited in Business Appraisal Review</strong>, was honored with Best Accredited in Business Appraisal Review Report Award for 2010 by the nationally-recognized pioneering business valuation accrediting organization, The Institute of Business Appraisers (IBA) on June 2, 2010 at the NACVA/IBA 2010 Annual Consultants\' Conference in Miami Beach, Florida.<img class=\"alignright \" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/images/TK%20IBA%202010%20ABAR%20Award%20Plaque.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"111\" height=\"139\" />\r\n\r\nMr. Kalajian was one of the first 25 graduates to earn this advanced business valuation designation in 2009. His qualifying report scored by the Qualifications Review Committee included nuances which the Committee later adopted as Best Practices for proposed professional standards for review reporting.\r\n\r\n<strong>\r\nThomas Kalajian - <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">ABAR</span>, Accredited in Business Appraisal Review, 2009</strong>. This advanced business valuation credential is conferred by the Institute of Business Appraisers. It requires a 4-day rigorous full emersion workshop, examination, experience, pre-existing nationally-recognized business valuation designation and acceptance of a qualifying appraisal review report by the ABAR Qualifications Review Committee. The Qualifications Review Committee commended Mr. Kalajian\'s qualifying appraisal review report as advancing the best practices in appraisal review.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/images/ABAR%20Certificate.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"150\" />The credential is the only one of its kind in existence among appraisal credentialing organizations. It formalizes and standardizes practices in procedures and report content and establishes the standard for all appraisal review reports. All applicants are required to sign an oath requiring adherence to ethical standards specific to the responsibility conferred to holders of this credential. Mr. Kalajian was among the first 25 accredited ABARs in existence.\r\n\r\n<strong>Thomas Kalajian - <a href=\"/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/crtp-vs-cpa/\">CRTP</a>, CTEC Registered Tax Preparer</strong>, Registration of California Tax Professionals by CTEC, California Tax Education Council and designated as a registered tax preparer by the Internal Revenue Service. Qualified professionals are awarded the designation of CRTP, which requires completion of comprehensive qualifying eligibility requirements, and thereafter, 20 hours of professional continuing education in taxation annually.<img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/images/CTEC%20logo,%20cropped.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"100\" />\r\n\r\nThomas Kalajian\'s firm also provides Compiled financial statements and a broad spectrum of other financial services for individuals and privately-held businesses incorporating the accumulated experience of over 30 years in continuous operation of his firm.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/AVA%20Certificate,%20landscape.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" />Thomas Kalajian - <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">AVA</span>, Accredited Valuation Analyst.</strong> This new business valuation credential is requires the most rigorous education, testing and experience requirements of the national credentialing organization, the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts.\r\n\r\nMore demanding than NACVA\'s original CVA credential, the AVA credential requires a 4 year university degree in finance and accounting, 2 years experience in valuation methodologies, and practical knowledge in the business valuation field.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/TK%20BS%20Degree.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"154\" />Thomas Kalajian - Bachelor of Science, BS</strong>, degree in Business Administration. Mr. Kalajian\'s university education included successful studies in physics, chemistry and a major in business administration with a concentration in accounting.\r\n\r\nThe accountancy curriculum included Managerial Accounting, Cost Accounting, Intermediate Accounting, Advanced Accounting, Financial Auditing, Business Law and Federal Taxation. In addition, course work included Marketing, Finance, Statistical Analysis, Business Communications and both Micro- and Macro-Economics.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/TK%20Mensa%20certificate.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"153\" />Thomas Kalajian - Mensa.</strong> American Mensa is part of an international membership society of individuals with IQs among the highest 2% of the population.\r\nIndividuals can apply for membership through the process of examination with qualifying scores, or become eligible for membership through other acceptable qualifying scores in equivalency examinations administered by any of the military branches of service.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/TK%20Dog%20Tag.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"74\" />Thomas Kalajian - Viet Nam Veteran.</strong> Thomas fulfilled his military duty, serving in Viet Nam in the U.S. Army Signal Corps beginning in 1968. He graduated with honors from Signal School in 5th echelon multiplex radio repair as a Specialist 4th Class and an expert marksman with a Sharpshooter medal. His last duty assignment before honorable discharge was the Transportation Coordinator of I Corps quadrant, headquartered in Nha Trang, Viet Nam.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Tk%20at%20OCN%20anchor%20desk,%20ver%20a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"164\" />Thomas Kalajian - Television Broadcast Correspondent For 10 Years.</strong> Shown at the broadcast studios of OCN at the news anchor desk, Mr. Kalajian volunteered over 10 years of service to the Orange County (OC) California community from 1991 through 2001 by providing tax and management tips as the field correspondent for OCN, (Orange County (OC) Newschannel) Orange County (OC)\'s 24-hour cable news channel.\r\n\r\nOCN reached a base of over 2 million viewers in Orange County (OC), and Mr. Kalajian\'s broadcasts were consistently one of the highest rated segments based on favorable viewer telephone calls.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Focus%20TK%20Cert.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"151\" />Thomas Kalajian - Profit Improvement Specialist.</strong> Documented here also is Mr. Kalajian\'s career accomplishments from accounting graduate in 1971, to Certified Public Accountant, CPA, for over 25 years from 1975 to 2001, his commitment to intensive training in business development strategies beginning in 1995, his California state registered tax designation as a CRTP in 2001, and his further expansion to his valuation designation as an AVA in 2002 for preparing formal certified business valuation appraisal reports.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/SBN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"202\" />Thomas Kalajian - Business Leader.</strong> Included as well is documentation showing his life-long commitment of service to the public, to his country during his military service and his pursuit of personal and professional excellence, traditional family values and high moral, committed to his professional mission and enduring core values.\r\nShown here is a plaque of appreciation to Tom Kalajian for his involvement as a member of the Board of Directors of the Small Business Network in Orange County (OC).','Tom\'s Qualifications','','inherit','closed','closed','','74-revision-v1','','','2017-02-05 19:41:56','2017-02-05 19:41:56','',74,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/uncategorized/74-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(226,1,'2017-02-05 19:42:48','2017-02-05 19:42:48','<strong><img class=\"alignright\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/images/TK%20IMG_0076%20-%20adjusted%20-%20small.jpg\" alt=\"Tom\" width=\"109\" height=\"164\" />Thomas Kalajian, BS, CRTP, AVA, ABAR</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>\r\nThomas Kalajian - <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">ABAR</span>, Accredited in Business Appraisal Review</strong>, was honored with Best Accredited in Business Appraisal Review Report Award for 2010 by the nationally-recognized pioneering business valuation accrediting organization, The Institute of Business Appraisers (IBA) on June 2, 2010 at the NACVA/IBA 2010 Annual Consultants\' Conference in Miami Beach, Florida.<img class=\"alignright \" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/images/TK%20IBA%202010%20ABAR%20Award%20Plaque.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"111\" height=\"139\" />\r\n\r\nMr. Kalajian was one of the first 25 graduates to earn this advanced business valuation designation in 2009. His qualifying report scored by the Qualifications Review Committee included nuances which the Committee later adopted as Best Practices for proposed professional standards for review reporting.\r\n\r\n<strong>\r\nThomas Kalajian - <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">ABAR</span>, Accredited in Business Appraisal Review, 2009</strong>. This advanced business valuation credential is conferred by the Institute of Business Appraisers. It requires a 4-day rigorous full emersion workshop, examination, experience, pre-existing nationally-recognized business valuation designation and acceptance of a qualifying appraisal review report by the ABAR Qualifications Review Committee. The Qualifications Review Committee commended Mr. Kalajian\'s qualifying appraisal review report as advancing the best practices in appraisal review.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/images/ABAR%20Certificate.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"150\" />The credential is the only one of its kind in existence among appraisal credentialing organizations. It formalizes and standardizes practices in procedures and report content and establishes the standard for all appraisal review reports. All applicants are required to sign an oath requiring adherence to ethical standards specific to the responsibility conferred to holders of this credential. Mr. Kalajian was among the first 25 accredited ABARs in existence.\r\n\r\n<strong>Thomas Kalajian - <a href=\"/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/crtp-vs-cpa/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">CRTP</a>, CTEC Registered Tax Preparer</strong>, Registration of California Tax Professionals by CTEC, California Tax Education Council and designated as a registered tax preparer by the Internal Revenue Service. Qualified professionals are awarded the designation of CRTP, which requires completion of comprehensive qualifying eligibility requirements, and thereafter, 20 hours of professional continuing education in taxation annually.<img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/images/CTEC%20logo,%20cropped.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"100\" />\r\n\r\nThomas Kalajian\'s firm also provides Compiled financial statements and a broad spectrum of other financial services for individuals and privately-held businesses incorporating the accumulated experience of over 30 years in continuous operation of his firm.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/AVA%20Certificate,%20landscape.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" />Thomas Kalajian - <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">AVA</span>, Accredited Valuation Analyst.</strong> This new business valuation credential is requires the most rigorous education, testing and experience requirements of the national credentialing organization, the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts.\r\n\r\nMore demanding than NACVA\'s original CVA credential, the AVA credential requires a 4 year university degree in finance and accounting, 2 years experience in valuation methodologies, and practical knowledge in the business valuation field.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/TK%20BS%20Degree.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"154\" />Thomas Kalajian - Bachelor of Science, BS</strong>, degree in Business Administration. Mr. Kalajian\'s university education included successful studies in physics, chemistry and a major in business administration with a concentration in accounting.\r\n\r\nThe accountancy curriculum included Managerial Accounting, Cost Accounting, Intermediate Accounting, Advanced Accounting, Financial Auditing, Business Law and Federal Taxation. In addition, course work included Marketing, Finance, Statistical Analysis, Business Communications and both Micro- and Macro-Economics.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/TK%20Mensa%20certificate.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"153\" />Thomas Kalajian - Mensa.</strong> American Mensa is part of an international membership society of individuals with IQs among the highest 2% of the population.\r\nIndividuals can apply for membership through the process of examination with qualifying scores, or become eligible for membership through other acceptable qualifying scores in equivalency examinations administered by any of the military branches of service.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/TK%20Dog%20Tag.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"74\" />Thomas Kalajian - Viet Nam Veteran.</strong> Thomas fulfilled his military duty, serving in Viet Nam in the U.S. Army Signal Corps beginning in 1968. He graduated with honors from Signal School in 5th echelon multiplex radio repair as a Specialist 4th Class and an expert marksman with a Sharpshooter medal. His last duty assignment before honorable discharge was the Transportation Coordinator of I Corps quadrant, headquartered in Nha Trang, Viet Nam.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Tk%20at%20OCN%20anchor%20desk,%20ver%20a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"164\" />Thomas Kalajian - Television Broadcast Correspondent For 10 Years.</strong> Shown at the broadcast studios of OCN at the news anchor desk, Mr. Kalajian volunteered over 10 years of service to the Orange County (OC) California community from 1991 through 2001 by providing tax and management tips as the field correspondent for OCN, (Orange County (OC) Newschannel) Orange County (OC)\'s 24-hour cable news channel.\r\n\r\nOCN reached a base of over 2 million viewers in Orange County (OC), and Mr. Kalajian\'s broadcasts were consistently one of the highest rated segments based on favorable viewer telephone calls.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Focus%20TK%20Cert.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"151\" />Thomas Kalajian - Profit Improvement Specialist.</strong> Documented here also is Mr. Kalajian\'s career accomplishments from accounting graduate in 1971, to Certified Public Accountant, CPA, for over 25 years from 1975 to 2001, his commitment to intensive training in business development strategies beginning in 1995, his California state registered tax designation as a CRTP in 2001, and his further expansion to his valuation designation as an AVA in 2002 for preparing formal certified business valuation appraisal reports.\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/SBN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"202\" />Thomas Kalajian - Business Leader.</strong> Included as well is documentation showing his life-long commitment of service to the public, to his country during his military service and his pursuit of personal and professional excellence, traditional family values and high moral, committed to his professional mission and enduring core values.\r\nShown here is a plaque of appreciation to Tom Kalajian for his involvement as a member of the Board of Directors of the Small Business Network in Orange County (OC).','Tom\'s Qualifications','','inherit','closed','closed','','74-revision-v1','','','2017-02-05 19:42:48','2017-02-05 19:42:48','',74,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/uncategorized/74-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(227,1,'2017-02-05 19:46:20','2017-02-05 19:46:20','<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Provident Financial Services, Inc.</strong></span></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">For Confidential Complimentary Consultation Please Call</span></strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 21px;\"> (949) 583 1040 ∙ (877) 412 1040</span></strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> Please ask for Tom or Kathy</span></strong></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Secure Correspondence: U.S. P.O. Box 1120, Lake Forest, Orange County, CA, 92609-1120</strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/images/Kathy%2002.bmp\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"283\" /><a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/about-us/kathys-qualifications/\">Kathy Kalajian</a>\r\nE-mail <a href=\"mailto:Kathy@ProvidentFinancialServices.us?subject=Inquiry About Your Services\">Kathy</a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/Certified%20QuickBooks%20Pro%20Advisor%20logo.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"131\" height=\"97\" />Certified QuickBooks® ProAdvisor</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top:30px;\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/images/TK%20IMG_0076%20-%20adjusted%20-%20small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"352\" /><a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/about-us/toms-qualifications/\">Thomas Kalajian, BS, CRTP, AVA, ABAR</a>\r\nE-mail <a href=\"mailto:Tom@ProvidentFinancialServices.us?subject=Inquiry About Your Services\">Tom</a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Located in Orange County, California</strong>\r\n<strong> Near Bake Parkway and Jeronimo</strong></p>','Contact Us','','inherit','closed','closed','','35-revision-v1','','','2017-02-05 19:46:20','2017-02-05 19:46:20','',35,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/uncategorized/35-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(228,1,'2017-02-05 19:47:58','2017-02-05 19:47:58','<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">New Small Business Clients Tell Us About Their Distressing Experiences With Their Prior Bargain Bookkeeping and Income Tax Services</span></strong></h3>\r\nMost of our clients have had prior unsatisfactory experiences with bargain-priced bookkeepers and income tax preparers. They come to us after realizing that cutting costs for small business bookkeeping and income tax services is false economy. Bargain bookkeeping and tax services lead to wasted time, wasted money and, often, lost opportunities for not being able to make sound business decisions because their bookkeeping was either not accurate, not detailed enough, not reliable or not up to date.\r\n\r\nSavvy business owners have learned that bargain hunting is not wise for fulfilling a mission-critical business function such as bookkeeping and tax services. (And, that\'s why inexperienced small business owners usually insist on price-shopping and selecting only bargain-priced bookkeepers and tax preparers.) Because we appeal to seasoned clients, we have the privilege of serving <em><strong>fabulous</strong></em> clients who recognize and appreciate what we do for them and how we do it for over 30 years.\r\n\r\nMoreover, bargain priced bookkeepers and tax preparers don\'t know enough about basic bookkeeping and business operations to realize that they don\'t have a sustainable fee structure. That means they do not have the experience to guide you in your business because they do not know their own business structure. And, they usually do not stay in business long enough to serve you in the long term.\r\n\r\nWe have frequently seen where bargain tax services have done the following:\r\n<ul style=\"font-size: 14.4px;\">\r\n <li>Cut corners</li>\r\n <li>Poor or no documentation showing their sources of data</li>\r\n <li>Entering information which the tax payer has not furnished</li>\r\n <li>Business losses entered for non-existent businesses</li>\r\n <li>Making up deductions about which the client had no knowledge</li>\r\n <li>Tax returns not signed, or signed by someone who was not the preparer</li>\r\n <li>Omit supporting information to explain tax treatments or deductions fully</li>\r\n <li>Make frequent mistakes</li>\r\n <li>Omit, disregard or under-report legitimate deductions</li>\r\n <li>Give bad or misleading advice</li>\r\n <li>Don\'t check their work</li>\r\n <li>Use bargain or home-based software which prepared or allowed inconsistent numbers from form to form</li>\r\n <li>Do not confirm tax treatment with legitimate tax research sources</li>\r\n <li>Prepare tax returns when they have not been registered with the State of California as required</li>\r\n <li>Misapply tax law</li>\r\n <li>Use the wrong tax forms (S corporation tax entity using a C corporation forms, etc.)</li>\r\n <li>Do not coordinate the personal and business tax returns</li>\r\n <li>Unknowingly or knowingly expose the client to preventable audit exposure</li>\r\n <li>Reckless tax strategies (S corporation showing little or no salaries to shareholder-employees, etc.)</li>\r\n <li>Create or prevent penalties and interest assessments (little or no attention to estimated tax payments for the following year, etc.)</li>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/\">Learn more...</a></span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\nClients tell us that their prior unsatisfactory bookkeeping experiences include:\r\n<ul style=\"font-size: 14.4px;\">\r\n <li>Wrong or inaccurate numbers on reports or books</li>\r\n <li>Untimely or missing reports</li>\r\n <li>Fines or penalties for omitted, late or inaccurate tax returns or agency reports</li>\r\n <li>Uncertainty about accuracy of sales tax, payroll tax or workers compensation reports</li>\r\n <li>Inability to produce certified payroll</li>\r\n <li>Can\'t get straight answers to simple questions about your books</li>\r\n <li>Sudden disappearances or departures of bookkeeper</li>\r\n <li>Not sure QuickBooks is set up correctly or working properly to full capacity</li>\r\n <li>Backlogged or incomplete work</li>\r\n <li>Forced bank reconciliations (plugging in fictitious numbers to falsify the reconciliation)</li>\r\n <li>Books out of balance forcing QuickBooks to generate temporary balancing accounts</li>\r\n <li>Refusal or inability to use modern methods to save time and money</li>\r\n <li>Not keeping up to date with advances and new time-saving technology</li>\r\n <li>Continuing confusion or errors on payroll and payroll tax returns</li>\r\n <li>Business transactions from owner\'s personal expenditures, credit cards, advances, loans or lines of credit not property incorporated into business books</li>\r\n <li>Petty cash not properly established, replenished or classified on books</li>\r\n <li>Depreciation not considered or incorporated in formal reports to owners for planning</li>\r\n <li>Duplicate work or meaningless repetitive work</li>\r\n <li>Over-utilization of time-consuming Excel or Word templates to do bookkeeping or financial functions available in QuickBooks</li>\r\n <li>Unaware or under-utilization of integrated business features in QuickBooks</li>\r\n <li>Unexplained balances, transactions or accounts</li>\r\n <li>Mysterious transactions or accounts set up</li>\r\n <li>Unavailability of costs by job, department, location or division</li>\r\n <li>Expenses and costs not segregated enough to determine costs to set prices properly</li>\r\n <li>Equity balances do not agree to prior year tax returns</li>\r\n <li>Unfamiliar with accounting on the cash basis or accrual basis for tax returns</li>\r\n <li>Not sure when an accounting event has occurred, so critical transactions could be omitted or entered in the wrong year</li>\r\n <li>Unfamiliar with basic bookkeeping principles, debits and credits, balancing, error detection, checking procedures and correct reconciliation procedures</li>\r\n <li>Payroll not entered or downloaded by individual employee for proper bank reconciliations</li>\r\n <li>Unfamiliar with downloading transactions from bank or credit card accounts</li>\r\n <li>Chart of accounts too lengthy, too short or incompatible with company operating basis</li>\r\n <li>Misclassification of expenses, income, loan proceeds, loans to or from owners, purchases or leases</li>\r\n <li>Omitted transactions, including business expenses paid personally by owners</li>\r\n <li>Frequent or recurring mistakes</li>\r\n <li>Accounts receivable or accounts payable do not agree to customer or vendor records</li>\r\n <li>Backwards balances in accounts or books (negative receivables, etc.)</li>\r\n <li>Increasing reliance on outside tax preparer for answering bookkeeping questions</li>\r\n <li>Unexplained heavy workload</li>\r\n <li>Inaccurate or nonsensical reports</li>\r\n <li>Unavailable information</li>\r\n <li>Continuous excuses for unexplained or unanswered questions</li>\r\n <li>Costs or expenses improperly classified</li>\r\n <li>Late or unexplained absent work or reports</li>\r\n <li>Unusually long time required to do basic or routine tasks</li>\r\n <li>Broken promises</li>\r\n <li>Unexplained increasing billing</li>\r\n <li>Continuous problems or errors</li>\r\n <li>Diminishing responsibility for incomplete tasks or missed deadlines</li>\r\n <li>Personal problems or family issues conflicting with work assignments</li>\r\n <li>Untidy or disorganized work area, files or documents</li>\r\n <li>Missing or unavailable company files or valuable documents</li>\r\n <li>Company source documents taken off work premises</li>\r\n <li>And more...</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nWe know bookkeeping, accounting and income tax services are a mission-critical function to developing accurate financial information for running your business by the numbers. Moreover, accurate bookkeeping and accounting is critical for reducing taxes and providing reliable information to support you if your tax returns are audited.\r\n\r\nWe\'re experts in QuickBooks bookkeeping, accounting and taxes for small businesses and individuals with expertise in over 92 industries with over 30 years of experience based in Orange County (OC), California. That means we know how to accurately assess your situation and quickly formulate a cost-effective service plan to accomplish your objectives.\r\n\r\nWe believe Mr. Ruskin had the right idea when he advised the following:\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignleft size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/j0314331.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"231\" /><span style=\"line-height:1.3em;\">\"It is unwise to pay too much, but it is worse to pay too little.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"line-height:1.3em;\">When you pay too much, you lose a little money - that is all.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"line-height:1.3em;\">When you pay too little you sometimes lose everything because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"line-height:1.3em;\">The common law of business balance prohibits paying too little and getting a lot - it cannot be done.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"line-height:1.3em;\">If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run, and if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better.\"</span>\r\n\r\n<strong>John Ruskin\r\n</strong><em>(1819-1900)\r\n</em><em>British Author, Artist, Essayist and Critic</em>','For Bargain Hunters','','inherit','closed','closed','','72-revision-v1','','','2017-02-05 19:47:58','2017-02-05 19:47:58','',72,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/uncategorized/72-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(229,1,'2017-02-05 19:50:46','2017-02-05 19:50:46','<a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/helpful-information/why-businesses-fail/\" style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\">Why Businesses Fail</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/helpful-information/tax-glossary/\" style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\">Tax Glossary</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/helpful-information/economic-data/\" style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\">Economic Data</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/helpful-information/for-bargain-hunters/\" style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\">For Bargain Hunters</a>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.providentbookkeeping.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Provident Bookkeeping Services</strong></a></span></span></h5>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">No need to change your tax accountant. QuickBooks® bookkeeping services include:</p>\r\n\r\n<ul style=\"font-size: 0.9rem;\">\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">QuickBooks installation</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">QuickBooks repair and restoration</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">QuickBooks tutoring</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">QuickBooks on site services</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">QuickBooks on line services</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">Traditional bookkeeping services</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">Ongoing services</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Servicing QuickBooks users in and adjacent to Orange County (OC), California.\r\nOver 25 years of CPA experience with expertise in over 92 industries.\r\nFree consultation available</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"http://www.providentvaluationprofessionals.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Provident Valuation Professionals</strong></a></span></h5>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A business valuation firm providing business appraisal services certified by a nationally-credentialed professional to standards of three national valuation organizations:</p>\r\n\r\n<ul style=\"font-size: 0.9rem;\">\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">Institute of Business Appraisers (IBA)</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP)</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">National Association of Certified Valuation Analysis (NACVA)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We also offer legal consulting and business value enhancement services and strategies.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Our business appraisals are targeted for closely-held businesses and professional practices up to $50 million in Southern California</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"></p>','Helpful Information','','inherit','closed','closed','','47-revision-v1','','','2017-02-05 19:50:46','2017-02-05 19:50:46','',47,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/uncategorized/47-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(230,1,'2017-02-05 19:52:48','2017-02-05 19:52:48','With over 30 years experience as income tax specialists for individuals and small business owners, we have the expertise to use leading edge <strong>income tax reduction and planning strategies</strong>, <strong>income tax penalty avoidance</strong> and use <strong>income tax audit deterrence measures</strong> in preparing your income tax returns. We pioneered our unique combination of expanded numerical and narrative content in your income tax returns as an effective strategy to deter income tax audits.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Specialists Experts in Income Taxes and Accounting</strong></span></h4>\r\nWe\'re specialists in personal and business income tax services and related accounting issues which bear on your income taxes. We do not dilute our attention on distractions to take advantage of our relationship to act as real estate agents, insurance brokers, securities salespeople, notaries, mortgage brokers, secretarial services or other sidelines. We\'re dedicated to relevant fields of related endeavors to assist you in meeting your goals, in part, as dedicated experts and specialists in income tax reduction, income tax audit deterrence, income tax penalty avoidance and income tax return preparation.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Experts in Both Individuals and Small Businesses</strong></span></h4>\r\nOur income tax services cover both individuals and small businesses. Both individual and business income tax returns are very thoroughly prepared with special attention to <strong>avoiding any questions or mysteries on your income tax returns, which might trigger an otherwise preventable income tax audit.</strong>\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Why Income Tax Audit Deterrence Matters</strong></span></h4>\r\nGenerally, most tax preparers have everything to gain by ignoring tax audit deterrence measures because they are expecting to be engaged to assist the taxpayer in the audit process, requiring substantial fees. By contrast, we would rather prepare thorough tax returns at the outset than defend a poorly-prepared tax return in an IRS audit. That way, we are always operating in our client\'s best interests, with no conflicts based on fee revenue.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Small Business Specialists with Small Business Experience</strong></span></h4>\r\nWe are small business specialists. We have gained our experience in small business CPA firms before launching our own firm over 30 years ago, so our training, orientation and experience are all consistently relevant to your small business.\r\n\r\nBeware of CPAs who brag about large \"big-4\" CPA firm backgrounds in an attempt to create a false marketing strategy to impress small business owners. Just the opposite is true. Most clients of large big-4 CPA firms are usually themselves large or international corporations which require sophisticated solutions and can afford the resultant exotic fee structure. Large CPA firm experience is NOT relevant to small businesses.\r\n\r\nOur specialized income tax services for small businesses include corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships and sole proprietors. Our clients range from emerging companies to established multimillion dollar corporations in a full range of industry types, including manufacturing, distribution, the trades, retail stores, services and the professions.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Pioneers of Audit Deterrence Measures</span></strong></h4>\r\nOur tax returns have historically had a very favorable acceptance rate with the IRS and the state taxing agencies because we are absolutely determined to be thorough and accurate in our income tax preparation procedures.\r\n\r\nWe leave nothing to chance, take no reckless risks for exposing potential areas open to question, fully explain and support the tax positions we adopt so the IRS and state taxing agencies realize we have the tax law and theory researched and properly applied to our clients tax issues. In many cases we cite tax law and court cases in the return itself.\r\n\r\nWe take the initiative to disclose an extraordinary level of detail in the numerical content of your tax returns and back it up with carefully written narrative supplemental information, presented in advance, thus reducing the need for the IRS to have to audit the returns to determine if the correct tax treatment was used and if the correct numbers were properly classified.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Comprehensive Tax Reduction Measures</strong></span></h4>\r\nMoreover, we have the knowhow to inquire about potential tax reduction issues and evaluate their relevance to your specific income tax situation, so you\'ll know in advance that your income taxes have been prepared in accordance with the latest tax laws and regulations to keep you safe from IRS audit harassment techniques and to minimize your tax burden at the same time. Moreover, your income tax returns will be prepared with the greatest care in protecting you from the menace of preventable IRS income tax penalties whenever possible.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Tax Preparer Professional Education Requirements Superior to CPAs</span></strong></h4>\r\nYour tax returns will be prepared by a California Registered Tax Preparer (CRTP), covered by a performance bond, which CPAs in California do not offer. Also, CPAs are not required to update their income tax knowledge and stay current with continuing professional income tax education to renew their CPA license. CPAs are required to complete 80 hours of education every two years, but none of it is required to involve income taxation. By contrast, CRTPs are required to renew their California state registration every year, required to maintain a consumer protection bond, and are required to complete a minimum of 20 hours of tax education to qualify for renewal. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/crtp-vs-cpa/\">Learn more...</a></span>\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Your Taxes Will Be Prepared in Orange County (OC), CA</strong></span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong> (Not in India or the Philippines)</strong></span></h4>\r\nYour income tax returns will NOT be outsourced for preparation to foreign countries. Many tax preparers do so without disclosing that fact to their clients. By contract, all your income tax work will be prepared on a hands-on basis in Orange County (OC) by the principal of the firm, Tom Kalajian, who has earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting, has expertise in over 92 industries, and is broadly experienced as a seasoned, proven tax professional, an accredited business appraiser and a qualified profit improvement specialist.\r\n\r\nWe employ no junior staff or delegate income tax preparation to other preparers. There are no levels of management or bureaucratic quagmires to go through. You will have direct and responsive access to your tax professional without delay or diversions.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Choice of Service Levels</strong></span></h4>\r\nWe offer a range of service options which are priced according to the level of service you prefer. At the same time, we are not the low cost leader, as our work is thorough, competent, tax efficient and resistant to both preventable penalties and include cutting edge audit deterrent measures.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Small Firm Size Keeps Service Quality High</strong></span></h4>\r\nTo keep our service and responsiveness at the highest levels, we limit our client base to an optimum work load level of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>not more than 100 income tax clients</strong></span>, where we are not overloaded with low end income tax returns and overwhelm ourselves, thereby causing poor service and support to the entire base of clients we value.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Is Our Fit, Feel and Philosophy Right for You?</strong></span></h4>\r\nShould you decide that our small firm fits with what you have in mind, you can rest assured we will cherish your patronage and treat you with dignity and respect, as ladies and gentlemen serving ladies and gentlemen.\r\n\r\nAlthough we\'re based in Orange County (OC), CA, we do provide effective services throughout Southern California and beyond, including clients who live and work outside California.\r\n\r\nFor more information, please feel welcome to <strong>simply call (949) 583 1040 and ask for Tom</strong>. We\'d be delighted to hear from you.','What\'s Unique About Us?','','inherit','closed','closed','','60-revision-v1','','','2017-02-05 19:52:48','2017-02-05 19:52:48','',60,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/uncategorized/60-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(231,1,'2017-02-05 19:54:47','2017-02-05 19:54:47','<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Your Choice of Fees and Level of Service\r\n\r\n</span></strong></h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/tax-pricing-choices/individual-tax-pricing-choices/\"><strong>Individual Income Tax Fee Choices</strong></a></span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/tax-pricing-choices/for-business-income-tax-return-preparation/\"><strong>Business Income Tax Fee Choices</strong></a></span></span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To the best of our knowledge, we are the only firm which offers our clients a choice of pricing choices through service levels for individual and business income tax preparation services. Based on your preferences and budget, you have the choice and control on how comprehensive you want your income tax returns prepared. This is a fundamental breakthrough in the whole process of income tax preparation, where we offer you the choices of implementing which procedures you wish to include in your unique service plan.</p>\r\n\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Value Service</strong></h4>\r\nYou may choose from our no-frills <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Value Service</span>, which is approximately equivalent to most tax preparation professionals, which is generally a more comprehensive level than popular seasonal strip-mall franchise operators.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Classic Service</strong></h4>\r\nOur mid-range service level, the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Classic Service</span>, incorporates several important options and services you might find valuable. This is usually more comprehensive than low- or medium-priced services elsewhere.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Premium Select</strong></h4>\r\nOur <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Premium Select</span> service, reserved for the first 25 enrollees, includes most of our cutting-edge options which provide the greatest value and most intense personal attention to all your income tax needs, questions and concerns.','Your Taxes, Prepared Your Way','','inherit','closed','closed','','11-revision-v1','','','2017-02-05 19:54:47','2017-02-05 19:54:47','',11,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/uncategorized/11-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(232,1,'2017-02-05 19:56:22','2017-02-05 19:56:22','<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>All Services Provided Personally in California by Qualified, Bonded Income Tax Professional (CRTP) Registered with the Internal Revenue Service and the State of California.</strong></span></h6>\r\n \r\n<ul>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/tax-pricing-choices/\">Your Taxes, Prepared Your Way</a></span>\r\n<ul>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/tax-pricing-choices/individual-tax-pricing-choices/\">Individual Fee Structure, from $249</a></span></span></li>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/tax-pricing-choices/for-business-income-tax-return-preparation/\">Business Fee Structure, from $749</a></span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<em><strong>More Information to Assist in Your Selection of an Income Tax Professional</strong></em>\r\n<ul>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/tax-reduction-measures/\">Income Tax Reduction Measures</a></span></li>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/tax-audit-deterrence/\">Income Tax Audit Deterrence Measures</a></span></li>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/tax-penalty-avoidance/\">Income Tax Penalty Avoidance Measures</a></span></span></li>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/tax-preparation-measures/\">Income Tax Preparation Measures</a></span></span></li>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/tax-planning-measures/\">Income Tax Planning and Projection Measures</a></span></span></li>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/whats-unique/\">What\'s Unique About Us</a></span></li>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/crtp-vs-cpa/\">CRTP or CPA: What\'s Best for You</a></span></span></li>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/taxes/\">Scope of Income Tax Services</a></span></span></li>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/about-us/toms-qualifications/\">Tom\'s Professional Qualifications</a></span></li>\r\n</ul>','Precision Handcrafted Income Tax Returns','','inherit','closed','closed','','8-revision-v1','','','2017-02-05 19:56:22','2017-02-05 19:56:22','',8,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/uncategorized/8-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(234,1,'2018-04-18 00:25:35','2018-04-18 00:25:35','We realize your decision to choose a f<img class=\"size-medium alignright\" src=\"/images/CTEC%20logo,%20small,%20enhanced.jpg\" alt=\"CTEC logo\" width=\"99\" height=\"39\" />inancial professional is critical to the accomplishment of your objectives.\r\n\r\nBeyond mere technical qualifications, decision makers seek professionals with whom they can communicate comfortably and easily and be clearly understood without excessive effort.\r\n\r\nAt Provident, we do not regard artificial altitude, aloofness or arrogance as necessary precursors to winning the confidence of a new client. Without these ceremonial encumbrances, our relationship with clients can rise to a higher level of effectiveness and productivity.\r\n\r\nAt Provident for over 30 years, it\'s all about <strong><em>you</em></strong>. We take special care to <strong><em>listen to you</em></strong>, <em><strong>work with you</strong></em> and <em><strong>produce results for you</strong></em>.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright\" src=\"/Kathy%204.jpg\" alt=\"Kathy\" style=\"width:123px; height:155px;\" />Kathy</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>(949) 583 1040</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>QUICKBOOKS EXPERT FOR SMALL BUSINESS BOOKKEEPING IN-HOUSE AND OUTSOURCED SERVICES AND SOLUTIONS, PERSONALIZED ON-SITE TUTORING, TRAINING, ESTABLISHMENT OF BOOKKEEPING SYSTEMS AND PROCEDURES, ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION, STREAMLINING SYSTEMS AND SIMPLIFYING THROUGHPUT</strong>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"/Kathy\'s%202007%20QB%20Cert%20Pro%20Advisor%20Certificate%20copy.jpg\" alt=\"Certificate\" width=\"250\" height=\"193\" />Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor (CQP), QuickBooks qualified tutor and trainer, full-charge small business bookkeeper and expert in QuickBooks bookkeeping for small business owners, QuickBooks set up, QuickBooks clean up, QuickBooks small business bookkkeeping reconstruction, set up repair, set up or repair job costing, all within both single and multiple-user QuickBooks environments, both desk-top and on-line versions of QuickBooks, both PC and MAC versions, from QuickBooks versions 2006 through 2010.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"/photogallery/photo00025452/TK%20IMG_0076%20-%20adjusted1.jpg\" alt=\"Tom\" width=\"123\" height=\"186\" />Tom</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>(949) 583 1040</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>EXPERT IN INDIVIDUAL AND SMALL BUSINESS INCOME TAX REDUCTION, TAX PENALTY AVOIDANCE, TAX AUDIT DETERRENCE, INCOME TAX PREPARATION, SMALL BUSINESS VALUATION AND PROFIT IMPROVEMENT</strong>\r\n\r\nSmall business and individual income tax accoutant, over 25 years CPA experience in income tax reduction, audit deterrence and penalty avoidance, Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting, bonded and California Registered Tax Preparer (CRTP), Accredited Valuation Analyst (AVA), Graduate of the Results Accountants\' Boot Camp, medical practice management specialist, small business development specialist, expert in individual and small business income tax reduction, income tax audit deterrence, income tax preparation and a qualified small business Profit Improvement consultant, coach, trainer, seminar leader and author.','About Us','','inherit','closed','closed','','33-revision-v1','','','2018-04-18 00:25:35','2018-04-18 00:25:35','',33,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/uncategorized/33-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(235,1,'2018-04-18 00:26:20','2018-04-18 00:26:20','<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Provident Financial Services, Inc.</strong></span></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">For Confidential Complimentary Consultation Please Call</span></strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 21px;\"> (949) 583 1040 ∙ (877) 412 1040</span></strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> Please ask for Tom or Kathy</span></strong></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Secure Correspondence: U.S. P.O. Box 1120, Lake Forest, Orange County, CA, 92609-1120</strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-medium\" src=\"/images/Kathy%2002.bmp\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"283\" /><a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/about-us/kathys-qualifications/\">Kathy Kalajian</a>\r\nE-mail <a href=\"mailto:Kathy@ProvidentFinancialServices.us?subject=Inquiry About Your Services\">Kathy</a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-medium\" src=\"/Certified%20QuickBooks%20Pro%20Advisor%20logo.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"131\" height=\"97\" />Certified QuickBooks® ProAdvisor</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top:30px;\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"/images/TK%20IMG_0076%20-%20adjusted%20-%20small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"352\" /><a href=\"/index.php/about-us/toms-qualifications/\">Thomas Kalajian, BS, CRTP, AVA, ABAR</a>\r\nE-mail <a href=\"mailto:Tom@ProvidentFinancialServices.us?subject=Inquiry About Your Services\">Tom</a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Located in Orange County, California</strong>\r\n<strong> Near Bake Parkway and Jeronimo</strong></p>','Contact Us','','inherit','closed','closed','','35-revision-v1','','','2018-04-18 00:26:20','2018-04-18 00:26:20','',35,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/uncategorized/35-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(236,1,'2018-04-18 00:26:36','2018-04-18 00:26:36','<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Provident Professional Services, Inc.</strong></span></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">For Confidential Complimentary Consultation Please Call</span></strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 21px;\"> (949) 583 1040 ∙ (877) 412 1040</span></strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> Please ask for Tom or Kathy</span></strong></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Secure Correspondence: U.S. P.O. Box 1120, Lake Forest, Orange County, CA, 92609-1120</strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-medium\" src=\"/images/Kathy%2002.bmp\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"283\" /><a href=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/about-us/kathys-qualifications/\">Kathy Kalajian</a>\r\nE-mail <a href=\"mailto:Kathy@ProvidentFinancialServices.us?subject=Inquiry About Your Services\">Kathy</a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-medium\" src=\"/Certified%20QuickBooks%20Pro%20Advisor%20logo.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"131\" height=\"97\" />Certified QuickBooks® ProAdvisor</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top:30px;\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"/images/TK%20IMG_0076%20-%20adjusted%20-%20small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"352\" /><a href=\"/index.php/about-us/toms-qualifications/\">Thomas Kalajian, BS, CRTP, AVA, ABAR</a>\r\nE-mail <a href=\"mailto:Tom@ProvidentFinancialServices.us?subject=Inquiry About Your Services\">Tom</a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Located in Orange County, California</strong>\r\n<strong> Near Bake Parkway and Jeronimo</strong></p>','Contact Us','','inherit','closed','closed','','35-revision-v1','','','2018-04-18 00:26:36','2018-04-18 00:26:36','',35,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/uncategorized/35-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(237,1,'2018-04-18 00:27:02','2018-04-18 00:27:02','<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">New Small Business Clients Tell Us About Their Distressing Experiences With Their Prior Bargain Bookkeeping and Income Tax Services</span></strong></h3>\r\nMost of our clients have had prior unsatisfactory experiences with bargain-priced bookkeepers and income tax preparers. They come to us after realizing that cutting costs for small business bookkeeping and income tax services is false economy. Bargain bookkeeping and tax services lead to wasted time, wasted money and, often, lost opportunities for not being able to make sound business decisions because their bookkeeping was either not accurate, not detailed enough, not reliable or not up to date.\r\n\r\nSavvy business owners have learned that bargain hunting is not wise for fulfilling a mission-critical business function such as bookkeeping and tax services. (And, that\'s why inexperienced small business owners usually insist on price-shopping and selecting only bargain-priced bookkeepers and tax preparers.) Because we appeal to seasoned clients, we have the privilege of serving <em><strong>fabulous</strong></em> clients who recognize and appreciate what we do for them and how we do it for over 30 years.\r\n\r\nMoreover, bargain priced bookkeepers and tax preparers don\'t know enough about basic bookkeeping and business operations to realize that they don\'t have a sustainable fee structure. That means they do not have the experience to guide you in your business because they do not know their own business structure. And, they usually do not stay in business long enough to serve you in the long term.\r\n\r\nWe have frequently seen where bargain tax services have done the following:\r\n<ul style=\"font-size: 14.4px;\">\r\n <li>Cut corners</li>\r\n <li>Poor or no documentation showing their sources of data</li>\r\n <li>Entering information which the tax payer has not furnished</li>\r\n <li>Business losses entered for non-existent businesses</li>\r\n <li>Making up deductions about which the client had no knowledge</li>\r\n <li>Tax returns not signed, or signed by someone who was not the preparer</li>\r\n <li>Omit supporting information to explain tax treatments or deductions fully</li>\r\n <li>Make frequent mistakes</li>\r\n <li>Omit, disregard or under-report legitimate deductions</li>\r\n <li>Give bad or misleading advice</li>\r\n <li>Don\'t check their work</li>\r\n <li>Use bargain or home-based software which prepared or allowed inconsistent numbers from form to form</li>\r\n <li>Do not confirm tax treatment with legitimate tax research sources</li>\r\n <li>Prepare tax returns when they have not been registered with the State of California as required</li>\r\n <li>Misapply tax law</li>\r\n <li>Use the wrong tax forms (S corporation tax entity using a C corporation forms, etc.)</li>\r\n <li>Do not coordinate the personal and business tax returns</li>\r\n <li>Unknowingly or knowingly expose the client to preventable audit exposure</li>\r\n <li>Reckless tax strategies (S corporation showing little or no salaries to shareholder-employees, etc.)</li>\r\n <li>Create or prevent penalties and interest assessments (little or no attention to estimated tax payments for the following year, etc.)</li>\r\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/\">Learn more...</a></span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\nClients tell us that their prior unsatisfactory bookkeeping experiences include:\r\n<ul style=\"font-size: 14.4px;\">\r\n <li>Wrong or inaccurate numbers on reports or books</li>\r\n <li>Untimely or missing reports</li>\r\n <li>Fines or penalties for omitted, late or inaccurate tax returns or agency reports</li>\r\n <li>Uncertainty about accuracy of sales tax, payroll tax or workers compensation reports</li>\r\n <li>Inability to produce certified payroll</li>\r\n <li>Can\'t get straight answers to simple questions about your books</li>\r\n <li>Sudden disappearances or departures of bookkeeper</li>\r\n <li>Not sure QuickBooks is set up correctly or working properly to full capacity</li>\r\n <li>Backlogged or incomplete work</li>\r\n <li>Forced bank reconciliations (plugging in fictitious numbers to falsify the reconciliation)</li>\r\n <li>Books out of balance forcing QuickBooks to generate temporary balancing accounts</li>\r\n <li>Refusal or inability to use modern methods to save time and money</li>\r\n <li>Not keeping up to date with advances and new time-saving technology</li>\r\n <li>Continuing confusion or errors on payroll and payroll tax returns</li>\r\n <li>Business transactions from owner\'s personal expenditures, credit cards, advances, loans or lines of credit not property incorporated into business books</li>\r\n <li>Petty cash not properly established, replenished or classified on books</li>\r\n <li>Depreciation not considered or incorporated in formal reports to owners for planning</li>\r\n <li>Duplicate work or meaningless repetitive work</li>\r\n <li>Over-utilization of time-consuming Excel or Word templates to do bookkeeping or financial functions available in QuickBooks</li>\r\n <li>Unaware or under-utilization of integrated business features in QuickBooks</li>\r\n <li>Unexplained balances, transactions or accounts</li>\r\n <li>Mysterious transactions or accounts set up</li>\r\n <li>Unavailability of costs by job, department, location or division</li>\r\n <li>Expenses and costs not segregated enough to determine costs to set prices properly</li>\r\n <li>Equity balances do not agree to prior year tax returns</li>\r\n <li>Unfamiliar with accounting on the cash basis or accrual basis for tax returns</li>\r\n <li>Not sure when an accounting event has occurred, so critical transactions could be omitted or entered in the wrong year</li>\r\n <li>Unfamiliar with basic bookkeeping principles, debits and credits, balancing, error detection, checking procedures and correct reconciliation procedures</li>\r\n <li>Payroll not entered or downloaded by individual employee for proper bank reconciliations</li>\r\n <li>Unfamiliar with downloading transactions from bank or credit card accounts</li>\r\n <li>Chart of accounts too lengthy, too short or incompatible with company operating basis</li>\r\n <li>Misclassification of expenses, income, loan proceeds, loans to or from owners, purchases or leases</li>\r\n <li>Omitted transactions, including business expenses paid personally by owners</li>\r\n <li>Frequent or recurring mistakes</li>\r\n <li>Accounts receivable or accounts payable do not 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documents</li>\r\n <li>Company source documents taken off work premises</li>\r\n <li>And more...</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nWe know bookkeeping, accounting and income tax services are a mission-critical function to developing accurate financial information for running your business by the numbers. Moreover, accurate bookkeeping and accounting is critical for reducing taxes and providing reliable information to support you if your tax returns are audited.\r\n\r\nWe\'re experts in QuickBooks bookkeeping, accounting and taxes for small businesses and individuals with expertise in over 92 industries with over 30 years of experience based in Orange County (OC), California. That means we know how to accurately assess your situation and quickly formulate a cost-effective service plan to accomplish your objectives.\r\n\r\nWe believe Mr. Ruskin had the right idea when he advised the following:\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignleft size-medium\" src=\"/j0314331.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"231\" /><span style=\"line-height:1.3em;\">\"It is unwise to pay too much, but it is worse to pay too little.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"line-height:1.3em;\">When you pay too much, you lose a little money - that is all.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"line-height:1.3em;\">When you pay too little you sometimes lose everything because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"line-height:1.3em;\">The common law of business balance prohibits paying too little and getting a lot - it cannot be done.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"line-height:1.3em;\">If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run, and if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better.\"</span>\r\n\r\n<strong>John Ruskin\r\n</strong><em>(1819-1900)\r\n</em><em>British Author, Artist, Essayist and Critic</em>','For Bargain Hunters','','inherit','closed','closed','','72-revision-v1','','','2018-04-18 00:27:02','2018-04-18 00:27:02','',72,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/uncategorized/72-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(238,1,'2018-04-18 00:27:50','2018-04-18 00:27:50','<a href=\"/index.php/helpful-information/why-businesses-fail/\" style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\">Why Businesses Fail</a>\r\n<a href=\"/index.php/helpful-information/tax-glossary/\" style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\">Tax Glossary</a>\r\n<a href=\"/index.php/helpful-information/economic-data/\" style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\">Economic Data</a>\r\n<a href=\"/index.php/helpful-information/for-bargain-hunters/\" style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\">For Bargain Hunters</a>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https://www.providentbookkeeping.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Provident Bookkeeping Services</strong></a></span></span></h5>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">No need to change your tax accountant. QuickBooks® bookkeeping services include:</p>\r\n\r\n<ul style=\"font-size: 0.9rem;\">\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">QuickBooks installation</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">QuickBooks repair and restoration</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">QuickBooks tutoring</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">QuickBooks on site services</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">QuickBooks on line services</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">Traditional bookkeeping services</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">Ongoing services</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Servicing QuickBooks users in and adjacent to Orange County (OC), California.\r\nOver 25 years of CPA experience with expertise in over 92 industries.\r\nFree consultation available</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https://www.providentvaluationprofessionals.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Provident Valuation Professionals</strong></a></span></h5>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A business valuation firm providing business appraisal services certified by a nationally-credentialed professional to standards of three national valuation organizations:</p>\r\n\r\n<ul style=\"font-size: 0.9rem;\">\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">Institute of Business Appraisers (IBA)</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP)</li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\">National Association of Certified Valuation Analysis (NACVA)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We also offer legal consulting and business value enhancement services and strategies.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Our business appraisals are targeted for closely-held businesses and professional practices up to $50 million in Southern California</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"></p>','Helpful Information','','inherit','closed','closed','','47-revision-v1','','','2018-04-18 00:27:50','2018-04-18 00:27:50','',47,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/uncategorized/47-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(239,1,'2018-04-18 00:28:56','2018-04-18 00:28:56','<h3><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Small Business Profit Improvement and Business Value Enhancement</strong></span></h3>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignleft size-medium\" src=\"/photogallery/photo00025835/TK%20IMG_0076%20-%20adjusted1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"123\" height=\"186\" />Tom</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>(949) 583 1040</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>QUALIFIED EXPERT IN SMALL BUSINESS PROFIT IMPROVEMENT, VALUE ENHANCEMENT, INCREASING CASH FLOW, REDUCING DEPENDENCE OF THE BUSINESS ON THE OWNER, BUSINESS PROCESSING SYSTEMIZATION, REDUCING WASTE, IMPROVING PRODUCTIVITY AND PREPARING THE BUSINESS FOR A SUCESSFUL EXIT STRATEGY</strong>\r\n\r\nBachelor of Science degree in Accounting, Accredited Valuation Analyst (AVA), Graduate of the International Results Accountants\' Boot Camp and True North Business Development Academies for Accountants,and medical practice management specialist.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"/Boot%20Camp%20CPE%20Certificate,%20cleared.JPG\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft\" style=\"width: 150px; height: 113px;\" src=\"/photogallery/photo00025835/Boot%20Camp%20CPE%20Certificate,%20cleared.JPG\" alt=\" Certificate of Completion of Results Accounts\' Systems International Training Academy for Accountants\' Boot Camp for Small Business\" /></a>Certificate of Completion of Results Accounts\' Systems International Training Academy for Accountants\' Boot Camp for Small Business</strong>\r\n\r\nCurriculum on Small Business Development Strategic and Tactical Systems and Strategies for Profit Improvement, Business Systemization and Development of Sustainable, Unique Competive Advantages, Team Training, Adoption of a Business Culture of Excellence and Adaption to Postive Change\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<a href=\"/Focus%20TK%20Cert.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"/photogallery/photo00025835/Focus%20TK%20Cert.jpg\" alt=\"Certificate of Completion of True North International Training Academy for Expanded Boot Camp Systems and Strategies\" width=\"124\" height=\"94\" /></a><strong>Certificate of Completion of True North International Training Academy for Expanded Boot Camp Systems and Strategies</strong>\r\n\r\nEmphasizing Small Business Strategic Planning Through a Unique Process of Identifying Multiple Options for Consideration, Prioritizing the Planned Strategies and Development of Action Plans to Implement Improvements.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"/Results%20Revisited%201998.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"/photogallery/photo00025835/Results%20Revisited%201998.jpg\" alt=\"Certificate of Completion of Results Accounts\' Systems International Update Academy\" width=\"124\" height=\"93\" /></a>Certificate of Completion of Results Accounts\' Systems International Update Academy</strong>\r\n\r\nTwo-day update academy on latest releases, updates and improvements on original Boot Camp academy, including updated training videos, performance evaluation and diagnotic software, methods and techniques from Boot Camp graduate firms internationally\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"/AVA%20Certificate.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"/photogallery/photo00025835/AVA%20Certificate.jpg\" alt=\"Business Appraisal Designation as an Accredited Valuation Analyst (AVA) by the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" /></a>Business Appraisal Designation as an Accredited Valuation Analyst (AVA) by the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts</strong>\r\n\r\nThe designation of Accredited Valuation Analyst is awarded qualfied candidates who have completed a rigorous series of specific coursework, have a four-year college degree in an accounting or a business discipline, passed a rigorous examination on theory and methodology, submitted and passed qualified of a full, formal valuation report, and have earned qualified experience in a minimum of ten business valuation assignments.\r\n\r\nBusiness value is fundamentally based on the future earning power of the enterprise modified by the estimated risk associated with attaining that future earnings stream. In contemplating the performance of a business, the greater the systemization and delegation of duties, the deeper and more adept the management team, the lower the risk assessment, and the higher the value of the business.\r\n\r\nOnly those consultants qualified and knowledgable about the determination of business value can best engineer the company\'s attributes to build optimum value.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"/IBA%20Membership%20Cert.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"/photogallery/photo00025835/IBA%20Membership%20Cert.jpg\" alt=\"Certificate of Membership in the Institute of Business Appraisers\" width=\"124\" height=\"96\" /></a>Certificate of Membership in the Institute of Business Appraisers</strong>\r\n\r\nCertificate of Membership requires the member to adopt and adhere to the professional and ethical stadards of Institute, which require members to provide an ethical and professional quality work product to remain as a member in good standing.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Examples of Qualified Profit Improvement and Value Enhancement Services, Strategies and Systems for Small Business</strong></span></h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n <li>Small business profit improvement</li>\r\n <li>small business cash flow improvement</li>\r\n <li>small business sustainable competitive advantages</li>\r\n <li>small business sustainable growth strategies</li>\r\n <li>small business value enhancement</li>\r\n <li>small business organizational systems and procedures</li>\r\n <li>small business strategies to add value to the customer experience</li>\r\n <li>small business strategies to release owners from daily maintenance duties to work ON the business instead of IN the business</li>\r\n <li>increasing stability of revenue and earnings in small business enterprises</li>\r\n <li>improving differentiation of the small business compared to rivals</li>\r\n <li>maintaining a higher than average industry gross margin</li>\r\n <li>understanding the lifetime value of a customer</li>\r\n <li>setting realistic financial objectives, tracking actual performance against planned performance</li>\r\n <li>inspiring the team to get on board with a culture of excellence</li>\r\n <li>packaging and bundling products and services</li>\r\n <li>increasing the average value of the sale</li>\r\n <li>understanding the paradigm effect and how it affects the acceptance of new ideas, products, processes and markets</li>\r\n <li>increasing the frequency of customer sales</li>\r\n <li>improving the financial efficiency of operations</li>\r\n <li>establishing and tracking key performance indicators</li>\r\n <li>establishing the company\'s critical success factors</li>\r\n <li>developing and implementing an extraordinary guarantee policy for increasing the perceived value to the customer, thereby justifying higher prices, greater loyalty and sustainable competitive advantages</li>\r\n <li>nurturing the core values and vision of the founder as the company culture with the team which survives the exit of the founder</li>\r\n <li>developing and strengthening the company\'s core values</li>\r\n <li>establishing a realistic mission statement</li>\r\n <li>development and adherence to successful policies and practices</li>\r\n <li>effective telephone practices and procedures to capture sales opportunities on the spot</li>\r\n <li>learning how to let go as the owner/founder</li>\r\n <li>dealing with resistance to change amongst the team</li>\r\n <li>effective multi-media learning programs for team members and other stakeholders</li>\r\n <li>strategic planning and tactical planning with implementation support</li>\r\n <li>discovery of key frustrations of both the company\'s customers and of the industry as a whole to develop effective strategies for remedying these frustrations as a way to create extra value, sustain a premium pricing strategy and create a truly unique selling proposition which undercuts the competition\'s attempts at price cutting to gain market share</li>\r\n <li>crisis management and problems resolution</li>\r\n <li>danger condition solutions and strategies to prevent recurrence</li>\r\n <li>determination of maximum growth rate sustainable by available and constraints on working capital (preventing the company from failure due to excessive growth demands on working capital)</li>\r\n <li>restructuring debt</li>\r\n <li>improvement of cash flow</li>\r\n <li>establishing standards and measurement systems for team performance and evaluation</li>\r\n <li>organization and implementation of customer advisory board and team advisory board for gathering information, recorded and conducted off-site</li>\r\n <li>development, development, clarification and dissemination of the company\'s USP (Unique Selling Proposition)</li>\r\n <li>analysis of the industry\'s competitive attributes for determining if the industry has good or bad competitors</li>\r\n <li>analysis of industry averages for financial performance with key ratios</li>\r\n <li>analysis of 5-year trends in stability or volatility of revenue, earnings and cash flow</li>\r\n <li>key indicators upon which value is based, including Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (EBIT) and Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA)</li>\r\n <li>appropriate measures upon business value is determined and how to improve the metrics to make your small business equity increase in value and make your business more salable to the highest and best qualified buyer</li>\r\n <li>effective strategies to prepare your small business for an appropriate exit</li>\r\n <li>developing the depth in management necessary for an effective transition to an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) as an exit strategy option.</li>\r\n</ul>','Profit Improvement','','inherit','closed','closed','','30-revision-v1','','','2018-04-18 00:28:56','2018-04-18 00:28:56','',30,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/uncategorized/30-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(240,1,'2018-04-18 00:29:37','2018-04-18 00:29:37','With over 30 years experience as income tax specialists for individuals and small business owners, we have the expertise to use leading edge <strong>income tax reduction and planning strategies</strong>, <strong>income tax penalty avoidance</strong> and use <strong>income tax audit deterrence measures</strong> in preparing your income tax returns. We pioneered our unique combination of expanded numerical and narrative content in your income tax returns as an effective strategy to deter income tax audits.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Specialists Experts in Income Taxes and Accounting</strong></span></h4>\r\nWe\'re specialists in personal and business income tax services and related accounting issues which bear on your income taxes. We do not dilute our attention on distractions to take advantage of our relationship to act as real estate agents, insurance brokers, securities salespeople, notaries, mortgage brokers, secretarial services or other sidelines. We\'re dedicated to relevant fields of related endeavors to assist you in meeting your goals, in part, as dedicated experts and specialists in income tax reduction, income tax audit deterrence, income tax penalty avoidance and income tax return preparation.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Experts in Both Individuals and Small Businesses</strong></span></h4>\r\nOur income tax services cover both individuals and small businesses. Both individual and business income tax returns are very thoroughly prepared with special attention to <strong>avoiding any questions or mysteries on your income tax returns, which might trigger an otherwise preventable income tax audit.</strong>\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Why Income Tax Audit Deterrence Matters</strong></span></h4>\r\nGenerally, most tax preparers have everything to gain by ignoring tax audit deterrence measures because they are expecting to be engaged to assist the taxpayer in the audit process, requiring substantial fees. By contrast, we would rather prepare thorough tax returns at the outset than defend a poorly-prepared tax return in an IRS audit. That way, we are always operating in our client\'s best interests, with no conflicts based on fee revenue.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Small Business Specialists with Small Business Experience</strong></span></h4>\r\nWe are small business specialists. We have gained our experience in small business CPA firms before launching our own firm over 30 years ago, so our training, orientation and experience are all consistently relevant to your small business.\r\n\r\nBeware of CPAs who brag about large \"big-4\" CPA firm backgrounds in an attempt to create a false marketing strategy to impress small business owners. Just the opposite is true. Most clients of large big-4 CPA firms are usually themselves large or international corporations which require sophisticated solutions and can afford the resultant exotic fee structure. Large CPA firm experience is NOT relevant to small businesses.\r\n\r\nOur specialized income tax services for small businesses include corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships and sole proprietors. Our clients range from emerging companies to established multimillion dollar corporations in a full range of industry types, including manufacturing, distribution, the trades, retail stores, services and the professions.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Pioneers of Audit Deterrence Measures</span></strong></h4>\r\nOur tax returns have historically had a very favorable acceptance rate with the IRS and the state taxing agencies because we are absolutely determined to be thorough and accurate in our income tax preparation procedures.\r\n\r\nWe leave nothing to chance, take no reckless risks for exposing potential areas open to question, fully explain and support the tax positions we adopt so the IRS and state taxing agencies realize we have the tax law and theory researched and properly applied to our clients tax issues. In many cases we cite tax law and court cases in the return itself.\r\n\r\nWe take the initiative to disclose an extraordinary level of detail in the numerical content of your tax returns and back it up with carefully written narrative supplemental information, presented in advance, thus reducing the need for the IRS to have to audit the returns to determine if the correct tax treatment was used and if the correct numbers were properly classified.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Comprehensive Tax Reduction Measures</strong></span></h4>\r\nMoreover, we have the knowhow to inquire about potential tax reduction issues and evaluate their relevance to your specific income tax situation, so you\'ll know in advance that your income taxes have been prepared in accordance with the latest tax laws and regulations to keep you safe from IRS audit harassment techniques and to minimize your tax burden at the same time. Moreover, your income tax returns will be prepared with the greatest care in protecting you from the menace of preventable IRS income tax penalties whenever possible.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Tax Preparer Professional Education Requirements Superior to CPAs</span></strong></h4>\r\nYour tax returns will be prepared by a California Registered Tax Preparer (CRTP), covered by a performance bond, which CPAs in California do not offer. Also, CPAs are not required to update their income tax knowledge and stay current with continuing professional income tax education to renew their CPA license. CPAs are required to complete 80 hours of education every two years, but none of it is required to involve income taxation. By contrast, CRTPs are required to renew their California state registration every year, required to maintain a consumer protection bond, and are required to complete a minimum of 20 hours of tax education to qualify for renewal. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/crtp-vs-cpa/\">Learn more...</a></span>\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Your Taxes Will Be Prepared in Orange County (OC), CA</strong></span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong> (Not in India or the Philippines)</strong></span></h4>\r\nYour income tax returns will NOT be outsourced for preparation to foreign countries. Many tax preparers do so without disclosing that fact to their clients. By contract, all your income tax work will be prepared on a hands-on basis in Orange County (OC) by the principal of the firm, Tom Kalajian, who has earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting, has expertise in over 92 industries, and is broadly experienced as a seasoned, proven tax professional, an accredited business appraiser and a qualified profit improvement specialist.\r\n\r\nWe employ no junior staff or delegate income tax preparation to other preparers. There are no levels of management or bureaucratic quagmires to go through. You will have direct and responsive access to your tax professional without delay or diversions.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Choice of Service Levels</strong></span></h4>\r\nWe offer a range of service options which are priced according to the level of service you prefer. At the same time, we are not the low cost leader, as our work is thorough, competent, tax efficient and resistant to both preventable penalties and include cutting edge audit deterrent measures.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Small Firm Size Keeps Service Quality High</strong></span></h4>\r\nTo keep our service and responsiveness at the highest levels, we limit our client base to an optimum work load level of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>not more than 100 income tax clients</strong></span>, where we are not overloaded with low end income tax returns and overwhelm ourselves, thereby causing poor service and support to the entire base of clients we value.\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Is Our Fit, Feel and Philosophy Right for You?</strong></span></h4>\r\nShould you decide that our small firm fits with what you have in mind, you can rest assured we will cherish your patronage and treat you with dignity and respect, as ladies and gentlemen serving ladies and gentlemen.\r\n\r\nAlthough we\'re based in Orange County (OC), CA, we do provide effective services throughout Southern California and beyond, including clients who live and work outside California.\r\n\r\nFor more information, please feel welcome to <strong>simply call (949) 583 1040 and ask for Tom</strong>. We\'d be delighted to hear from you.','What\'s Unique About Us?','','inherit','closed','closed','','60-revision-v1','','','2018-04-18 00:29:37','2018-04-18 00:29:37','',60,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/uncategorized/60-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(241,1,'2018-04-18 00:30:14','2018-04-18 00:30:14','<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><img class=\"size-medium alignright\" src=\"/j0399543.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"176\" />The Problem</strong></span>\r\n\r\nMost business owners do not understand how to use financial statements to manage their businesses \"by the numbers.\"\r\n\r\nInstead, they use substitute indicators which betray them, such as amount of cash in the bank. This often has little to do with profitability and the resulting taxes.\r\n\r\nSome business owners believe that the faster you grow the better. However, studies show that companies can grow themselves into bankruptcy because they run out of cash and working capital.\r\n\r\nFinancial tools can help avoid disaster and guide owners toward greater profitability, cash flow and independence from the drudgery of petty problem solving.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>\r\n<img class=\"alignright\" src=\"/j0309600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"84\" height=\"118\" />The Result</strong></span>\r\n\r\nOver 93% of businesses fail because of mismanagement. Of those that failed, over half were profitable, but failed because of mismanagement of cash flow. Source: Dunn and Bradstreet\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>\r\n<img class=\"alignright\" src=\"/j0400296.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"123\" height=\"154\" />The Cause</strong></span>\r\n\r\nThe \"bean counter\" mentality... Most traditional CPAs insist on performing obsolete practices by preparing financial statements in a format which most business owners do not understand and cannot use to improve their financial condition.\r\n\r\nThe reason? \"That\'s the way we\'ve always done it.\"\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"/j0284901.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"173\" />The Solution</strong></span>\r\n\r\nProvident Financial Services has developed a simple way to communicate financial information for non-accountants. We have a consistent history where business owners can use our reports to manage their businesses to help control costs, increase profits and improve cash flow.','Why Businesses Fail','','inherit','closed','closed','','66-revision-v1','','','2018-04-18 00:30:14','2018-04-18 00:30:14','',66,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/uncategorized/66-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(242,1,'2018-04-18 00:30:41','2018-04-18 00:30:41','<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Your Choice of Fees and Level of Service\r\n\r\n</span></strong></h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/tax-pricing-choices/individual-tax-pricing-choices/\"><strong>Individual Income Tax Fee Choices</strong></a></span></li>\r\n <li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"/index.php/what-goes-into-your-taxes/tax-pricing-choices/for-business-income-tax-return-preparation/\"><strong>Business Income Tax Fee Choices</strong></a></span></span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To the best of our knowledge, we are the only firm which offers our clients a choice of pricing choices through service levels for individual and business income tax preparation services. 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The Qualifications Review Committee commended Mr. Kalajian\'s qualifying appraisal review report as advancing the best practices in appraisal review.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"/images/ABAR%20Certificate.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"150\" />The credential is the only one of its kind in existence among appraisal credentialing organizations. It formalizes and standardizes practices in procedures and report content and establishes the standard for all appraisal review reports. All applicants are required to sign an oath requiring adherence to ethical standards specific to the responsibility conferred to holders of this credential. 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He graduated with honors from Signal School in 5th echelon multiplex radio repair as a Specialist 4th Class and an expert marksman with a Sharpshooter medal. 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/>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-medium\" src=\"/2005%20Testimonials/5scan0020.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"407\" />\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-medium\" src=\"/2005%20Testimonials/5scan0021.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"406\" />','Income Tax Testimonials','','inherit','closed','closed','','92-revision-v1','','','2018-04-18 00:35:22','2018-04-18 00:35:22','',92,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/uncategorized/92-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(250,1,'2018-04-18 00:35:53','2018-04-18 00:35:53','<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Our experience base includes individuals, celebrities, senior executives, multi-million dollar corporations, small businesses, retirees, and professional practices.</p>\r\n\r\n<h4><img class=\"alignright\" src=\"/MACHINE.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"179\" />Manufacturers and Distributors</h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n <li>Plastics, metal, apparel, machine shops, computer memory and peripherals, software developers 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<li>Clergy</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h4>Service Providers</h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n <li><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"/J0285009.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"132\" />Office leasing and executive suites, advertising, manufacturers representatives, print media and marketing</li>\r\n <li>Delivery, trucking and warehousing, personnel leasing and executive search firms</li>\r\n <li>Private schools, learning and self-help, loan packaging, loan brokers and loan companies</li>\r\n <li>Recording studios, computer service bureaus, shared satellite television systems</li>\r\n <li>Dry cleaners and service stations, real estate brokers and rental activities</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h4>Retailers and Wholesalers</h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n <li><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"/j0409078.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" />Auto parts, new and used, used auto dealers, antique dealers, forklift sales, retail nurseries</li>\r\n <li>Warehousing, trucking, transportation and distribution</li>\r\n <li>Athletic supplies and services, photo studios, video rental, photo processing</li>\r\n <li>Hardware, women’s apparel, auto body shops, computer products, parts and software</li>\r\n <li>Citrus picking, packing and distribution, travel agencies and group tour operators</li>\r\n <li>Publishers, grocery stores and equestrian centers, motorcycle and water craft aftermarket</li>\r\n <li>Fast food, theme-based and full service restaurants</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h4>Trades</h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n <li><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"/CONSTRUC.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"132\" />Electrical, home improvements and roofing</li>\r\n <li>Structural repairs, catastrophe restoration</li>\r\n <li>Furniture repair and security systems</li>\r\n <li>Industrial lighting, and floor care, carpet sales, restorative construction</li>\r\n <li>Tile setters and wood working shops</li>\r\n <li>Tire retailers, towing services and auto repair</li>\r\n</ul>','Industry 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and performance form the leading edge of the intense and innovative customer-focused movement.','Client Satisfaction','','inherit','closed','closed','','80-revision-v1','','','2018-04-18 00:36:03','2018-04-18 00:36:03','',80,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/uncategorized/80-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(252,1,'2018-04-18 00:37:30','2018-04-18 00:37:30','<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">1. Integration of Broad Strategic Services</span></strong></h5>\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/j0406810.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"168\" />Thorough evaluation of your overall objectives are coordinated into an overall service plan from the multiple specialties provided by Provident Financial Services and its affiliated group of professional service firms.\r\n\r\nMultiple services are arranged, integrated and implemented according to your needs, budget and priorities. From tax structure to managerial accounting to business betterment strategies, Provident Financial provides a seamless, coordinated approach to improving financial conditions.\r\n\r\n(<a href=\"/PFS%20PDF%20Files/Provident%20Professional%20Group,%202006.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here to Download Services Chart</a>)\r\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img class=\"alignright\" src=\"/WATCH.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"162\" height=\"200\" /><strong>2. Timely Service</strong></span></h5>\r\nYour tax returns done well before the filing deadline, nearly always within 5 days from receiving your information, if not sooner.\r\n\r\nBusiness financial statements done usually within 5 days, if not sooner.\r\n\r\nYour telephone calls, faxes and emails returned in 4 business hours or sooner, whenever possible.\r\n<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">3. Predictable Fees, In Writing, In Advance</span></strong></h5>\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"/MEETING.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" />Standard services based on a variety of methods: preset table of fees, fixed fees or hourly fees, whichever is most appropriate for your work.\r\n\r\nAll service arrangements clearly explained in writing in advance requiring your approval to commence work.\r\n\r\nNo surprises, no open checkbook policy for clients.\r\n\r\nAll services over $500 are covered by an exclusive written \"Service Order\" system, which protects clients from unexpected billing or unauthorized work.\r\n<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">4. Directly Accessible Staff, Low Turnover</span></strong></h5>\r\nYou\'ll have direct access to senior technical staff and senior advisors. No arbitrary sifting through non-essential people or junior staff to get to your answer.\r\n\r\nOur staff associates have been with us for years, and have gotten to know our clients personally.\r\n\r\nThink of us as having a friend in the business.\r\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"/j0309636.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"178\" /><strong>5. Resourceful Client-Centered Tax Policy</strong></span></h5>\r\nWe take maximum legal advantage of current tax law\r\n\r\nWe place extensive detail on returns to minimize predictable questions to minimize IRS follow up or audit exposure\r\n\r\nWe take no reckless positions to invite scrutiny or invite investigations or audits\r\n\r\nWe pay careful attention to full compliance with tax law to ensure safety and peace of mind for full tax benefits\r\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img class=\"alignright\" src=\"/j0284889.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"156\" height=\"236\" /><strong>6. Professional Service Standards</strong></span></h5>\r\nIndividual tax planning and preparation for all states and for prior years back to 1989\r\n\r\nTax services in conformity with professional standards\r\n\r\nBusiness taxes, bookkeeping and full professional quality accounting services\r\n\r\nFinancial statements prepared in conformity with professional Compilation standards\r\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"/j0399359.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" /><strong>7. Knowledgeable and Experienced People</strong></span></h5>\r\nOver 26 years continuous experience providing integrated services to individuals and businesses\r\n\r\nContinuing professional education requirements maintained to stay up to date in diverse methodologies\r\n\r\nExpertise in over 92 industries for familiarity to your business type\r\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img class=\"alignright \" src=\"/j0285174.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"208\" /><strong>8. Friendly and Helpful Attitude</strong></span></h5>\r\nWe are helpful, gentle, respectful and understanding in the treatment and communication with our clients.\r\n\r\nWe take extra care to make things easy to understand. Tax form instructions and general correspondence are written clearly so our clients understand our line of reasoning and how our initiatives address their financial betterment.\r\n<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">9. Superior Communication Skills</span></strong></h5>\r\n<h6><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Verbal Communication In Clear English</span></strong></h6>\r\nOur verbal explanations to clients are thorough, and spoken in clear, plain English so clients can easily understand the subject and the implications to their financial well being.\r\n\r\nWe pay careful attention to ensuring our verbal communication has been clearly and correctly understood, to avoid problems later.\r\n<h6><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"/Compliance%20Report.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignright\" src=\"/Compliance%20Report_small.jpg\" width=\"144\" height=\"183\" /></a><strong>Compliance Report</strong></span></h6>\r\nWhen someone asks someone else to provide a service, solve a problem or cause something to happen, most of the time, they never know for sure it was done. They must rely on assumptions, or depend on past performance to \"let go\" of the dangling mysterious task.\r\n\r\nFor that situation, we developed a policy and a form called a \"Compliance Report.\" It assures the client that we have done what we promised, and provides proof of our compliance to the client\'s request. The client never has to wonder if the work was done, or constantly go through reminder lists to follow up with us.\r\n<h6><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"/Notes%20To%20The%20Client.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignright\" src=\"/Notes%20To%20The%20Client_small1.jpg\" width=\"140\" height=\"178\" /></a><strong>Notes To The Client</strong></span></h6>\r\nWritten communication is provided in easy to read form, \"Notes To The Client,\" specially designed by Provident Financial. A space is also provided for clients to respond for each idea, question or comment.\r\n<h6><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Notes From The Client</span></strong></h6>\r\nIts companion form, \"Notes From The Client,\" is designed to be used for clients informing us of non-numerical information.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"/Notes%20From%20The%20Client.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignright\" src=\"/Notes%20From%20The%20Client_small.jpg\" width=\"135\" height=\"173\" /></a>These simple revolutionary forms we developed in 1980 have solved multiple problems and prevented many more. Yet they have never been seen in use by any other professional services firm.\r\n\r\nPlease click the forms on the right for an expanded view.','Key Client Benefits','','inherit','closed','closed','','82-revision-v1','','','2018-04-18 00:37:30','2018-04-18 00:37:30','',82,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/uncategorized/82-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(253,1,'2018-04-18 00:38:08','2018-04-18 00:38:08','<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">1. Integration of Broad Strategic Services</span></strong></h5>\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"/j0406810.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"168\" />Thorough evaluation of your overall objectives are coordinated into an overall service plan from the multiple specialties provided by Provident Financial Services and its affiliated group of professional service firms.\r\n\r\nMultiple services are arranged, integrated and implemented according to your needs, budget and priorities. From tax structure to managerial accounting to business betterment strategies, Provident Financial provides a seamless, coordinated approach to improving financial conditions.\r\n\r\n(<a href=\"/PFS%20PDF%20Files/Provident%20Professional%20Group,%202006.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here to Download Services Chart</a>)\r\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img class=\"alignright\" src=\"/WATCH.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"162\" height=\"200\" /><strong>2. Timely Service</strong></span></h5>\r\nYour tax returns done well before the filing deadline, nearly always within 5 days from receiving your information, if not sooner.\r\n\r\nBusiness financial statements done usually within 5 days, if not sooner.\r\n\r\nYour telephone calls, faxes and emails returned in 4 business hours or sooner, whenever possible.\r\n<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">3. Predictable Fees, In Writing, In Advance</span></strong></h5>\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"/MEETING.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" />Standard services based on a variety of methods: preset table of fees, fixed fees or hourly fees, whichever is most appropriate for your work.\r\n\r\nAll service arrangements clearly explained in writing in advance requiring your approval to commence work.\r\n\r\nNo surprises, no open checkbook policy for clients.\r\n\r\nAll services over $500 are covered by an exclusive written \"Service Order\" system, which protects clients from unexpected billing or unauthorized work.\r\n<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">4. Directly Accessible Staff, Low Turnover</span></strong></h5>\r\nYou\'ll have direct access to senior technical staff and senior advisors. No arbitrary sifting through non-essential people or junior staff to get to your answer.\r\n\r\nOur staff associates have been with us for years, and have gotten to know our clients personally.\r\n\r\nThink of us as having a friend in the business.\r\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"/j0309636.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"178\" /><strong>5. Resourceful Client-Centered Tax Policy</strong></span></h5>\r\nWe take maximum legal advantage of current tax law\r\n\r\nWe place extensive detail on returns to minimize predictable questions to minimize IRS follow up or audit exposure\r\n\r\nWe take no reckless positions to invite scrutiny or invite investigations or audits\r\n\r\nWe pay careful attention to full compliance with tax law to ensure safety and peace of mind for full tax benefits\r\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img class=\"alignright\" src=\"/j0284889.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"156\" height=\"236\" /><strong>6. Professional Service Standards</strong></span></h5>\r\nIndividual tax planning and preparation for all states and for prior years back to 1989\r\n\r\nTax services in conformity with professional standards\r\n\r\nBusiness taxes, bookkeeping and full professional quality accounting services\r\n\r\nFinancial statements prepared in conformity with professional Compilation standards\r\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"/j0399359.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" /><strong>7. Knowledgeable and Experienced People</strong></span></h5>\r\nOver 26 years continuous experience providing integrated services to individuals and businesses\r\n\r\nContinuing professional education requirements maintained to stay up to date in diverse methodologies\r\n\r\nExpertise in over 92 industries for familiarity to your business type\r\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img class=\"alignright \" src=\"/j0285174.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"208\" /><strong>8. Friendly and Helpful Attitude</strong></span></h5>\r\nWe are helpful, gentle, respectful and understanding in the treatment and communication with our clients.\r\n\r\nWe take extra care to make things easy to understand. Tax form instructions and general correspondence are written clearly so our clients understand our line of reasoning and how our initiatives address their financial betterment.\r\n<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">9. Superior Communication Skills</span></strong></h5>\r\n<h6><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Verbal Communication In Clear English</span></strong></h6>\r\nOur verbal explanations to clients are thorough, and spoken in clear, plain English so clients can easily understand the subject and the implications to their financial well being.\r\n\r\nWe pay careful attention to ensuring our verbal communication has been clearly and correctly understood, to avoid problems later.\r\n<h6><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"/Compliance%20Report.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignright\" src=\"/Compliance%20Report_small.jpg\" width=\"144\" height=\"183\" /></a><strong>Compliance Report</strong></span></h6>\r\nWhen someone asks someone else to provide a service, solve a problem or cause something to happen, most of the time, they never know for sure it was done. They must rely on assumptions, or depend on past performance to \"let go\" of the dangling mysterious task.\r\n\r\nFor that situation, we developed a policy and a form called a \"Compliance Report.\" It assures the client that we have done what we promised, and provides proof of our compliance to the client\'s request. The client never has to wonder if the work was done, or constantly go through reminder lists to follow up with us.\r\n<h6><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"/Notes%20To%20The%20Client.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignright\" src=\"/Notes%20To%20The%20Client_small1.jpg\" width=\"140\" height=\"178\" /></a><strong>Notes To The Client</strong></span></h6>\r\nWritten communication is provided in easy to read form, \"Notes To The Client,\" specially designed by Provident Financial. A space is also provided for clients to respond for each idea, question or comment.\r\n<h6><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Notes From The Client</span></strong></h6>\r\nIts companion form, \"Notes From The Client,\" is designed to be used for clients informing us of non-numerical information.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"/Notes%20From%20The%20Client.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignright\" src=\"/Notes%20From%20The%20Client_small.jpg\" width=\"135\" height=\"173\" /></a>These simple revolutionary forms we developed in 1980 have solved multiple problems and prevented many more. Yet they have never been seen in use by any other professional services firm.\r\n\r\nPlease click the forms on the right for an expanded view.','Key Client Benefits','','inherit','closed','closed','','82-revision-v1','','','2018-04-18 00:38:08','2018-04-18 00:38:08','',82,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/uncategorized/82-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(254,1,'2018-04-18 00:38:20','2018-04-18 00:38:20','<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Provident Professional Services, Inc.</strong></span></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">For Confidential Complimentary Consultation Please Call</span></strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 21px;\"> (949) 583 1040 ∙ (877) 412 1040</span></strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> Please ask for Tom or Kathy</span></strong></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Secure Correspondence: U.S. P.O. Box 1120, Lake Forest, Orange County, CA, 92609-1120</strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-medium\" src=\"/images/Kathy%2002.bmp\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"283\" /><a href=\"/index.php/about-us/kathys-qualifications/\">Kathy Kalajian</a>\r\nE-mail <a href=\"mailto:Kathy@ProvidentFinancialServices.us?subject=Inquiry About Your Services\">Kathy</a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-medium\" src=\"/Certified%20QuickBooks%20Pro%20Advisor%20logo.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"131\" height=\"97\" />Certified QuickBooks® ProAdvisor</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top:30px;\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"/images/TK%20IMG_0076%20-%20adjusted%20-%20small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"352\" /><a href=\"/index.php/about-us/toms-qualifications/\">Thomas Kalajian, BS, CRTP, AVA, ABAR</a>\r\nE-mail <a href=\"mailto:Tom@ProvidentFinancialServices.us?subject=Inquiry About Your Services\">Tom</a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Located in Orange County, California</strong>\r\n<strong> Near Bake Parkway and Jeronimo</strong></p>','Contact Us','','inherit','closed','closed','','35-revision-v1','','','2018-04-18 00:38:20','2018-04-18 00:38:20','',35,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/uncategorized/35-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(255,1,'2018-04-18 00:40:41','2018-04-18 00:40:41','<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><img class=\"size-medium alignright\" src=\"/j0399543.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"176\" />The Problem</strong></span>\r\n\r\nMost business owners do not understand how to use financial statements to manage their businesses \"by the numbers.\"\r\n\r\nInstead, they use substitute indicators which betray them, such as amount of cash in the bank. This often has little to do with profitability and the resulting taxes.\r\n\r\nSome business owners believe that the faster you grow the better. However, studies show that companies can grow themselves into bankruptcy because they run out of cash and working capital.\r\n\r\nFinancial tools can help avoid disaster and guide owners toward greater profitability, cash flow and independence from the drudgery of petty problem solving.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>\r\n<img class=\"alignright\" src=\"/j0309600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"84\" height=\"118\" />The Result</strong></span>\r\n\r\nOver 93% of businesses fail because of mismanagement. Of those that failed, over half were profitable, but failed because of mismanagement of cash flow. Source: Dunn and Bradstreet\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>\r\n<img class=\"alignright\" src=\"/j0400296.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"123\" height=\"154\" />The Cause</strong></span>\r\n\r\nThe \"bean counter\" mentality... Most traditional CPAs insist on performing obsolete practices by preparing financial statements in a format which most business owners do not understand and cannot use to improve their financial condition.\r\n\r\nThe reason? \"That\'s the way we\'ve always done it.\"\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"/j0284901.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"173\" />The Solution</strong></span>\r\n\r\nProvident Professional Services has developed a simple way to communicate financial information for non-accountants. We have a consistent history where business owners can use our reports to manage their businesses to help control costs, increase profits and improve cash flow.','Why Businesses Fail','','inherit','closed','closed','','66-revision-v1','','','2018-04-18 00:40:41','2018-04-18 00:40:41','',66,'http://www.providentprofessionalservices.com/index.php/uncategorized/66-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(256,1,'2018-04-18 00:41:01','2018-04-18 00:41:01','<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">1. Integration of Broad Strategic Services</span></strong></h5>\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"/j0406810.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"168\" />Thorough evaluation of your overall objectives are coordinated into an overall service plan from the multiple specialties provided by Provident Professional Services and its affiliated group of professional service firms.\r\n\r\nMultiple services are arranged, integrated and implemented according to your needs, budget and priorities. From tax structure to managerial accounting to business betterment strategies, Provident Financial provides a seamless, coordinated approach to improving financial conditions.\r\n\r\n(<a href=\"/PFS%20PDF%20Files/Provident%20Professional%20Group,%202006.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here to Download Services Chart</a>)\r\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img class=\"alignright\" src=\"/WATCH.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"162\" height=\"200\" /><strong>2. Timely Service</strong></span></h5>\r\nYour tax returns done well before the filing deadline, nearly always within 5 days from receiving your information, if not sooner.\r\n\r\nBusiness financial statements done usually within 5 days, if not sooner.\r\n\r\nYour telephone calls, faxes and emails returned in 4 business hours or sooner, whenever possible.\r\n<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">3. Predictable Fees, In Writing, In Advance</span></strong></h5>\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"/MEETING.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" />Standard services based on a variety of methods: preset table of fees, fixed fees or hourly fees, whichever is most appropriate for your work.\r\n\r\nAll service arrangements clearly explained in writing in advance requiring your approval to commence work.\r\n\r\nNo surprises, no open checkbook policy for clients.\r\n\r\nAll services over $500 are covered by an exclusive written \"Service Order\" system, which protects clients from unexpected billing or unauthorized work.\r\n<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">4. Directly Accessible Staff, Low Turnover</span></strong></h5>\r\nYou\'ll have direct access to senior technical staff and senior advisors. No arbitrary sifting through non-essential people or junior staff to get to your answer.\r\n\r\nOur staff associates have been with us for years, and have gotten to know our clients personally.\r\n\r\nThink of us as having a friend in the business.\r\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"/j0309636.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"178\" /><strong>5. Resourceful Client-Centered Tax Policy</strong></span></h5>\r\nWe take maximum legal advantage of current tax law\r\n\r\nWe place extensive detail on returns to minimize predictable questions to minimize IRS follow up or audit exposure\r\n\r\nWe take no reckless positions to invite scrutiny or invite investigations or audits\r\n\r\nWe pay careful attention to full compliance with tax law to ensure safety and peace of mind for full tax benefits\r\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img class=\"alignright\" src=\"/j0284889.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"156\" height=\"236\" /><strong>6. Professional Service Standards</strong></span></h5>\r\nIndividual tax planning and preparation for all states and for prior years back to 1989\r\n\r\nTax services in conformity with professional standards\r\n\r\nBusiness taxes, bookkeeping and full professional quality accounting services\r\n\r\nFinancial statements prepared in conformity with professional Compilation standards\r\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"/j0399359.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" /><strong>7. 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