Business tax strategy. Experienced IRS representation. Structured — not sold.
A CPA-led practice for businesses and the people who own them — tax planning, preparation, and representation handled in-house, on a published process, since 2015.
Our office will contact you within two business days.
FILE — CREWS, T. · CPA
TOM CREWS, CPA — FOUNDER
A review — not a sales call
The Professional Notice
We do not offer free consultations or free case evaluations — because your matter deserves a review, not a sales call. Fees are discussed before anything is scheduled.
That is the policy on every matter this office takes. The first step is the letter — watch how the review works.
Start with the letter
The Notice Desk
If the IRS has written to you, the letter itself is the first step — not a phone pitch. This is exactly how a matter begins at this office. Walk it through, the way a client does.
STEP 1 — CHOOSE YOUR ENVELOPE
STEP 2 — ADDRESS IT THE WAY OUR INTAKE WORKS
Email a copy of your notice to [email protected] — and include your phone number. That is the whole first step.
ENVELOPE READY — NOT YET SENT
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY — INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
We read the notice you sent and pull the IRS transcripts for the years it touches. What the letter says — and what the account shows — decides everything after.
We determine whether this office can assist with your matter, and we tell you plainly — including when the answer is no. No tax advice is given before engagement; what you get at this step is a straight answer about fit.
You hear the applicable fees before any appointment is scheduled. No free consultations, no free evaluations — and no invoice you did not see coming.
Representation is formal: an engagement and representation agreement, a Power of Attorney, and a retainer where applicable. From signature forward, the IRS communicates with this office — not with you.
Your matter runs our five stages: Case Evaluation & Document Review → Strategy Determination → Formal Engagement → Direct IRS Representation → Ongoing Compliance Planning. We engage directly with the IRS on your behalf and do not outsource representation.
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That is the whole front door.
No call center, no sales funnel, no outcome promised before a document is read. Two real ways in — pick the one that fits your matter:
The mailto opens in your own mail program with the letter type in the subject — attach your notice copy and add your phone number before you send.
IRS representation & resolution
Six doors. One standard: the document decides.
Every matter below begins the same way — with your notice, reviewed by a CPA. Outcomes are never promised here; process is, in writing.
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Audits
Correspondence, office, field, and payroll or business audits. Send the notice before you answer it — the first letter that goes back should come from representation, not from worry.
Back taxes are a file to be worked, not a fee to be feared. Installment strategy, Offer in Compromise evaluation, and penalty abatement — selected from your transcripts and financial disclosure, never from a sales script.
An Offer in Compromise is not a negotiation tactic. It is a collectibility evaluation: we determine whether your matter qualifies before anything is filed, and we tell you if it does not.
Payroll tax liability and trust fund exposure can reach the owner personally. When a revenue officer is involved, the answer comes from a CPA — not from panic.
Published, in order, before you ever sign anything — so you can hold us to it.
STAGE 1
Case Evaluation & Document Review
Your notice and the IRS transcripts set the facts. Everything after is built on them.
STAGE 2
Strategy Determination
The route is chosen from what the account shows — relief, agreement, offer, or defense.
STAGE 3
Formal Engagement
Agreement, Power of Attorney, retainer where applicable. Then the IRS deals with this office.
STAGE 4
Direct IRS Representation
We engage directly with the IRS on your behalf and do not outsource representation.
STAGE 5
Ongoing Compliance Planning
The matter closes; the structure that prevents the next one stays in place.
We engage directly with the IRS on your behalf and do not outsource representation. The CPA who reviews your letter is the CPA who works your file.
Business tax planning
Planning, not just preparation.
“Tax preparation reports what already happened. Tax planning influences what happens next.”
Preparation is a report. Planning is a separate, deliberate engagement: entity structure, elections, compensation, timing — decided while the year can still be changed, not itemized after it closes. We build structure around your business, and the structure is documented.
Starting out? Entity selection and S-Corporation election are CPA-led here, with payroll and compliance set up from the first filing — so the structure you choose is the structure you can defend.
Our office will contact you within two business days.
The S-Corp Triangle. Three filings, one coordinated structure — the entity return, the payroll that sets your salary, and the personal return it all flows onto. Coordinate them, or the IRS coordinates them for you.
Personal tax preparation
Personal tax, at a published price.
Returns with something in them — K-1s, rentals, multiple states, a business on the side — prepared by a CPA, with planning attached. Not a storefront, not a volume line.
$425Individual tax return preparation begins at $425 for straightforward W-2 filings.
CONTACT → our office responds within two business days
INTAKE → your document list, confirmed up front
DOCUMENTS → complete file before the queue
PREPARATION → 2–4 weeks once documents are complete
REVIEW & FILE → an engagement letter and invoice come first
Who files here
Business owners & S-Corp shareholders
The self-employed
High-income W-2 earners
Real-estate investors
Multi-state filers
Extensions, honestly
Extensions are requested, never automatic. Tell us you need one and we file it — a $50 extension filing fee applies. Silence is not an extension.
Chrissy's desk — the books, kept like the IRS is reading.
CHRISSY CREWS — ADVANCED QUICKBOOKS PROADVISOR
Representation wins cases; bookkeeping prevents them. Approximately 30 business clients keep their books with this desk — structured monthly bookkeeping in QuickBooks, reconciled and current, so a return, a loan application, or an audit never starts from chaos.
ON THIS DESK
QuickBooks transaction entry
Reconciliations
Cleanup & catch-up work
Payroll coordination
W-2 & 1099 preparation
NOT ON THIS DESK
Bill pay
Invoicing
Financial-statement preparation
Attest work
Stated plainly, on purpose — you will always know exactly what this desk does.
Training, from the person who keeps the books
QuickBooks training is led by Chrissy — Advanced QuickBooks ProAdvisor, certified in QuickBooks Desktop and Online — in one-to-one, staff, and multi-session formats, in person or virtual. She also teaches QuickBooks through the Galveston County SBDC and the local Chamber of Commerce, so your team learns the system the way your books are actually kept.
One house, two doors.
Chrissy's Affordable Bookkeeping shares this office and this phone line — the books and the CPA under one roof, by design. Books kept next door to the CPA who files from them.
The practice
Two names you can call.
No departments, no handoffs to strangers. This firm is two people with two desks — and a record you can check.
Tom Crews, CPA
FOUNDER — TAX STRATEGY & IRS REPRESENTATION
Known for explaining complex tax issues clearly while maintaining disciplined professional standards. Before the practice: a career in the Special Operations Command of the United States Air Force.
Texas CPA license #102059
U.S. Air Force — Special Operations Command
Founded this practice with Chrissy, 2015
League City City Council, Position 3 (2022–2026)
Finance Committee · Charter Review Committee
Business-formation presenter, Galveston County SBDC
League City Lions Club
Chrissy Crews
OFFICE MANAGER — BOOKKEEPING, PAYROLL & TRAINING
Runs operations, client coordination, and the documentation workflow every file in this office moves through — and leads the bookkeeping desk and QuickBooks training.
QuickBooks series presenter, Galveston County SBDC
QuickBooks sessions for the local Chamber of Commerce
League City Lions Club · Junior League of Galveston County
Client words
What clients say about this office
“Tom and Chrissy Crews CPA / Bookkeeping are the most friendly couple and team of financial services I’ve ever met! Professional, kind, explanatory, and efficient. All about ‘Value First’… Highly recommend non profit organizations to inquire as well!”
“Tom and Chrissy are incredible with the clients I’ve referred to them! If you’re looking for anything from bookkeeping, tax prep to assistance forming a new company with set up, CALL THEM!”
“Tom is very knowledgable in both individual and business taxes. He is personable, honest, and gets things back to you quickly. Definitely a great resource!”
“Super easy to work with, very informative, and great people. Could not believe how fast they got our LLC formed. Would not go anywhere else, thanks again!”
“Tom was a pleasure working with a year ago and continued support a year later when the IRS needed additional documentation.”
“Tom Crews has been doing my taxes for 8 years and my wife and I are extremely satisfied…”
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Questions, answered straight
Before you ask
What happens after I send my notice?
We review the notice and the account transcripts, determine whether this office can assist, and contact you — with the applicable fees — before any appointment is scheduled. The first step is the email: your notice and your phone number to [email protected].
What does representation require?
A signed engagement and representation agreement, a Power of Attorney, and a retainer where applicable. From there, the IRS communicates with this office directly, and your matter runs our published five-stage process.
What documents do you need?
It depends on the matter. Personal filers bring their income documents and prior return; business clients add books and payroll records. The office confirms your exact list at intake, before preparation begins.
How long does preparation take?
Two to four weeks once your documents are complete. An engagement letter and invoice come before your return enters the queue — no return sits in line undocumented.
Are extensions automatic?
No. Extensions are requested, never automatic — tell us you need one and we file it. A $50 extension filing fee applies.
Do you offer free consultations?
No — and that is deliberate. Your matter deserves a review, not a sales call. Fees are discussed before anything is scheduled, so you know the cost before the appointment exists.
The ask
Request an appointment — or send the letter.
For everything else
Tell us what you need through our contact form. Our office will contact you within two business days — and fees are discussed before anything is scheduled.
Email a copy of your IRS notice, with your phone number, to [email protected]. The review starts there — before any appointment, before any fee conversation.
