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Now we see it every month.” Dr. Megan Walsh Walsh Family Dentistry · client since 2019 ## How it works From the first call to a monthly rhythm in about two weeks. You always know what happens next. 1. **1** ### Free consultation An hour with a partner, at our office or by video. 2. **2** ### Fixed-fee letter Scope and price agreed in writing before we start. 3. **3** ### Secure onboarding Portal invite and a checklist of what we need. 4. **4** ### Your monthly rhythm Books closed by the 10th, a partner call each quarter. Watch ## Your business tax account, in a minute A short IRS walkthrough of the online account we set up for every business client, so you can see payments and notices yourself. ![Caucasian colleagues give each other high five](https://www.nopethemes.com/hs-fs/hubfs/tickmark-demo/video-poster.jpg?width=1200&height=778&name=video-poster.jpg) Business tax account overview, from the IRS1:16 ## The partners who sign your returns You meet your partner at the first consultation, and they stay on your file. Every partner is a licensed CPA. ### [![Eleanor Ashcombe](https://www.nopethemes.com/hs-fs/hubfs/tickmark-demo/partner-eleanor.jpg?width=1200&height=800&name=partner-eleanor.jpg) Eleanor Ashcombe CPA · Managing partner](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/partners/eleanor-ashcombe?hsLang=en) ### [![Daniel Reed](https://www.nopethemes.com/hs-fs/hubfs/tickmark-demo/partner-daniel.jpg?width=1200&height=784&name=partner-daniel.jpg) Daniel Reed CPA, CFP · Tax partner](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/partners/daniel-reed?hsLang=en) ### [![Denise Carter](https://www.nopethemes.com/hs-fs/hubfs/tickmark-demo/partner-denise.jpg?width=1200&height=888&name=partner-denise.jpg) Denise Carter CPA · Audit partner](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/partners/denise-carter?hsLang=en) ### [![Robert Hale](https://www.nopethemes.com/hs-fs/hubfs/tickmark-demo/partner-robert.jpg?width=1200&height=800&name=partner-robert.jpg) Robert Hale CPA · Advisory partner](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/partners?hsLang=en) Security & technology ## Your documents stay off email. Upload, sign and track everything in one encrypted portal. You see what we have, what's missing and when it's due. - Bank-level encryption and two-factor sign-in - E-signature for engagement letters and returns - A partner replies within one business day [See how the portal works](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/client-portal?hsLang=en) ![The client portal showing a 2026 tax file with four documents and their status](https://www.nopethemes.com/hs-fs/hubfs/tickmark-demo/art/portal-screen.png?width=600&height=740&name=portal-screen.png) ## Fixed fees, published Each engagement starts at the price shown. 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Now Daniel walks us through it every quarter and the number never surprises us. ![](https://www.nopethemes.com/hs-fs/hubfs/tickmark-demo/review-avatar-1.jpg?width=96&height=96&name=review-avatar-1.jpg) Dr. Paul Kessler Kessler Family Dental, Montclair - > Job costing finally matches what happens on site. Our bonding company asked who does our books, which has never happened before. ![](https://www.nopethemes.com/hs-fs/hubfs/tickmark-demo/story-hayes.jpg?width=96&height=96&name=story-hayes.jpg) Marcus Hayes Hayes Building Co., Queens - > Tips, payroll and sales tax used to eat my Sundays. Now the books close by the tenth and I spend Sundays in the kitchen. ![](https://www.nopethemes.com/hs-fs/hubfs/tickmark-demo/review-avatar-3.jpg?width=96&height=96&name=review-avatar-3.jpg) Tony Russo Russo's Trattoria, Hoboken - > Denise's team made our first audit calm. Our board got a clean opinion and our grantors got their reports early. ![](https://www.nopethemes.com/hs-fs/hubfs/tickmark-demo/review-avatar-2.jpg?width=96&height=96&name=review-avatar-2.jpg) Laura Bennett Executive director, Riverside Pantry - > They set up our inventory accounting before the holidays and caught a sales tax problem that would have cost us thousands. ![](https://www.nopethemes.com/hs-fs/hubfs/tickmark-demo/review-avatar-4.jpg?width=96&height=96&name=review-avatar-4.jpg) Jessica Hollis Owner, Hollis Street Boutique - > Six rentals, two LLCs and a 1031 exchange. Robert keeps it all straight and I know my estimated payments before I ask. ![](https://www.nopethemes.com/hs-fs/hubfs/tickmark-demo/review-avatar-5.jpg?width=96&height=96&name=review-avatar-5.jpg) Michael Grant Real-estate investor, Brooklyn ## Notes from the partners Plain-English guides to the deadlines and decisions our clients ask about most. ### [![Tax forms, a calculator and a pen on a desk](https://www.nopethemes.com/hubfs/tickmark-demo/blog-1.jpg) Tax · 4 min What an extension changes about your filing date An extension moves the date your return is due. The payment date, interest and your next estimated payment ...](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/blog/what-an-extension-changes-about-your-filing-date?hsLang=en) ### [![An owner reading her numbers on a laptop](https://www.nopethemes.com/hubfs/tickmark-demo/blog-2.jpg) Tax · 4 min Estimated tax for owners with uneven income How estimated tax works when business income arrives unevenly: the 2026 due dates, the prior-year safe harbor ...](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/blog/estimated-tax-for-owners-with-uneven-income?hsLang=en) ### [![A client and his accountant going through his records](https://www.nopethemes.com/hubfs/tickmark-demo/blog-3.jpg) Bookkeeping · 4 min The records a lender asks for What a business lender usually asks to see, why each record matters, and how to have the file ready before ...](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/blog/the-records-a-lender-asks-for?hsLang=en) ## Bring last year's return. We'll take it from there. A free hour with a partner. 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