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title: Free consultation with a partner | Ashcombe & Reed, CPAs
description: An hour with a partner, before you decide anything. Bring last year's return and your current books and leave with a written scope and a fixed fee.
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Free consultation
# An hour with a partner. *Free.*
Bring last year's return and your questions. You leave with a written scope and a fixed fee, whether or not you hire us.
★★★★★**4.9** from 212 Google reviews
## Request your hour
A partner replies within one business day.
Trusted by 400+ owner-run businesses
## What the hour covers
Four things, in this order. You leave with all of them in writing.
1. **1**
### Your last return
What it says, and what it missed.
2. **2**
### This year so far
Income, estimates and what's coming.
3. **3**
### Your next deadline
What is due next, and who sends what.
4. **4**
### Your fixed fee
The scope and the price, in writing.
★★★★★
> “I booked the free hour to get a second opinion. I left with a fixed fee and a plan for the year.”
Dr. Megan Walsh
Walsh Family Dentistry · client since 2019
## What our clients say
Owner-run businesses from Manhattan to Montclair, in their own words.
4.9 **212 reviews** on Google
- > We used to find out what we owed in April. Now Daniel walks us through it every quarter and the number never surprises us.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Michael Grant
Real-estate investor, Brooklyn
## Questions clients ask
Is it really free?
Yes. No card, no obligation, and the written scope is yours to keep whether or not you hire us.
Office or video?
Either. Our Manhattan or Montclair office, or a video call at a time that suits you.
What should I bring?
Last year's return and anything the IRS or your state has sent you. Books or a profit and loss help if you run a business.
Who will I meet?
A partner who signs returns, not a salesperson. If you hire us, the same partner stays on your file.
## Your hour is free. The plan is yours to keep.
A partner replies within one business day with two or three times.
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