Tax jargon in. Plain English out.
Tax preparation, prior-year filing, and IRS transcript review for St. Petersburg & Tampa Bay.
No digging through old paperwork before your appointment — with your approval, we retrieve your transcripts through the IRS's own system.
See How It Works*Same-day transcripts are available when you already have an ID.me-verified IRS online account and approve our request in Tax Pro Account.
A tech-enabled differentiator most boutique practices don't have — useful whether you're filing one year or catching up on several.
Clean, simple, low-friction — takes minutes online.
Through the IRS's own Tax Pro Account, once you approve the request.
Errors, missed deductions, unfiled-year exposure — found early.
A plain-English explanation and a clear next step.
Same-day transcripts are available when you already have an ID.me-verified IRS online account and approve our request in Tax Pro Account.
Individual, self-employed, or business — Schedule A, C, D, or E — pricing reflects the return, not the refund. Every engagement starts with a clear quote.
W-2, itemized deductions (Schedule A), investment income and capital gains (Schedule D), rental property (Schedule E), and multi-state filings — handled personally.
Schedule C, LLCs, S-Corps, K-1s, and quarterly estimates for Tampa Bay's independent workers and business owners.
With your approval, we retrieve your IRS transcripts and review them for errors and unfiled-year exposure, for any filing type.
With your approval, we review your official IRS transcripts first, so you know exactly what's outstanding before we start. No guesswork, no judgment — just a straightforward plan to get current.
See How It WorksMore common than you'd think — here's who typically comes to us for this.
Due diligence and lender review both require filed, accurate tax history before a sale can close.
A CP59 or substitute-return notice isn't the end of the world. We'll read it, explain it, and tell you what to do.
Finally got paid and afraid of what you owe? We find out exactly what's outstanding before anything else happens.
Lenders typically require the last 2–3 years of filed returns before they'll approve a loan.
Courts and trustees require recent, accurate filings — we get you current so the process can move forward.
Flat rate per return, with a discount once you're filing three or more years together. Your exact quote comes after your free review — before any work begins.
per year — W-2 based
on year 3 onward, same engagement
per year — self-employed or business
Flat fee quoted up front • Payment plans available • If we can't help, you pay nothing
Have an IRS notice? We review it, pull your transcripts, and prepare your response for you to sign and send — flat fee quoted after your free review. For representation before the IRS, we'll connect you with a credentialed Enrolled Agent or CPA from our Florida network.
Steve didn't set out to become a tax expert — a five-figure accounting bill made that decision for him. Running an international import business meant navigating tax and bookkeeping across borders, and at a certain point, paying someone else to untangle it stopped making sense. So he learned to do it himself. What started as necessity became something he was genuinely good at, and eventually, something he loved.
Melissa's path ran differently — years spent helping friends, family, and her own community make sense of their taxes, long before "tax expert" was ever a job title. When their paths joined, so did the work.
That combined experience found its purpose in St. Petersburg, where a volunteer program for local veterans grew — at the IRS's own request — into a multi-site effort that completed thousands of free returns in just two years, and earned recognition from a former President of the United States and the Department of the Treasury.
Steve spent 2020 to 2022 with 1-800Accountant, focusing on business taxes and accounting services. After that, we both worked as TurboTax tax experts. Steve was a Live Assisted and Full Service expert through JDA TSG from 2022 to 2025, then an Ambassador Associate and Senior Tax Expert with Intuit. Melissa worked with JDA TSG and then Intuit.
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FL Tax Experts is an independent business. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Intuit Inc., TurboTax or 1-800Accountant. TurboTax and Intuit are trademarks of Intuit Inc.
We know times are tight right now. Over the years, we've sat with a lot of people who work hard for every dollar, often for tips or through an app, and still have to think twice about paying for tax help. We get it. So we take 50% off for servers, bartenders, gig workers, small business owners, veterans and seniors 65+ with income under $75,000 ($140,000 married filing jointly). Veterans are where this all started for us. It's our way to help the people who serve, whether in uniform or at your table. See if you qualify.
When Hurricanes Helene and Milton hit St. Pete in 2024, we were out there too, running base camps and logistics for the crews putting the city back together. See our St. Pete story.
And we don't do it alone. We work with credentialed Enrolled Agents and CPAs across Florida, so when you need someone who can represent you before the IRS or handle your business books, we connect you with the right one. Meet our Florida network.
FL Tax Experts is what happens when that whole journey gets pointed at helping you. Plain English. No judgment. A real plan, whatever your situation looks like.
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You start with us, and most of the time we handle it ourselves. When your situation needs more, we bring in the right person. When you need an EA or CPA, we'll connect you with a FL Tax Expert who has the right credentials and specializes in your situation.
Returns, back taxes, IRS transcripts and IRS letters, explained in plain English by our team.
Audits, collections and appeals need an Enrolled Agent or CPA. We connect you with one from our network across Florida.
Every network member has a credential we've verified and has signed our written terms for keeping your information safe.
Call for a free review — no pressure, no judgment, just a clear next step. Meet by video, by phone, in person, or at your home in Pinellas, Hillsborough or Sarasota, whichever you're most comfortable with. In-person visits are by appointment.
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The information on this website is provided for general informational purposes only and does not constitute tax, legal, or financial advice. It should not be relied upon as a substitute for consultation with a qualified tax professional regarding your specific circumstances. Use of this website does not create a client relationship. Tax laws and IRS procedures are subject to change and vary by individual situation.