More than a filing service.
If your tax situation involves stock compensation, rental property, retirement accounts, or an inheritance, you need a team that understands the strategy behind the numbers.
We believe that the only way to help people reach their goals is by spending valuable time together to get the right strategy in place.
Our Advisory Services are one-on-one and focused on evaluating, implementing, and executing our best practice strategies. Many of our clients come to us because their financial lives have outgrown the tools and providers that worked when they were younger.
Our advisory services leverage our extensive knowledge and experience to solve complex problems, implement strategic initiatives, and educate our clients. We offer a variety of advisory packages tailored to specific industries, client groups, and niches.
Examples of advisory services we can provide:
Stock Compensation
If your employer offers ESPP, ISO, NSO, or RSU compensation, the tax implications of when and how you exercise, hold, or sell can mean thousands of dollars in difference owed. We help you build a plan that coordinates exercise timing, holding periods, and tax-bracket management instead of just reporting what happened after the fact. That includes the withholding that falls short at vesting, the alternative minimum tax on ISOs and its credit in later years, the cost basis your broker reports on Form 1099-B, and which state taxes an award if you moved during the vesting period. Read the guide to stock compensation taxes in Virginia.
Retirement and Inheritance
The years around retirement, and the arrival of an inheritance, carry some of the biggest tax decisions most people ever make: which accounts to draw from and when, whether Roth conversions make sense, required minimum distributions, and what an inherited account or property means for your taxes. We help you plan those decisions before they lock in.
Real Estate Investors
From your first rental property to a growing portfolio, we advise on depreciation strategies, 1031 exchanges, passive activity rules, cost segregation studies, short-term rental rules, real estate professional status, and the tax implications of selling. We don't just prepare the Schedule E. We help you think about your portfolio as a whole. Read the guide for rental property owners.
Complex Individual Tax Planning
High-income earners, dual-income households, people navigating divorce or inheritance, multi-state filers, and anyone whose tax picture has layers. We start with tax planning and continue the conversation all year so there are no tax-time surprises.
Every personal advisory relationship starts with a conversation, not a form. We'll learn about your situation, your goals, and what's keeping you up at night financially. From there, we'll recommend the right level of engagement.
We talk
We start with an introduction call. We learn your situation and what you are trying to accomplish.
We come back with a plan
Within about a week, you get specific recommendations for your situation and a fixed fee for the work.
You decide
The decision is yours.
How our fees work: we work on fixed annual fees, agreed with you before any work begins. No hourly billing and no surprise invoices. Before you sign up as a client, we scope your situation, and you have an exact number within about a week.
Do you only work during tax season?
No. LAS CPA's personal advisory clients have year-round access to their advisor, a secure client portal, and proactive communication whenever something changes that affects their taxes. The return filed each spring reflects the planning done throughout the year.
My employer gives me stock compensation. When should I get help?
Before you exercise or sell, not after. With RSUs, ISOs, NSOs, and ESPPs, the timing of what you exercise, hold, or sell can mean thousands of dollars of difference. At LAS CPA, we build that plan with you in advance.
Do you handle foreign income and multi-state situations?
Yes. LAS CPA handles foreign asset reporting (FBAR and FATCA), foreign tax credits, the transition into or out of U.S. tax residency, and multi-state filings for individual clients.
Do you work with clients outside Woodbridge?
Yes. LAS CPA's office is in Woodbridge, and our personal advisory clients live across Northern Virginia. Much of the work happens through the secure client portal, and you are welcome at the office.
I just moved to Northern Virginia. What changes for my taxes?
Usually a part-year return for each state you lived in that year, and a look at whether your employer is withholding for the right state. If you moved with stock compensation, the move date can change which state taxes an award. Part-year and multi-state returns are part of what LAS CPA handles for individual clients.
Do you prepare the return too, or only advise?
Both. LAS CPA prepares and files the federal and state returns for its personal advisory clients. Tax preparation is included as the final step of that year-round work, not a separate service.
What happens on the introduction call?
You describe your situation and ask whatever you want to ask. We at LAS CPA listen and ask a few questions of our own. Within about a week you get specific recommendations and a fixed fee, agreed before any work starts. The call is free, and then the decision is yours.
If you own a business, business advisory covers the company side, with accounting and payroll handled by the same team that plans your personal taxes. See our list of services.
Not sure which of these fits? See who we help.
Where does your tax picture stand?
Ten quick yes or no questions about how you handle recordkeeping, deductions, retirement, equity compensation, and property or major life changes. At the end, you will see where you land on a simple four-stage ladder, and one honest next step.
Built for individuals and families with real complexity in their tax picture, whether that is equity compensation, rental property, retirement planning, or a recent life change, who want a year-round tax advisory relationship, not just a return filed once a year. If you are only looking for a quick answer to a single tax question, this self-check probably is not what you need, and that is fine.
About two minutes. Nothing you answer here is saved, sent, or tracked anywhere.
Question 1 of 10
There is no wrong place to be on this ladder. Everyone starts at Stage 1, and each stage above it is simply one more thing set up in your favor.
See what your next step actually looks like
A free, no-obligation conversation, about 15 to 20 minutes, to talk through where your tax picture stands today and whether tax advisory is a good fit. Not a sales pitch, just a conversation. If it is not a fit, we will tell you that too.
Schedule Your Introduction CallThis self-check is for general orientation only. It is a self-assessment based on your own answers, not a professional review of your finances, and it is not tax advice.
Tell us about the return that made you wonder
Schedule an introduction call. One conversation is usually all we need to tell you whether year-round advisory makes sense for your situation.
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