Texas Tax Consulting Services

The Texas accounting firm of C. Jay Helm & Associates, are experts in a wide range of tax consulting services. Our areas of focus are as follows:

We provide a wide range of other tax consulting services to individuals and businesses in a variety of industries. We strive to meet each client’s specific needs in planning for the future and achieving their goals in an ever-changing financial and regulatory environment. Our professional tax services include:


Individual Tax Management Services

We guide our clients through a full range of tax planning and preparation decisions with strategies that minimize your tax liabilities. Our expertise, experience, analysis and thorough research allow us to optimize financial opportunities to be found in existing as well as recently altered tax laws.

As an individual taxpayer I can help you with such things as:
  • Practical tips on how to properly manage taxes
  • Adjustments to income
  • Maximizing your deductions
  • Educator's itemized deductions
  • Educational tax credits
  • Sideline businesses and tax issues
  • Rent, Royalty and Partnerships
  • Moving expense issues
  • Selling (buying) a home
  • Effective record keeping
How long to keep various records:
  • Withholding of taxes and estimated tax payments
  • Gifts and avoiding gift taxes
  • Business use of the home and auto
  • Standard versus actual expenses
  • Depreciation versus direct expensing under IRC 179
  • Preparing Forms 990, 1040, 1041, 1065, 1120 an 1120(S) and Schedules for proper reporting of income and expenses

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Accounting Services

From start-ups to established enterprises, businesses rely on accurate and insightful financial information in order to maintain profitability and capitalize on new opportunities. C. Jay Helm & Associates's accounting services steer you closer to these goals with accurate record-keeping and reporting as well as support on financial issues such as initial accounting system setup, cost-containment, tax planning, investments, and employee benefit and profit-sharing plans.

These services include but are not limited to:
- General ledger and financial statement preparation
- Bookkeeping (Monthly, quarterly, or annual)
- Accounting system setup and support
- Payroll processing
- Cash flow budgeting and forecasting
- Personal financial statements
- Employee benefit and profit-sharing plans
- Corporate tax planning and return preparation
- Litigation support

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Assurance and Advisory Services

At C. Jay Helm & Associates, we focus on building close client relationships that add long-term value. This includes assuring the solidity of financial records, evaluating financial procedures and working to produce strategies that help our clients face the myriad challenges of business planning and execution. Our clients benefit from objective analysis to assist in controlling costs, increasing efficiency, and implementing new technologies and procedures that take advantage of changes in the marketplace, accounting standards, and tax law.

These services include but are not limited to:
- Audits, reviews, and compilations
- Entity selection and restructuring
- Accounting software selection, implementation, and support
- Business valuations
- Financial projections and forecasts
- Debt and finances advising
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Transaction structuring and negotiations
- Business succession

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Debt and Finance Advising

Whether your needs are corporate or personal, C. Jay Helm & Associates's professionals can assist you in sorting out the different options available for debt management and financing that will result in optimal tax implications.

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International Taxation

Whether you're a corporation with overseas operations or a business or individual needing to work out taxation of U.S. residents working abroad or foreign citizens working in the U.S., C. Jay Helm & Associates can help you plot a course through cross-border taxation issues.

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Cash Flow and Budgeting Analysis

Good cash management can improve a company's liquidity, reduce costs, and increase profitability. C. Jay Helm & Associates can help you maintain optimal cash flow levels by tracking sources and uses, forecasting, and budgeting accordingly.

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Litigation Support and Forensic Accounting

C. Jay Helm & Associates litigation support and forensic accounting services can be employed in a wide range of situations, including commercial litigation, financial investigations, business valuations, business and marital dissolutions, and bankruptcies. These services can involve quantification of economic loss or damages, analysis of financial records, and fraud and theft investigation.

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IRS Representation

Professional representation can be vital during an audit, and our experience with tax authorities enables us to guide clients in their dealings with federal and state agencies.

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Bookkeeping/Write-up

Accurate record-keeping is essential to a successful business yet can also be complicated and time consuming. C. Jay Helm & Associates can help you with the organization and day-to-day tasks of bookkeeping so that you can focus on your core business.

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Entity Selection and Restructuring

Your business entity has a large impact on your taxes and other liabilities. From your company's inception through its growth and development, C. Jay Helm & Associates can advise you on choosing an entity type and later restructuring if advantageous.

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Accounting Software Selection, Implementation, and Support

Choosing and implementing a new accounting software system can be a challenging undertaking. C. Jay Helm & Associates's experience with various packages currently on the market as well as awareness of new products allow us to aid you in choosing and implementing a system that will suit your company's needs. Training and support will ensure minimal disruption of your everyday business processes.

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Computer Consulting

As technologies rapidly advance, companies increasingly need to update their computer systems. C. Jay Helm & Associates can audit your system competencies and gauge upgrade needs as well as provide support in choosing and implementing new hardware or network systems.

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Financial Projections and Forecasts

No one can predict the future perfectly, but we can all benefit from planning for it. C. Jay Helm & Associates combines expertise and experience with a gained understanding of your business to produce financial projections that can help you manage your business plan and spending. Depending on your needs, our work can range from top-level reports to detailed financial models.

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Employee Benefits, Pension, and Profit-Sharing Plans

Choosing and administering benefit plans for your employees is often a complex process. C. Jay Helm & Associates can help you develop, implement, and administer your benefit, retirement, and profit-sharing plans with an eye toward maximizing tax advantages.

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