A CPA firm for stronger businesses, tax resolution, and lasting legacies.
Financial responsibilities shouldn’t become another job you have to manage. Whether you’re running a business, dealing with an IRS problem, or responsible for an estate or trust, the financial details matter—and so does knowing who’s handling them. Corridor Consulting provides accounting, tax expertise, and professional guidance through clearly defined engagements.
Start with a short questionnaire, then schedule your complimentary 30-minute Discovery Chat. We’ll discuss your needs and whether our firm is a good fit.
Based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Serving clients nationwide, subject to engagement fit and applicable requirements.
Three different challenges. One firm focused on the work that matters.
Build a stronger business
Delegate monthly accounting and business tax work, understand your financial results, and plan throughout the year. Separately scoped consulting can address pricing, costs, operations, and the sales process.
Explore Business Solutions →Resolve tax problems
When IRS notices, unpaid taxes, or unfiled returns create uncertainty, the first step is to establish the facts. We evaluate the tax situation and available options before recommending a resolution approach. Representation and other work are defined in the engagement.
Explore IRS & Tax Resolution →Plan your legacy
Plan for retirement and the transfer of wealth, or manage the tax responsibilities of an estate or trust. We help individuals, families, executors, and trustees coordinate tax decisions with their attorneys and financial advisers.
Explore Estate, Trust & Legacy services →Tax and accounting help before and after a wealth transfer.
You may be planning for retirement, preparing to transfer a business, handling a loved one’s estate, or managing an existing trust. These are different situations with different needs. Our intake process helps us understand which kind of support you are looking for.
Estate & legacy planning
For people planning ahead who want tax guidance related to retirement, estate planning, inherited assets, or wealth transfer. We can coordinate the tax and accounting aspects with your attorney or financial advisor so the plans are considered together.
Business succession & wealth transfer
For owners of a business or significant assets who need help coordinating succession, ownership transfer, estate planning, and related tax strategy. We help evaluate the tax and financial considerations and coordinate our work with the other professionals involved.
Deceased taxpayer & estate administration
For executors and families handling responsibilities after someone has passed away. Our work can include final tax returns, estate tax matters, IRS records, fiduciary filings, and related tax administration.
Existing trust tax planning & administration support
For trustees and others responsible for an existing trust who need tax planning, tax return preparation, accounting, or ongoing administration support. We clarify the records needed, the work we will handle, and how we will coordinate with the trustee and attorney.
Outside Iowa? Let’s discuss your situation.
We consider estate and trust engagements across the United States on a case-by-case basis. During the Discovery Chat, we review the states involved, the complexity of the estate or trust, and the relevant state tax, inheritance, probate, and trust requirements to determine whether our firm can assist.
Where state-specific legal questions are involved, we discuss coordination with an attorney licensed in the relevant state. We confirm fit and the proposed scope before you engage us.
Our role is tax, accounting, and related advisory support. Your attorney handles legal advice, estate documents, and legal administration.
Choose Estate, Trust & Legacy in the questionnaire, then select the situation that best describes your needs.
Why I Became a CPA.
My interest in accounting began long before I became a CPA. It started with my family’s business.
Growing up around a family business, I saw firsthand how financial and tax problems could affect much more than a company’s bottom line. IRS levies disrupted payroll. Penalties consumed money the business needed to operate and grow. The consequences reached the people who depended on the business.
Those experiences motivated me to pursue accounting and eventually become a Certified Public Accountant. I wanted to help my family’s business navigate its challenges, learn how to start and manage a business of my own, and help other small business owners I knew who faced similar responsibilities.
As my career developed, I worked in business accounting, financial reporting, taxation, financial systems, and operational improvement. I came to believe that accounting is most useful when it does more than document what has already happened.
Good accounting should help business owners understand what’s happening, anticipate problems, and make better decisions about what comes next.
That belief helped shape Corridor Consulting. I wanted to build a CPA firm where accounting, tax compliance, and professional guidance work together, so clients can understand their responsibilities, evaluate their options, and make informed decisions.
Today, our work extends beyond the small businesses that first inspired me. We also help individuals facing IRS problems and families navigating estate, trust, and legacy responsibilities. The circumstances differ, but the motivation remains the same: helping people better understand and manage the financial responsibilities affecting their businesses, families, and futures.
Accounting that supports decisions
James’s background includes implementing accounting systems, training owners and staff, and managing reporting and budgeting responsibilities across three healthcare corporations. That experience shapes how we organize records and explain financial results, so business clients can make informed decisions about cash, hiring, and spending.
Consulting that looks at what drives profit
James has helped businesses evaluate pricing and prepare forecasts, and led a healthcare laboratory supply improvement project that saved approximately $150,000 annually. Our business consulting applies that practical approach to pricing, costs, operations, and sales processes, using reliable accounting and KPIs to measure progress. Consulting is scoped to your goals.
Tax guidance that considers the whole situation
James’s work with business owners, attorneys, and fiduciaries spans ownership transitions, IRS matters, trusts, estates, and charitable entities. That background informs how we consider the connections between business ownership, retirement, family assets, and tax responsibilities, and coordinate with your attorney or financial advisor.
The foundation of our approach
Founded by James C. Yochum, CPA, Corridor Consulting brings together experience in accounting, business operations, and tax planning to help clients make informed decisions.
James holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from the University of Iowa and is a Certified Public Accountant and Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.
A clear process and someone to contact.
One point of contact
Every client has a designated client manager who coordinates questions, documents, and requests with our team.
Clear responsibilities
We establish what you provide, what we handle, and what requires coordination with your attorney, financial advisor, bookkeeper, or other professionals.
Remote and organized
Meetings take place remotely. Documents and ongoing communication go through a secure client portal so requests and information stay together.
Know what to expect
We explain the support we recommend, what it includes, and the investment, so you can decide whether it fits your needs.
Each service has its own starting point.
Ongoing Business Solutions engagements begin with our 90-day Pathway to Prosperity™ onboarding to organize records, address agreed cleanup, and establish accounting and reporting processes.
IRS resolution matters may begin with a separately paid Case Evaluation before a resolution approach is recommended. Retirement, estate, and trust engagements follow processes suited to their scope, records, and deadlines. We discuss the appropriate starting point during discovery.
If you need help with tax debt, an IRS notice, or unfiled returns, select IRS & Tax Resolution. If you also need ongoing accounting for your business, select Business Solutions and describe the tax issue in the questionnaire.
Explore How We WorkWhat clients say about working with us.
“I’ve looked for a CPA that fit my needs for 2 months… James was super welcoming, enthusiastic, and quick to share that he had understanding… James seems to do this for the love of the game, and all the right reasons.”
“There’s a saying that a good accountant will save you more than they cost, and James absolutely proved that. He gave us peace of mind and an affordable solution to a problem that had felt like a burden for far too long.”
“I’ve been using Corridor for a few years now for all my tax needs and they’ve been great. James responds quickly to all my questions and they’ve been meticulous and thorough in processing my returns every year.”
Reviews are from Corridor Consulting’s public Google Business Profile. Excerpts are verbatim; some are shortened for length.