See the Support Your Situation Typically Requires — Then Take the First Step.
Choose the path that matches what you are facing. Review typical investments, then complete a short questionnaire and reserve a complimentary 30-minute Discovery Chat. We prepare before we meet so the conversation is specific to you.
5–10 minutes to complete. Then pick a time. No obligation to engage.
At what point does a business need each level of financial support?
We recommend the engagement that matches where the business is now, what has become difficult, and the complexity of the decisions ahead — not a one-size package of services.
Which situation best describes what you need?
Select one path. Pricing and next steps appear immediately — then continue to the questionnaire when you are ready.
Business owner with tax issues? Still start with Business Solutions
Even if the business has unfiled returns, notices, or active collection activity, choose Business Solutions. It is the same questionnaire for every path — after your contact information, simply select Business Solutions as your primary service interest and describe the tax issues in the questions that follow. We will address the tax problems based on the information you provide in the questionnaire or during the Discovery Chat, as part of building the ongoing accounting relationship.
IRS & Tax Resolution is the starting point for individuals — taxpayers without a business — facing notices, unfiled returns, or other tax problems. We support those taxpayers in getting current and maintaining compliance.
At what point does a business need each level of financial support?
Growing businesses eventually reach a point where bookkeeping, taxes, and financial decisions can no longer be managed piecemeal. We build the accounting and financial support around the complexity of your business — so you can see where you stand and make better decisions about what comes next.
What changes when financial support matches the complexity of the business?
As the business grows, bookkeeping, taxes, payroll, reporting, and financial decisions become harder to manage separately. Foundation, Ascend, and Summit mark the point at which a different level of support is needed — not three packages of extra features.
Foundation
Accounting, Tax & Compliance
When the financial basics need to work reliably.
Keep the books current, stay ahead of tax obligations, and establish dependable financial reporting without assembling multiple providers.
- Monthly bookkeeping and financial reporting
- Monthly close targeted by the 25th
- Business federal and state income tax preparation
- Midyear and year-end tax planning
- Payroll setup and employee onboarding support
- QuickBooks Online or approved platform support
- Scheduled consultations and secure portal access
Best for: Owners who have reached meaningful scale and need one dependable financial foundation instead of piecing together bookkeeping, tax, and compliance.
Ascend
Controller & Operational Advisory
When accurate financials aren’t enough anymore.
As transaction volume, employees, locations, or operational complexity increase, financial issues need attention throughout the month, not just after it ends.
- Everything included in Foundation
- Weekly bookkeeping workflow and variance review
- Weekly accounts-payable coordination
- Electronic bill and expense-management workflows
- Cash-flow forecasting and payable scheduling
- Operational reporting when included
- Scheduled consultations and secure portal access
Everything in Foundation, plus the financial oversight and coordination needed to keep a growing business on track.
Summit
CFO & Strategic Business Consulting
When financial decisions have bigger consequences.
Growth, hiring, financing, acquisitions, succession, and major capital decisions require more than accurate accounting. They require someone helping you evaluate what those decisions mean financially.
- Everything included in Ascend
- Monthly executive strategy sessions
- Strategic dashboards and scenario analysis
- Advanced cash-flow and sensitivity modeling
- Entity, succession, and legacy coordination
- Support for capital decisions or sale readiness
- Expanded access appropriate to the engagement
Best for: Owners facing decisions where the financial consequences are large enough that accurate books alone are no longer enough.
Tax issues do not change your starting point
If the business has unfiled returns, notices, or even active collection activity, this is still the right path. Complete the questionnaire, select Business Solutions as your primary service interest, and describe the tax issues there. We will address them based on the information you provide in the questionnaire or during the Discovery Chat — getting current and resolving the tax problems becomes part of the engagement.
Individuals without a business who have tax problems should start with IRS & Tax Resolution instead.
Ready to see which Business Solutions path fits?
Tell us where the business is now and what has become difficult. We will use that information to prepare for your complimentary Discovery Chat and recommend the appropriate level of support.
Typical next step after reviewing Foundation, Ascend, or Summit.
Get tax guidance while decisions can still be changed.
Individual Tax Advisory is available only to existing Corridor Consulting clients who are already engaged through Business Solutions, IRS & Tax Resolution, or Estate, Trust & Legacy services. We do not separately onboard stand-alone individual tax clients who do not have a business, tax-resolution matter, or estate, trust, or legacy planning need.
Individual Tax Advisory is an extension of an existing client relationship
For clients already working with us in another service area, year-round individual tax guidance can help address income timing, estimated payments, major transactions, entity questions, and family wealth decisions before the year is over. The goal is to coordinate the individual tax picture with the broader work we are already performing.
Individual tax problems belong in IRS & Tax Resolution
If you have notices, unfiled returns, or other tax problems at the individual level, choose IRS & Tax Resolution. We support those taxpayers in getting current and maintaining compliance. Individual Tax Advisory is year-round planning for existing clients — not the starting point for returning to compliance.
Pathway
Tax Compliance & Year-Round Support
Dependable compliance support with year-round access when questions arise.
Available to existing clients as an add-on to a primary engagement. Investment increases with income, entities, and filing complexity.
- Unlimited consultations within the plan scope
- Annual tax return video review
- Annual federal and state income tax return filing
- Quarterly estimated-payment vouchers when applicable
- Year-round access through the firm’s communication process
Momentum
Proactive Tax Planning & Resolution Support
Structured planning for clients whose income and decisions require more frequent attention.
Scoped after we understand income, entities, and filing complexity.
- Everything included in Pathway
- Two strategic tax-planning and mitigation sessions annually
- IRS account monitoring within the plan scope
- Federal and state notice review and response within the plan scope
- Federal and state extension support
Pinnacle
Multi-Year Tax, Wealth & Legacy Strategy
Multi-year coordination for more complex tax, wealth, business, and legacy decisions.
For clients who need coordinated tax, wealth, and succession strategy.
- Everything included in Momentum
- Quarterly tax and wealth-strategy sessions
- Advanced multi-year tax-planning analysis
- Estate and succession-planning integration
- Coordination with outside professionals when included
Already a client and want year-round individual tax support?
Complete the questionnaire so we can confirm the right Individual Tax Advisory level, then schedule a Discovery Chat to add it to your existing engagement.
Stand-alone individual tax preparation is not offered to new clients.
Before you agree to an IRS payment, find out what you can actually afford under their rules.
This is the right starting point for individuals facing IRS or state notices, unfiled returns, or other tax compliance issues. We help you get current and stay in compliance.
A notice or balance due rarely tells the whole story. The amount the IRS initially asks you to pay may be very different from what your financial circumstances support after your income, assets, allowable living expenses, health care costs, household needs, filing history, and collection status are properly analyzed.
Business owner? Start with Business Solutions — even with active tax issues
If the tax problem belongs to a business, start with Business Solutions instead — even if there are unfiled returns, notices, or active collection activity. It is the same questionnaire: after your contact information, select Business Solutions as your primary service interest and describe the tax issues in the questions that follow. We will address them based on the information you provide in the questionnaire or during the Discovery Chat, as part of the ongoing accounting engagement.
What can the IRS actually collect from you based on your financial circumstances and its own collection standards?
Many taxpayers assume that whatever monthly payment the IRS first proposes is the amount they must accept. That is not always the case. Our Case Evaluation is designed to determine where your financial circumstances appear to fall under applicable IRS collection standards before you agree to a resolution that may affect your household for years.
We review income, allowable expenses, health care costs, assets, liabilities, filing compliance, collection status, and other relevant factors to estimate what the IRS may reasonably require and which resolution options may be available.
How the process begins
- A complimentary Discovery Chat to understand the situation and identify urgent concerns
- A paid Case Evaluation when a detailed review is the appropriate next step
- Review of relevant filing, account, collection, and compliance information
- Identification of matters requiring correction, representation, or further analysis
- Assessment of available resolution paths and a recommended strategy
- A separate scope and investment for any work that follows
What may increase the evaluation scope
- Business ownership or multiple entities
- Payroll tax issues
- Multiple taxpayers or taxing authorities
- Missing or disorganized records
- Examinations, appeals, levies, liens, or urgent collection activity
- Additional research or account reconstruction
$1,500
Before recommending a resolution strategy, we determine where your financial circumstances appear to fall under applicable IRS collection standards and what resolution options may be available. The typical investment applies to individual tax matters. Business ownership, payroll tax issues, and other complexity can increase the evaluation scope.
Do not wait on a notice with a deadline.
Complete the questionnaire so we can understand the notice, collection status, and urgency before your Discovery Chat. The chat is complimentary. The Case Evaluation is recommended only when a detailed review is the right next step.
Complimentary Discovery Chat · Typical Case Evaluation investment is $1,500 if needed.
Plan ahead for the wealth you are building and navigate the responsibilities that arise when it transfers.
Estate, trust, and legacy matters can create important tax and financial decisions both during life and after wealth transfers. We help clients plan proactively during life and support the tax and financial responsibilities that arise when wealth transfers — for business owners, families, executors, trustees, and beneficiaries.
What happens when important wealth and tax decisions are not coordinated before or during a transition?
Planning opportunities can disappear, responsibilities can become harder to unwind, and executors, trustees, beneficiaries, or family members may be left to make consequential decisions without a clear understanding of the tax and financial implications.
The goal is not simply to complete another filing. It is to help ensure important decisions are understood, coordinated, and addressed at the right time.
What we need to understand
- The estate, trust, fiduciary, and individual taxpayers involved
- Required federal and state filings
- The condition and availability of financial records
- Asset, beneficiary, ownership, and succession complexity
- The responsibilities assigned to executors, trustees, or other fiduciaries
- Whether the need is corrective, planning-focused, project-based, or ongoing
Potential areas of support
- Estate and trust tax compliance
- Fiduciary accounting and record coordination
- Executor or trustee support
- Business succession and legacy coordination
- Coordination with attorneys and financial advisors
- Ongoing advisory support when appropriate
Determined after assessment
Scope and investment are provided before substantive work begins.
Need a scoped recommendation for an estate, trust, or legacy matter?
The questionnaire helps us understand the taxpayers, filings, and responsibilities involved. Your Discovery Chat is where we explain the likely path and what must happen before work begins.
No substantive work begins until scope and investment are agreed in writing.
The right level of support depends on what has become difficult.
Before recommending a service, we work to understand where you are now, what is getting harder, and what changes when that work is handled properly.
Where the business is now
We clarify the current situation: who is responsible, what information is available, and what you are trying to accomplish.
What has become difficult
We identify the gaps, risks, and decisions that are harder to manage the longer the current approach continues.
What changes when it is solved
We recommend the engagement that matches the work required, the complexity involved, and the outcome you are trying to achieve.
Complete the questionnaire, then reserve your complimentary Discovery Chat.
We will discuss what is happening, what you want to improve, the responsibilities you may want to delegate, and the complexity involved. We then explain which engagement appears appropriate and what must happen before work begins.
5–10 minute questionnaire
One questionnaire covers every path. After your contact information, you select the primary service you are interested in — Business Solutions, Tax Resolution, or Estate, Trust & Legacy — and answer questions specific to that choice.
30-minute Discovery Chat
Discovery Chats are held on Google Meet. You can join on video or dial into the meeting number by phone. No commitment is required to schedule.
This is the required first step for new client work. Phone and email inquiries are directed here as well.
Do I have to hire the firm after the chat?
No. The Discovery Chat is complimentary. You decide whether to proceed after we explain the recommended path.
Why the questionnaire first?
It lets us confirm fit, prepare for your situation, and use the 30 minutes on the issues that actually matter.
When does paid work begin?
Only after you review and sign the engagement agreement. That agreement controls scope, timing, and investment.
All services are subject to the applicable signed engagement agreement. The engagement agreement controls the complete scope, timing requirements, client responsibilities, limitations, investment terms, and other governing conditions.