Online CPA services from a real, licensed CPA — not a workaround for one.

A real online CPA holds a genuine state CPA license — ours is Washington-issued and verifiable on NASBA before you pay anything. Working remotely doesn't require a lesser credential; it just means the meetings happen on video instead of in a lobby.

For tax preparation, no — a CPA can generally prepare federal and state tax returns for clients anywhere in the country from a single state license, the same way a national tax-prep chain's preparers do. What matters is the credential behind the work, which you can verify independently rather than take our word for.

Through an encrypted client portal built for exactly this — never as email attachments. See our full security page for the specifics, including encryption in transit and at rest and two-factor authentication.

A video or phone consultation to start, documents uploaded to the portal on your own time, a prepared return or bookkeeping deliverable to review, and a call to walk through it before anything is filed. No office visit at any step.

Often both. Without a physical office to maintain, we can offer tax preparation starting at $80 — but the bigger advantage for most clients is not being limited to whichever CPA happens to have an office nearby.

That's fine — video isn't required, just available. Calls, portal messaging, and email all work; use whichever you're comfortable with.