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What Cook &
Co. can do for you! Services we offer and how you can become a client ...
Call us at 1-256-586-4111
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Gregory J. Cook, EA, CPA
Accredited Tax Advisor
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Enrolled Agents and Accredited Tax Advisors to assist you with any "Tax-Related Matters", including Tax Preparation (we use a
Ten-Step Process to insure that we do everything in our power to see that you don't over-pay your
taxes), Representation, Tax Planning, Advice and Consulting.
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Certified Public Accountants to advise and assist with Accounting Issues. Bookkeeping and Payroll Specialists to serve businesses of all kinds. We have partnered with Advantage Payroll Services of Birmingham to meet the demands of large and small
payroll clients. Through Advantage, we can offer Electronic Direct Deposit solutions!
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Our advisors have degrees in Business Administration, Finance, Mathematics, Engineering, Resource Management and more.
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In addition to strong backgrounds in Public Accounting, Tax and Financial Services, we have experience with Government and Military issues, Not-For-Profit Organizations, Political Activities and Real Estate.
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Technology Consultants - In addition to our "in-house" expertise, we have key partners who assist us with different specialty areas. If you have an IT project, we can help! Particularly with Cost Control.
HOW TO BECOME A CLIENT...
If geography and time allows, we would love to meet you, simply call for an appointment (there is no charge for initial consultation).
For a map to our office
click here.
We have clients in all fifty states and many different foreign countries. We have approximately 400 clients that we have never met "face to face", (some have been clients for 25 years and more). Long distance relationships are becoming more common place with the
internet, e-mail, fax and telephone systems.
The Process is as easy as 123:
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We want copies of the prior 3 years returns you have filed.
We evaluate these for accuracy (to see if we can go back and file a claim if you have over-paid your taxes or advise you of a potential liability if you
under-paid). The statute of limitations is still open on these returns. We will then tell you what we would have charged to prepare the most recent return. Our fee schedule is based on the forms and schedules required to prepare your returns. We start a file for you with these
returns.
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We need additional information for our file that is not included in your prior return.
We need current contact info, i.e., regular mail and e-mail addresses, home, work, fax and cell telephone numbers (with your
preferred method of contact). We also need dates of birth and salutations for all family members (i.e., your name is Gregory but you prefer to be called Greg, or your name is Elizabeth, but you would rather we call you Liz or Beth).
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That's it!
Call for an appointment if you will be bringing this info in to our
office. Call us if you intend to forward the info by USPS, Fed Ex or
Airborne. We don't require retainers on accounts less than $1,000 (which
most are, our average fee is $300 to $600). Once you engage our firm, we
are available for telephone/e-mail consultation year-round at no
additional cost. We will always advise you of estimated charges before
any billable work is started. We accept VISA, MasterCard, Discover and
American Express. If you are audited by the federal or state governments
on a return that we prepare, in most cases, we waive our representation
fee.
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