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Free tax review·Now booking new clients·Flat, upfront pricing — no surprise invoices
The Summit Ledger advisory office overlooking downtown Phoenix at dusk
Phoenix CPAs & Advisors

Keep more of
what you earn.

Most people meet their accountant once a year and hope for the best. Summit Ledger works your taxes all year — proactive planning, flat upfront pricing, and a real person who answers.

Answers year-round Flat, upfront pricing CPAs & IRS Enrolled Agents
Avg. first-year savings
$4,200
4.9 ★★★★★
300+ client reviews
$0M
Tax saved for clients*
0+
Returns filed
0%
Client retention
0
Years in the Valley
Last year’s return

This is your actual tax return.
Here are the four lines that cost you $4,200.

Nobody ever shows a business owner their own return with the mistakes circled. So that’s the first thing we do — we pull the last three years and read them line by line, the way an auditor would, except we’re on your side of the table.

Schedule C (Form 1040)
Profit or Loss From Business
Sole proprietorship · prepared by previous firm · filed 04/14
2024
8Advertising1,240
9Car and truck expenses3,100
Mileage method only. Actual expenses came to $5,900 — nobody ran it both ways.
11Contract labor6,400
13Depreciation and section 179 expense0
You bought a laptop, desk + monitors in March. $4,200 of equipment, never deducted.
18Office expense2,980
22Supplies1,715
24aTravel2,050
30Expenses for business use of your home0
Left blank. You have a dedicated 180 sq ft office — that’s a real deduction, taken correctly.
31Net profit96,900
Form 1040 · page 1
13Qualified business income deduction0
The 20% QBI deduction — not taken. On this profit, that alone is most of the money.
left on the table →$4,200

Your last preparer wasn’t dishonest. He was just doing your taxes in April instead of doing your taxes all year.

See what your number looks like →

Illustrative return prepared for this demonstration website — not a real taxpayer’s filing. Actual deductions depend entirely on your entity, income, and facts; a home office and an S-corp election are not right for every business. Nothing here is tax advice.

The 30-second estimate

See what proactive tax work could save you

Most new clients are leaving money on the table. Move the sliders and get a ballpark — then book a free review to find the real number.

Who are you filing for?
Annual income / revenue
$200,000
Who does your taxes now?
Estimated annual savings
$0
vs. what you're likely leaving behind today
Find my real number →
Illustrative estimate for this demonstration site — not tax advice. Your actual savings depend on your specific situation.
What we do

Full-service, year-round — not a once-a-year form

Tax, books, payroll, and the strategy in between — one firm that actually knows your numbers.

Tax preparation and planning
01

Tax Prep & Planning

Returns done right and filed on time — plus proactive planning through the year so April is never a surprise.

Bookkeeping and payroll
02

Bookkeeping & Payroll

Clean, current books and painless payroll — so you always know where you stand and never scramble at tax time.

Business advisory and CFO services
03

Advisory & Fractional CFO

Entity structure, cash-flow, and growth strategy from an advisor who treats your business like their own.

04

S-Corp Election

Right-size how you're taxed and stop overpaying self-employment tax.

05

IRS Resolution

Notices, audits, and back taxes handled — we deal with the IRS so you don't.

06

New Business Setup

Entity formation, EIN, and a clean books foundation from day one.

07

Quarterly Reviews

We check in every quarter — estimates, deductions, and course-corrections.

A Phoenix builder Summit Ledger saved $17,000 in their first year
“My old CPA just filed a form once a year. Summit Ledger actually looked at my business — and found $17K I’d been overpaying the very first year.”
Client results · Phoenix workshop

How we saved a Phoenix builder $17,000 in our first year

An S-corp election, the equipment and home-office deductions his last preparer skipped, and the QBI deduction he’d never taken — caught in one year of actually looking.

Annual tax — with prior accountant$61,000
Annual tax — with Summit Ledger$44,000
$0
back in the business
— in year one
An accountant's desk with financial reports, charts, a calculator and glasses laid out for review
Why clients switch to us

The accountant complaints everyone has — fixed

Ask any business owner about their last CPA and you’ll hear the same three things. Here’s what real people say — and what we do differently.

“I tried to contact her and her firm — she just never picks up my calls or returns them.”
— a taxpayer on r/tax
Us: a real person answers year-round, and you get a reply within hours — not silence until next April.
“They really should be offering a tax review — there’s no reason not to be proactive about it.”
— a business owner on r/smallbusiness
Us: quarterly check-ins and proactive planning are built in — we catch things in Q1, not the following April.
“We got the bill from the CPA and it was more than 50% higher than the year before.”
— a client on r/personalfinance
Us: flat, upfront pricing agreed before we start. No hourly meter, no surprise invoice.
We built Summit Ledger to fix every one of these.
Why nothing falls through the cracks

While you run the business,
we make sure nothing gets missed.

A busy firm can’t grab every call or chase every document by hand. So every Summit Ledger client is backed by an AI Revenue Growth System that works alongside our team around the clock. It answers the call you’d have missed, flags the deadline before it’s late, and asks for the document we still need. It doesn’t replace your accountant — it makes sure your accountant never drops the ball.

01

The call still gets answered

Nights, weekends, mid-meeting — every call, text, and web request is answered and triaged the moment it comes in, not whenever someone gets back to the desk.

02

The deadline never sneaks up

Estimated payments, filings, document requests — tracked and reminded automatically, so a due date is never the reason you owe a penalty.

03

The paperwork organizes itself

Documents arrive through a secure portal and land already sorted for your return — no shoebox, no “can you resend that,” no lost email.

04

The planning happens all year

The system surfaces what’s worth a conversation in Q1 and Q3 — so we catch the move that saves you money while there’s still time to make it.

Every dollar we keep out of the wrong column is a dollar that stays in your business — another hire, another truck, or finally paying yourself what you’re worth.

A warm Summit Ledger advisor's office in Phoenix with client chairs and a skyline view
The firm

Credentialed, local, and in it with you.

The same licensed advisor in July that you had in April — one who knows your business, answers the phone, and agrees the price before any work starts.

Summit Ledger is a Phoenix firm of licensed CPAs and IRS Enrolled Agents who’ve worked with Valley families and small businesses for nearly two decades. Flat pricing agreed up front, real answers year-round, and bank-level security on everything you send us.

Licensed CPAsIRS Enrolled AgentsBank-level encryptionFlat-fee pricing
Trusted across the Valley

Owners who finally stopped worrying about taxes

4.9
Google Reviews 300+ reviews
A+
BBB Accredited Since 2011
CPA
Licensed in AZ
IRS EA
Enrolled Agents
★★★★★

“First accountant who actually calls me back — same day. They found deductions my last CPA never mentioned and my bill was exactly what they quoted. No surprises.”

RC
Ray C.
Phoenix, AZ · Contractor
★★★★★

“They moved me to an S-corp and set up quarterly reviews. I saved more in one year than three years of fees. Wish I'd switched sooner.”

DP
Dana P.
Gilbert, AZ · Agency owner
★★★★★

“Got an IRS notice and panicked. Summit Ledger handled the whole thing and kept me calm. It's the year-round peace of mind I was missing.”

MK
Maria K.
Scottsdale, AZ · Consultant
Illustrative ratings & reviews for this demonstration site.
Good to know

Questions new clients ask us first

Flat, upfront fees agreed before we start — no hourly meter and no surprise invoice at the end. We'll scope your work and quote a clear price, so you always know what you're paying and for what.
Yes — that's the whole point. We build in quarterly reviews and reach out proactively about estimates, deductions, and any changes that affect you. You're not on your own until next April.
Send your most recent return and we'll review it for missed deductions, entity-structure opportunities, and overpaid tax — then walk you through what we'd do differently. No cost, no obligation, and you keep the findings either way.
Absolutely — contractors, agencies, e-commerce, real estate, and self-employed folks are our bread and butter, right alongside individual returns. Bookkeeping, payroll, and S-corp elections included.
Yes. Documents move through an encrypted client portal with bank-level security — never loose email attachments — and access is limited to your engagement team.
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