L A Tax Service

What L A Tax Service does

L A Tax Service (legal entity: LA Tax Service, LLP) is a privately held California limited partnership operating a single-office tax and accounting practice from 8350 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles. The firm delivers professional tax preparation, tax planning, estate and trust administration, and bookkeeping/payroll services to a heterogeneous client base that includes individual filers, corporations/partnerships/LLCs, estates and trusts, tax-exempt organizations, and a niche segment of independent film productions requiring small SAG payrolls. Service delivery is in-person supplemented by phone (323-658-5271) and website contact; pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed.

The firm's offerings are organized around four core service lines — tax preparation (individual, corporate, partnership, LLC, estate, trust, nonprofit, audit, amended, prior-year, multi-state), tax planning (including prior-return review, estate, local compliance, budgets, business licenses, business plans, and retirement), estate plan review and trust administration, and bookkeeping/payroll (accounts payable, petty cash, credit card entries, QuickBooks/Quicken setup). Technology is limited to standard third-party accounting software (QuickBooks and Quicken) for client engagements; no proprietary platform, APIs, or AI capabilities are disclosed. The website also links to federal and California refund-status lookup tools.

The business is a traditional partner-led professional services firm: gtm is sales-led through direct client relationships and referral, with a team of approximately 7-8 personnel including two partners (Esther Eisenstein, CPA; Aaron Rubenstein, E.A.), five staff members, and one deceased founder (Scott Rubenstein) commemorated on the team page. Revenue model is entirely fee-for-service professional services with concentrated Q1 seasonality, no disclosed pricing tiers, no outside capital, no subsidiaries, and no expansion outside the Los Angeles metro area.

Name

L A Tax Service

Legal name

LA Tax Service, LLP

Website

https://lataxservice.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

LA Tax Service, LLP is a privately held, single-office CPA/tax practice in Los Angeles providing tax preparation, tax planning, estate/trust administration, and bookkeeping/payroll services to individuals, small businesses, estates, nonprofits, and independent film productions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Tax Preparation & Accounting Services

NAICS

Tax Preparation Services (541213), Offices of Certified Public Accountants (541211)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAHABAB

Tax Advisory & Compliance

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Accounting, Audit & Tax Services

SECONDARYBPAHAAAG

Tax Law

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Legal Services

Keywords

• Tax preparation services
• Tax planning services
• Estate and trust services
• Bookkeeping and payroll
• Small business accounting

Headquarters

HQ city

Newport

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Tax Preparation Services: One-time fees for tax return preparation for individuals, corporations, partnerships, LLCs, estates, trusts, and tax-exempt organizations. Also includes amended returns, prior-year returns, multi-state returns, and audit representation.
2. Tax Planning Services: Ongoing advisory services including tax return preparation, prior return review, estate planning, local compliance, budgets, business licenses, business plans, and retirement planning.
3. Estate and Trust Services: Estate plan review and consultation, estate returns, gift tax preparation, trust administration, and estate court accountings.
4. Bookkeeping and Payroll Services: Payroll services, accounts payable, petty cash, credit card entries, income/deposits reporting. Includes small SAG payrolls for independent films.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

L A Tax Service is a Los Angeles-based tax and accounting partnership that prepares tax returns for individuals, corporations, partnerships, LLCs, estates, trusts, and tax-exempt organizations, including amended, prior-year, multi-state, and audit-related returns. The firm also provides tax planning, estate planning/trust administration, and bookkeeping/payroll services (including specialized small SAG payrolls for independent films) delivered by CPAs and an Enrolled Agent on a quote-based engagement model.

Product overview

LA Tax Service is a tax accounting firm offering a portfolio of professional services including Tax Preparation Services (for Individual, Corporate, Partnership, LLC's, Estate, Trusts, Tax Exempt Organizations, Audits, Amended, Prior-Year, and Multi-State returns), Tax Planning Services (covering Tax Return Preparation, Prior Return Review, Estate Planning, Local Compliance, Budgets, Business Licenses, Business Plans, and Retirement planning), Estate Planning Services (Estate Returns, Gift Tax Preparation, Trust Administration, Estate Court Accountings), and Bookkeeping Services (Payroll, SAG payrolls, accounts payable, and QuickBooks/Quicken setup). These services are tailored to meet individual and business client needs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Tax Preparation Services

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Direct peers

• H&R Block: National retail tax preparation chain offering individual and small business return preparation plus audit representation. Directly competes with LA Tax Service for the same individual and SMB tax-prep customer in the LA market, though at far greater scale and with proprietary DIY software.
• Jackson Hewitt: National seasonal tax preparation franchise focused on individual returns with audit support. Competes head-on with LA Tax Service for the same retail walk-in and appointment-based tax-prep customer, particularly individual filers in LA-area locations.
• CBIZ: National business advisory providing tax, accounting, and bookkeeping services to SMB and mid-market clients. Direct comparable on the small-business tax preparation and bookkeeping bundle that LA Tax Service sells to its LA business-entity clients.
• Marcum LLP: Top-15 US accounting firm providing tax, assurance, and advisory services to mid-market businesses, high-net-worth individuals, and entertainment clients. Most comparable structural peer — a multi-office CPA firm whose LA practice overlaps with LA Tax Service's business-entity, estate, and entertainment clientele.
• Withum: Mid-market CPA and advisory firm with strong tax, estate, and SMB practices. A comparable mid-sized CPA-firm model serving closely-held businesses and individuals with the same full-service tax + bookkeeping + advisory mix that LA Tax Service offers.

Broad incumbents

• BDO USA: Top-10 US accounting and advisory firm with substantial tax, private client, and SMB practices. Comparable as a broad incumbent serving middle-market companies and individuals in LA with the same multi-entity tax + advisory service mix as LA Tax Service, but at materially greater scale.
• KPMG US Tax Practice: Big Four professional services firm with one of the largest US tax practices serving corporations, pass-throughs, and high-net-worth individuals. A broader incumbent that competes with LA Tax Service for higher-end individual, estate, and business tax work in the LA market, though at very different scale and price point.
• Deloitte Tax LLP: Big Four tax practice providing federal, state, international, and private client tax services to large enterprises and wealthy individuals. Overlaps with LA Tax Service in the high-net-worth individual and trust/estate segment within LA, though it serves a fundamentally larger and more complex client base.

Emerging players

• 1-800Accountant: Tech-enabled virtual accounting and tax service targeting SMBs and entrepreneurs nationwide. Competes for the same small-business and individual client as LA Tax Service but delivers entirely remotely via cloud tools, representing the digital-native model the subject firm has not adopted.

Others

• Intuit (TurboTax / QuickBooks): DIY tax-preparation software (TurboTax) and small-business accounting platform (QuickBooks) that LA Tax Service explicitly uses and competes against. Not a direct service peer but a structural substitute that has commoditized the lower end of the individual and small-business tax-prep market the firm serves.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/la-tax-service

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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