Fee Schedule for 2021 Tax Returns

All Charges include Free Electronic Filing of Minnesota and Federal Tax Returns for the fastest possible refund without the added charges of a Refund Anticipation Loan.

Simple with one W-2 or 1099-R

ItemFee
Short Forms - Federal and MN$58.00
Minnesota Rent / Property Tax Refund (M-1PR)$42.00
Additional W-2, 1099R or W-2G$7 each

Upgrade to Itemized Deductions

ItemFee
Federal with Itemized DeductionsAdditional $30
Minnesota with Itemized DeductionsAdditional $11

Childcare & MN Education Credits

itemFee
Child Care Credit - on both Federal and MN$25
Minnesota K-12 Education Credit$22
Minnesota K-12 Education Credit - subtraction only$6

Earned Income, Child & Education Credits

Any of these forms requires one checklist Form 8867
itemFee
*Earned Income Credit & Working Family Credit$50
*Federal Education Credit$30
*Refundable Child Tax Credit$30
Checklist Form 8867* (one checklist is required for any of the above)$22

Interest, Capital Gains & Business

ItemFee
Interest & Dividend Income over $1,500$15 plus $2 per item
Capital Gains & Losses: $16.00 plus $20 plus $6 per item
Business (Proprietorship Includes QBI)$45 to $160
Rental Income$75 avg. per property
Above prices do not include the
10% Discount on returns filed before March 10th


Additional charges for other schedules and services.

Partnership and Corporation Income Tax Returns

Partnership and Corporation Income Tax Returns are on a different schedule and are not eligible for 10% off before March 10.
Partnership and Corporation Income Tax ReturnsFees
Partnership and Corporation Income Tax Returnsfrom $175

How so affordable?

We employ a client based orientation through our planning and decision making. “We’re on your side.” While other firms may focus on trying to get the most money out of their clients: we try to give you the best benefit at a reasonable cost.

We keep our costs low

By leasing space in the shopping center we have a high profile and wonderful location for business during the tax season. After the season is over, we office from home to take care of anything that might come up. This keeps our overhead costs low, even though we have some of the nicest space in the Twin Cities area.

When I see other firms in operation they often appear to have little or no business. We tend to keep a tight schedule and have been able to spread the rush times out a bit to cover most of the tax season. Because we’re more continuously preparing returns instead of waiting half the time for unscheduled clients to just show up we can prepare more returns, on average, per preparer hour worked. We’d rather prepare twice as many returns a day, and charge just half the fees.

The one thing we do not try to cut is preparer’s compensation. We pay our employees more. They are professionals, good workers, and they deserve it.

No Franchise Fees

Other national firms can require a franchise fee of up to 30% to use the name and reputation of the firm.

We see that as 30% gone for no tangible benefit to our clients.

These firms may also require additional advertising expenses, furnishing and signage, computer equipment and software all of which add substantially to the cost of the operation while unnecessarily limiting the options.