Small Business Tax Advisor in California - Reachable Directly, Year-Round
Every message, call, and consultation on this page reaches Amid Kobakival - TrueArc's founder, and the small business tax advisor California owners work with directly, start to finish. Your question isn't screened by an intake desk or routed to whoever happens to be free. Fast replies, year-round, including March and April.
Rather just call? (818) 297-4579 - Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm Pacific.
CTEC-Registered Tax Preparer · Authorized IRS e-File Provider · QuickBooks Certified ProAdvisor · ★ 5.0 client rating on Yelp
Four channels, four speeds
Pick the way that suits you - here's how fast each one answers
Each one suits a different kind of question - pick by what you're asking, not by which one feels most official.
Send a message
- Best for
- one specific question, or a situation that takes a paragraph to explain.
- You'll hear back
- usually the same day, and usually with a question or two - the useful answer almost always depends on your numbers.
Call
- Best for
- a quick yes-or-no, or when you'd rather just talk.
- You'll hear back
- immediately, if the line's free. You'll sometimes get voicemail - your advisor is with a client, which is exactly the attention you get when it's your turn. Leave a message and you'll get a call back, usually the same day.
- Best for
- sending documents, or continuing something already started.
- You'll hear back
- quickly - usually the same day. Don't send tax documents by plain email - reply to our first message and you'll get a secure upload link.
Book fifteen minutes
- Best for
- anything worth more than a paragraph - your structure, your books, whether an S corp makes sense, what any of it would cost.
- You'll get
- a real conversation with the advisor who'd do the work, and a flat-fee quote if you want one.
Any of the four reaches your advisor directly. Pick whichever one you'd actually use.
Send a message
One question is a perfectly good reason to use this. It goes straight to your advisor - not into a queue - and you'll have a reply quickly, usually the same day.
Message sent.
You'll hear back shortly - usually the same day. If it's urgent, call (818) 297-4579.
The reply comes from contact@truearctax.com. If you don't see it, check spam - new senders land there sometimes.
While you're waiting: most people's next question is what it costs. Flat-fee pricing is here →
The process, published
What happens after you get in touch
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Step 1 - It reaches your advisor, not a queue.
No lead-routing tool, no form letter, and nobody deciding whether your question is worth passing along. It's read by the advisor who'd do the work.
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Step 2 - You get a real reply, fast.
Usually with a question or two, because the honest answer to most tax questions depends on numbers we don't have yet. What you won't get is a form letter telling you to book a call.
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Step 3 - If it's bigger than an email, you'll be offered fifteen minutes. If it isn't, you'll just get the answer.
Plenty of questions get resolved in a single reply. When something genuinely needs a conversation - structure, catch-up work, anything with a deadline attached - you'll be told why, and the free 15-minute consultation is there when you want it.
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Step 4 - Cost gets answered, not deferred.
If you ask what something costs, you get a range in the reply and an exact flat fee after a short conversation. Nothing on this site hides behind "contact us for pricing" - the pricing page is right here.
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Step 5 - Then it's your move, not ours.
No newsletter, no drip sequence, no "just circling back" three months from now - nothing you wrote gets recycled into marketing. Pick it up in a week or next January and you won't be starting over; the same advisor still has the thread.
That's the whole sequence. No step in it is a sales step.
The small business tax advisor California owners reach is the one who does the work
TrueArc was founded by Amid Kobakival after more than a decade in tax and accounting, including training at Crowe LLP, a top-10 U.S. accounting firm, preparing and reviewing returns across every major entity type. He prepares and reviews every return this practice files - no junior learning on your books, no offshore preparation desk, and nothing about your business leaving the country.
TrueArc is a CTEC-registered tax preparation and bookkeeping practice, not a licensed CPA firm. If your situation ever calls for representation we can't provide - an IRS Appeals matter, a collections case - you'll get a straight referral to a trusted EA or CPA rather than a sales pitch. More about the practice →
CTEC-Registered Tax Preparer · Authorized IRS e-file Provider · QuickBooks Certified ProAdvisor, Levels 1 & 2 · B.A. Economics, UCLA
★ 5.0 client rating on Yelp - read the reviews →
Service area
A tax advisor in Woodland Hills - and across California by video
TrueArc is based in the West San Fernando Valley and meets clients in person across Woodland Hills, Canoga Park, Tarzana, West Hills, Calabasas, Encino, and the surrounding Valley. Most clients, though, never come in: engagements run by video call and a secure document portal, and that works identically whether you're in Sherman Oaks or Sacramento. If you run a business in California, you're in the service area.
TrueArc Tax and Financial Services LLC
7514 Jordan AveCanoga Park, CA 91303
By appointment - this is a working office, not a walk-in one. Call or book first and the door's open.
Phone: (818) 297-4579
Email: contact@truearctax.com
Monday - Friday · 9:00am - 6:00pm Pacific
Weekends by appointment during filing season.
Messages and voicemails left outside those hours get picked up first thing - not three days later.
Questions people ask before they get in touch
Can I just talk to a tax advisor about my business without booking a consultation?
Yes – that’s what the message form above is for, and it’s the most common way people start. Send one question, get one answer, decide later whether it’s worth a longer conversation. There’s no gate, no qualification form, and no requirement to book anything to get a real reply. If the answer turns out to need more than a paragraph, you’ll be told that plainly rather than strung along.
How quickly will someone actually get back to me?
Usually the same day, every channel, year-round – including March and April, allowing an extra day in the first half of April. That’s a practice standard rather than a stopwatch: a reply that took an extra afternoon because your numbers needed looking at is worth more than an instant one that doesn’t answer anything. If a couple of days pass and you’ve heard nothing, call (818) 297-4579; something went wrong on our end and we’d rather know.
Which is faster - calling, sending a message, or booking a time?
For a quick yes-or-no, calling. For anything that needs your numbers looked at, the message form, because the reply can be written after actually thinking about it. Booking fifteen minutes is the slowest to start and by far the fastest to finish – most questions that take three emails take four minutes on a call.
What happens to my information after I send a message?
It reaches your advisor and is used to reply to you. You’re not added to a mailing list, a newsletter, or an automated follow-up sequence – the practice doesn’t run one. Don’t send tax documents through the form or by plain email; reply to our first message and you’ll get a secure upload link instead.
Can I meet you in person, and where?
Yes, in the West San Fernando Valley – Woodland Hills, Canoga Park, Tarzana, West Hills, Calabasas, Encino and nearby. The office is by appointment rather than walk-in, so call or book a time first. Most clients end up working entirely by video and secure portal anyway, including plenty who live fifteen minutes away and just prefer it.
I'm not in the San Fernando Valley - can you still handle my business taxes?
Anywhere in California, yes. Video call for the conversations, a secure portal for the documents, e-filed returns at the end of it. A statewide client is not a compromise version of a local one; it’s how most of this practice runs. Out-of-state work is a different conversation – ask, and you’ll get a straight answer about whether it makes sense.
Still deciding whether it's worth a conversation? That's what fifteen free minutes are for.
You don't need a problem to book one. Plenty of these calls end with "your setup is fine, come back when your income jumps" - which is a useful thing to hear from someone with no reason to say it. Bring last year's return if you have it, or just a rough income figure, and you'll leave knowing whether your structure still fits, what you're likely leaving on the table, and exactly what working together would cost as one flat fee.
Or call (818) 297-4579 · email contact@truearctax.com
Video or phone. Evening slots available during busy season.