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Eleanor Ashcombe

Managing partner · tax

Daniel Reed, tax partner, portrait

Daniel Reed

Tax partner · CPA, CFP

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Denise Carter

Audit partner

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Robert Hale

Advisory partner

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Tax partner · CPA, CFP

Daniel Reed

Daniel co-founded the firm in 1998 and leads its tax practice. He plans returns for owners and the families behind them, in November, not April.

26 years in practice

400+ returns signed a year

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Daniel Reed, with his role and focus beside him

Tax partner

Daniel Reed

CPA, CFP

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Partner since 1998

Daniel co-founded the firm in 1998 after training in a Big Four tax practice. He leads the tax practice and plans returns for owners and the families behind them, in November, not April.

He is also a Certified Financial Planner and works with owners on retirement, entity and succession planning.

Licenses

  • CPA, New York

  • CPA, New Jersey

  • CFP® professional

Education

  • BS Accounting, Fordham University

  • CFP certification, CFP Board

Focus

  • Tax preparation and planning

  • Owners and their families

  • Retirement, entity and succession planning

Memberships

  • AICPA

  • NJCPA

Dr. Megan Walsh, Walsh Family Dentistry
James Hollis in his tailoring shop

★★★★★

Daniel moved me to the right entity and saved me eleven thousand a year. He raised it in November.

James Hollis

Hollis Street Tailoring · client since 2021

Free consultation

Bring last year’s return. We’ll take it from there.

An hour with a partner, at our office in New York or Montclair or by video. You leave with a written scope and a fixed fee.

What to bring

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Last year’s federal and state returns

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Recent bank and card statements

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Any IRS or state notices you have received

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