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Sterling, VA · Local advisory
Sterling sits beside Washington Dulles International Airport along the Route 28 corridor, with logistics, aerospace, data center and contracting businesses and diverse neighborhoods. Our Ashburn headquarters is next door.
What we handle
Businesses along Route 28 and around Dulles Airport include contractors, logistics and aviation companies, auto and trade businesses, restaurants and data center suppliers. We help them with entity structure, payroll, sales tax, Loudoun County business personal property tax and IRS or Virginia notices.
Sterling's families include many immigrants, small business owners and technology workers. We prepare returns with foreign income and accounts, handle ITIN and FBAR questions, and represent clients who owe back taxes or face an audit.
Speak with an advisorWhere we help
Around Dulles Airport.
Job costing, payroll and equipment.
Sales tax and payroll.
Foreign income and IRS help.
Our approach
A senior advisor reviews your situation.
Scope, fees and timeline in an engagement letter.
Secure document exchange, meetings and filings.
IRS contact, planning and support all year.
Questions
If your question isn't here, call (703) 880-8412 and you'll reach a person.
Yes. We prepare missing returns, work out what the IRS can still assess, and arrange payment plans or penalty relief.
Yes. We report foreign income, claim foreign tax credits and file FBARs and Form 8938.
Our headquarters is in Ashburn, a short drive from Sterling. We meet Sterling clients at our office, at theirs or by video.
Yes. Our CPAs represent individuals and businesses in IRS examinations, appeals and collections nationwide under a Form 2848 power of attorney.
Latest updates
Authorized representatives can now make balance-due, amended return, extension, proposed assessment and federal tax deposit payments for business clients online. Appropriate authorization for the client and tax matter is required.
Source: IRS (IR-2026-134)
For 2027 the joint-return standard deduction rises to $33,200, the estate tax basic exclusion to $15,480,000, the annual gift exclusion to $20,000 and the Section 179 expensing limit to $2,640,000. Our advisors recommend revisiting year-end gifting and equipment purchase plans with these figures in mind.
Source: IRS (IR-2026-133)
All 6,576 nominated census tracts, including 2,594 rural tracts eligible for enhanced benefits, become Opportunity Zones on January 1, 2027 for ten years. Investors with capital gains should review the new map before committing funds.
Source: IRS (IR-2026-132)
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