08/28/2026
A few times a year I receive emails and letters from H&R Block, an Arlington, TX Firm, and a couple of others wanting to buy my CPA Firm like I received in today's mail box.
They claim based on authorized IRS E-Filers’ Addresses, specifically Zip Codes, I am the #4 E-Filer of IRS Tax Returns in the Greater Area of Bartlett / Arlington / Lakeland / 38133 (my home and office zip code) / 38134 / 38135 / 38002. A couple of years ago, one provided a web site showing this info that I thought was fairly close to my numbers and what I would think others numbers might be.
#1) H&R Block with a couple of locations / offices near my office
#2) A good-size and long-established (I think since the 70s) Bartlett CPA Firm with multiple CPAs and a good reputation near my office (I do not have their permission to use their name)
#3) A company like H&R Block I really do not know anything about other than their name and address near my office (I do not have their permission to use their name)
#4) My CPA Firm with a Great and Wonderful Team. I am the only CPA and I have been looking for another CPA / EA ever since Summer of 2021 when I moved my CPA firm from my home office to our current offices.
#5) Then there is a gap to #5.
In January 2018, when I went out on my own, I wanted to operate a CPA Firm "My Way" based on what my Dad, Mom, a few great bosses / mentors, and a couple of bad examples / bosses taught me about businesses and life-in-general. Also using the Good and Bad of the 3 CPA Firms, 1 Law Firm, the 4th/5th largest Real Estate Company in the Nation, and other jobs / places that I had worked during my career.
I always intended to do accurate, first class, honest, quality, and thorough work that honors and is pleasing to God, my Dad in Heaven, my Mom in Heaven, and others. But I never ever intended to do it in a quantity / volume that catches the attention of H&R Block and other National Folks.
Funny part is that H&R Block could not handle 3/4s plus of the tax returns that I have prepared and will prepare going foward.
After 37 Tax Seasons,
I have developed a few Tax Specialties of:
Business Owners and their Businesses of all different types,
Estates and Trusts,
Military Folks,
Ministry Folks,
Non-Profit Organizations,
Real Estate Investors and their Real Estate Investments,
Stock Market Investors and their Investments,
and other folks with niches
that H&R Block is not educated, equipped, experienced, and/or trained to handle.
I am always asking myself:
What would God do?,
What would Jesus do?,
What would my Dad do?,
What would my Mom do?,
What would my Pastors do?,
What would Joe K. do?,
What would Jim L. do?,
What would a few other great bosses / mentors would do?,
and
What is the complete opposite of what a few bad bosses would do?
I am truly blessed way more than I deserve.
God is Good All of the Time.
All of the Time God is Good.
www.bobbrowdercpa.com
