We focus on tax planning and preparation for individuals and small businesses, but we also provide payroll and other consulting services. Please see services and about to learn more.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions (and Answers). All in One Place.
Absolutely! While we love the arts, our clients include people of all professions. Every small business needs to find creative ways to stand out and each individual's tax return is a unique puzzle. We enjoy helping everyone fit the financial pieces together as best they can.
We would love to help everyone who contacts us, but our first priority is maintaining the high quality of service provided to our current clients. After years of explosive growth, we both ran out of space and time to continue adding to our client list without losing our sanity and/or high level of service. We created a Wait List where those interested could tell us about their situation and we have been contacting people from that list as we slowly add and train staff.
Click Here to tell us a little bit more about your tax situation. It's difficult to say how long it will take us to get through the entire Wait List, but we are contacting several hundred potential clients each year. We will email or call when we are confident that we can be of service to you.
If you want to e-file online yourself, you can do so here. Otherwise, MN CPA Society has a list of local CPAs worth reviewing here. If you are low income, there is a great organization in the twin cities, Prepare and Prosper, that offers free tax preparation to clients that meet their income guidelines.
We can help advise on the tax impact of different types of investments and retirement options available to you, but we do not provide any Certified Financial Planning or Brokerage services.
Appointment times can range from 30 min to several hours depending on how complicated your situation may be. One way to reduce your appointment duration is to send your tax documents in advance on the Portal so that we can get a head start on the typing and scanning!
Please review our Tax Organizer ahead of your appointment. We ask that you fill out the applicable sections and review the Checklist for items to bring with you. You can also upload all the forms and filled out Organizer to our Online Portal if you prefer a more tree-less tax prep experience.
Our ability to best serve you is limited by the information you provide to us. Tax laws change every year and we work hard to update this form to reflect the most current tax rules. By filling out the Tax Organizer, you guarantee that we provide you the best service at the lowest cost, as it helps avoid errors and omissions on your return while also improving our efficiency. Also, our hard-working tax preparers cry a little inside if you don't fill it out. Finally, our prices are based on getting your information in the tax organizer. Additional fees may apply if we need to spend extra time on bookkeeping and data collection.
Not necessarily, but we will need both of your signatures before we can complete your filing which means we may need you to return those to us before we e-file your return.
Of course! We do love seeing our clients and chatting about their tax return, but if you upload your documents to the Portal and email your tax preparer to tell them you want to work remotely, we can use email or video chat to finish up your taxes. Please allow us a few weeks lead time as we work on returns as they come in and it may take us a while before yours is at the top of the pile.
Yes. Residential street parking is available on both sides of Buchanan Street and on one side of 12th Ave NE. Just be aware if there is a Snow Emergency in effect!
Yes. Both IRS and Minnesota have moved both the tax filing and tax payment deadline to July 15th for 2019 tax returns.
This tax season just went from a sprint to a marathon! We at Fox Tax have had to slow down, make some transitions to remote work and we're going to take the turtle vs. the rabbit on the race to the new July 15th deadline. We apologize if our turnaround is slower this year, but our goal is not only to file paperwork for last year, but to help each client that is struggling with this new socioeconomic reality in 2020. Thank you for your understanding and don't worry....we'll get it all done by July!
Due to COVID-19 pandemic, we are not taking additional in-person appointments, but fear not! We are ready to remotely help you file your taxes. Just begin by filling out our Tax Organizer and uploading it and your other Tax Forms to our Secure Online Portal and your Tax Preparer will contact you if/when they have questions and can set up a time to chat via phone, video or email to discuss the results along with any of your other tax questions.
If you already HAVE an appointment scheduled, please upload your information more than 24 hours in advance of that meeting and email your Preparer to let them know if you'd like to meet via telephone, Google or Zoom Meeting and they'll contact you at the scheduled appointment time.
Our ability to best serve you is limited by the information you provide to us. Tax laws change every year and we work hard to update this form to reflect the most current tax rules. By filling out the Tax Organizer, you guarantee that we provide you the best service at the lowest cost, as it helps avoid errors and omissions on your return while also improving our efficiency. By following our format, you are guaranteed a more accurate and complete tax return. Lastly, our hard-working tax preparers cry a little inside if you don't fill it out as it makes their jobs even more difficult.
Yes, we have online scheduling; however, right now, as we convert to remote meetings only, we have temporarily turned it off and ask the you first upload all your information to our Secure Online Portal and your Tax Preparer will contact you via email with any questions and then can set up a time to discuss the results (and the future) via video or telephone once we have most of your information entered into our software.
We will hopefully get back to scheduling meetings and some type of normalcy soon, but right now, we're trying to help those facing unemployment, underemployment or lack of self-employment who are expecting refunds. If that latter description applies to you, upload all your information and then send your Tax Preparer an email asking if you can be prioritized to help you get your refunds quicker. If you're not in a hurry, please be aware that all deadlines have now been moved to July 15th for filing and payment with both IRS and Minnesota (as well as California and several other affected states).
If you need to cancel, we ask that you just upload all your information to our Secure Online Portal and your Tax Preparer will reach out with questions and/or to find a time to discuss the results.
Unfortunately, the question is now invalid and the answer is: you can ONLY work with Fox Tax remotely at the current time.....so yes, you can upload your documents to our Portal and we can use email, phone and/or video chat to finish up and review your taxes. Please note that we are quite busy during tax season, so we will need a few weeks to finish work that is sent in remotely.
Tax Deadlines have been extended until July 15th this year!
We have a secure Online Portal here that you can use to transfer or receive sensitive documents including your tax returns. Your username is typically your first and last name together without a space ( johndoe ). Your password is something that you created. There is a Forgot Password tool on the page if you misplace your password.
You can log into our Online Portal here to most likely find the most recent year's return. If it is not there, please email [email protected] and they will be uploaded into our portal within 48 hours of your request.
Yes. Click here to check the status of your Federal Refund or Minnesota & Property Tax Refunds. Many other states have similar tools as well.
Email is best. We spend 8-10 hours a day in back to back appointments, so email lets us answer either early or late in the day. It also helps us stay organized with the large volume of requests pouring in at the same time. If you feel you have a special circumstance that requires a phone call, please contact the front desk to schedule a phone appointment. They can help with many of your questions as well, so they are a good first resource.
Email your accountant directly to request an Extension. Please include in the email your current mailing address, phone number and all states in which you need to file so we can update your records to file the extension.
Yes. Click here to pay your Federal Taxes. Click here to pay your MN Taxes. To pay other states, search "Online Tax Payment [state name]"
We can help advise on the tax impact of different types of investments and retirement options available to you, but we do not provide any Certified Financial Planning or Brokerage services.
Although we always prefer both spouses be present and aware of your joint finances/taxes, it's not required; however, we will need both of your signatures before we can complete your filing, which means we would need you to return signed forms at a later date which will delay e-filing until you return signed forms.
Our tax business has grown so much, we have stopped running our own gallery. Instead, we are lucky to share our new building with co-tenant Circa Gallery, an excellent art gallery and meeting space. They are now in charge of art programming and event space rental (if you're interested). You can follow them on Facebook or Instagram to learn about upcoming events and exhibits.