Chicago, Illinois · Tax and accounting practice
Plain answers on tax, from an accountant you can actually call.
Rodd Goldman, CPA handles tax and accounting for Chicago businesses and individuals. Returns, books, payroll, and the questions in between, explained in plain English. And one thing nobody else on the block has: a working U.S. Virgin Islands tax desk.
Services
What the practice handles
The core work of a working accountant. No packages, no portals you fight with, no upsell scripts.
Individual tax preparation and planning
Federal and Illinois returns, plus planning through the year instead of a scramble every April.
1040IL-1040Business tax returns
Corporations, S corporations, partnerships, and sole proprietors, prepared and filed on time.
11201120-S1065Sch CAccounting and bookkeeping
Clean monthly books that stand up at tax time and in front of a lender.
Monthly closeStatementsPayroll and compliance
Payroll runs, deposits, and quarterly filings handled on schedule, so notices never start here.
941W-21099IRS representation and notices
A letter shows up, you forward it, the practice answers it. You do not sit on hold with the IRS.
NoticesExamsPayment plansBusiness advisory
Entity choice, cash flow, buying equipment or a building: the decisions between the filings.
EntityCash flowPlanningThe territorial desk
The U.S. Virgin Islands desk
Most Chicago accountants have never seen a mirror-code return. This practice files them.
The U.S. Virgin Islands runs its own tax system: the federal code applied as local law, with returns routed to the Virgin Islands Bureau of Internal Revenue instead of the IRS. It is thinly documented, easy to get wrong, and almost nobody on the mainland works in it.
This practice does, through its sister practice, Goldman & Associates in St. Thomas. If you have USVI income, USVI ties, or a move to the islands on your mind, the territorial questions get answered at the same desk as your Chicago return.
Sister practice: Goldman & Associates · St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands · 200+ clients across the Goldman practices
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Mirror-code returns
Income tax returns filed under the USVI mirror system, prepared and routed to the right bureau the first time.
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Bona fide residency
Establishing residency under section 937, the fact pattern that decides whether you file with the islands, the IRS, or both.
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Dual filing for mainlanders
U.S. residents with Virgin Islands income file in both places. Form 8689 allocates the tax between them.
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EDC advisory
The islands' Economic Development Commission program: what the benefits are and what qualifying actually takes.
How working together goes
Four steps, no mystery
Reach out
Call or email. You talk to Rodd, not an intake queue.
Review
Prior returns and current books get a real look before anything is quoted.
Agree the work
Scope and fee in writing before the work starts. No surprises on the invoice.
Stay covered
Filings, deadlines, and answers through the year, not just at tax time.
Key dates
Four stars, four deadlines
The Chicago flag gives each of its stars a meaning. So does this practice: one for each federal estimated-tax date, on a calendar that reads your clock and marks whatever comes next.
Clients get reminders ahead of every date that applies to them.
Contact
Talk to Rodd
A short call is enough to tell whether this practice is the right fit. No pitch, no obligation.
(847) 204-7548- Location
- Chicago, Illinois
- Serving
- Chicago and the surrounding area, plus U.S. Virgin Islands matters through Goldman & Associates in St. Thomas.
- Good to bring
- Your two most recent returns and a rough sense of what you want handled. That is enough to start.