About Us

 

In 1973, our founder, Charlie Wood, started preparing income tax returns for some of his neighbors. They would find Charlie working down in his basement with all the various IRS forms spread out on the pool table way before PC’s and tax software!

His first clients are likely to remember having to duck to avoid hitting their heads on the heat ducts! Charlie used to say that is how he kept his fees down by “having such low overhead”!

In 1981, Charlie purchased his first PC and printer and started using TaxByte Software and began to increase the number of the tax returns he prepared.

In 2010, Charlie sold Charlie’s Tax Service to his son-in-law Bob Winter but remained on as a preparer until 2020 retiring at the age of 90.

Charlie passed away on March 20th of 2023 at the age of 94 and a Celebration of Life Service was held on April 15th which we thought that the date was very appropriate.

Ownership of Charlie’s Tax Service has changed a couple of times over the years, going from a sole proprietor to a partnership to an S-Corp as it is today operating as Charlie’s Tax Service, LLC (dba Charlie’s Tax Service). The current owners are Bob Winter, Lisa Litwiler and Chris Meskan. Please visit Our Staff page to read about our entire current staff of employees.

We like to remind our clients that you are not only getting their income tax return prepared but you are also getting a year-round support service. Our experienced staff will be available anytime you need tax advice or help with responding to an IRS letter or answering a tax question. Besides income tax returns, we also prepare 1099’s and W-2s and e-file all returns if at all possible.

Our clients often comment that they like the friendly and personal attention that we offer. And we feel our fees are very competitive and that we provide a lot better service than you would get at one of the national brand tax services.

Please visit our Contact Us page for our hours and appointment information along with directions on how to get here. We look forward to working with you and preparing your tax returns.