A graduate of the prestigious Pomona College with a B.A. in Mathematics and Economics, Dave spent many years after graduation honing his communication and executive skills in specialized executive training and work experience.

Dave holds the highest federal tax credential, Enrolled Agent, which certifies his tax expertise and allows him to represent his clients as an attorney before the IRS.

He founded Torchlight Tax and Financial Services, a full-service tax firm, that does all kinds of tax preparation–business (sole proprietors, partnerships, LLCs, C-Corporations, S-Corporations), Estates and Trusts. The product of Torchlight Tax is the tax dollars our clients save without cheating or putting them at risk.

Torchlight also does support services such as bookkeeping and payroll which are needed to file a tax return properly. Quality IRS Representation which settles IRS Debt most favorably for our client has also been a specialty of Torchlight Tax. Due to surging demand for IRS Representation, Dave formed GuardDog Tax as a department of Torchlight Tax and gave it its own website text.

A graduate of Whittier College, Jim opened his tax law practice in 1993 and has been a practicing tax attorney ever since. He heads up the legal departments for both Torchlight and GuardDog Tax.

As a practicing tax attorney, Jim joins the EAs and CPAs and support staff of Torchlight and GuardDog Tax and allows Torchlight to have an enhanced ability to handle tax problems of any kind.

Ken graduated from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting. He has been doing accounting and personal and business taxes professionally for over 20 years.   He has experience in virtually all types of tax preparation and has been training and supervising others in tax preparation for most of this time.   He has been certified as an Enrolled Agent by the IRS.  As he holds the EA credential, he has been able to represent clients before the IRS for penalty abatement, Offers in Compromise and IRS Installment Agreements. The taxpayer simply needs to sign an IRS Power of Attorney for Ken to represent him.

At Torchlight Tax Ken has been side checking the tax returns prepared by others with particular emphasis on making sure no legal tax deductions or credits are missed.

Emily earned her Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Brigham Young University and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Utah State University with honors. She obtained her license as a Certified Public Accountant in 1999. Emily worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers, Walt Disney Company, and State of Utah for a number of years. She also worked as a controller for a mid-sized security broker dealer firm for seven years before she started her own CPA practice. Emily’s objective is to provide highly customerized services that improve tax efficiency and maximizes cash flow to help business and individuals to reach their financial goals and objectives.

Luis is an EA with 25 years of tax experience and can do taxes in English and Spanish. He heads up the Spanish speaking tax unit of Torchlight Tax.