Transform your tax practice with expert support

Deliver exceptional tax advisory and compliance services at a fraction of the cost. Instead Teams provides experienced tax professionals who work as genuine extensions of your firm.

Transform your tax practice with expert support
Reality

The challenge facing your firm

Finding qualified tax professionals has become nearly impossible. Your best people work seventy, eighty hour weeks during peak season, and still you turn away clients. The math is brutal.

6+

Months to hire one qualified professional

$120K

Annual cost per local CPA or EA hire

The challenge facing your firm
Solution

Meet Instead Teams

Instead Teams provides experienced tax professionals who work as genuine extensions of your practice. They overlap with U.S. business hours, understand your workflows, and deliver the quality your clients expect.

150+

Tax strategies mastered by every team member

30%

Of our team comes from Thomson Reuters divisions

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Capabilities

What we deliver

Two core services built for your practice

Advisory

Tax advisory and strategic planning

Year-end reviews across your entire client base, comprehensive planning using entity structures, retirement strategies, equipment purchases, cost segregation, and detailed analysis with IRS citations. We prepare professional deliverables and support client communication.

Tax advisory and strategic planning
Compliance

Tax compliance and preparation

Expert preparation of 1040, 1120, 1120S, 1065, and 1041 returns with complex schedules, multi-state filings, and built-in quality review. We integrate with your practice management systems and handle extensions, amendments, and notices year-round.

Tax compliance and preparation
Standards

Exceptional quality guaranteed

Every professional on our team meets rigorous standards. We hire only credentialed candidates, train them comprehensively on our methodology, and review every deliverable before it reaches your clients.

Credentialed

EA and CPA candidates or holders only, trained on U.S. tax software

Strategic

Thinking beyond data entry, manager review on every engagement

Exceptional quality guaranteed
Impact

Transform your practice with measurable results

Instead Teams removes the friction from scaling your firm. You gain capacity without the hiring burden, cut costs while maintaining excellence, and finally have time for the advisory work that builds real client relationships.

Expand capacity without hiring

Expand capacity without hiring

Take on more clients immediately, no six-month hiring timelines or onboarding delays.

Increase profitability substantially

Increase profitability substantially

Reduce labor costs by sixty to seventy percent compared to local hires while maintaining quality standards.

Business team attending a session on compliance and documentation management.

Deliver proactive advisory services

Move beyond compliance to strategic planning that strengthens client relationships and justifies premium fees.

Discovery

We understand your practice inside out

You tell us about your firm, your clients, your workflows, and where you need help most. We listen carefully and ask the right questions to build the right team for you.

We understand your practice inside out
Matching

We match professionals suited to your needs

Instead Teams assigns experienced professionals whose skills and experience align with your practice. You meet them, ask questions, and approve the fit before anything begins.

We match professionals suited to your needs
Integration

Your team becomes our team immediately

We connect with your systems, learn your processes, and integrate into your workflows. Within days, they work like they've always been part of your firm.

Your team becomes our team immediately
Scaling

Expand your capacity whenever you need it

As your practice grows, add more professionals to your Instead Teams roster. Scale up during peak season, scale back when needed. You control the pace.

Expand your capacity whenever you need it

"Instead Teams transformed how we handle peak season. We went from turning away clients to taking on thirty percent more business without burning out our staff."

Tiffany Phillips
Tiffany Phillips
Owner, Phillips Business Group

"The quality is indistinguishable from our local team. They understand our clients, they understand the work, and they deliver like they've been here for years."

James Rodriguez
Principal, Rodriguez & Associates