Norling Tax is a modern boutique CPA firm for founders, operators, and growing businesses. We combine AI-enabled workflows with licensed CPA oversight and deliver precise tax work on every return.
Our clients range from early-stage AI startups to third-generation family businesses. What they share is a preference for doing things well, and a desire for a CPA who delivers that care with the clarity, speed, and accountability of a great software team.
Support analyzing your financials and estimated tax payments, to the set-pieces of entity structuring and M&A. We cover the full stack.
We've invested heavily in AI and our tech stack to deliver fast, consistent answers to your most complex questions.
Quarterly planning sessions, estimated-payment modeling, and year-end strategy so April never surprises you.
Sounding-board work on entity structure, equity, comp, and the surprisingly-tax-heavy decisions founders make daily.
When a need falls outside our internal capabilities, we coordinate with our trusted member-firm network on your behalf.
Documentation, qualification, and filing of Section 41 R&D credits, especially useful for AI, SaaS, and engineering teams.
LLC vs. S-corp vs. C-corp, formation, elections, and revisions, aligned with how you actually plan to grow.
Every filing, letter, and plan that leaves this office is written, reviewed, and signed by a licensed CPA. Modern AI tooling moves us faster through reconciliation, research, and drafting, so more of our time lands on your strategy.
We extract, classify, and reconcile 1099s, K-1s, and brokerage statements with human sign-off on every line.
AI-assistedAI copilots surface relevant code, rulings, and precedent in minutes, verified against primary sources.
AI-assistedReturns, memos, and client letters are drafted to a tight checklist and reviewed by a CPA.
Human-reviewedWill personally reviews and signs every return. AI earns us time; it doesn't replace judgment.
We focus deeply in a handful of industries. Enough to know the common pitfalls, credits, and planning moves without having to look them up.

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