Meet the Staff of eTaxes.com
Steven H. Kassel Founder, President
& CEO
Steve Kassel left the IRS
in 1992 after serving five years as a Revenue Officer in San Jose. Steve got his
Enrolled Agent (EA) license shortly thereafter and was an EA for 16 years.. He founded eTaxes.com in January
1993 (known previously as IRSTaxes.com & Taxes.com). eTaxes.com is
devoted exclusively to the representation of taxpayers with unpaid or unfiled
taxes.
In 1997, Steve was flown
to Washington at government expense and testified on Capitol Hill on IRS
problems before The National Commission on Restructuring the Internal Revenue
Service. The Restructuring Commission’s recommendations became the framework
for the historic IRS Restructuring & Reform Act that was signed into law by
the President in 1998.
Steve is frequently quoted
by the media on IRS problems. Steve has appeared on ABC's Good Morning America
& Fox News Channel's The O'Reilly Factor. He has been quoted by numerous
print publications including the New York Times, Washington Times, Worth magazine, CNNfn.com and
many others.
Steve wrote a
comprehensive article on the IRS Offer in Compromise program for the largest
association of tax professionals in the country, the National Association of
Enrolled Agents.
Steve was the Republican candidate for the California 19th Assembly District
seat in
November 2000 and was defeated by the incumbent office holder.
Steve is a 1983 graduate of the
University of Maryland where he served as student manager for the nationally
ranked men’s basketball team. He
lives with his wife & sons in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Henry (TA) Taro, EA
TA spent 26 years as a Revenue Officer in the Central California IRS District.
He is incredibly diligent and hard working. He has been an Enrolled Agent for 14
years since he retired from the IRS in 1995. That's 40 years experience! He spent several years working on
"the dark side" for the nation's largest tax representation firm, but he came
over to work for the good guys in 2004. TA works out of an office in Carson
City, Nevada.
We had tried to hire TA for several years before it finally worked out.
Chris Jacquez,
EA
Chris Jacquez joined eTaxes.com in
2005. Chris has been an EA since October 2002 and has been a tax professional
for over nine years. He specializes in Income tax compliance and planning for
Individuals and small businesses, but also has a broad range of experience in
other areas of tax.
Over the past nine years,
Christopher has successfully built and operated his own tax practice, as well as
provided valuable support for established CPA firms throughout the city of
San Francisco and the Silicon
Valley. In addition to tax compliance and planning, his background includes
handling IRS tax resolution matters, including levy and wage garnishment
releases, filing for offers in compromise and preparing multiple year past due
returns.
Cathy Kassel, Vice President, Sales &
Marketing
Without sales, there would be no
business and Cathy Kassel is responsible for the marketing and sales of
eTaxes.com. On a very limited budget, Cathy has managed to consistently bring in
business far in excess of what would ordinarily be expected.
