Tax Shop
Tax Shop
Charles Trautman, EA · Since 1969

Your taxes, done right.

Affordable · Friendly · Efficient · Secure

Independent Colorado tax practice since 1969. No franchise, no seasonal staff, no work sent offshore. Enrolled Agent.

Lone Tree, Douglas County and Metro Denver

★★★★★ 4.7 across 45 Google reviews

Services

Individual returns

Federal and state, including other states and part-year returns if you moved during the year.

Small business tax returns

Schedule C, Form 1065 partnerships, and 1120-S S corporations.

Unfiled tax returns

If you haven’t filed, you are not the first person. Bring what you have.

If a return ever draws an IRS notice, we’re here to help. As an Enrolled Agent, I am licensed to represent you before the IRS. Most preparers are not.

What to expect

Four steps, and you see the return before anything is filed.

1

Your documents

Call the office and we will set up your portal. You are also welcome to bring your documents in.

2

We prepare your return

Prepared here, in this office. We flag anything worth a conversation before it is final.

3

Review and correct

We review your tax returns with you and make any corrections.

4

We e-file your return(s)

After you have reviewed your return(s), approved, and signed authorization forms.

Your source documents stay here

A lot of tax preparation is quietly sent elsewhere — to contractors, to overseas processing centers, to people you will never speak to. That is not how this office works.

Secure Document Portal

Call our office. We need your name, address, email, phone number and Social Security number. We then email you an invitation to create your own password for your portal.

You can also send us your information and we will call you.

Prepared in this office

Your return is prepared here, by the Enrolled Agent who signs it. Your documents are not handed to a contractor or sent offshore.

Your information is confidential and never leaves this office.

Never by email

Email is not secure and we do not ask you to use it for tax documents. Nor do we ask for a Social Security number through a web form.

What clients say

4.7 stars from many Google reviews.

We appreciate our clients. Many of them came to us because someone they trust sent them, and there is no better compliment than that. If you are not a client yet, we hope you will be soon. We would be glad to prepare your return.

★★★★★

“Chuck is great! He got more money back for us this year that we were not even aware of. We got audited last year using TurboTax. Chuck redid our tax and we ended up paying much less than the IRS calculated.”

Google review
★★★★★

“I have been going to the Tax Shop for 8 years now. Chuck is a very knowledgeable and experienced tax person who is very reasonable when it comes to cost.”

Google review
★★★★★

“Working with Chuck and his team for over 10 years. The best.”

Google review
Enrolled Agent A federal credential issued by the IRS, earned by examination and maintained through continuing education. Authorized to represent any taxpayer before the IRS.
Fellow, National Tax Practice Institute Advanced training in IRS representation — examinations, collections, and appeals.

Get started

The fastest way
303-734-1040

Call and you will speak to the person who would prepare your return. Most questions get answered in a few minutes.

Visit the office

9233 Park Meadows Drive, Suite 202
Lone Tree, CO 80124
In the Panera Bread building at C-470 and Yosemite.

Office hours

Monday to Thursday9:00am – 4:00pm
Friday9:00am – 2:00pm
Saturday10:00am – 2:00pm
SundayClosed

Mid-January through April 15: Monday to Thursday until 8:00pm, Friday until 5:00pm, Saturday 9:00am to 3:00pm.

Document Portal Information Request

To create your document portal we will need your SS# or company EIN. We will call you for this information, and then email you an invitation for you to create your own password. Once you create a password, you’ll then be able to upload your source documents to your secure portal.

Please do not send Social Security numbers or tax documents through this form. We will call you for that information.