Alex Volkov

One story I’ll always remember

A business owner came to me with a refund claim that had been stuck for five years — and he’d had one of the biggest accounting firms in the world working on it the whole time. After he signed a power of attorney, I got into his IRS account and worked it directly.

Within months, a six-to-seven-figure refund — plus interest — was released. Five years stuck. Months to fix. That’s the difference between having a file sitting somewhere and having someone actually working it.

No office visit required

A client halfway around the world came to me with sales tax warrants from 15 different states. We never met face to face — not once. Everything was handled remotely, and we got it resolved.

My practice is fully paperless and location-independent. Wherever you are, your tax problem gets the same attention as if you walked into my office.

The building nobody else wanted to run

When I bought my condo, I went straight to the annual meeting and volunteered. Being a CPA got me elected treasurer — and before long I was doing everything: president, treasurer, secretary. A 10-unit building, self-managed, no management company.

We started with a Con Edison bill that was bigger than the building’s bank balance. I raised maintenance slightly and put every extra dollar straight into savings: $20,000 the first year, $10,000 the second, $10,000 the third — all while renovating the roof and keeping up with maintenance.

The best part? Con Ed workers didn’t have the building key, and my cameras caught them jimmying the lock. I took that footage straight to a regional director — and talked my way into having our contract reformed retroactively.

I’m the guy who finds the leverage everyone else missed and does the thing people said couldn’t be done. That’s the same guy who’ll be working your IRS case.