Strategic Tax Counsel · Western New York

Most CPAs file your return. We change the outcome.

Filing is the last thing we do. Strategy is everything that comes before it. We work with Western New York business owners every month of the year — so April is a formality, not a fire drill.

i. The difference

By the time we file your return, we've already done the work that matters.

Compliance is a rear-view mirror — it reports what already happened, once it's too late to change it. Strategy is the windshield. We spend the year hunting the moves, so by filing season the savings are already locked in.

A tax preparer
asks for your documents.
A strategic CPA
asks about your future.
ii. What we do

Year-round counsel,
not a once-a-year filing.

Built for owners doing $500K to $5M who already have a CPA — and have a nagging feeling they're leaving real money on the table. They usually are.

01

Tax Strategy & Planning

We model your year before it happens and move while there's still time to change the number — not after the books are closed and your options are gone. Most savings have a deadline. We beat it.

02

Entity Structure & Owner Comp

S-Corp elections, reasonable-comp analysis, salary-vs-distribution. The structure most owners set up once and never touch again — and it's quietly costing them every single year.

03

Retirement Plan Design

SEP-to-401(k) conversions, Safe Harbor, and defined-benefit design for high earners — six-figure deductions, engineered for the tax result, with the right specialists coordinated around you.

04

Cost Segregation

Own the building? Accelerate the depreciation, free up the cash, and put the timing of your deductions back in your hands — instead of leaving it on the IRS's schedule.

05

Tax Return Preparation

We file it too — accurately, on time, no surprises. But by then the real work is already done. The return is the receipt, not the strategy.

"the last step — not the only one"
iii. The arrangement

We bet on ourselves.

Most firms bill you for showing up. We put a number on the table first — and we stand behind it. No long contracts, no mystery invoices.

Start here

The Tax Strategy Blueprint

$1,500one-time

A deep dive into your business and your return. You walk away with a written strategy — and a hard dollar figure on exactly what you're overpaying and how we fix it.

The guarantee

If the Blueprint doesn't identify at least 2× its fee in tax-saving opportunities, you don't pay for it. That's our money where our mouth is.

Book your Blueprint
Then go year-round

The Advisory Retainer

Ongoing counsel, implementation, and the return — the whole relationship. Priced to the size of your business, billed monthly, cancel anytime.

  • Foundation$750/moRevenue $500K – $1.5M
  • Growth$1,500/moRevenue $1.5M – $3M
  • Principal$2,500/moRevenue $3M – $5M

Your $1,500 Blueprint fee credits toward your first months when you continue — so the diagnostic effectively pays for itself.

Jim Swiech
CPA
iv. Who you work with

Jim Swiech, CPA

Local, accessible, and in it with you all year. No hand-off to a junior, no call center, no 1-800 number. You work directly with the principal who builds the strategy and signs the return.

  • NYS licensed CPA — 18+ years in practice
  • Principal of Swiech Consulting LLC
  • Based in Lockport, NY — serving business owners across all of Western New York
  • One relationship, end to end — strategy, planning, and the return, under one roof
Schedule a Tax Strategy Call
Let's talk

Your CPA should be your first call — not your last.

A 30-minute strategy call. No pitch, no obligation — just an honest look at what's on the table before the next filing season closes the window on it.