Family-owned Stevenson Ranch & Lancaster, California

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Prepare Plan Resolve

Family Tax Year-round tax advisory

The return is one deadline. Planning is year-round.

Family Tax brings preparation and strategy together for business owners, real estate investors, families, self-employed clients, retirees, trusts, and estates.

  1. 01
    Tax preparationPersonal, business, trust & estate returns
  2. 02
    Strategy & planningQuarterly, real estate, retirement & legacy
  3. 03
    Operations & IRSBookkeeping, entity formation & tax issues
Established
2009
California offices
Stevenson Ranch + Lancaster
Work with us
In person + virtual nationwide

Scope of practice

One connected tax picture.

Preparation, planning, clean books, entity setup, and help when an IRS notice arrives—kept together by one local team.

01 / Prepare

Tax Preparation

Personal Tax Returns

Form 1040, W-2, self-employed income, investments, and rental income.

Business Tax Returns

C-Corps, S-Corps, partnerships, LLCs, Forms 1120, 1120-S, and 1065.

Trust & Estate Returns

Form 1041, trusts, and estates.

02 / Plan

Strategy & Planning

Tax Strategy & Planning

Quarterly reviews, entity structure, retirement plans, and depreciation.

Real Estate Tax Strategy

Cost segregation, 1031 exchanges, rentals, and commercial real estate.

Retirement & Legacy Planning

Roth conversions, RMDs, defined-benefit plans, and multi-generational wealth structuring.

03 / Operate & resolve

Operations & IRS

Bookkeeping

Monthly bookkeeping, QuickBooks, and catch-up work.

S-Corp & LLC Formation

LLC formation, S-Corp elections, and EIN registration.

IRS Issues & Back Taxes

IRS notices, back taxes, payment plans, and audit support.

Every engagement is quoted transparently. No hourly surprises, no upsells.

The Family Tax approach

We don’t just file. We plan.

When businesses, properties, retirement decisions, or several entities are involved, each part affects the next. We keep the work connected through the year.

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  1. 01

    Understand the whole picture.

    We begin with the returns, entities, property, and decisions that shape your taxes.

  2. 02

    Plan before the deadline.

    Quarterly conversations create time to consider the strategies that fit your situation.

  3. 03

    Prepare with care.

    Personal, business, trust, and estate returns stay connected to the plan.

  4. 04

    Stay connected.

    Share documents through the secure portal and keep in touch with the same team.

Who we serve

Advice for lives with moving parts.

From a personal return to a multi-entity structure, our work stays connected to the whole picture.

01

Real estate investors & landlords

Rental portfolios, cost segregation, 1031 exchanges, and passive activity planning.

02

S-Corps, LLCs & business owners

Entity selection, business returns, accountable plans, and quarterly planning.

03

Multi-entity families

Holding structures, management fees, and planning across several companies.

04

High-income W-2 households

Equity compensation, retirement contributions, HSA planning, and AMT.

05

Self-employed clients

Quarterly estimates, home office, vehicle use, and solo retirement plans.

06

Retirees, trusts & estates

RMDs, Roth conversions, trust returns, gifts, and legacy planning.

Family-owned. Family run.

Two generations. One promise.

Cynthia and Joel Hernandez founded Family Tax in Lancaster in 2009. Today, Cynthia leads the firm alongside their daughter Julia and a team serving the Antelope Valley and Santa Clarita Valley.

Meet with us at either office or work with the team virtually.

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Two California offices

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Monday–Thursday
10am–4pm
Friday–Sunday
Closed
Tax season · Feb–Apr
Extended hours

Serving: Stevenson Ranch · Santa Clarita · Valencia · Canyon Country · Newhall · Saugus · Lancaster · Palmdale · Virtual nationwide

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