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Miles Lawrence, EA, Esquire
Miles holds two professional licenses that allow him to serve client needs: (1) Enrolled Agent is a federal license that authorizes him to practice as a tax preparer and perform the vast majority of tax work that LTS clients require; and, (2) Attorney is a State of California license that also qualifies him to represent LTS clients before the US Tax Court and perform other tax controversy or tax advocacy work if necessary. Both licenses complement each other and provide an excellent background when managing LTS and working with our LTS clients in relation to tax matters and the broader spectrum of issues that touch the area of taxation including estate, financial and asset protection planning.
Richard "Dick" Moore, EA
Dick has been a practicing tax preparer since 1973, and has been an Enrolled Agent since 1979. A military veteran, past Rotary President, and past corporate CFO for two different manufacturing companies, as well as a publishing company, he brings a wealth of experience to the profession and LTS team. Dick's tax philosophy is – be pro-active – you always have a choice. Dick has been an associate working at LTS since 2005. He’s available for consultation for any business planning and tax questions you may have.
Brett Strother, EA, CPA
Brett is an Enrolled Agent and certified public account currently practicing as a tax preparer with LTS in Carlsbad, CA where he has been an Enrolled Agent and California CPA in the tax preparation and consulting industry for nearly fifteen years. He received his BS in accounting from CSUSM and has worked his way up from medium to large accounting firms, including most recently EY, where he served as Senior Manager in the San Diego Real Estate department. At EY he focused on partnership, REIT and corporate accounting, taxation and structuring which included compliance, consulting memos, income tax provisions and audit support for private and public companies.
Rhonda Ibrahim, EA
Rhonda Ibrahim is an Enrolled Agent practicing as a tax preparer with LTS, and also a QuickBooks Pro-advisor specializing in QuickBooks Set-up , training and consulting for small businesses. Before she became an Enrolled Agent, she worked as the office and technology manager for LTS serving various administrative capacities for 10 years. She received his BS degree in accounting.
Minji Jo, Ph.D.
After 20 years in cancer research and cancer drug development in pharmaceutical companies, Minji wanted a new challenge in her life and embarked on a new careers journey to become an Enrolled Agent. She is currently preparing to be an Enrolled Agent while serving clients for Lawrence Tax Service. She is also the founder of MJ Cancer Patient Advocate, LLC to support and educate cancer patients and their families.
Jeannie Lowrance
Jeannie grew up in a Navy family in Hawaii. After high school, she relocated to California to complete her college education. She retired after 30 years in the insurance industry. She looks forward to assisting our office each year during busy tax season.
Thank you for entrusting Lawrence Tax Service for your tax preparation needs. We know you have many professionals to choose from including the debate of whether to attempt your own tax preparation. Frankly, some of you may have never heard of an Enrolled Agent which is the primary certification for all LTS practitioners. Enrolled Agents specialize on income taxes. Becoming an Enrolled Agent involves passing a three-part examination given by the IRS for which the passing rate percentage is only 56% of test takers. On average, the professionals at Lawrence Tax Service complete over 120 hours of continuing education every year despite the EA requirement of only 72 hours every three years. Why go so far beyond? Because we feel this amount of education is necessary to stay current with the ever changing tax laws, and is a resource to strategize relative to our clients’ individual tax situations.
