Daniel Stinson CPA PLLC  ·  Licensed in North Carolina  ·  Est. 2026

Proactive accounting,
on a four-stage cadence.

Tax planning, advisory, bookkeeping, and entity work for founders building $500K to $10M businesses. Built around your business — completely — before any plan is drafted.

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Index — FY26 / 01 Scroll — Charlotte · North Carolina
  The Stinson Stack — 01 / 04 / 26

Every engagement runs through the same four stages.

You always know what's happening, why it's happening, and what's next. The cadence doesn't change — only what we put on it.

01
≈ 2 weeks

Intake

No plan written

Every detail uncovered before we touch a return. Income mix, entity history, cap structure, owner goals, the messes in last year's books. The plan is only as good as what you tell me here.

  • Full document & filing history review
  • Owner & entity diligence
  • Books health check (QBO / Xero / NetSuite)
  • Goals call — 90 min, no deck
02
≈ 1 week

Diagnose

Written

A written read on what's working, what's leaking, and what the next twelve months demand. You see the math behind every conclusion.

  • Effective rate vs. peer & federal benchmarks
  • Entity & comp-structure stress test
  • Cash & runway visibility
  • Risk register: filings, audits, exposure
03
≈ 2 weeks

Plan

Quantified

Tax, entity, and cash plan — in writing, with the dollars on the line. We model two or three scenarios so the trade-offs are honest, not hidden.

  • Twelve-month tax plan with scenario modeling
  • Entity & comp structure recommendation
  • Quarterly estimate schedule
  • Owner cash plan tied to the business plan
04
Ongoing

Execute

Quarterly cadence

Books close on the tenth. Estimates filed on time, every time. Quarterly reviews look ahead, not behind. April is when the work pays off — not when it begins.

  • Monthly close + reconciliation
  • Quarterly tax estimates & strategy call
  • Year-end planning in October, not March
  • One CPA, one direct line — yours from day one of the engagement
Daniel Stinson, CPA
  The Operator

Eight years across the
audit table and the
controller's chair.

I'm Daniel Stinson, a North Carolina CPA. Eight years in the profession — first at Deloitte's Charlotte assurance practice, then operating inside companies as a controller, consolidations manager, rev rec lead, and SEC reporter through The Siegfried Group.

I've signed audit opinions and I've closed the books at 11 p.m. on the fifth. Both perspectives change how I draft a tax plan.

Licensed
NC CPA  ·  2018
Prior
Deloitte  ·  The Siegfried Group
Industries
Insurance · Retail · Real estate · Mfg · Consumer · Tech
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If your CPA hasn't called you
since April, that's the answer.

The next move is a conversation, not a contract.

One form. I read it personally and reply inside one business day — even if the answer is that we aren't the right fit.

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