Tax Preparation in Mount Vernon, NY
London's Tax Services has prepared personal and small business tax returns for Mount Vernon families and business owners for over 20 years, and holds a 4.9 star average rating on Google. Our office is now at 75 South Broadway in downtown White Plains, a short drive north on the Bronx River Parkway, and we continue to serve Mount Vernon in person and remotely. The first 15 minute consultation is free.
Twenty years in Mount Vernon, now based in nearby White Plains
We are not a seasonal storefront that appears in January and disappears in May. After 20 years working in downtown Mount Vernon, our office is now at 75 South Broadway in nearby White Plains, open year round, and we still actively serve Mount Vernon clients in person and remotely. The person who prepares your return in March is the same person who picks up the phone in September when the IRS sends a letter. For a city the size of Mount Vernon that continuity matters more than most people realise: the majority of costly tax problems we fix arrived because nobody was available to answer a question in the off season.
Who we prepare returns for in Mount Vernon
Roughly half our Mount Vernon work is individual and family returns, often with a wrinkle: a rental unit in a two-family house, a spouse with 1099 income, a first year of self-employment, a child in college. The rest is small business work for the barbers, salons, contractors, home health aides, restaurants, daycare providers and independent drivers who make up much of the city's business base. If you are running a business out of a two-family home in Mount Vernon, we have almost certainly filed a return like yours before.
Tax issues that come up here
You live in Westchester, not New York City, and that is worth money
Mount Vernon sits just over the New York City line. Because you are a Westchester resident and not a New York City resident, you do not pay the New York City resident personal income tax, even if you commute into Manhattan or the Bronx every day. Every filing season we meet new clients whose previous preparer filed them as NYC residents by mistake, or who kept paying NYC tax after moving out of the Bronx. It is one of the first things we check, and it is one of the most common refunds we recover on an amended return.
High property taxes and the SALT deduction
Westchester property taxes are among the highest in the country, and for many Mount Vernon homeowners the state and local tax deduction is the single largest line on Schedule A. The SALT rules have changed recently. Whether itemising now beats the standard deduction for you is a real calculation, not a rule of thumb, and it is worth redoing every year rather than assuming last year's answer still holds.
Two-family and multi-family homes
Mount Vernon has a lot of two- and three-family housing, and a rented unit in the house you live in changes your return significantly. Depreciation, the split of expenses between personal and rental use, mortgage interest allocation, and what happens to all of it when you eventually sell are the details that get handled badly by software and by preparers who do not know the local housing stock.
Beyond filing
Want to lower next year's bill, not just file this one?
We also work with Mount Vernon business owners and families all year on tax planning in White Plains and Westchester: entity and S corp decisions, retirement plans, New York PTET and year-end moves.
Areas we cover in and around Mount Vernon
- Fleetwood
- Chester Heights
- Oakwood Heights
- South Side
- North Side
Getting to our office
Our office is in downtown White Plains, near the White Plains station on the Metro-North Harlem Line, a direct ride from Mount Vernon West. By car it is a short drive north on the Bronx River Parkway.
75 South Broadway, 4th FlrWhite Plains, NY 10601
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Mount Vernon tax questions we get asked
Where is your office?
75 South Broadway, 4th Flr, White Plains, NY 10601. Our office recently moved from downtown Mount Vernon to downtown White Plains, near the White Plains Metro-North station on the Harlem Line. We still actively serve Mount Vernon clients, in person and remotely.
Do I need an appointment for tax preparation in Mount Vernon?
An appointment is best, especially between February and April. You can book a free 15 minute consultation on this site or call (646) 917-7714. We do accommodate walk-ins when we can.
Do I pay New York City income tax if I live in Mount Vernon?
No. Mount Vernon is in Westchester County, not New York City, so Mount Vernon residents do not pay the New York City resident personal income tax, even if they work in the city. If a prior return charged you NYC tax in error, an amended return can usually recover it.
How much does tax preparation cost in Mount Vernon?
It depends on the complexity of the return, not on the size of your refund. A straightforward individual return costs considerably less than a small business return with a Schedule C, rental property or multi-state income. We quote the fee before we start work, so there are no surprises.
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