Abacus Firm Profile

Mission

• Provide the highest quality tax and financial advice tailored to the clients' needs
• Formulate and implement a comprehensive solution for our clients, utilizing a network of experienced, capable advisors
• Continually explore new and better tax and financial strategies and investment products that will better serve our clients' financial objectives
• Provide service to our clients with respect, honesty and with the goal of improving their quality of life

Professionals

Sharon Hinchman EA, FNTPI
Sharon is Managing Partner at our Alamo Office and brings over thirty years of experience to the practice. She started off as a Tax Manager for Chevron Corporation, preparing returns for expatriate executives and conducting high level audits and from there she moved on to KPMG, managing a team of tax professionals. In 1985, she branched out on her own and acquired Alamo Tax. Sharon specializes in audit representation and is a Fellow of the National Tax Planning Institute, the industry's highest designation for audit work. In addition, she is an excellent musician.

Henry Amado, EA, CIMC
Henry is an Enrolled Agent and Certified Investment Management Consultant and Managing Partner at our Berkeley Office. He and his wife, Christine both graduated from Cal in 1991 and their daughter, Elena Amado, just celebrated her second birthday in November of 2005. Henry started out as a registered representative in the insurance industry, and then moved on to Price Waterhouse and Citibank. Henry has served as firm Principal of a nationally ranked Registered Investment Advisor in the East Bay managing over $160M for over 10 years. Henry recently decided to branch out on his own, and offer a combination of tax preparation and fee-only financial planning services under the new Abacus umbrella. Henry specializes in business and estate taxes, fee-based financial planning and estate planning, and investment management services.

Will Starr, EA
Will is another Cal grad and has been preparing taxes for over 30 years and has been Abacus' firm Principal for ten of those years. He has worked in the industry as a Corporate Controller and specializes in business, individual and real estate tax returns, as well as more specialized services such as litigation support and estate tax returns. Will and his wife, Nancy, have decided to spend more time together so Will is reducing his responsibilities at Abacus but will remain with the firm for the foreseeable future. Will is planning on devoting more time to tennis, his singing career and his eight-year old grandson, Arlen.

Joyce Slater, EA
Joyce has been preparing taxes for over twenty years and has been closely associated with Abacus since 1985, the year her son was born. Joyce specializes in helping taxpayers who live abroad, including educators, artists, and filmmakers and continues to assist seniors and their families with their special needs.

Mary Padilla
Mary is a new tax preparer and will be our protégé for the next couple of years as she develops her tax preparation skills. Mary is also a Notary and a Certified Loan Signing Agent and has been a Project Manager for a computer software firm in her prior life.

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