Fairmount is a modern tax, accounting, and advisory firm for families and owner operated businesses. A secure portal on your phone, a CPA who answers in English or Arabic, and pricing that fits the work, fixed fee or hourly.
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We keep the menu tight so every engagement gets a CPA's attention instead of a department's.
Returns for LLCs, S corporations, partnerships, and corporations, entity elections, reasonable compensation, and a clean monthly close in QuickBooks or Xero with reconciled accounts, payroll filings, 1099s, and sales tax where it applies.
Federal, Michigan, and city returns, estimated payments, notices, and planning before year end rather than after.
Cash flow forecasting, pricing and margin reviews, budgets, and a monthly conversation about the numbers that move the business.
Canadian residents with Michigan income and Michigan residents with Canadian income: treaty positions, withholding, and coordinated filings.
Financial statements prepared under professional standards when a bank, franchisor, or investor asks for them.
Entity selection, EIN and state registrations, bookkeeping setup, and a first year tax calendar so nothing is a surprise.
We read it, explain it in plain language, and respond on your behalf. Most notices are resolved without a phone call from you.
No email attachments, no lost documents, no wondering where things stand. The portal is included with every engagement.
Some work has a clear scope and deserves a fixed price. Some does not, and pretending otherwise costs one of us. We use three models and put the choice in writing before we start.
A written quote for the whole engagement, agreed before work begins. It changes only if the scope changes, and you approve any change first.
Best for: work you can describe in a sentence.
Billed in tenth of an hour increments against a written rate schedule, with time detail attached to every invoice and a cap or deposit when you want one.
Best for: open ended matters where the scope is the unknown.
Bookkeeping, payroll, quarterly estimates, and the year end return bundled into one monthly amount, reviewed annually as the business grows.
Best for: businesses that want an accounting department without hiring one.
Four minutes online. Tell us what you need and upload anything you already have.
A 30 minute call or meeting with the CPA, in English or Arabic. Your questions answered directly.
A fixed fee, an hourly rate schedule, or a monthly amount, in an engagement letter signed from your phone. Your portal opens the same day.
Upload as documents arrive, watch status change, review the draft, sign the authorization, done.
Fairmount was founded on a simple observation: most families and small businesses do not need a bigger accounting firm, they need one that answers. Ghada Bazzi is a certified public accountant licensed in Michigan who has spent her career translating tax law and financial statements into decisions people can act on.
The firm is on Ford Road in Dearborn Heights and serves clients from Dearborn and Livonia to Northville, Novi, West Bloomfield, Bloomfield Hills, Birmingham, and Troy, and across the river in Windsor and Essex County. Meetings are in person, by phone, or by video, in English or Arabic.
Short summaries of what matters to Michigan families and business owners, reviewed every week.
The IRS has published the inflation adjusted figures for tax year 2026 (the return you file in early 2027). The standard deduction rises to $16,100 for single filers, $32,200 for married couples filing jointly, and $24,150 for heads of household.
Read moreTreasury announced on April 15, 2026 that the statutory trigger for an automatic rate cut was not met, so the individual and fiduciary rate remains 4.25 percent for tax year 2026.
Read moreFinCEN's final rule, announced August 11, 2026, permanently removes the Corporate Transparency Act reporting requirement for U.S. companies and U.S. persons. Foreign reporting companies still report for their foreign beneficial owners.
Read moreYou do, with our recommendation. After the consultation we tell you which model fits and why, and put it in the engagement letter. If a matter starts hourly and the scope becomes clear, we can convert it to a fixed fee.
No. Most clients never do. Documents go through the portal, meetings happen by phone or video, and signatures are electronic. The office is there when you prefer to meet in person.
Yes. We coordinate the United States filing with your Canadian return, apply the treaty where it helps, and make sure withholding and credits line up so you are not taxed twice.
Yes. We request the prior year returns and the accounting file with your authorization, review them, and tell you honestly whether anything needs to be fixed before we move forward.
No. Fairmount CPA & Advisory, LLC provides accounting, tax, and advisory services only. It does not provide legal services. If your matter needs a lawyer we will say so.
Nothing you enter here creates an engagement. Your request is shared with our firm team so we can respond. You can upload documents now or wait until your portal opens; please do not type Social Security or account numbers into the message box.