Tax preparation ยท Individuals & real estate

Your returns, zero diff.

Remote tax preparation for individuals and real estate businesses: agents and brokers, investors and their entities, developers, and commercial real estate. Every number on your return ties back to its source, down to the last penny.

  • 100% remote
  • Serving clients nationwide
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What we do

Tax returns that tie out.

Individual Tax Returns

Form 1040 returns for individuals and families, from straightforward to complicated: W-2 and 1099 income, investments, self-employment, K-1s from partnerships and S corps, and real estate activity.

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Specialty

Real Estate Business Returns

Returns for real estate agents and brokers, investors and their LLCs, partnerships, and S corps, developers, and owners of retail and office properties. Depreciation, basis, and K-1s that tie out.

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Business & Entity Returns

Business returns for partnerships and multi-member LLCs (1065), and S corps (1120-S), with K-1s that tie out.

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Bookkeeping

Also available: monthly bookkeeping and reconciliation in QuickBooks, reconciled to a $0.00 difference every month, plus catch-up and cleanup. Clean books make tax time a hand-off.

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Secure by default

Tax documents move through an encrypted client portal, never email attachments or website forms.

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Why Zero Diff Labs

Zero means zero.

No "close enough." No plug numbers. A return isn't done until every figure ties back to its source.

  • Zero means zero.Every W-2, 1099, K-1, and closing statement is tied to the return. No "close enough," no plug numbers.
  • Built for real estate.We speak commissions, depreciation and basis, capital improvements vs. repairs, and entity structures.
  • Remote by design.Secure cloud tools, with questions handled through the portal or by email.
  • Changelog-level transparency.Your return comes with a written analysis: what changed from last year, and recommendations for the year ahead.
  • We know your file.A consistent point of contact who knows your situation and your entities, not a rotating queue.
How it works

Remote, start to finish.

Five steps from first call to a filed return.

Works with: your QuickBooks books, or reports exported from your property management or accounting software.

  1. Book a call (30 min, video call on Google Meet). We talk about your income, entities, properties, and what changed this year.
  2. Get a clear price. Published starting-at prices for each return type, with your final price confirmed in a written quote before we start. No surprise hourly bills. See pricing.
  3. Secure upload. Send your tax documents through the Client Portal. No emailed documents.
  4. We prepare and tie out. Every figure is tied back to its source, and we compare against last year so nothing goes missing.
  5. Analysis, review, and e-sign. Your return arrives with a written analysis and recommendations: a short summary of the results, what changed from last year, and recommendations for the year ahead. Review it, e-sign, and we file. Questions? Ask through the portal or by email.
Real estate: our home base

From your first commission check to retail and office properties.

Real estate returns go wrong in specific ways: improvements expensed as repairs, depreciation schedules nobody updated, K-1s that don't match the entity return. We get it right and keep it consistent year to year.

Talk real estate taxes with us
  • Real estate agents and brokers
  • Investors and their LLCs, partnerships, and S corps
  • Developers
  • Commercial real estate: retail and office properties
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About Zero Diff Labs

A tax lab with one standard: zero.

Zero Diff Labs is a fully remote tax preparation and bookkeeping practice serving clients nationwide, 100% remote. We built our process around one idea: when a return is right, the difference column reads $0.00.

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Ready to see a zero in the difference column?

Book a free, no-pressure discovery call. Bring last year's return.