Understand the situation
Every engagement begins with the actual tax need, relevant deadlines, available records, and the decisions the client is trying to make.
About Dean Ferraro and Authoritax
Tax work should feel clear, organized, and human.
Dean Ferraro founded Authoritax to help individuals, families, investors, and small business owners work through tax preparation and planning with secure systems, plain-English communication, and clear next steps.
Founder of Authoritax
Dean Ferraro
Dean began preparing his own taxes as a young hockey referee, learning firsthand how earned income, expenses, and filing requirements fit together. Later he became a tax volunteer with VITA helping hundreds of low-income filers each tax season. He founded Authoritax in 2014 and now works with clients whose returns involve self-employment, small businesses, investments, rental property, retirement decisions, prior-year filings, and tax notices.
A practical approach to tax work
Taxes are personal. They touch a client's work, family, business, investments, property, and plans for the future. Dean's approach begins by understanding what actually happened, organizing the relevant records, and explaining what is needed next.
Authoritax uses a secure online portal so documents, questions, approvals, and signatures are kept together. The goal is not to bury clients in tax terminology. It is to complete careful work and make the process easier to follow.
Dean is also an enrolled member of the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe at Akwesasne. His professional and community work reflects a people-first perspective and a respect for the different circumstances clients bring to the table.
How Authoritax works with clients
A small practice can provide personal attention while still using an organized, professional process.
Define the work
The written engagement identifies the services being provided, whether that is return preparation, prior-year filing, planning, or another agreed matter.
Keep the next step clear
Clients receive focused requests, secure portal instructions, and explanations that connect the tax work to the action required.
Two businesses, two separate professional relationships
Dean's tax and investment work may complement one another, but the services remain clearly separated.
Tax services
Authoritax
Authoritax provides tax preparation, tax planning, and related tax support under a separate written tax-services engagement.
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Investment advisory services
Longhouse Wealth Management
Dean is also a co-founder of Longhouse Wealth Management. Investment advisory services are provided only under a separate advisory agreement. Authoritax clients are not required to become Longhouse clients.
Visit Longhouse Wealth ManagementLooking for thoughtful, organized tax help?
Tell Authoritax what you need or schedule a brief introductory call. We will review the inquiry and explain the next step if the work is a good fit.
Information on this page is general and is not legal, tax, investment, or financial advice for your specific circumstances. Services begin only after the applicable business accepts an engagement in writing.