What Does Your
Success Look Like?
What Does Your
Success Look Like?
What Does Your
Success Look Like?
What Does Your
Success Look Like?
What Does Your
Success Look Like?
What Does Your
Success Look Like?

the smartCPA

Let's Be Upfront

About Us

“We have fun sharing our expertise with our clients and within our community so that together we achieve more than any of us thought possible.”

What We Do For You

Mueller Pye & Associates CPA helps your business achieve success by providing accounting and advisory support and strategies that propel you forward to attain your goals and dreams.

Fixed Pricing

No surprises when it comes to pricing. Three levels to meet your needs - Essential, Associate and Partner.

Your 6ccess

Although every business is different, there are six key tactics that can be applied to any business seeking Success!

To Your Success

What Clients Say About Mueller Pye & Associates

Don’t take our word for it; read what our clients say.

Barista
Double mocha skinny latte sugar-free syrup in a “green” cup with scone on the side? No problem! Barista Pro Shop provides all the ingredients and supplies our coffee shop clients need to succeed. Our own success required us finding the right cpa to take the first crack at our steaming e-commerce sales. The smartCPA recommended a robust accounting system and balanced our interstate taxes. We like our Internet sales like we like our coffee - hot...and in the black.
The Whole Story
Eternal Brothers
Eternal Brothers may look like badboy bikers, yet they are on a mission from God: feeding, clothing, counseling those in need. The Brothers are on the straight and narrow of tax compliance, nonprofit governance and good stewardship over their resources. The smartCPA, accounting your blessings.
The Whole Story
Grimm
In just two years, how do you go from brewing beer in your garage to winning Gold at Great American Beer Fest?

You hire the smartCPA to focus on your taxes, accounting and payroll systems so you can capitalize on your meteoric growth and keep on brewing the best beer in the region.
The Whole Story
Verboten Brewing
We know about making beer, but we’re new to being entrepreneurs, so we turned to thesmartCPA for business direction. They like our beer and we like their advice!
The Whole Story
White Orchid
White Orchid Bridal is the newest of the four stores I own in Estes Park, Colorado, including White Orchid women’s clothing store, The Spruce House and The Christmas Shoppe. They all survived the great flood of 2013 and now feature a fresh assortment of wonderful, unique merchandise. Please stop in - Estes Park is open for business!
The Whole Story

Everything A Business Owner Needs to Know About Tax Reform

The three videos below are a presentation given by Paul Mueller about tax reform.

Thing 1 - Meals & Entertainment

Thing 2 - Depreciation

Thing 3 - Business Tax Rate Reform

Download Slides of Presentation (PDF)

Since 1986, taxpayers and tax return preparers have had to wrestle with the Kiddie Tax rules. Over the past 30 years, Congress tinkered with those rules several times and made them overly complex. While the Good News is the Kiddie Tax is repealed for 2018, get prepared for the Bad News.

Tax Reform - Impact on Pass-Through Businesses

Perhaps the biggest item capturing the headlines about the Tax Cut and Jobs Act is the drastic reduction in corporate tax rates. In an attempt to level the playing field for pass-through businesses, such as Partnerships, S Corporations and Sole Proprietorships, the Act contains a complicated, intricate and convoluted exclusion for a portion of the annual business profit. Here's what we know.

Tax Reform - The Lowdown on Meal and Entertainment Deductions

The recently enacted Tax Cut & Jobs Bill eliminated the 50% deduction for most meal and entertainment costs starting in 2018. Of all the tax reform changes, this one is generating the most angst and questions among our clients who are business owners. Here's our take.

Tax Reform - New Year, New Tax Rules

Now that The Tax Cut & Jobs Bill is the law of the land, several long-lived tax benefits are now gone. As a result, taxpayers may need to plan accordingly and change some habits. Here's our head's up.

The Tax Gotchas for 2018

The items that Individual taxpayers should be on the watch for:

Keep Informed

What Does Your
Success Look Like?

What Does Your
Success Look Like?

What Does Your
Success Look Like?

What Does Your
Success Look Like?

What Does Your
Success Look Like?

What Does Your
Success Look Like?

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Your 6ccess