Tanya Baber was a solo practitioner most of her career and throughout that process she had to work exceptionally hard to learn everything she could and absorb as much knowledge as possible because she didn't have a partner or mentor to teach her all that she needed to know to best assist her clients.
Because of that struggle, she has been mentoring more and more accoutants over the years and it fostered a passion that led to a natural progression to become an educator and a leader in the accounting community.
Tax Edge Academy was born from this passion, and operates in a unique fashion that it isn't just a traditional 'Education CPE Factory' as most providers are, but the educational content is overseen and developed by Tanya Baber herself. She operates a tax, accounting, and representation practice daily, so it is real, relevant, and always updated for the real world.
We have a passion for accountants and the accounting community. Our goal is to provide high quality education that provides the most relevant information for accountants, while providing continuing education credit to help them meet their annual requirements.
We believe that accounting education should be up to date and cutting edge, but it doesn't have to be boring! Tax Edge Academy prides itself in using technology to allow us to teach beyond the traditional methods that were set in the past and now allows us to provide interactive and responsive seminars, to help achieve a better learning experience for our attendees.
Some of our Educational offerings include:
We believe strongly in community involvement and contributing our time, talent and energy in programs that make a difference in our communities. Here are some of the programs and organizations our staff members support:
Follow the links above and check out what these organizations do for their community.We also would like to encourage you to perform your own RAK - Random Act of Kindness, and to pay it forward.
Jeff received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from San Diego State University in 1980. Jeff's work as a Certified Public Accountant includes tax, auditing, financial planning and accounting services. In 1984 he received his teaching credentials and began teaching accounting at the college level.
Mr. Godwin's experience in private industry spans more than 25 years. His roles in Senior Management as CFO and CEO include directing companies with more than 100 employees and revenues in excess of $30 million. Jeff has led these companies through start-up, survival, turnaround and growth modes.
While working as a Tax Analyst for Intuit, Jeff's expertise helped the programmers for Turbo Tax and QuickBooks and was routinely called upon for public speaking engagements for the self-employed entrepreneur and accountant.
He currently assists Tax Edge clients with complex financial statement analysis, projections, and budgetary concerns. His expertise helps clients through each phase of their business growth and development.
With expertise residing in different areas of practice than Tanya, he helps review new courses she creates for accuracy and content, and provides great ideas to keep it fresh and exciting for participants!
Tanya is a nationally recognized tax professional and frequent speaker on a variety of tax topics and representation. She has been an Enrolled Agent (EA) with the IRS since 2006 and received her bachelor's degree in Public Accounting and Business Administration from Colorado Mesa University.
Tanya founded Tax Edge, an accounting, tax, and representation firm in her hometown of Grand Junction, CO and has been practicing over 27 years, giving her a wide range of knowledge and experience to draw from. She helps guide clients across the US, even a few internationally, in the areas of accounting and payroll, personal, business, and non-profit tax preparation, planning, consulting and representation as well as solving their complex tax problems.
Tanya is a CTRS - Certified Tax Resolution Specialist, a NTPI Fellow (National Tax Practice Institute), and a member in good standing of the NAEA, NSA, ASTPS, NSTP and NATP. She also serves on the board of directors for a variety of local and national non-profits, and volunteers with Search and Rescue to give back to her community.
Ms. Baber enjoys teaching advanced level classes to EA's, CPA's, Accountants, and other individuals seeking continuing education. She consults with and enjoys helping these same accountants and individuals with their own difficult tax resolution cases and tax preparation consulting.