IRS Representation Team

Jay Schlichting, EA

Founder and CEO

Enrolled Agent: Enrolled to practice before the IRS, 1990

Fellow: National Tax Practice Institute

Member: National Association of Enrolled Agents, Texas Society of Enrolled Agents, Plano Area Enrolled Agents, North Dallas Chamber of commerce, SMU Mustang Club, and Dallas Petroleum Club.

Special: Lecturer to civic organizations such as the Kiwanis Club, the Exchange Club, and the Rotary Club.

Associations: Home Builders Association of Dallas, North Dallas Chamber of Commerce (Ambassador), Turnaround Management Association, and Sponsor of the Bishops Charity Golf Tournament.

Email: jays@slicktax.com

Phone: (972) 385-8182 x 229

Fax: (469) 364-8973

 

Ralph Sacarello, EA, CFP® 

     Se Habla Espanol

 Director of IRS Representation

 Certified Financial Planner: 1989

         Enrolled Agent: Enrolled to practice before the IRS, 1986

         Fellow: National Tax Practice Institute

Member: National Association of Enrolled Agents, Texas Society of Enrolled Agents, Financial Planning Association, Appointed by Secretary of the US Treasury Department to Taxpayer Advocacy Panel.

Associations: American Academy of Tax Practice

Experience: Over two decades of IRS representation and controversy practice experience.

Email: ralphs@slicktax.com

Phone: (972) 385-8182 x 223

Fax: (469) 364-8980

 

Lon Fountain, EA

IRS Representation Professional

Enrolled Agent: Enrolled to practice before the IRS, 1997

Education: Bachelor’s degree in business administration and bachelor’s degree in hotel and restaurant administration from Washington State University.

Experience: Fifteen years experience in tax preparation and tax administration. Twelve years experience in IRS representation.

Special: Instructor of advanced tax courses and lecturer in seminars involving taxation and representation. Represents clients with large dollar tax debts before IRS collection, appeals, and field revenue officers. Also represents clients under IRS audit. Prepares estate, non-profit, and more difficult personal and business returns.

Email: lonf@slicktax.com

Phone: (972) 385-8182 x 224

Fax: (469) 364-8977

 

Teresa Hendrix, EA

IRS Representation Professional

Enrolled Agent: Enrolled to practice before the IRS, 2005

Experience: Ten years with a large national tax preparation company. Specializes in Installment Agreements, Partial Pay Installment Agreements, and Currently Not Collectible Agreements.

 

 

 

Email: teresah@slicktax.com

Phone: (972) 385-8182 x 221

Fax: (469) 364-8984

 

Weldon Honeycutt, Jr., (Independent  CPA)

IRS Audit Representation Professional

Certified Public Accountant: Earned certification in 1989 (The Schlichting Group is not a CPA firm)

Education: Bachelor’s degree in accounting from Texas A&M University at Commerce and master’s degree in taxation from North Texas State University

Experience: Thirty-one years with the IRS, including nine years in the tax audit department; experience researching tax law and resolving tax controversies

 

Email: weldonh@slicktax.com

Phone: (972) 385-8182 x 244

Fax: (469) 364-8985

 

 

 

Alex Burgos, EA – Se Habla Espanol

IRS Representation Professional

        Enrolled Agent: Enrolled to practice before the IRS, 2009

Experience: Experience in tax preparation since 2002 with a national tax preparation company. Instructed basic classes in the theory of tax preparation and advanced tax courses. Specializes in financial analysis and preparation of financial documents for Installment Agreements, Offers in Compromise, and Currently Not Collectible Agreements.

Education: Bachelor’s degree from Embry-Riddle University

Email: alexb@slicktax.com

Phone: (972) 385-8182 x 222

Fax: (469) 364-8970

 

Penny Spiker, EA

IRS Representation Professional

Enrolled Agent: Enrolled to practice before the IRS, 2005

Member: National Association of Enrolled Agents, Texas Society of Enrolled Agents

Experience: Fourteen years with a large national tax preparation company, including seven years as an instructor of basic and advanced tax classes. Specializing in small businesses, self-employed, capital gains and losses, clergy, foreign income exclusion for overseas workers, oil and gas royalties, partnerships, corporate returns, and cancellation of debt.

Email: pennys@slicktax.com

Phone: (972) 385-8182 x 241

Fax: (469) 364-8979

 

Tax Preparation Team

 

John Kibitlewski, ATA, EA

           Senior Tax Preparer

          Enrolled Agent :Enrolled to practice before the IRS, 1989

          Accredited Tax Advisor (ATA) certified in 1991

Experience: A seasoned veteran with over 30 years of experience within the financial and federal taxation profession.  Extensive experience in the preparation of 1040, 1041,1065, 1120,  1120-s, 706 & 656 returns.  In addition to his vast tax preparation experience he has acted as a audit representative in over 1500 closed cases of mostly small to medium businesses, achieving a no change or favorable determination in most circumstances.    On top of that John has hands on representation and penalty abatement experience.  John is thoroughly versed in taxation at a business and individual level and his business knowledge as it relates to taxation is a valuable asset for his clients to utilize.

Education:  Ferris State University – Bachelor of Science Degree in Business/Accountancy, Major Accountancy/Minor Data Processing.  Level II Graduate of the NAEA Education Foundation

Associations: N.A..E.A. National Association of Enrolled Agents,

Email: Johnk@slicktax.com

Phone: (972) 385-8182 x 242

 

 

 

Jay Love, (EA-pending)

         Tax Preparer

Enrolled to Practice Before IRS -(pending)

Education: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Baylor, MBA from University of North Texas

Experience: Over five years tax preparation experience specializing in individual, self employed,and small business.

Member of Groups or Association : American Association of Petroleum Geologist

Email:jayl@slicktax.com

Phone: (972) 385-8182 x 226

Fax: (469) 364-8981

 

 

W BEN BROWN, JR.  (Independent  CPA)

Senior Tax Preparer-Bookeeping Consultants

Certified Public Accountant: Earned certification in 1973 (The Schlichting Group is not a CPA firm)

Education: Southern Methodist University B.B.A. accounting

Awards:Member of The American Institute of CPA’s, Dallas Society  and Texas Society of CPA’s,

and The Institute of Management Consultants-USA The Dallas Society of CPAs designated Ben the 1980 Outstanding Contributor to Continuing Professional Education.

Email: benb@slicktax.com

Phone: (972) 385-8182 x 238

Fax: (469) 364-8981

 

 

Beth Lavia,   (Independent  CPA)

Senior Tax Preparer

Certified Public Accountant: Earned certification in 1989 (The Schlichting Group is not a CPA firm)

Education:Bachelors degree in accounting from UTEP BBA Accounting Summe Cum Laude CPA,State Of Texas

Experience:10 years Public Accounting, 5 years Tax Software Development AICPA

Email: bethl@slicktax.com

Phone: (972) 385-8182 x 227

 

Abigail Marquez – Se Habla Espanol

Tax Preparer

Member of Groups or Associations: National Society of Hispanic Professionals, Cambridge Who’s Who

Education: Working on Bachelors of Science degree in Tax Accounting

Experience: Former IRS Employee 10 years doing Personal Income Taxes,

 

Email: abigailm@slicktax.com

Phone: (972) 385-8182 x 235

 

Resolution Team

Stephen J. Schlichting, EA

President, Director of Tax Resolution

Enrolled Agent: Enrolled to practice before the IRS, 2012

Experience: Ten years of experience in tax preparation, tax administration, and representation. Continuing Ed Accredited Speaker for Court Reporters on Practice Management.

Associations: Nationa Association of Enrolled Agents(NAEA), Texas Society of Enrolled Agents(TSEA), Plano Area Enrolled Agents(PAEA), National Association of Tax Professionals(NATP), American Society of Tax Problem Solvers(ASTPS), Hispanic Contractors Association (RHCA), Home Builders Association(HBA), Dallas Area Young Bankruptcy Lawyers(DAYBL), National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals(NAHREP), North Dallas Chamber Association(NDCC), Association of Mortgage Professionals(AMP), and Greenville Avenue Area Business Association(GAABA)

Email: steves@slicktax.com

Phone: (972) 385-8182 x 234

Fax: (469) 364-8983

 

Michael Allbright, EA

Tax Resolution Consultant

Enrolled Agent :Enrolled to practice before the IRS, 2011

 

Experience: Previous small business owner who has intimate knowledge of what you are going through. Michael has been associated with The Schlichting Group since 1995, and joined our team in 2009.

Specialties: He specializes in developing and facilitating solutions to tax problems for small businesses, self-employed, and multiple year non-filers.

Certification: HRBBB (Tax Preparation), American Society of Tax Problem Solvers (Taxation)

Email: mikea@slicktax.com

Phone: (972) 385-8182 x 240

Fax: (214) 271-4271

 

Shawne Forrest, EA

Tax Resolution Consultant

Enrolled Agent :Enrolled to practice before the IRS, 2011

Experience: An entrepreneur, former real estate agent, and loan officer. Upon moving to The Schlichting Group, Shawne now specializes in tax cases with insufficient supporting records and delinquent/non-filed returns.

Associations: Association of Mortgage Professionals, Texas Campaign for the Environment

 

 

Email: shawnef@slicktax.com

Phone: (972) 385-8182 x 236

Fax: (214) 367-6208

 

Administrative Team

 

Naomi (pending)

Administrator / Receptionist

Email:

Phone: (972) 385-8182

Fax: (469) 364-8974

 

Roxanne Hernandez - Se Habla Espanol

Accounts Payable / Accounts Receivables Manager

Roxanne has been with The Schlichting Group since 2006.

Roxanne handles much of our inter-office business at The Schlichting Group.

 

 

 

Email: roxanneh@slicktax.com

Phone: (972) 385-8182 x 233

Fax: (469) 463-8982

 

Robin Dennis

Operations &Administrations  Manager

With 20 years in administrative office operations, Robin is one of the key figures in maintaining the flow of information at our firm. Many of our clients have worked with her on multiple occasions.

 

 

Email: robind@slicktax.com

Phone: (972) 385-8182 x 237

Fax: (469) 364-8972

 

Jessica Stacy

Administrator to Tax Preparation Department

 

 

 

 

 

Email: jessicas@slicktax.com

Phone: (972) 385-8182 x 225

 

Collections

 

Lisa F. Hall, CBF

Collections Professional

Professional: NACM Certified Credit Consultant

Member: North Dallas Chamber of Commerce

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Biology/Psychology from Austin College and Masters of Liberal Arts from Southern Methodist University

Experience: Twenty years in credit management and collections. Works to resolve accounts receivable issues.

Email:lisahall@slicktax.com

Phone: (972) 385-8182 x 226

Fax: (469) 364-8976

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