ABOUT GILES ISAACSON
FAMILY: Wife, Marian Evelyn Isaacson; Eight grown children; twenty grand children.
EDUCATION:
Graduated from Garfield High School, Seattle, Washington Class of '49.
College; general courses at Seattle Pacific University and University of Washington
Correspondence course in Accounting from International Accountants Society along with on the job training at the Seattle office of United Parcel Service. (At that time UPS had one of the most comprehensive cost accounting systems in the U.S.)
More than fifty years in the School of Hard Knocks.
EMPLOYMENT:
Pacific Trails Sportswear, Seattle, as shipping clerk. Boeing Airplane Co., Seattle, as shipping clerk. Fuller Brush Co. as a route salesman. United States Air Force: Two and one half years active reserve and sixteen months active duty as a Radar Operator stationed in Fairbanks Alaska. Rank, Airman 2nd Class. United Parcel Service, Seattle: Started as Returns Clerk and Cashier, promoted to Office Clerk, then Payroll Clerk, then Assistant Accountant, then Plant Accountant and Office Manager. Five Firs Office Machine Repair as Service Salesman and assistant repair person. Kennworth Motor Truck Co, Seattle, as Cost Accounting Clerk. Kings Garden Schools, Seattle, as School Bus Driver. Founded G.J. Isaacson & Associates, Edmonds, Wa., Answering Service, Inc., Lynnwood, Wash.: Owner, President & General Manager for 20+ years.
BUSINESS:
A. Established G.J. Isaacson & Associates, Income Tax Service in 1959 which grew to approximately 3000 clients, eight seasonal offices employing 12 part time tax preparers and 3 staff people. Sold the business in 1983 to three employees who formed a partnership to buy and operate the business. Have worked for the firm on a seasonal basis until the 2006 season.
B. Purchased Sno-King Answering Service in 1962 with 85 subscribers, one switchboard, and 5 employees. After incorporating as Answering Service, Inc., Olympia Answering Service was purchased and later two small services were purchased in Olympia; also a P6 paging channel. Then the Answering Service in Longview, Washington was purchased. Later a small service in Everett was purchased and a full service office was established in Everett. When the business was sold to McCaw Industries in 1982, ASI consisted of four offices with 22 switchboards, 1400 subscribers (including about 150 paging customers), and 70 employees.
C. Partnership with son Dean in building multi-family dwellings mostly in the south Snohomish County area, building numerous rental units. Later purchased building lots and office duplex's in Moses Lake, Wa. My responsibilities included searching for porperties and financing projects.
D. Purchased fourteen rental units in Moses Lake, Wa., which have since been sold.
E. In July of 1990 established Espresso business in Moses Lake known as Espresso Break, incorporated as The E Factor, Inc. That business failed in 1994.
VOLUNTEERISM:
A. Founder of National Association of Income Tax Practitioners; held office of President, three terms, and Director for several years; Executive Director and meeting planner for several years.
B. Founder of Washington Society of Tax Professionals. Held positions of President and director and seminar presenter.
C. Founder of Institute of Tax Preparers and was the author of the Certification program for Tax Preparers. Held positions of President, Registrar. Am currently Senior Regent. D. Founder of Reaching Ministries, Inc. Am currently Executive Director. responsibilities include the day to day operation of the ministry and fulfilling the two primary functions of the ministry: 1) Performing Praise in Song Concerts 2) Fund Raiser for the ministry of Good News Missionary Fellowship in Tamil Nadu, South India.
CHURCH:
A. Was member of Edgewood Baptist Church in Edmonds Washington for 35 years where I was involved as Church Chairman, Treasurer, Chairman of Finance Committee, Choir Director, Worship Leader, Soloist, Sunday School Teacher and DVBS worker and much more.
B. Currently, member of First Baptist Church, Moses Lake, Washington where I am Chairman of the Missions Leadership Team and occasional Worship Leader and Soloist. Have also been involved in DVBS and other activities.
C. Served as member the Columbia Baptist Conference Foundation Board.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
A. Member of Sno-King Kawinis, Edmonds, Wa for 20+ years
B. Member of Sunrise Kawinis, Moses Lake, Wa for 3 years
C. Member of Toastmasters in Seattle and Moses Lake for about twenty years: still active
D. American Society of Tax Professionals, active
E. Washington Society of Tax Professionals, active
F. Institute of Tax Consultants, active
G. National Notary Association (NNA)
GILES ISAACSON has served the people of Washington State for more than 55 years. As a Registered Tax Return Preparer (RTRP) he is highly qualified to meet all of your needs relating to Personal Income Tax, Small Business and Fiduciaries. As a Certified Tax Preparer (CTP) one must pass a comprehensive examination and maintain that certifiation by fulfilling 30 hours of continuing education in Taxation every year.
CLIENT SERVICES
* Office appointments - Call 509-750-4105 to make an appointment with Giles Isaacson at the office. During Tax Season he is available from 9 AM to 9 PM for office appointments.
* Mail in your tax information if you are out of the area or if you prefer not
to take time to come to the office. We have clients in many places through-
out the USA who mail in their tax work to us. You may mail your information
to GEM Financials, PO Box 1785, Moses Lake WA 98837.
* Or, you may email your information to: TaxMan@sosmail.us
* Tax Organizer - To help you organize your tax information before you come for your appointment or mail in your work, upon request we will send you a free Tax Organizer which you may bring or send when you have your tax work done. Call and request your free Tax Organizer.
* State Tax Returns - We are equipped to prepare State Tax Returns of every state where State Income Tax filing is required.
* Electronic Filing is not an option, IRS now requires that process. However by doing so you should receive your refund within approximately ten days to three weeks depending on the method of refund chosen. There is no additional charge for this service.
