Employees and families
Child credits, education deductions, retirement contributions and the moving parts of a household where two people change jobs in the same year.
Tax preparation for people with real lives · Austin, Texas
File it right once, and sleep through the notices.
Fairfile Tax Studio prepares federal and state returns for employees, freelancers and small shops. A preparer who knows your name reviews every line, signs the return, and stays reachable if the IRS ever writes back.
Most returns are finished within five working days of a complete upload.
Your filing checklist
- Income forms
- W-2, 1099, 1098
- Deductions
- Receipts, mileage log
- Last year's return
- PDF from your files
- Bank details
- For direct refund
Last filing season at Fairfile (sample figures)
- Returns prepared
- 3,180
- Typical turnaround after a complete upload
- 5 days
- Average refund found on amended returns
- $412
- Returns accepted on the first submission
- 99.2%
Returns for every kind of income you have
Whether you get one W-2 or fifteen 1099s, we collect the same details in the same order so nothing gets missed.
Freelancers and gig workers
Self-employment tax, home-office rules and quarterly estimates explained with a simple monthly set-aside figure you can actually follow.
Small businesses
Sole proprietors, partnerships and S corporations, with bookkeeping clean-up first if your records are a shoebox and a bank export.
Notices and amended returns
Got a letter? Send us a photo. We read it, tell you whether it is routine, and draft the response or correction for your signature.
Four steps from shoebox to submitted
- 01
Upload
Photograph your forms with your phone or drop PDFs into the portal. A checklist shows what is missing before you give up and call us.
- 02
Review call
Your preparer phones for fifteen minutes to ask about anything unusual, such as a side income or a home you sold.
- 03
Approve
You read a plain-English summary of your refund or balance, with a comparison to last year, before anything is filed.
- 04
File and follow
We e-file federal and state, send confirmation of acceptance, and keep your return on file for seven years.
Book a filing slot
Pick a service, a day and a time. Studio appointments last forty-five minutes; phone appointments run thirty. This preview does not send anything.
Fees, listed before you upload anything
Flat fees by return type. Prices below are sample figures for this fictional studio; your quote is confirmed after a quick look at your forms.
People who stopped dreading March
“I drive for two delivery apps and had four 1099s. Fairfile found enough mileage I had never logged to cut my bill by nearly a thousand dollars.”
“We sold our house and had a baby in the same year. My preparer walked through each form on a call so I understood why the number changed.”
“A scary IRS letter arrived in July. Fairfile read it that afternoon, told me it was routine, and replied for me. I did not lose a night of sleep.”
Composite quotes from fictional clients.
Filing questions we hear in February
What if I am missing a form?
File with what you have only if it is safe to. Usually we request a transcript from the IRS and prepare an accurate draft before the deadline.
Can you file past years?
Yes. We prepare back returns for as far back as the IRS allows a refund and help you set up a payment plan if you owe.
How do you protect my documents?
Files travel over encrypted connections, sit in a locked portal and are deleted from your phone's upload folder automatically after seven days.
Do you offer audit support?
Every return we sign includes free support if the IRS or Texas asks questions. Representation at a formal audit is a separate flat fee.
Start before the deadline starts you.
Book a slot, upload a few photos and let a human check your return before you ever press submit.