TaxicMinds was founded by Hitesh Patel — an IRS Enrolled Agent licensed by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Every standard at our firm reflects what a working tax professional actually wants from a back extension team.
Hitesh Patel, EA Founder & Managing Director IRS Enrolled Agent — admitted to practice before the Internal Revenue Service
What hasn't changed is our approach to quality. Years of working alongside US CPA and EA practices shaped the standards we follow today. Every return still goes through defined quality procedures. The team still works together from a single office. And trust is still earned the same way it always has been—one engagement, one return, and one deadline at a time.
TaxicMinds didn’t start as a Back Extension Team. It started with a simple observation.
After years of working alongside US CPA and EA practices, Hitesh saw the same challenge repeated across practices of every size. The issue wasn’t finding people to prepare returns. It was finding people who understood US tax, followed the firm’s process, and consistently delivered work that reviewers could rely on.
Too often, the preparation was completed, but reviewers still spent unnecessary time correcting work, answering avoidable questions, or rebuilding confidence in the process.
TaxicMinds was established to close that gap.
The goal wasn’t to become another service provider. It was to become a dependable Back Extension Team (BET) that works behind CPA and EA practices, preparing work to their standards while fitting into the systems and workflows they already trust.
From the beginning, three principles have guided every engagement:
The person behind every quality standard at TaxicMinds.
Hitesh Patel is an IRS Enrolled Agent (EA) and the founder of TaxicMinds.
After years of supporting US CPA and EA practices with tax preparation, bookkeeping, and accounting work, Hitesh established TaxicMinds with a clear objective: build a Back Extension Team (BET) that prepares work the way US reviewers expect it to be prepared.
Every workflow, quality standard, and review procedure followed by our team is built around that objective.
As an Enrolled Agent, Hitesh is federally authorized to represent taxpayers before the Internal Revenue Service. That professional responsibility shapes the standards our team follows on every engagement.
For CPA and EA practices, that means the quality expectations at TaxicMinds are established by a US tax professional—not by a general accounting manager.
Hitesh Patel, EA Founder & Managing Director IRS Enrolled Agent — admitted to practice before the Internal Revenue Service.
US tax-trained accountants
Sets quality standards. Leads complex review work. Direct point of contact for every new CPA firm partnership
Sets quality standards. Leads complex review work. Direct point of contact for every new CPA firm partnership
Sets quality standards. Leads complex review work. Direct point of contact for every new CPA firm partnership
TaxicMinds operates from a single dedicated office in Ahmedabad, India — a city home to one of the largest concentrations of US tax-trained accountants outside North America.
We don’t run a distributed team. We don’t outsource to freelancers. Every TaxicMinds accountant works from this office, on firm-managed equipment, under direct supervision.
Our working hours overlap with US business hours from 9:30 AM EST to 12:30 PM EST. Review questions get answered the same day they're asked — not 24 hours later.
No remote workers. No subcontractors. Every team member is physically present, supervised, and accountable for the work that leaves our office.
No personal devices. No external file transfers. Client data lives only on firm-managed systems with audit-tracked access.
Our Back Extension Team works remotely within your firm’s existing systems and technology environment, following your established access controls, workflows, and procedures. Your firm maintains control over its systems, client information, and review process.
CPA & EA practices we work with don’t experience us as a “provider.” They experience us as a second layer of their firm — one with its own leadership, its own quality standards, and its own accountability.
Your firm’s reviewer knows our preparer by name. Your firm’s partner has Hitesh’s direct number. Your firm’s bookkeeping team has a counterpart at our office, not a generic support inbox.
This isn’t marketing. It’s the only way the relationship actually works.
We don't run a pitch. We ask questions about firm. What you've tried. What worked. What didn't. Whether we're even a fit. If we're not the right team, we'll tell you. If we are — you'll know within the first call.
or write directly: hitesh@taxicminds.com
Work is assigned in your system (Karbon, TaxDome, UltraTax, Drake, CCH, etc.)
Our US tax-trained professionals work in your system remotely. We follow your process, templates and preferences.
Every deliverable is reviewed through a multi-step quality process led by Hitesh Patel, EA.
Completed work is delivered in your system with clear notes, flags and support for your review.
You review, approve and deliver with confidence.
