Strategic Tax Planning

Your business has grown. Your tax strategy should, too.

Community CPA is a boutique tax strategy firm serving businesses across all 50 states—working alongside your existing team to help $3M–$20M businesses stop overpaying and start planning.

IS THIS YOU?

Signs your tax strategy hasn’t kept up with your growth:

14K+

CLIENTS SERVED

28+

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

A+

BBB RATING
The Gap No One Talks About

Good accounting and great tax strategy are not the same thing.

Most growing businesses have someone handling their books. What they’re missing is a dedicated tax strategist—someone whose entire job is to look ahead, structure properly, and find savings before tax season arrives.

The accountant who got you to $3M was the right fit then. At $10M, the stakes are different. The complexity is different. And the opportunity to structure things strategically is worth far more than most business owners realize.

You’re paying more than you should

Most midmarket businesses overpay significantly—not from errors, but from a lack of planning around entity structure, revenue timing, and deductions.

Your advisors aren’t talking to each other

Your CPA, financial planner, and attorney each see a piece of the picture. When they don’t collaborate, the gaps between them cost you money.

Compliance isn’t strategy

Filing accurately keeps you compliant. Strategic planning determines how much you actually owe. Most businesses get the first, but growing businesses need both.

Who We Work With

Built for businesses that have outgrown basic accounting.

We work with founders, owners, and CFOs at companies of all sizes who are ready for a more sophisticated approach to tax strategy.

tax planning for real estate investors

Real Estate Investors

Real estate investors and operators managing complex depreciation schedules, cost segregation opportunities, and entity structures across growing property portfolios.

tax strategy for restaurant owners

Restaurant Owners

Restaurant owners and food service operators dealing with tight margins, high payroll volume, and the unique tax challenges that come with running a hospitality business.

Construction & Real Estate

Complex depreciation schedules, cost segregation, and entity structuring for businesses with significant assets and project-based revenue.

Professional Services

Law firms, agencies, consulting groups, and service businesses where revenue recognition and owner compensation structure drive tax outcomes.

CPA partner for CFOs and financial controllers

Foreign Income & Foreign Assets

Business owners and investors with foreign income, bank accounts, or overseas assets requiring specialized US tax strategy, FBAR compliance, and cross-border planning.

Advisors & Planners

Financial planners, wealth advisors, attorneys, or bookkeepers who need a tax strategy partner for their clients without creating competition.

Our Approach

We work alongside your team—not instead of them.

Already have your own professional team?

Community CPA functions as your dedicated tax strategy layer. We have extensive experience working alongside existing accountants, CFOs, or advisors to close the strategic gap without disruption.

Building up from ground zero?

Community CPA provides a full range of services as well.

free discovery call with tax strategist

Discovery Call

We start by understanding you and your business, but our discovery calls are also the opportunity for you to discover us—making sure we are the best fit for each other.

tax strategy review

Tax History Review

We take a deep dive into your business history to understand where your hidden value is – forgotten net operating losses, opportunities for accelerated depreciation, etc.

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Tax Strategic Planning

We develop a proactive plan to regain your lost value and build a structure that allows you to take advantage of current regulatory opportunities, all with an approach tailored to you and your business.

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Implementation & Ongoing Partnership

Implementation of tax strategy isn’t a once-a-year event. We stay engaged throughout the year as your business grows and changes.

What We Do

Strategy first.
Compliance always.

We lead with tax planning and bring the full range of accounting services needed to support a growing business.

CORE OFFERING

Tax Strategy & Planning

Proactive, year-round tax planning built around your business structure, revenue profile, and growth trajectory. This is the service most growing businesses are missing.

ADVISORY

Entity Structuring

The right structure for your business determines far more than most owners realize. We evaluate and recommend structures that protect assets and reduce tax exposure.

REAL ESTATE

Real Estate Tax Strategy

Cost segregation, depreciation acceleration, 1031 exchanges, and passive activity planning for real estate investors and operators.

COMPLIANCE

Business Tax Filing

Accurate, timely federal, state, and local filing for businesses, nonprofits, and trusts—with a strategic lens applied throughout.

SUPPORT SERVICES

Accounting, Payroll & Audit

Monthly accounting, bookkeeping, payroll processing, and audit & attest services that keep your financials clean and compliant.

Why Community CPA?

What makes a strategic tax partner different?

Most accounting firms are generalists. Community CPA is a boutique firm built around one specialty: tax strategy for growing businesses—delivered across all 50 states.

Strategy, Not Just Filing

We plan throughout the year—not just at tax time. The goal is to shape outcomes, not report them after the fact.

a collaborative tax planning partner

Collaborative by Design

We work with your existing CPA, CFO, financial planner, and attorney—not around them. Advisors refer their clients to us.

a tax strategist you can actually get in touch with

Always Reachable

No dropped calls. No disappeared accountants. We're open 6 days a week and real people answer the phone.

free workshops about tax planning and tax strategy

Education-Led Experience

Our weekly webinars and YouTube content reflect the depth of knowledge we bring to every client engagement.

FROM THE DESK OF YING SA

“A growing business cannot keep wearing its baby clothes. Your tax strategy has to grow with you.”

Ying Sa
CEO & Managing Partner, Community CPA

MEET OUR FOUNDER

Ying Sa has spent 28+ years solving the tax problems that most accountants never see.

Ying founded Community CPA with a clear belief: that growing businesses deserve more than compliance. They deserve a strategist who understands what’s at stake—and knows how to structure things so their tax burden reflects smart planning, not missed opportunity.

Having worked with over 14,000 clients across industries, Ying brings a rare combination of depth, accessibility, and practical strategy to every engagement.

tax strategist ying sa, ceo and managing partner of community cpa

Ying Sa, CPA

CEO & MANAGING PARTNER • COMMUNITY CPA

Ying leads a multi-location advisory firm with offices in Minneapolis, Des Moines, Coralville, and Houston. Her approach combines rigorous tax expertise with genuine accessibility—two things that rarely coexist in this industry.

MEET OUR PARTNERS

Led by experience. Driven by strategy.

Behind every tax strategy is a team that knows your business, understands your goals, and stays engaged year-round. These are the people you’ll work with.

Ying Sa
CEO

Managing Partner

Steve Hou
Partner

Legal, Compliance & Immigration

Dan Kim
Partner

Advisory, Client Services
& Market Development

Derek Sa
Partner

Network Architect and IT

Khwan Chomjungwad
Partner

Payroll, Accounting & Sales Tax

Song Mo
Partner

Attest, Tax & Hispanic Business Development

Eileen Lee
Accounting Manager

Tiffany Wang
Tax Filing Manager

FREE TAX EDUCATION

We teach what most advisors keep to themselves.

Most accounting firms are built around compliance. Community CPA is built around strategy—and the ability to work alongside your existing team without replacing them.

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Client Perspectives

What growing businesses say

From business owners who found a tax partner, not just an accountant.

"Really appreciate the quick response on all of this. You guys are making this transition way smoother than I expected -- honestly thought switching entities would feel like moving houses, but you're making it feel more like rearranging furniture."
Tin Lam
Owner
"What I like most about Community is that they are a community and everyone on the team is there to help in anyway they can 7 days a week 365 days of the year. Only in America is it more difficult to figure out your taxes than grow your business, with Ying and Community they give you a plan and make your life easy."
Brent C
Owner
"The Community CPA team have provided my tax service for almost 20 years. I trust their professionalism and integrity. Their work ethics are great!"
Swallow Yan
Owner
Get Started

Is your tax strategy keeping up with your growth?

Book a free 30-minute discovery call. We’ll look at where you are, what’s possible, and whether we’re the right fit.

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Contact Us

Des Moines Office: (515) 288-3188
Coralville Office: (319) 208-3712
Minneapolis Office: (612) 808-9418
California Office: (831) 218-4346

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Dan Kim
Onboarding
Business Consultation
Client service
515-720-5872dan@communitycpa.com
Song Mo
Spanish client services
515-720-9234 song@communitycpa.com

Locations

Email: info@communitycpa.com
Fax: (515) 271-8889

Des Moines, Iowa

3816 Ingersoll Ave.
Call: (515) 288-3188
Mon-Sat 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. CST

Coralville, Iowa

2421 Coral Ct., Suite 1
Call: (319) 208-3712 
Mon-Fri 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. CST

Minneapolis, Minnesota

8722 Lyndale Ave. S, Ste 104
Call: (612) 808-9418
Mon-Sat 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. CST