Your fractional tax department, built for high-growth companies.
VPTax gives your company a dedicated VP of Tax and a full-service team for one fixed monthly fee — corporate income tax, tax provision, and sales & indirect tax, without the cost of a full in-house department.
What is VPTax?
A dedicated tax department, without the overhead.
Short answer
VPTax is a fractional tax department for high-growth companies: a dedicated "VP of Tax" and full-service team handling corporate income tax, tax provision, and sales & indirect tax for one fixed monthly fee. Founded in 1991 in Silicon Valley, VPTax is now VPTax, a Richey May Company.
Instead of hiring a full in-house tax department or relying on a CPA firm that bills by the hour, you get one senior Tax Director who knows your business, backed by specialists in provision and indirect tax. Learn more aboutwhat a fractional tax department is.
- Year VPTax was founded
- 1991
- Year VPTax was founded
- Guaranteed return turnaround
- 10 Days
- Guaranteed return turnaround
- US tax jurisdictions covered
- 10,000+
- US tax jurisdictions covered
- Dedicated Tax Director per client
- 1
- Dedicated Tax Director per client
Who We Work With
Built for growing, multi-state companies.
VPTax works with venture-backed startups and mid-size corporations that have outgrown a local accountant but aren't ready to build a full in-house tax department — often with multiple entities, multiple states, or international operations.
Services
Everything a tax department does — as one fixed-fee service.
Your Tax Director coordinates all of it, so you have one relationship instead of four.
Corporate Income Tax
Federal and state income tax compliance, plus the planning and credit studies that reduce what you owe.
Learn more →Tax Provision (ASC 740)
Financial statement tax provision preparation and audit support, so your auditors' questions get answered fast.
Learn more →Sales & Indirect Tax
Sales, use, property, and escheat tax compliance and nexus reviews across every state you do business in.
Learn more →Funding, Financing & M&A
Tax diligence and cleanup for financings, acquisitions, and exits, so tax issues don't slow down or reprice your deal.
Learn more →Results
Real companies, real tax problems solved.
Phunware
Software / Mobile
Corporate tax support through Phunware's path to becoming a publicly traded company.
Read the story →Pacira Pharmaceuticals
Pharmaceuticals
Lowered state tax liability and advisor costs while planning ahead for future savings.
Read the story →Incyte Corporation
Pharmaceuticals
A 15+ year partnership built on one consistent team, not a rotating cast of advisors.
Read the story →Your Tax Director
Meet the people who'll actually do the work.
Lynn Ames
Partner, Founders' Services Lead
Lynn leads VPTax's Founders' Services practice, helping early-stage and founder-led companies put the right tax structure in place before it becomes a costly problem.
Nate Burt
Partner, EVP, Corporate Tax Lead
Nate leads VPTax's corporate tax practice, overseeing the Tax Directors who serve as embedded "VP of Tax" for growth-stage and mid-size companies.
Adam Beasley
Tax Director, Mountain West
Mountain West
Adam serves as the dedicated VP of Tax for a portfolio of growth-stage companies, handling everything from compliance to strategic planning.
Darren Jensen
Tax Director, Mountain West
Mountain West
Darren serves as the dedicated VP of Tax for a portfolio of high-growth companies, guiding them through compliance, planning, and the tax side of major business decisions.
Gilbert Diaz
Tax Director, Southwest — Indirect Tax Specialist
Southwest
Gilbert specializes in sales, use, and indirect tax — helping companies figure out where they owe tax as they grow into new states and channels.
Quick Answers
Common questions, answered directly.
What is VPTax?
VPTax is a fractional tax department for high-growth companies: a dedicated "VP of Tax" and full-service team handling corporate income tax, tax provision, and sales & indirect tax for one fixed monthly fee. VPTax was founded in 1991 in Silicon Valley and is now a Richey May Company.
VPTax pioneered the fractional tax department model more than 30 years ago, built on a simple idea: growing companies need senior-level tax expertise, but not necessarily a full-time in-house department. Every client is assigned a dedicated Tax Director who acts as their embedded “VP of Tax,” backed by a team covering compliance, provision, and indirect tax, all for one fixed fee. VPTax is now VPTax, a Richey May Company — learn more on Richey May’s website.
How much does VPTax cost?
VPTax uses fixed-fee pricing set for each client based on complexity — entity structure, number of states, and scope of services — rather than hourly billing or a published price list. Your fee typically covers corporate income tax return preparation and ongoing consultation; larger one-time projects are quoted separately before work begins.
VPTax deliberately avoids hourly billing so clients can ask questions without watching a meter run. Instead, your Tax Director sets a flat fee based on your specific situation: how many entities and states you file in, whether you need indirect tax or provision support, and how much ongoing consultation you expect to need. Request a free compliance quote to get a number for your specific situation — see also how VPTax pricing works for a full breakdown of what factors into the fee.
How is VPTax different from a CPA firm?
VPTax assigns one dedicated Tax Director as your ongoing point of contact for a fixed monthly fee and focuses only on tax — no audit, bookkeeping, or compilation work — while traditional CPA firms typically bill hourly and rotate staff across engagements and busy seasons.
See the full comparison — including pricing, staffing continuity, and scope of services — on How Is VPTax Different From a CPA Firm?
Ready to hand off your tax department?
Tell us a bit about your company and we'll put together a fixed-fee compliance quote — no hourly clock, no surprises.