Dance Numbers

Denise Calderon, Certified Public Accountant, stays up-to-date on the ever-changing tax code. She studies and reads constantly. She takes two weeks off at the envd of every year to prepare herself for the upcoming tax season and she dances. Ballroom dances!

“I was asked to participate in a New Beginnings Dancing Under the Stars charity event in 2017. I simply got hooked. I never ballroom danced before. They gave me eight to ten lessons to get started and I absolutely loved it! I have been taking lessons and dancing in competitions ever since. It is a great stress reliever. I get on the dance floor and the rest of the world does not exist.”

How did this dancing CPA get started?

“Well, form is everything in ballroom dancing and the IRS has all their forms…no, just kidding. I really love numbers. I was eighteen, doing the books on my daddy’s dairy farm. I fell in love with it. It was like solving a puzzle. I worked in other accounting jobs. One of my favorite jobs was working with a nonprofit organization. I got my Certified Public Accountant license in 2006. Then I received my Master’s Degree in Taxation. I opened Denise Calderon, Certified Public Accountant in 2015.”

“I get such a charge out of helping people. They come in stressed out, scared, and worried because they are behind in their taxes. For example, I had a client come into the office in tears and to see them sit back in their chair relieved as if I just took the weight of the world off their shoulders. It is the greatest feeling in the world.”

With the tax laws constantly changing the way they do; you do not know what you do not know. That is why I recommend hiring a tax professional such as myself or others. I get my clients every deduction they are entitled to. The IRS website has a section on how to choose a tax professional. Actually, I picked up a client that way.”

What other services do you offer?

“We offer an array of services, such as, accounting services, nonprofit, payroll and sales tax, tax planning, individual and business tax filings, IRS resolution, notary service, opening and dissolving businesses.”

Now, about those ballroom dances…?

“I love the Foxtrot. I sometimes tell people that I Foxtrot through tax season. There is the Bolero, Viennese Waltz, Salsa, and Mambo. I cannot pick a favorite. I dance about fifteen different ballroom dance styles. It depends on my mood, but I do not know if anything can top the Salsa.”