Federal Tax School — Instructor & Reviewer
Sue Voth has taught and reviewed curriculum for the University of Illinois Federal Tax School since 2002 — the program practitioners across the Midwest rely on to stay current.
Quincy · Maryville · Est. 1980
Your taxes, prepared by the people who teach tax.
V & R Accounting has served Quincy and the Metro East since 1980 — more than 250 small businesses and 3,500 clients strong. We are led by Enrolled Agents, the IRS-credentialed tax specialists — and our founder has spent over two decades teaching tax law to other practitioners.
Two offices, one standard: Quincy 130 N 8th St · Maryville 2805 N Center St
- Tax seasons
- 46
- Small businesses served
- 250+
- Clients, all return types
- 3,500+
- Offices
- 2
The Educator Standard
The firm that teaches tax pros.
Most firms learn about tax law changes from a newsletter. Ours helps write the curriculum. When the law moves, your firm should not be hearing about it secondhand — and neither should you.
Tax Institute — Faculty
On the faculty of the Indiana University Tax Institute since 2020, teaching the same material to the next room of tax professionals.
National Instructor & Member
A nationally recognized speaker on tax topics and a longtime national instructor for the National Association of Tax Professionals.
Enrolled Agent Leadership
Member of the National Association of Enrolled Agents. As Enrolled Agents, we are admitted to practice before the IRS — representing you in audits, appeals, and collections.
A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau · Not BBB Accredited · 0 complaints in the last 3 years
Start With Your Situation
The Last Filing Cabinet
We went paperless between 2005 and 2008 — as Sue puts it, “We don’t have a file cabinet in our office.” One cabinet remains, and it lives here: six drawers, each holding a moment that sends people to an accountant. Pull one open — inside is the service that handles it, and exactly what to bring.
The entity you choose at the start decides how you are taxed for years. Getting it right on day one is far cheaper than unwinding it in year three.
What we handle
Business Entity Selection & Consulting
We walk you through LLC, partnership, S corporation, or corporation — what each choice means for your taxes and your paperwork — then set up your books, payroll, and filings so year one starts clean.
What to bring
- Photo ID for you and your spouse
- Formation papers or your EIN letter, if you already have them
- Last year’s personal tax return
- A short list of what the business will sell — and where
Hours, overtime, a new hire, and a tax deposit that cannot be late. Payroll punishes improvisation — and rewards a system.
What we handle
Payroll Services
Full-service or after-the-fact payroll with tax processing and direct deposit, plus the federal and state employment tax forms that ride along — prepared, filed, and off your desk.
What to bring
- Your employee roster, with pay rates and start dates
- Completed W-4 forms for each employee
- Your current payroll register or last quarter’s reports
- Your state unemployment account number, if you have one
Every day a notice sits, the clock in it keeps running. The letter is almost never as bad as the week you spend worrying about it.
What we handle
IRS Representation
As Enrolled Agents, we represent you before the IRS — reading the notice, telling you plainly what it means, and standing in your place through the response, an audit, an appeal, or collections.
What to bring
- The notice itself — every page, including the envelope
- The tax return the notice is about
- Any letters you have already sent or received about it
- Records of any payments you have made toward the balance
You built it over decades. The tax on the sale is shaped long before the closing table — by the statements, the structure, and the timing you choose now.
What we handle
Buying or Selling a Business
Valuation support, buyer vetting, negotiation and financing strategy, and due diligence — with financial statements prepared for the lenders, partners, and buyers who will read them closely.
What to bring
- Your last three years of business tax returns
- Current year-to-date financial statements
- A list of business assets and equipment
- Any offer or letter of intent you have received
You have lost someone, and the deadlines arrive anyway: a final return, estate filings, accounts to close in the right order. This drawer deserves a steady hand.
What we handle
Estate & Trust Tax Preparation
Final individual returns and fiduciary (1041), estate (706), and gift (709) filings — structured together with your attorney so the family’s affairs close completely and in order.
What to bring
- A certified copy of the death certificate
- The will or trust documents
- Your loved one’s last filed tax return
- Statements for bank, investment, and retirement accounts
You sell across the river or across state lines, and Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri each want a return — their form, their way, their deadline.
What we handle
Sales Tax Services
Sales tax returns and obligation management for Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri, handled by the same team that keeps your books — so what you file ties to what you sold.
What to bring
- Sales records by state for the period
- Your sales tax permits and filing schedule for each state
- Exemption certificates you have collected from buyers
- Any notices from a state tax department, if you have them
An illustration — the situations are examples; the services and what-to-bring lists are the real thing.
What We Do Flagship service
Full-service means full.
Thirteen services under one roof — so your payroll talks to your books, your books talk to your return, and nothing falls between two firms.
01 Tax
Tax Preparation & Planning
Preparation and year-round planning for every return type — individuals (1040), partnerships (1065), corporations (1120 and 1120S), fiduciaries (1041), estates (706), and gifts (709). Prepared and reviewed by Enrolled Agents who teach this material for a living.
Plan your return →IRS Representation
A notice, an audit, an appeal, a balance you cannot pay at once — Enrolled Agents stand in your place before the IRS, so you never face it alone or unprepared.
Open the IRS Letter drawer →Sales Tax — Illinois · Iowa · Missouri
Returns and obligation management across three states, run by the same team that keeps your books — so what you file ties to what you sold.
Open the Three-State drawer →Estate & Trust Tax Preparation
Final returns and fiduciary, estate, and gift filings — structured together with your attorney so a family’s affairs close completely and in order.
Open the family drawer →02 Payroll & Accounting
Payroll Services
Full-service or after-the-fact payroll with payroll tax processing and direct deposit — payday handled, deposits on time, every time.
Accounting & Write-Up
Write-up accounting that turns a box of activity into books you can actually run a business on — current, reconciled, and review-ready.
Employment Tax Forms
The federal and state employment tax forms that ride along with every payroll — prepared and filed on schedule.
Financial Statements
Statements prepared for the readers who matter — lenders, partners, buyers, and you — accurate enough to borrow or sell against.
03 Advisory & Business Life
Business Consulting
Planning, best practices, and strategy from advisors who see hundreds of small businesses from the inside — and know what the numbers are telling you.
Entity Selection
LLC, partnership, or corporation? The choice shapes your taxes for years. We model it with you before you file a single form.
Buying or Selling a Business
Valuation support, buyer vetting, negotiation and financing strategy, and due diligence — on both sides of the closing table.
Software Selection & Implementation
The right accounting software, chosen for your business and set up properly the first time — not the third.
Notary Public
Notary services at the office, for the documents that need a seal next to the signature.
Not sure which drawer is yours?
Start with the cabinet — or just ask us. One conversation sorts it out.
Request an Appointment → Two Offices 
Downtown Quincy. The Metro East. One firm.
Founded in Quincy in 1980 and in Maryville since 2019 — both offices work from the same paperless system, so your records and your team are the same at either door.
Headquarters · Since 1980
Quincy, Illinois
130 N 8th St
Quincy, IL 62301
(217) 222-6568 — call or text
Metro East · Since 2019
Maryville, Illinois
2805 N Center St
Maryville, IL 62062
Secure Client Portal
Send and receive documents through our secure portal — the paperless way we have worked since 2005.
Open the portal →Make a Payment
Pay an invoice online, any time, from either office’s client account.
Go to payments → Meet the Team 
Ten people. Two offices. Zero handoffs to strangers.
The person who answers your call knows your file — because here, the team is the firm: two Enrolled Agents, a CPA, a department chair, and the specialists who keep payroll Fridays boring.
Sue Voth, EA
Owner & Founder · Enrolled Agent since 1983
Founded V & R in 1980 after graduating from John Wood Community College, and earned her Enrolled Agent credential three years later. She has taught for the University of Illinois Tax School since 2002 and presents nationally — the reason our clients hear about tax law changes from the source.
Jessica Vowels, EA
Enrolled Agent · Tax & Operations, since 2017
Brings more than 15 years of tax preparation experience — and an accounting degree from John Wood Community College — to every return. Jessica also runs our information technology and day-to-day operations, so the system behind your file runs as well as the advice in front of it.
Kim Parrish, CPA
Certified Public Accountant · Since 2011
More than 40 years in tax and accounting — 17 years in public accounting and 13 as a small-business comptroller. Kim passed the CPA examination in 1983 with the Elijah Watt Sells Award, given for high distinction. When a business problem is genuinely hard, it lands on Kim’s desk.
Drew Gross, PhD
Accounting · Joined 2024
Associate professor of accounting at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville — and chair of its accounting department. Drew brings a University of Arkansas PhD, plus public-accounting and Fortune 500 tax-department experience, to client work here.
Sarah Smith
Payroll Manager & Maryville Office Manager · Since 2022
Toni Cook
Front Office & Client Relations, Quincy · Since 2021
Gabrielle Douglas
Tax & Accounting · Since 2020
Grant Simons
Tax & Accounting, Quincy · Since 2024
Emily Ferriell
Sales Tax & Accounting · Since 2024
Samantha (Sam) Kern
Payroll & Payroll Tax · Since 2024
How We Work
No file cabinets. No shoeboxes. No scramble.
In 2005, we began converting client paper records to a fully digital, paperless system — and by 2008, we were destroying paper records rather than adding to them. Two decades later, your documents move through a secure portal, your team works from one system in two offices, and tax season starts with a checklist instead of a scavenger hunt.
“We don’t have a file cabinet in our office.” — Sue Voth, EA, on the firm’s paperless office
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Start with the checklist
Our annual Tax Document Checklist tells you exactly what to gather — no guessing, no second trips, no missing 1099 discovered in April.
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Send it securely
Upload through the client portal from wherever you are. Paperless since 2005 means your records live in a system — not in a drawer.
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We prepare and review
Your work is prepared and reviewed by Enrolled Agents and a veteran team — the same people this year as last, who already know your situation.
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Sign, file, done
Review your return, sign, and we file. Your copy stays in your portal, ready the day a lender or a buyer asks for it.
Straight Answers
Questions, answered straight.
Are you CPAs?
We are led by Enrolled Agents — the federal credential for tax specialists, admitted to practice before the IRS. Sue Voth has been an Enrolled Agent since 1983, and our team also includes a CPA, Kim Parrish. Enrolled Agents prepare every kind of tax return and can represent you before the IRS in audits, appeals, and collections.
Which office should I use — Quincy or Maryville?
Whichever fits your life. Both offices work from the same paperless system, so your records and your team are the same either way. Quincy is our headquarters at (217) 222-6568; Maryville serves the Metro East at (618) 288-4477.
Can you handle sales tax for a business that sells in several states?
Yes. Sales tax returns and obligation management across Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri is a standing part of our practice — handled by the same team that keeps your books, so the numbers tie out.
I received a letter from the IRS. What should I do?
Do not ignore it — deadlines in an IRS notice are real — but do not panic either. Bring the letter to us. Representation before the IRS is core Enrolled Agent work: we read the notice, explain plainly what it means and what your options are, and handle the response with you.
What should I bring to my first appointment?
Our annual Tax Document Checklist covers the details — last year’s return, income documents like W-2s and 1099s, and records of estimated payments are the core. The Last Filing Cabinet on this page lists what to bring for six common situations, drawer by drawer.
How much do you charge?
Most of our work is billed by the hour, and your fee is quoted after an initial consultation — before any engagement begins — so you know the shape of the cost before you commit to anything.
Start Here
Put 46 tax seasons to work on yours.
One appointment request puts an Enrolled Agent-led team — the firm that teaches tax pros — on your return, your payroll, or that letter from the IRS.
Prefer email? sue@vnrtax.com · Returning client? Open the client portal