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Taylor Hill, EA - Owner/Enrolled Agent
Taylor, Enrolled Agent, and Licensed Tax Consultant and Owner of Hill Tax, Payroll & Bookkeeping, works and resides in his hometown of Sherwood, Oregon. He is an active member of several organizations including the Oregon Association of Tax Consultants (Westside Chapter) and Sherwood Area Chamber of Commerce.
Hill Tax, Payroll & Bookkeeping began operations back in 2014 and owes all of its success to family, friends, and clients. Taylor married his beautiful wife, Ashley, in 2012 and together they now raise two beautiful little girls; Sophia & Sydney.
Taylor first moved to Sherwood in 1999. He attended several schools in the Sherwood School District including Hopkins Elementary, Sherwood Middle School, and Sherwood High School. His biggest passions in life have always been family, friends, and baseball!
After graduating from Sherwood High School, he went on to earn both academic and athletic scholarships to attend and play baseball at several colleges around the United States (Grand Canyon, Clackamas Community College, and Hawaii Pacific). In 2012, Taylor finished up his collegiate career at George Fox University, earning his Bachelor of Arts in Finance.
Since graduation, Taylor became one of the youngest Licensed Tax Consultant’s in the state of Oregon and Enrolled Agents in the US. His past experience as a controller in the medical industry and accountant in both the private and public sector helped to propel him into running one of the highest rated tax companies in Oregon.
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Norlyn Michel, CPA - Certified Public Accountant
Norlyn, a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), started working with Hill Tax in 2021. He brings a wealth of experience in both the tax and accounting fields. His background consists of working for a local CPA firm in Davenport, accountant for local manufacturing companies, controller of a trucking company, controller for a local construction company for 25 years which included preparation of corporate returns for 2 related corporations. This company merged with a larger company, which resulted in the startup of Accounting Solutions Plus LTD in Bettendorf, IA. At Accounting Solutions Plus LTD, Norlyn has been preparing individual, business, Trust and Estate returns for the last 20 years.
Among the countless reasons to bring Norlyn onboard at Hill Tax, we are most excited for the experience and service he can provide our clients in Trust & Estate preparation, as well as Tax Resolution. He has been involved in tax resolution cases including full pay installments, partial pay installments, and currently not collectible cases. He has successfully eliminated thousands of dollars of tax at the federal and state level. Two of the largest success cases were with the states of WI and NE. The biggest federal success cases were in IL and saving a CA home from the IRS. Tax experience includes used car dealerships, realtors, doctors, chiropractors, daycare providers, rental properties, various denominations of Christian clergy including African priests in this country, estates, and trusts.
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Brendon Wexted Hand, LTP - Licensed Tax Preparer/QuickBooks ProAdvisor
Brendon, a Licensed Tax Preparer, started with Hill Tax in 2020 after graduating from University of Portland, where he served as the Director of Finance for the Student Government and earned a Bachelor in Finance.
In his time at U of P, he spent 3 years involved with the Student Government (ASUP) in various positions (Director of Finance, Controller, Board Member). The obligations of the Student Government were to make decisions regarding university funds. The focus of their duties was to review, approve and allocate funds to difference organizations, clubs, and events on campus. He completed his time in this position immediately following his graduation.
The reason we hired Brendon is because over the 10 years of having known him, he has been reliable, trustworthy, and hungry to learn. He has always excelled in the classroom, on the field and as a leader and captain to his peers. Taylor also had the pleasure of coaching and training him in baseball for many of those years. In his time with Hill Tax, he has been a great ambassador of our company and we hope to keep him on board for many years to come.
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Katie Haynes, LTP - Licensed Tax Preparer/QuickBooks ProAdvisor
Katie, a Licensed Tax Preparer and Accountant, started with Hill Tax, Payroll & Bookkeeping in 2018. She works and resides in her hometown of Sherwood, Oregon. Katie graduated high school with Taylor at Sherwood High School in 2007 and shortly after became an active member and ambassador with Sherwood Chamber of Commerce while working for Sentinel Storage here in town. She was actually voted Ambassador of the year the same year Hill Tax, Payroll & Bookkeeping was voted Small Business of the Year.
Taylor and Katie first met and became friends when they attended Sherwood Middle School together. They continued going to school together until they graduated in 2007 from Sherwood High school. Once Taylor found out Katie was looking for work, he jumped at the chance to offer her a job. Since then, Katie has become an irreplaceable part of this firm. She handles much of the communication with clients year-round regarding our payroll and bookkeeping services as well as keeping things in order at the office.
In 2020, Katie earned her Tax Preparer's License and was able to begin assisting in basic data entry. She will look to carve out a bigger role in tax preparation year to year. We are lucky to have her here at Hill Tax and hope to keep her a part of the team for as long as she will let us!
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Laura Vaughn - Payroll Specialist & Office Manager
Laura began working with Hill Tax in February of 2022. Her career has been primarily in the service industry working for Papa Murphy’s since 2015. From starting off as a regular crew member in high school to becoming a store manager, she received opportunities to train and teach several employees at multiple store locations, attended meetings on how to improve the business, and even some ownership events. Through her experience there, she learned a lot about how to effectively communicate with customers, staff members, and how to help grow a business.
Due to Taylor’s own experience working at Papa Murphy’s, he immediately knew what it took to be successful there and that Laura would be a great addition to our team. Laura is a big part of the communication process here. Running the front desk, answering phone calls, and filtering through emails, she might even get back to clients quicker than Taylor does. After quickly picking up the rolls of the job, Laura has now become our primary payroll administrator. She handles all our payroll needs and several clients have expressed their gratitude towards the transition.
After already having built strong connections with many of our clients, she has become an essential part of our team that we hope to have with us for the long run!
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Adam Ditter - Bookkeeper
Adam Ditter is our in-house bookkeeper and owns his own insurance brokerage, Ditter's Insurance. He started with Hill Tax in May of 2022.
He grew up in Sherwood, attending Hopkins, Sherwood Middle School, and Sherwood High School. At the high school he played football and lacrosse and wrestled, then continued playing lacrosse at Western Oregon University. He lived in Tennessee for several years and Georgia for about 6 months with Taylor, but ultimately found his way back to Sherwood.
After college, he began his career in insurance while coaching junior varsity and varsity lacrosse at Sherwood High School. He is an active member in the community participating with the Sherwood Chamber of Commerce and various volunteer opportunities around town. He has been in the insurance industry for nearly a decade working with dozens of the top insurance carriers in the country and can provide services in California, Colorado, Idaho, Hawaii, Oregon, Maryland, Washington, and Tennessee. His career goals are to continue to grow as the lead bookkeeper for Hill tax while maintaining his insurance practice on the side.
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