Serving Knoxville, Tennessee
Year-round bookkeeping, tax planning, payroll and CFO advice for construction and service businesses across Knoxville and East Tennessee.
Knoxville and the surrounding East Tennessee communities have seen steady residential and commercial growth, and the contractors and service businesses behind it are growing too. As revenue climbs, so do the stakes: entity structure, payroll, state taxes and cash planning all start to matter a lot more.
Tax Pilot works with trade businesses across Tennessee and Georgia through a modern, mostly virtual process — secure document uploads, monthly reporting and scheduled video meetings — so distance isn't a barrier to having a CPA who's engaged year-round.
Without a state tax on wages, some Knoxville owners assume entity structure doesn't matter much. But Tennessee's franchise and excise tax applies to most LLCs and corporations, and federal self-employment tax still applies to sole proprietors and many partners. The right structure depends on profit, owner pay and growth plans. We model the options so you can choose with real numbers.
What we do
Bookkeeping, tax and strategy built around how service businesses really make money.
Accurate books every month with personalized breakdowns, so you always know where you stand.
Learn more →Proactive reduction strategies applied all year — not a scramble every April.
Learn more →Pay your crew correctly and on time, with the filings handled in the background.
Learn more →Strategic meetings that turn your numbers into decisions about pricing, hiring, and growth.
Learn more →Federal and state returns filed right and on time — for the business and the owner.
Learn more →Messy or behind? We rebuild your books from the ground up and get you compliant.
Learn more →How it works
Work with us from anywhere in the Knoxville area — no driving across town to drop off a box of receipts.
A quick call or video meeting about your business and goals.
Connect accounts and upload documents through our client portal.
Books closed, payroll run and taxes planned every month.
Quarterly strategy meetings and a CPA who answers the phone.
Around Knoxville
Based in Jasper, Georgia, Tax Pilot works with trade and service businesses from North Atlanta to Chattanooga and Knoxville — including:
From a Tax Pilot client
“He makes tax season so much less stressful — keeps me organized, reminds me of due dates, and finds the deductions I'm eligible for as a small business owner.”
Questions
Yes. Our process is built around a secure client portal, monthly reporting and video meetings, so we work with Tennessee clients the same way we work with clients down the street.
Yes. We prepare the business filings our clients need in Tennessee and plan for franchise and excise tax as part of entity and tax planning.
Yes. We'll review what's been done, fix anything that needs it through our cleanup service and take over monthly bookkeeping from there.
Use our pricing estimator for an instant range based on revenue and complexity.
Who you'll work with
Peyton Witt, CPA, built his career at Grant Thornton and on UPS's corporate tax team, working on Fortune 500 companies with billions in revenue. When he started helping small business owners on the side, he found nearly every return he reviewed was wrong.
He started Tax Pilot to give contractors and trade businesses the same level of expertise big companies get — from someone who actually understands their world.
More about PeytonLet's talk
Tell us a bit about your business and we'll reach out within one business day. No pressure, no jargon — just a straight conversation about your numbers.