Genius Tax in Chula Vista offers tax preparation from a Church Avenue office founded in 2024 by a preparer with more than two decades of filing experience. Federal and state return packages include ITIN applications and power-of-attorney filings that require notarized identity documents, a verification step coordinated through downtown providers including Notary Public and Apostilla. The practice handles individual 1040 returns, Schedule C self-employment filings, and California Form 540 adjustments for clients throughout the 91910 zip code. Bilingual English-Spanish consultations walk filers through itemized-deduction elections, standard-versus-itemized break-even analysis, and California's conformity differences on federal tax-reform provisions. Return preparation involving background-check or fingerprinting requirements for state licensing connects to the livescan and notarization network that includes A.D. Livescan & Notary Services in the same South Bay corridor. The firm processes Form 8812 Additional Child Tax Credit calculations and California Form 3514 California Earned Income Tax Credit schedules, cross-referencing qualifying-child residency tests against IRS Publication 972 worksheets.