Tax preparation, planning, and IRS-notice response run the workflow at Strategic Tax Management, a sole-practitioner shop on Hillcrest's University Ave commercial corridor serving individuals and small businesses across 92103. The office handles the income-tax prep, quarterly estimated payments, and entity-selection questions that come up when a service-industry operator moves from W-2 to 1099 income, routing clients to CPA & Law Offices when a dispute crosses into representation territory. Appointments run out of the stretch of University Ave between Park and Sixth, a block dense with restaurant and retail operators who need Schedule C support. Sole proprietors rolling into S-corps can coordinate general-liability and workers'-comp coverage through San Diego Business Insurance Commercial before the first payroll run closes out the quarter. The most involved engagements pair multi-year back-return reconstruction with an IRS installment-agreement request for clients who have fallen several filing seasons behind.