With April deadlines rapidly approaching and more and more people looking for help, tax preparation services are seemingly popping up on every corner and in every classified ad in the newspaper.

Paramount founder Eric Alzaroui is a federally-licensed tax practitioner who moved to Dearborn in 1998 to share his expertise with local businesses and customers. The company will offer extended hours during tax season.Photo courtesy of Paramount

But for more than 10 years, Paramount Accounting and Tax Services has been a rock for those who are serious about their financial needs great or small, thanks to its large, highly-trained staff and ability to handle multiple services all in one place.

Founder Eric Alzaroui’s status as a federally licensed tax practitioner and commitment to Paramount’s customers have allowed the company to grow across Michigan and to branch out to other national locations, but the focus remains on the Dearborn community.

“In this office we do one-stop accounting, tax preparation, and business consulting, to sum it up,” said Alzaroui, who moved to Dearborn in 1998 from New York and fell in love with the city and its strong feeling of community. Now, Paramount is one of the largest tax and accounting companies in southeast Michigan, headquartered at 13201 W. Warren Ave at the corner of Warren and Jonathon in Dearborn.

“We’re very well-versed and we touch on every single part of the business sector while offering a strong personal connection with our customers, which has allowed us to grow,” Alzaroui said.

Paramount’s staff includes Arabic and French-speaking accountants in addition to English speakers to better serve the community.

While Alzaroui has been known to step out for a bite to eat of Dearborn’s fine cuisine, he always makes it back to the office in time to oversee and insure the quality work and customer satisfaction through the Paramount system.

Alzaroui’s status as an accredited tax advisor and preparer give Paramount privilege to the inside workings of the IRS and can make tax matters work to the client’s advantage. Paramount serves businesses in fields ranging from the medical industry to the aerospace industry to smaller businesses and more. The company has serviced over 600 businesses in total since opening in Dearborn. With so much experience in business, helping out individual customers is often a breeze for Alzaroui and his staff of up to 20 accountants.

Paramount is in the unique position of being privy to the workings of international accounting practices, which helps in assisting clients internationally in tax preparation in April and in tax planning throughout the year.

While many businesses have chosen Paramount over the years, the company has also serviced thousands of individuals as well, and remained successful in that area because of its philosophy of valuing personal relationships with customers.

Alzaroui and his staff accept drop-offs for those who don’t have extra time, but they strongly recommend that an interview process is conducted for each filing because of the potential of finding more ways to benefit the customer.

Paramount has grown at a rate of almost 21 percent each year which has allowed Alzaroui to continue to surround himself with knowledgeable tax experts and even to send staff  to stay within businesses as on-site consultants.

Services offered by Paramount include financial forecasts and projections, general ledger and financial statement preparations, budgeting analysis, buying and selling transactions involving businesses, sales tax services, retirement planning, audits, reviews, and compilations, business consulting, tax-exempt non-profit organization assistance and more.

In addition, the company’s website, www.paramountaccounting.com, will soon be updated with information on new tax credits recently passed by the federal government.

Paramount officials anticipate that more refunds will be given out this year, especially in the areas of child tax credit, earned income credit, and more.

As the tax season approaches, Paramount will soon be open for longer hours. The current hours are 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. with the hours expected to be extended as spring approaches.

“When I came to Dearborn I founded Paramount because I saw that the community was in need of the quality financial services that they deserve. I come from a computer science background and this is what I did and will continue to do. However, I was attracted to accounting because financial forecast, analyzing numbers and the science of putting things together is one of my biggest hobbies.”

“I also want to give a very special thanks to our clients and the community for being a big part of our success,” he said.

For more information, visit their website or call 313.945.0000.