Welcome to CPS Accounting & Tax
Where financial precision meets strategic growth.
Since 2008
What began as Coralville Professional Services has evolved into a modern advisory network built for today's business leaders. Our founder's background spans business consulting, financial operations, and advanced strategy education (MBA, University of Iowa), grounded in active AICPA membership and full IRS authorization (PTIN & ERO verified).
That experience revealed a persistent gap: most businesses juggle separate bookkeepers, tax preparers, and consultants. The result? Fragmented insights, compliance risks, and missed growth opportunities. CPS was built to solve that.
Note: While our founder's earlier career included financial services and insurance advisory, CPS Accounting & Tax focuses exclusively on tax, accounting, and strategic financial leadership.
Integrated Financial Leadership
We operate as a coordinated network of Fractional CFOs, tax advisors, and business strategists. Instead of transactional services, you receive integrated financial leadership. Accounting and tax aren't afterthoughts—they're embedded into scalable CFO bundles that deliver:
- Cash flow forecasting & working capital optimization
- Entity structuring & tax-efficient setup
- Proactive compliance & audit-ready accounting
- Performance analytics tied to growth milestones
Every client is assigned a lead advisor who coordinates specialists, maintains security standards, and ensures all work aligns with your business objectives.
Mission & Core Values
🎯 Our Mission
To equip growing businesses with integrated financial leadership that turns compliance into competitive advantage—helping you start right, scale intelligently, and build lasting profitability.
Clarity over complexity
We translate numbers into actionable strategy.
Compliance built into growth
Regulatory alignment is never an afterthought.
Transparency & security
Audit-ready workflows, encrypted data handling, clear pricing.
Long-term partnership
We measure success by your retained earnings, not just filings completed.
Meet Our Founder
Mohammed S. Filali
Founder & Principal Advisor
With over 12 years of experience in tax preparation, accounting, and business advisory, Mohammed founded CPS Accounting & Tax Services LLC to provide accessible, high-quality professional services to individuals and businesses of all sizes.
Education & Academic Background: MBA from The University of Iowa (2009). Scholar at The University of Iowa. Former Faculty member at The University of Iowa (1999-2009), bringing academic rigor and institutional expertise to client advisory services.
Empowering Financial Success
CPS Accounting & Tax Services LLC was founded with a clear mission: to provide accessible, high-quality professional services that empower individuals and businesses to achieve their financial goals.
We believe that expert guidance should not be limited to large corporations — every person and every business deserves the same level of professional care.
Led by our Founder & Principal Advisor, our team brings decades of combined experience across tax strategy, financial operations, and business development. All services are delivered under IRS e-file authorization and strict data privacy protocols.
Information provided on this site is for educational and planning purposes. Formal tax, accounting, or financial advice is delivered through direct consultation and documented engagement agreements.
Family-Owned Foundation
Coralville Professional Services PLC is privately owned and stewarded by our family. This is not just a legal structure—it is a commitment to how we operate. Family ownership means:
Long-term client relationships over transactional turnover
Reinvestment into security, tools, and advisor development
Principled decision-making without corporate churn or sales-driven upselling
Stable oversight as we scale our network of Fractional CFOs, tax advisors, and business strategists
You will never experience fragmented handoffs, vendor lock-in, or short-term cost-cutting. Just consistent, transparent financial leadership built to last.
Family-Owned Foundation & Iowa-Registered Structure
Coralville Professional Services PLC is a family-owned, Iowa-registered holding entity established to support long-term, multi-disciplinary financial advisory services. This structure allows us to:
Vet, credential, and continuously train a growing network of specialists
Maintain unified data security, engagement standards, and compliance frameworks
Scale service capacity without compromising advisory quality or client attention
All client relationships, billing, and service delivery are managed directly through CPS Accounting & Tax. The holding structure exists solely to enable long-term stability, professional development, and network expansion.
Real Results for Growing Businesses
See how our integrated financial leadership has helped businesses like yours start right, scale intelligently, and stay profitable.
Manufacturing Company
Mid-sized industrial manufacturer
$47K
Annual tax savings
Challenge: Juggling multiple advisors with fragmented insights. No strategic tax planning, missed deductions, and compliance risks.
Solution: Implemented integrated CFO + tax planning bundle. Restructured entity for tax efficiency and identified $47K in missed deductions.
"CPS turned our financial chaos into strategy. We're now proactive, not reactive."
— CFO, Manufacturing Firm
Professional Services Firm
Growing consulting practice
+22%
Cash flow improvement
Challenge: Strong revenue growth but poor cash flow management. Unclear profitability by service line. No working capital strategy.
Solution: Deployed Fractional CFO for cash flow forecasting, working capital optimization, and profitability analysis by service.
"We went from cash-strapped to cash-confident. The CFO guidance was invaluable."
— Managing Partner, Consulting Firm
E-Commerce Startup
Venture-backed growth stage
$156K
Tax credits identified
Challenge: Rapid growth but no tax strategy. Unaware of R&D credits, state incentives, and equity compensation planning.
Solution: Comprehensive tax planning identified $156K in available credits and structured equity grants for tax efficiency.
"CPS found money we didn't know existed. Game-changer for our runway."
— Founder, E-Commerce Startup
Real Estate Investment Group
Multi-property portfolio
$89K
Tax savings + compliance
Challenge: Complex multi-entity structure with no integrated oversight. Compliance risks and missed depreciation deductions.
Solution: Restructured entities, implemented cost segregation study, and established integrated accounting system.
"CPS brought order to chaos. Now we have clear visibility across all properties."
— Portfolio Manager, Real Estate Group
Ready to see similar results for your business? Our integrated approach to financial leadership has helped dozens of growing companies start right, scale intelligently, and stay profitable.
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