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Formorethan 45 years, PatStoren severalimportant lessons,” he
Get readyand his wifeof56years, Bonnie,have said.“The most important was to
owned aprofessional tax practice,Storen ‘knowwhat youdon’t know.’Ihave PatStoren, owner of Storen TaxService,
TaxService. found this to be very helpful in our emphasizes the importance of arriving at
In 1957, the Storens movedto tax business.” your tax appointment prepared.
Brownsburg where Patworked as a “Some customers c ome in with a
controller for Associates LifeInsurance Change with the t imes shoebox of receipts, wanting to review item
by item,”hesaid.“We have office spaceCompanyfor 11 years. “The most significant change
where they can sort their papers, but we“I often thought about starting my own wasn’t the PC, but the photocopier,”
prefer they do the number crunching atbusiness,” he said.“With signs popping up Storen said.“Prior to that, we used
home before their appointment.”in severalfrontyards saying ‘Weprepare carbon paper.Tedious work.”
Phototax returns,’ Ithought this wouldbethe Storen rented his first computer
perfect part-time job for me,giving me in 1978. Dissatisfied with the tax
than 4,500 returns —downfrom5,000additional income,and it would giveme programs available at the time,heSubmitted
three years ago. Storen attributesdo-it-something to do when Iretire.” taught himself programming skills
yourself tax softwarefor this decrease,It wasn’t until sevenyears later,however, Storen recalled. and wrote his ownsoftware.
but said these programs create increasedthat he started preparing tax ret urns. This financial crunchmade him realize Sixyears ago, he built anew office to
business in the off-season.“InJanuaryof1964, Bonnie and Ihad that it was time to take on that second job, address traffic flowand parking issues.
“Wekeep hours allyear round becausejust movedinto anew home,bought anew so he stopped by anew H&R Blockoffice During tax season, Storen TaxService
people discoverproblems after the IRScar, and in additiontoour twochildren, and asked for part-time work. hires as manyas13clerical and tax
contacts them,” he said.●Pamand Mark, we had anew son, Greg,” “During that year with H&R Ilearned professionals. Last year theyprepared more
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