Profile
Our firm provides outstanding service to our clients because of our dedication to the three underlying principles of professionalism, responsiveness and quality.
Professionalism
Our office is one of the leading accounting firms in the area. By combining our expertise, experience and the energy of our staff, each client receives close personal and professional attention.
Our high standards, service and specialized staff spell the difference between our outstanding performance and other firms. We make sure that every client is served by the expertise of our whole firm.
Responsiveness
Our firm is responsive to individuals and companies who choose us for advice and fast, accurate personnel. We provide expert services to individuals and large and small businesses. Because we get new business for the people who know us best, client referrals have fueled our growth in the recent years.
Through hard work, we have earned the respect of the business community.
Quality
A tax services firm is known for the quality of its service. Our firm’s reputation reflects the high standards we demand of ourselves. Our primary goal as a trusted advisor is to be available to provide good advice to enable our clients to make informed financial decisions.
We feel it is extremely important to continually and professionally educate ourselves to improve our technical expertise, knowledge and service to our clients. Our high service quality and “raving fan” clients are the result of our commitment to excellence.
We will answer all of your questions, as they impact both your tax and financial situations. We welcome you to contact us anytime.
Staff Profiles
Sandra Crider
Sandra started working in the tax field in 1964. Her Dad was a farmer and he insisted that she do the bookkeeping. After high school she worked a couple of tax seasons with her parents’ accountant. After getting married and having two girls she stayed home. She went to work for a local CPA and started to college in 1980. In 1982 she went into a tax partnership with a friend. Sandra formed Sandra’s Tax Service in 1987, in Vinemont, Alabama. In 2002 she relocated to the present location on Hwy 157 Cullman, Alabama.
The business has continued to see tremendous growth.
Sandra loves doing tax returns because every client that comes through the door is different, with their own challenges. Sandra loves the challenge – that’s what drives her. ”It’s like solving a puzzle.” She believes in the value of relationships and views every client relationship like a partnership.
Sandra truly believes that her success is a result of her client’s success.
Education
Accounting – Wallace State
Accounting and Tax Training – Auburn University
Professional Designations
RTRP – Registered Tax Return Preparer
AFSP – Annual Filing Season Program
Professional and Civic Involvement
Member of the National Association of Tax Professionals
Member of the Cullman Chamber of Commerce
Email: Sandra@sandrastaxservice.com
JoAnne Shaw
JoAnne brings over 47 years of accounting experience to Sandra’s Tax Service. She has 25 years of experience as the sole proprietor of her own business. In 2013, JoAnne took a 5-year hiatus to focus on family. In 2018, she began working on a part-time basis and had been working with clients offering quality financial advisement since that time. JoAnne is a Cullman resident, where she enjoys the many activities provided for those who are semi-retired.
Email: jshaw@sandrastaxservice.com
Martha Brown – Tax Preparer and Bookkeeper
Martha has worked for Sandra’s Tax Service for over 25 years as a tax preparer and bookkeeper. She has additionally been responsible for payroll, payroll taxes, quarterly reports, sales tax and tax preparation. She has and is currently posting monthly accounting for several small businesses in addition to preparing tax returns.
Martha graduated from Sacred Heart Academy in Cullman, Alabama. She is married to Horace Brown and spent several years traveling with him while he was serving in the United States Army. She worked as a manager and loan officer for a Credit Union while living in the Panama Canal Zone. She worked five years for Merrill Lynch as a cashier, sales assistant and placed stock orders.
She and her husband returned to their hometown of Cullman in 1982. They have three children and 7 grandchildren.
Email: Martha@sandrastaxservice.com
Lori Luckhard – Payroll Clerk
Lori’s career with Sandra’s Tax Service began in 2011 as a receptionist where her responsibilities included customer service and scheduling. She continued her on-the-job training with increasing accountability in bookkeeping for a variety of small businesses including restaurants, transportation services, lawyers, and doctor’s offices. Her current responsibilities as payroll clerk include live payroll preparation, electronic payroll tax payments for many diverse retail businesses, farms and non-profits (along with quarterly report preparation), obtaining the proper forms and paperwork for new businesses and employees. Other aspects of her day-to-day duties include bookkeeping support and computer technology support.
Lori is a graduate of West Point High School in Cullman, Alabama and attended Athens State University, majoring in Mathematics. She was previously employed with Monsanto/Solutia in Decatur, Alabama for over 19 years. Her job as Quality Control Technician was very detail oriented, involving interpretation of data and approval/disapproval of company products. Lori was in constant contact with plant engineers, sales personnel and several of Monsanto’s customers to determine the quality of the product was up to standard.
After the Quality Control department was transferred off-site, Lori and her husband opened a successful restaurant in her hometown of Cullman, Alabama. This encouraged her interest in business management and was where she first began to realize her desire to pursue a career in the accounting field. She was employed by Sandra’s Tax Service after the sale of the restaurant.
She and her husband currently live in Cullman, Alabama where they have one child and three grandchildren.
E-mail: lori@sandrastaxservice.com
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Hollie Mann – Bookkeeper
Hollie began her career, after graduation from West Point High School in 2012, in the financial world. Having advanced to the position of head teller at a local bank, in 2016, she then became part of Sandra’s Tax Service family. She utilizes her financial expertise daily while she handles a multitude of duties including bookkeeping, billing, payroll, and sales tax. When she isn’t at the office, she enjoys the slower pace of rural life on the farm with her husband and two daughters.
Email: hollie@sandrastaxservice.com