The CPA and Attorney Austin entrepreneurs call before forming an LLC, structuring a deal, or making a tax move that can't be undone.
Edward H. Gowett is a CPA and attorney who has spent four decades helping Austin entrepreneurs, LLC founders, and growing businesses make the tax, entity, and financial decisions that can't be undone — and get them right the first time.
CPA. Attorney. Advisor.
Most advisors see part of the picture. Edward sees both.
Edward Gowett has spent decades helping clients navigate tax issues, business structures, and high-stakes financial decisions through both an accounting and a legal lens — a combination very few professionals can offer.
Tax strategy, entity-level planning, and the financial math behind every decision — built around how the IRS actually treats what you're about to do.
Liability, structure, partnership terms, and the long-term legal consequences of the documents you're being asked to sign.
Forty years of watching how these decisions play out for real Austin business owners — and where they tend to go sideways.
"Most CPAs read the contract after it's signed. Most attorneys never see the tax return. Edward sees both — at the same time."
Before you file.
Before you form.
Before you sign.
The biggest tax savings — and the biggest mistakes — happen long before tax season arrives. The decisions that move the needle are the ones made early.
Choosing between an LLC, S-corp, partnership, or PC isn't just a tax question — it shapes liability, payroll, ownership, and what you can do five years from now.
Operating agreements, partnership terms, buy-sell clauses, and equity splits all carry tax and legal consequences that are extremely expensive to unwind later.
The biggest tax savings rarely come from how a return is prepared — they come from decisions made months or years earlier, with the return in mind.
Forty years of helping Austin entrepreneurs make decisions they can live with.
Edward has been advising clients since 1985 — first as a CPA, then as an attorney, and ever since as the person Austin business owners call when the stakes are real and the decision can't be undone.
He's helped founders structure their first LLC, walked partners through difficult buyouts, guided families through succession, defended clients in IRS matters, and sat across the table from countless entrepreneurs trying to figure out what to do next. Whatever you're working through, there's a good chance he's seen a version of it before — and knows exactly where the quiet risks live.
- Certified Public Accountant since 1985
- Licensed attorney since 1992
- MBA
- Four decades advising entrepreneurs and emerging businesses
- Deep expertise in business formation and entity structure
- Tax strategy, IRS resolution, and long-term planning
Built for entrepreneurs, not just taxpayers.
Tax returns are the result. Strategy is the value.
From the first entity decision through every stage of growth — making sure structure, tax, and ownership line up with where you're actually headed.
Attorneys, consultants, designers, advisors — protecting what you earn through entity choice, retirement strategy, and proactive planning.
Partner agreements, distributions, equity changes, and buyouts handled with both the tax and legal consequences in view from day one.
Long-running Austin businesses navigating growth, succession, hiring, real estate, and the next generation of ownership.
Already in the middle of a deal, formation, sale, or IRS issue? That's exactly when an outside, dual-lens perspective is most valuable.
Audits, notices, and resolution work — handled by someone who understands both the tax code and the legal posture behind it.
Framed around better decisions.
Compliance is the floor. Strategy is the point. Every service is built around the outcome — fewer surprises, smaller bills, stronger structure, better decisions.
New Business Formation
LLC, S-corp, partnership, or PC — chosen with both the tax bill and the legal exposure in view, not just whichever filing is fastest.
Business Entity Selection
Already operating? We pressure-test the current entity against where the business is headed and what's coming next.
Tax Planning
Year-round, multi-year strategy designed around real business decisions — not last-minute deductions in March.
Business Tax Preparation
Federal, state, and entity returns prepared by someone who has been involved in the decisions all year long.
Individual Tax Preparation
Owner returns coordinated with the business so nothing is missed and nothing works against you.
IRS Tax Resolution
Representation and resolution work with both the tax code and the legal posture in mind — handled directly by Edward.
Consulting Services
Buy-ins, buyouts, partnerships, real estate, succession — the conversations worth having before the decision is final.
What working with Edward Gowett feels like.
Experienced. Practical. Accessible. You get a real advisor on the phone — not a queue, not a portal ticket, not a different associate every quarter.
We start with where the business actually is — the situation, the decision in front of you, and the things keeping you up at night. No template intake form.
Edward looks at it as both a CPA and an attorney. What the numbers say. What the documents say. Where the two disagree — because they often do.
Plain-English direction on what to do, what to sign, what to wait on, and where the real risks are. No jargon walls. No surprises.
Formation, planning, filings, IRS responses — handled cleanly and directly, with the same person who gave you the advice in the first place.
Most clients stay for years. You build a real relationship with someone who knows your business, your goals, and the decisions that brought you here.
"He's the person I wish I'd talked to before I signed the original operating agreement. We fixed it — but Edward is the call I make first now, every time."
Rooted in Austin. Built around the people building it.
From South Congress storefronts to downtown professional firms, from East Austin studios to Central Texas family businesses — Edward has spent his career inside the Austin business community, advising the people who actually keep it running.
Austin is independent, entrepreneurial, and practical — and so is the work. This isn't a Silicon Valley playbook. It's real-world guidance for people building real businesses in a city that rewards them for staying the course.
- South Congress & East Austin operators
- Downtown Austin professional firms
- Central Texas family businesses
- Independent professionals & consultants
- Long-term business builders
- Founders making the next big decision
Let's get the structure right from the start.
The best time to talk to Edward is before the LLC is formed, before the partnership is signed, and long before the IRS sends the notice. The second-best time is right now.