Train. Learn. Grow.
The Authentic Way.
Tax preparation for clients who want it done right. Software, mentorship, and training for tax professionals who are done figuring it out alone. All of it built by someone who still files.
tax industry
and counting
served nationwide
One collective.
Three ways in.
Whether you need your return filed or you're building a tax practice of your own, there's a door here for you.
Authentic Tax
Personal, self-employed, and business returns prepared by a practice that's been filing since 1997. Fully virtual — you upload, we file, you sign. No storefront, no waiting room.
Start your return →Authentic Tax Academy
Training built from real returns, not textbook examples. Learn what to do when the software flags a dependent or a 1099 doesn't match the bank statement.
Explore courses →Authentic Tax Suite
Professional tax software with a real person behind it. Partner tiers for preparers, EROs, resellers, and service bureaus — every number disclosed before you sign.
See the tiers →Software is easy to buy.
A mentor is not.
Years still in the software
Not a coach who used to file. Dava is actively preparing returns every season, alongside the professionals she mentors.
Someone picks up in February
Reject codes, due diligence questions, a return you're unsure about. A person answers — not a ticket number.
Every number on the table
Tiers, splits, bonuses, commissions, the full fee schedule — disclosed before you decide, never discovered mid-season.
Built from the ground up.
Still building.
Dava Kemp has been filing tax returns since 1997 — before most tax software had a mobile app. She built The Authentic Financial Group as a 100% virtual practice, filed 5,300+ returns, and never once worked out of a storefront.
She built Authentic Tax Suite because the tools available to independent preparers were either overpriced or underpowered. She launched the Authentic Tax Academy because training shouldn't cost you a season of mistakes. Nobody gets handed a login and left alone in February — not on her watch.
"I'm not teaching this from memory. I'm teaching it from this season's returns."
A mentor.
Not a vendor.
Software is easy to buy. Here is what actually comes with a seat in the Collective — and what no login can give you.
Professional software with a support line that's a person.
Bank products, e-file, client portal, CRM built in your name. Priced for independents, built for teams, and every fee on the page before you sign.
See the tiers →Someone who has already seen your reject code.
Weekly calls and direct access through the entire season — not a knowledge base, not a ticket queue. A person who is filing this year, same as you.
Join the Tuesday call →Your preparers trained to one standard, not four.
EROs and their teams mentored together, so every return that leaves your office looks like it came from the same practice — because it did.
See the Authentic Tax Academy →Every return checked before it goes out the door.
Due diligence, documentation, and credits reviewed by a compliance team — so your book holds up when a notice arrives, and your clients' refunds aren't delayed by a preventable reject. This is the difference between a return that was filed and one that can be defended.
How review works →A room of people running what you're running.
Private, application-only mentorship for EROs, Resellers, and Service Bureau owners. Biweekly training, a monthly one-on-one, and white-label team training delivered under your brand — not ours.
Apply to the Circle →Every Tuesday.
7PM EST. Free.
Come sit with someone who has been filing since 1997 — and will still be answering your questions in February.