Bell, Spoonamore & Wendt, PLLC

The numbers are the easy part. Knowing what they mean is the work.

Bell, Spoonamore & Wendt, PLLC is a tax-first CPA firm for people who own things: businesses, buildings, and the returns that tie them together. We plan the year before we file it.

Weston Bell, Zack Spoonamore, and Austin Wendt, the three partners of Bell, Spoonamore & Wendt, PLLC, standing together outside their office.

What We Do

Four things, done properly

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Tax Planning

Quarterly conversations while decisions can still change the outcome: entity structure, timing, compensation, and the moves that only work before year end.

  • Entity selection & reasonable compensation
  • Quarterly projections & safe harbors
  • Depreciation & fixed-asset strategy

Tax Preparation

Federal, state, and local returns for individuals, partnerships, S corporations, and C corporations, all reviewed by a partner, filed on time, and explained in English.

  • Forms 1040, 1065, 1120-S & 1120
  • Rental & passive activity reporting
  • Owner and entity returns read together

Bookkeeping

Monthly close, reconciled accounts, and a report you can act on, kept by the same firm that will eventually put those numbers on a return.

  • Monthly close & reconciliation
  • QuickBooks Online setup & cleanup
  • Sales tax oversight & payroll referrals

Cost Segregation

Detailed studies that reclassify building components into shorter recovery periods.

  • New purchases, builds & renovations
  • Retroactive studies without amending
  • Audit-ready documentation
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Why Clients Stay

You will know your accountant by name

Three partners, and the one who takes your first call is the one who reviews your return. Nothing is handed down a chain you cannot see.

Partner-led

A partner owns your engagement start to finish, not just the signature line.

Proactive

Planning conversations in Q3 and Q4, when a decision can still change the number.

Plain language

We explain the reasoning behind every position, in words you can repeat to your banker.

Fees agreed first

Scope and price in the engagement letter before work begins. No surprise invoices.

The exterior of Bell, Spoonamore & Wendt, PLLC's office building at Centerpointe Place, 138 Center Pointe Drive, Clarksville, Tennessee.

How We Work

From first call to filed return

These steps happen in order, and you always know which one you are on.

STEP 1

Initial contact

No cost, by email, call, or intake form. Your entity, your year, and what is actually keeping you up.

STEP 2

Scope & engagement letter

Services, responsibilities, timing, and fees in writing before any work starts.

STEP 3

Secure document exchange

An organizer and an encrypted portal for anything with an SSN on it.

STEP 4

Review & forward plan

We walk the result with you, then set next year's planning items while they still matter.

The Partners

Three names on the door.
Any one of them is the right one.

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Let’s Talk

Let’s start with a conversation

The first conversation is free, confidential, and carries no obligation. Worst case, you leave with a straight answer.