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— HB FINANCIAL GROUP
The business support you wish you'd had from the beginning.
Tax strategy, financial organization, and the business systems you need to grow. Led by a federally licensed Enrolled Agent, based in Knoxville, serving clients in all fifty states.
— READY TO FILE
Two ways to get your return started.
Start remote filing
Send everything through the secure intake and we'll take it from there, wherever you are.
Start secure intakeEnrolled AgentIRS Certifying Acceptance AgentIRS Authorized e-File ProviderCommunity Votes Winner 2025 · 2026Google Reviews
— VERIFIABLE CREDENTIALS
Every one of these can be checked.
EA
Enrolled Agent
CAA
Certifying Acceptance Agent
IRS
Authorized e-File Provider
SGOXP
IRS Approved CE Provider
2025 · 2026
Community Votes Winner
50
States Served
— WHERE YOU FIT
Three doors in.
Individuals & Families
Your return filed by a licensed professional, plus help with notices, ITINs, and getting organized for next year.
Start hereEntrepreneurs Leveling Up
Entity setup, monthly books, registered agent, and tax strategy that keeps up with what you're building.
Start hereTax Preparers & Aspiring Preparers
Training, continuing education, and mentorship from an IRS Approved Continuing Education Provider.
Start here— WHAT WE DO
Four pillars, one practice.
Tax & Financial Strategy
- Individual and business return preparation
- IRS notices, back years, and representation
- ITIN applications handled in office
- Planning conversations before December, not after
Business Infrastructure
- LLC and partnership formation
- Commercial registered agent in Tennessee
- Monthly bookkeeping and clean financials
- Notary and document support
Credit & Financial Organization
- A full walk through your credit report
- Personal and business credit organization
- Documentation and dispute support
- Ongoing monitoring options
The Academy
- Refund2Income preparer training
- The full 18-hour AFSP continuing education requirement
- Live weekly class with an Enrolled Agent
- Mentorship through your first season
— OUR APPROACH
Discover, structure, grow.
- No. 01
Discover
We start with where you actually are, not where a template says you should be. Numbers, entity, history, all of it.
- No. 02
Structure
We put the right entity, the right books, and the right filings in place so the foundation holds.
- No. 03
Grow
Then we keep up with you. Planning conversations through the year, so tax time is just paperwork.
— WHAT WE BRING
The part that actually matters.
Since 2018
Serving Knoxville and clients nationwide. An independent practice built one client at a time.
EA + CAA
Credentials most preparers don't hold. An Enrolled Agent is licensed by the U.S. Treasury and may represent taxpayers before the IRS in all fifty states. A Certifying Acceptance Agent verifies identity documents in office, so ITIN applicants never mail an original passport.
2025 · 2026
Community Votes Knoxville Winner, two years running, in both Tax Preparation and Bookkeeping.
— Google Reviews
In their words, on Google.
Melissa took the time to explain everything instead of just handing me paperwork. I finally understood my own return.
Professional, responsive, and she answered questions I didn't even know to ask. Our books have never been in better shape.
R2I gave me the training, the mentorship, and a path I could actually follow.
— THE FIRM
Who you're actually working with.
HB Financial Group is an independent practice in Knoxville, TN, led by Melissa Griffin, EA. We work with clients in all 50 states.
More about Melissa- Melissa Griffin, EA, HB Financial Group
- Enrolled Agent, licensed by the U.S. Department of the Treasury
- IRS Certifying Acceptance Agent (CAA)
- IRS Authorized e-File Provider
- IRS Approved Continuing Education Provider SGOXP
- Registered Commercial Registered Agent, State of Tennessee
- Community Votes Knoxville Winner, Tax Preparation & Bookkeeping, 2025 · 2026
- Serving clients since 2018, in all 50 states
— PARTNER WITH US
Do you meet people who need this? Send them our way.
Attorneys, realtors, lenders, and business owners send us people all the time, and we keep them posted on what happens next.
See the partner program— LET'S TALK
Let's have a real conversation.
Pick the conversation that fits where you are. Price and length are on every card, and there's no pitch waiting on the other side.