Rosanne Van Ryzin, started preparing taxes in the 1950's from her house on Bouten Street in Appleton, back when a 1040 tax return fit on one piece of paper.  Her son, Wade, used to help her fill in the addresses once his penmanship finally improved. Eventually, Wade married and Chris, her daughter-in-law, joined her in preparing forms in the late 1970's.  

During their busiest years, Rosanne and Chris filed over 400 returns, filling out the forms by hand and meeting individually with each client.

Soon, Wade and Chris's daughter, Cassie, was begging for blank 1040 forms to play "taxes" when she was home sick from school during tax season.

When Cassie moved back to the area in 2001, she joined the business. By then Rosanne had retired and Chris was looking for a partner to help with preparing returns.