Gaurav Jain, EA
IRS Enrolled Agent · 15+ Years Combined Experience
Gaurav Jain's tax career began at PwC — but his business education started years earlier, working in his family-owned small businesses. Before he ever prepared a professional return, he had lived the realities small business owners face every day: thin margins, long hours, payroll, inventory, and taxes that never seem simple.
As a federally licensed IRS Enrolled Agent, Gaurav brings over a decade of professional tax experience — beginning in PwC's Private Company Services practice, advising small and midsize companies on partnership, S-corporation, and C-corporation taxation, and continuing through startups and Fortune 500 companies. That range spans individual and business returns, multi-state filings, equity compensation planning, and IRS representation at all administrative levels.
He founded Arihant Tax & Advisory LLC to bring both halves of that 15+ years of combined experience together: Big Four-caliber strategy, delivered with a firsthand understanding of what it actually takes to run a small business. Gaurav serves clients in English and Hindi, and believes good tax advice should always be explained in plain language. He holds unlimited representation rights before the IRS — including the right to represent clients before Revenue Agents, Appeals Officers, and the IRS Collections Division.
Areas of Deep Expertise
- IRS audit defense and collections resolution
- S-corporation and LLC tax strategy
- Equity compensation (RSUs, ESPPs, NSOs, ISOs)
- Real estate taxation and 1031 exchanges
- Multi-state individual and business returns
- Small business owners — retail, medical, food service, trades
- California FTB procedures and state tax matters
