Mantle Tax Solutions™

Most firms compete on what they know. I compete on how I think.

Central Ohio, by choice. I built Mantle™ for business owners who build, and I still lead every Blueprint myself.

Hava Laudon, founder of Mantle Tax Solutions™
Hava Laudon
  • B.S. in Ministry Leadership
  • Enrolled Agent
  • Certified Main Street Tax Advisor
  • QBO ProAdvisor Advanced
  • Patriot Partner
  • Jobtread Certified
  • Series 6 (2020, retired)
  • Life Insurance Agent License, Ohio (2020, retired)
Why Mantle™

Better financial decisions begin with better financial thinking.

Two members of the team working at laptops in the firm’s conference room
The teamColumbus, OH

I started this firm for the business owner whose financial life is handled by good people who never speak to one another. The preparer does not talk to the bookkeeper. The bookkeeper does not talk to the advisor. The attorney is called once and then not again for three years. Everyone is doing their job. Nobody is looking at the whole picture.

That gap is not a knowledge problem. It is a connection problem. It is also where most of the opportunity in an owner's financial world quietly sits.

So I start with questions rather than recommendations. Which of this year's decisions work against what you are building? Which of the people already advising you would change their advice if they could see what the others see?

The answers are rarely invented. They are usually sitting in your own numbers, waiting for someone to connect them. That is the whole job. It is why the first engagement is a Blueprint rather than a recommendation.

I lead that work, and I do not do it alone. You work with me and with the team behind me.

Hava on LinkedIn

The type of questions I ask in the first 10 minutes.

The businessWhat is this being built toward? A sale, a successor, a lifestyle, a second location?
The ownerHow do you pay yourself, and when did you last change it?
The fileWho holds the books, who holds the returns, and when did they last talk?
The householdWho in your family works in the business, and who could?
The propertyWhat do you own, what do you rent from yourself, and what do you plan to buy?
The surpriseWhat did the last return tell you that you wish you had known in October?
The difference is not effort

It is the question being asked.

Tax filing records history.
Tax strategy shapes the future.
Information creates reports.
Understanding creates decisions.
Good bookkeeping records transactions.
Great bookkeeping reveals opportunities.
Most professionals prepare returns.
Mantle™ prepares business owners.
The Four Cornerstones
  1. 01Connection

    Your Financial World. Finally Connected.

    Tax strategy to business decisions. Bookkeeping to financial insight. Trusted professionals to one another. Today’s decisions to tomorrow’s goals.

  2. 02Clarity
    which connection creates

    Understanding Before Action.

    Clients do not need more reports. They need to understand what the information means. Simplify the complexity, set the priorities, make the next step obvious.

  3. 03Confidence
    which clarity builds

    Better Thinking. Better Decisions.

    Confidence is not given. It is gained when information is connected and complexity becomes clear. The goal is not to decide for you. It is to help you decide better.

  4. 04Commitment
    which confidence sustains

    Relationships Built for the Long Term.

    Steady, prepared, honest, and engaged beyond a single transaction, tax season, or recommendation. Wealth is built over years, not seasons.

Where I work

Columbus and Central Ohio. Delaware, Dublin, Westerville, Polaris, Grove City, Hilliard, Lancaster, Newark, and the townships in between. Most Blueprints happen over video. The hour is better at your table when we can.

Hava and her team are amazing. Very prompt answering questions to maintain quality bookkeeping. Strategic thinking skills to meet business needs. Highly recommend.
Bookkeeping · Stephanie, Grove City, OH
Start with the Mantle Blueprint™.

One conversation, and a complete picture of where your financial world is connected and where it is not.