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April 2012 |
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by Sue Orsen It happens every spring. First it rains and then it pours. Next thing you know, storms are heading in and it's time to batten down the hatches. When Paul and Susan Storms are heading to their tax office on the second floor of the Clocktower in downtown Victoria this time of year, they leave the hatches open because hordes of people arrive at their doors for shelter and safekeeping. Most of the storms are quelled by April 15th. If you want to get down to brass tax, the reason the Storms spend extra hours at the Clocktower from January through April is to help people with IRS requirements and tax code. Dave and Amy Alpaugh keep company with the Storms, assisting in income tax preparations and other financial matters. Everyone is especially cozy in the spring months of the year up on the second floor suite overlooking the budding trees, the ripples of Stieger Lake, and Victoria's sidewalk cafes. As for Bradley Storms, son of Paul, he blew in from the east this spring to join Storms and Alpaugh in their Clocktower offices. That makes the spring of 2012 a bigger family of Storms. Bradley, his wife Sacha, and their children Meara, 9, and Oren, 7, currently live in Indianapolis where he works as a chemist. This year, for the first time, he is stepping into his dad's profession with future plans to move his family to Carver County. "This was always in the back of my mind," said Bradley, 38, who has an MBA in Finance. "Dad has been bugging me to do this for ten years. I'm also finishing study for the last part of my CPA test. I hope to come back here with my family in the summer of 2013. Meanwhile, our home remains in Indianapolis." Bradley has worked fifteen years as a chemist, having received his chemistry degree from the University of Minnesota and his MBA at Indiana University. After four years with Storms and Alpaugh, Bradley will be part of the firm. Why four years? "Because that's how it works," said the family patriarch. Paul, who started the business 40 years ago, anticipates the next question and replies, "No, I am not going to retire. I love what I do. I enjoy this work. I see it as a great big puzzle that we assemble and put together to help people save tax dollars." Has Paul had some of the same clients for all of these past 40 years? "A great deal of them," he replied, "and some into the third and even fourth generation." *** Paul Storms graduated from Norwood Young America High School in 1964, then received his degree from Minneapolis Business College. Did he always have an interest in accounting? "I did," he replied. "I think I said I want to grow up to be an accountant." Paul makes people smile. It was on January 1st, 1972, that he started up his own accounting office in Waconia. In 1976 he left Waconia and opened two new offices, one in Edina and the other in Victoria. "I was a traveling CPA," said the accountant who is good with words as well as numbers. Paul's first Victoria office was located at 1600 Arboretum Boulevard in the old public school building, which was renovated into office space after the school closed in 1970.
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L-r: Paul and Susan Storms, Dave and Amy Alpaugh, Bradley Storms. Said Paul, "We're good at what we do." |