Ryan Patterson, EA
Partner
Ryan Patterson is a Partner at Cooper Norman and an Enrolled Agent, the federal credential that carries unlimited rights to represent taxpayers before the IRS. He leads tax planning and advisory work for owners who want the tax answer while the decision is still open, not after the return is filed. When the question is what a move will cost and whether it holds up, it lands on his desk.
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Owners bring Ryan the decisions that have a tax number attached and no obvious answer. Whether to make the S corporation election, or unmake it. How to structure the purchase of a building, a piece of equipment, or a competitor. What an entity choice does to the next five years rather than the next April. When an IRS notice needs a reply and when it needs someone standing in for you. The Enrolled Agent license is federal, so Ryan can represent a client before the IRS directly, at every stage, without handing the matter to someone else.
What an owner gets from working with him is a position, not a menu of options pushed back across the table. He will tell you which way he would go and what would change his mind. And because Cooper Norman runs as one connected team across six offices in Idaho and Utah, a question that starts in Tax Planning & Advisory can pull in Client Accounting Services, Audit & Assurance, Business Valuation, or Business Transition Planning without starting over with a new firm. Cooper Norman has worked this way since 1954.
Bring Ryan the decision before it becomes a filing.
Contact RyanBring the decision you are weighing. The right advisor calls or writes back within two business days.