Iowa has a state income tax, so tax time here means two returns — your federal return and your Iowa return. Compass Tax Center handles both, personally, year-round, and 100% virtually. From Des Moines to the Quad Cities to the western river towns, we're a secure upload and a phone call away.
A federal return and an Iowa return, prepared together so they line up and you claim every credit you're owed. Iowa just moved to a single low flat rate, stopped taxing retirement income, and finished phasing out its inheritance tax — big changes we make sure your return reflects.
Two returns instead of one means more to keep straight. We handle the whole picture, federal and state, and we're here after April, too.
Iowa overhauled its taxes: as of 2025 it uses a single flat income-tax rate of 3.8%, down from a graduated system. It also stopped taxing most retirement income for those 55 and older, and finished phasing out its inheritance tax.
That's a lot of change in a short time. We make sure your first returns under the new flat tax are accurate, that retirees get the new exemption, and that your withholding keeps pace.
Iowa's new flat income tax is the headline, but a few other taxes matter too. If any of these are you, they're firmly in our wheelhouse.
You don't need a tax office down the road — you need the right person handling both your returns. Everything we do is secure and fully virtual, so working with us is exactly as easy from Dubuque as it is from Des Moines. And since we serve all 50 states, if life moves you out of Iowa, your tax help doesn't have to change.
Start now or book a free consultation. We're here year-round — for tax season and everything after it.