CPA, Certified Tax Coach, and Mother, Latia started her journey in accounting in high school back in 2007 as an Accounting Assistant for a non-profit organization. From there she began taking accounting 101 courses in high school and knew that Accounting would be her career.

 

However, her mother being a Controller herself, felt that Latia should try something else because accounting was "boring." When Latia went to college she tried to major in math, chemistry, psychology, and even political science, but she never felt satisfied. In 2011, she declared her major in accounting and later went to graduate with her Bachelor's in Business Administration in Accounting with a minor in Business Law and Communication.

 

Latia went on to work with one of the Big 4 companies but ended up in IT Audit where she was able to bridge the gap between the IT and Audit teams. She has performed IT work on many Fortune 500 companies. In 2017 she obtained her CPA license in her home city New York and in 2018 she became licensed in her current home state, Virginia. In addition, Latia always prepared taxes and maintained company books for close friends and family.

 

Throughout her seven years at a Big 4, Latia studied tax planning and resolution, and begin assisting small businesses with implementing tax plans that was able to eliminate or reduce their tax liability. In addition, she was able to assist over 25 clients with settling their debts with the IRS. In tax season 2022 alone, Latia prepared over 200 returns, so in May 2022, Latia finally decided to leave her corporate job to build out her own consulting practice, hence Majestic Consulting was started.