Learn how to file your taxes,

or let me take care of filing your taxes for you!

About Gata (The Bureaucratic Baddie)

Gata (she/they) is a queer angry Afro Caribeña femme, intersectional feminista who still takes pandemic precautions, organizes free community events, leads in community crowdfunding efforts and advocates for disability justice.

Gata is trauma-informed, and leads with curiosity and kindness. They created the “Bureaucratic Baddie series” which was inspired from sharing best practices in navigating different bureaucratic systems to help each other meet needs instead of hoping needs get met from systems that do not serve us. 

In addition to tax workshops, she also offers workshops about:

- helping tenants learn how to sue their landlord in small claims court for security deposits (California only).

- helping self-employed folks learn the process of obtaining business licenses and DBAs for bureaucratic situations (Los Angeles only).

Tax Experience

Gata has helped over 3,000 self employed, single parent, undocumented, spicy workers, and students file their taxes since 2009 when she began as a VITA tax volunteer.

Gata can teach you how to file your own taxes or can file taxes for you.

Gata is a Registered CTEC Tax Preparer. After you book an appointment, she will share her registration number & information.

What to expect

In her sessions, Gata uses creative stories and accessible language to explain credits, how to avoid owing taxes and best practices moving forward.

While other tax preparers try to process as many clients as possible quickly, Gata’s goal is to ensure that every client has confidence in their taxes regardless if they are filing their own taxes or having their taxes filed for them.

Gata strives to ease anxiety around the confusion of navigating taxes by making space to answer questions and come up with creative solutions.

Sliding Scale Levels

  • Stone

    For anyone who is unable to meet or struggle to meet their basic needs and have little to no expendable income.

    Learn how to file your taxes - $75

    Gata files your taxes - $55

    *Note: payment plans are available when you checkout via Paypal

    If the lowest sliding scale is not accessible for you, you are welcome to seek free tax help here.

  • Sand

    For anyone who is able to meet or struggle to meet their basic needs and have some expendable income.

    Learn how to file your taxes - $200

    Gata files your taxes - $120

    *Note: payment plans are available when you checkout via Paypal

  • Clay

    For anyone who can comfortably meet their basic needs and have ample expendable income.

    Learn how to file your taxes - $350

    Gata files your taxes - $210

    *Note: payment plans are available when you checkout via Paypal

 Sliding Scale Pricing

Pay more on the scale if you:

  • have a savings account

  • travel recreationally

  • have earning power (even if you’re not using it right now) from college degree(s), able-bodiedness, race, gender, social networks and family connections

  • you or your family are homeowners or landowners

Pay less on the scale if:

  • are on public assistance

  • don’t have a savings account

  • you were formerly incarcerated

  • have significant debt that prevents you from meeting your basic needs

  • have a chronic illness or disability that impacts your ability to earn income

  • you are unable to access healthcare

When folks (who are able to) pay the higher scale, they make it possible for me to offer the lowest scale, and keep prices as affordable as I can. This is an honor code system, I don’t require “proof” of any scale. Please be honest. Depending on my capacity, I fundraise for sponsored spots to help cover expenses for folks who need the support. Please fill out my contact form if you would like to inquire about a sponsored spot.

If there are no sponsored spots left and the lowest sliding scale is not accessible for you, you are welcome to seek free tax help here.

  • A sliding scale system is a pricing model where the cost of a product or service varies based on someone’s ability to pay. Instead of a fixed price, there is a range of prices offered, and individuals select the price point that best aligns with their financial situation and other factors.

  • Siding scales are an important tool for economic justice. We should all have access to help when it comes to complying to a system that we don’t consent to. Sliding scales are meant to make prices accessible for folks who normally cannot afford to pay a very high price of getting their taxes filed. The hope is for folks who have capacity to pay more will do so, to make it easier for folks who cannot pay as much to pay less.

    This is also meant to be a chance for you to reflect on your income, different intersections of privilege and advantages as you consider what scale you pay.

  • Stone (for folks unable to meet & struggle to meet their basic needs) - $55

    Sand (for folks who can meet basic needs & have some expendable income) - $120

    Clay (for folks who can meet their basic needs & have ample expendable income) - $210

    Please read below to figure out where you fall on the scale. Fill out our contact form if you need help.

    If the lowest sliding scale is not accessible for you, you are welcome to seek free tax help here.

  • Stone (for folks unable/struggle to meet their basic needs) - $75

    Sand (for folks who can meet basic needs & have some expendable income) - $200

    Clay (for folks who can meet their basic needs & have ample expendable income) - $350

    Please read below to figure out where you fall on the scale. Fill out our contact form if you need help.

    If the lowest sliding scale is not accessible for you, you are welcome to seek free tax help here.

  • No. This is an honor code system, I don’t require “proof” of any scale. Please be honest.

  • Yes! If you select the Paypal option at the checkout (after you fill out the intake form and I send you my calendly link) there is the payment plan option (ex: pay in 4’s, monthly payments, etc).

    If the lowest sliding scale is not accessible for you, you are welcome to seek free tax help here.

Book an appointment

  • File my taxes for me

    Gata is a registered CTEC tax preparer, with over a decade of experience filing others taxes. She will go over your taxes, answer all your questions, and after asking for your consent, will file your taxes for you.

    Fill out the intake form

  • Learn how to file your own taxes

    Learn how to e-file your own taxes so you’ll never have to pay someone to file your taxes again! 

    Fill out the intake form

Testimonials

  • "Gata, the bureaucratic baddie, is your go-to certified tax preparer, ready to support even the most anxious babes overwhelmed by bureaucratic jargon and numbers. She transforms the daunting task of filing taxes into a fierce act of defiance. With Gata by your side, you'll not only breeze through tax season but also stick it to the system just like Teresa Chavez would, (iykyk) ensuring you get the maximum refund and deprive the government of its funds. By the end of your session, you'll feel like the baddest babe, flipping a big middle finger to greedy America." - Babita (10/2024)

  • Woman with red hair smiling, wearing a beige shirt

    "I learned how to read and actually understand my taxes!! But I especially learned that taxes aren't as intimidating as I had made them out to be."

  • A brown skinned man smiling, wearing a green shirt

    "Gata's way of communicating information! Super upbeat and funny. Loved the antidotes and examples to understand certain tax terminology."

  • A woman smiling, with black hair and brown shirt

    "Taxes are pretty boring but Gata made it easy to understand and gave me a bunch of great advice!"

Questions? Hit me up!