Van Grouw & Associates, Certified Public Accountants
North Haledon Tax and Accounting Guidance

Your tax life changes. Tony remembers what came before.

Tony Van Grouw, CPA, EA, and his team help northern New Jersey families and business owners prepare, plan, and work through tax problems with the continuity that comes from knowing the story behind the numbers.

Tell Tony What Changed This YearMeet Tony and the Team

New business? Property sale? Retirement approaching? IRS notice? Or simply looking for an accountant who communicates? Start with what changed.

One Return Is Never Just One Year

The return comes once a year. The relationship carries forward.

The decisions behind a tax return do not reset every January. A business grows. A child leaves for college. A home is sold. Retirement gets closer. An unexpected notice arrives. Useful guidance begins with remembering what came before and understanding what has changed.

  • A Career Changes

    Compensation, retirement plans, investments, remote work, or a move creates new tax questions.

  • A Business Evolves

    A new entity, employee, partner, property, or revenue stream changes what the owner needs from the accounting relationship.

  • A Family Reaches a Milestone

    Marriage, children, college, inheritance, caregiving, or retirement affects the larger financial picture.

  • A Tax Problem Interrupts the Plan

    An IRS or state notice creates urgency and requires a clear, informed response.

Tony Van Grouw at Van Grouw & Associates
Meet Tony

Tony’s name is on the firm because the relationship is personal.

Tony is both a Certified Public Accountant and an Enrolled Agent. He first obtained his CPA license on March 15, 1995 and his EA on January 22, 2013, and has more than twenty-five years of experience in public accounting.

The CPA license supports broad accounting and tax knowledge across individuals and businesses. The EA credential is a federal designation focused on taxation and representation before the IRS, which matters when a notice, an older filing, or a collection matter needs someone who can speak to the agency directly. Together, they let Tony see how prior filings and current decisions connect — and they give every client a named professional who is accountable for the relationship.

He graduated from Pace University in 1990, worked for several public accounting firms in Newark, Clifton, Tenafly and Hawthorne, and started his own practice out of the basement of his home in 1996. Buying the practice of his retiring uncle, Raymond J. Van Grouw, CPA, moved him into the North Haledon office where the firm still works today.

Meet Tony

To add after an interview with Tony: why he entered accounting, why he established the firm, what has kept him in North Haledon, the situations he most enjoys helping with, what long-term clients have taught him, and what he wants a new client to understand before the first meeting.

The Team That Knows the Work

Familiar faces. Clear responsibilities. No mystery about who is helping.

The practice is intentionally small — Tony and three colleagues, with additional help brought in for tax season. Work is prepared by the professional whose experience fits the return, and Tony reviews the firm’s work as principal.

Anthony “Tony” Van Grouw, CPA, EA, of Van Grouw & Associates

Anthony “Tony” Van Grouw, CPA, EA

Founder and principal

Anthony has had various accounting experience with a wide variety of firms and specializes in taxation and accounting and bookkeeping services for individuals and small businesses.

Anthony and his wife Karen enjoy spending time with their family and their three very active boys. An avid cyclist and overall sports enthusiast, Anthony can also be seen running from one soccer game or practice to the next. Although not currently serving, he has been active in church as a youth group leader and chairman of the deacons, and has served on the boards of the Ringwood Christian School and the Eastern Christian Children’s Retreat.

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Sharon Vander Plaat, EA, of Van Grouw & Associates

Sharon Vander Plaat, EA

Enrolled Agent — returns of every type and full-service bookkeeping

At Van Grouw & Associates, Sharon prepares all types of tax returns including individual, corporate, partnership, fiduciary and non-profit. She also continues to perform full-service bookkeeping for small and large businesses, including sales tax returns, payroll calculations and payroll tax returns.

Sharon and her husband, Joe, enjoy spending time with their three children and are very active in the community. She is an officer of the Wyckoff Ladies Auxiliary of Fire Protection Co. 1 and loves to take spin classes in her spare time.

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Beverly Anzelmo, CPA, of Van Grouw & Associates

Beverly Anzelmo, CPA

CPA — individual, corporate, partnership and employee-benefit returns

At Van Grouw & Associates, Beverly prepares all types of tax returns including individual, corporate, partnership and employee-benefit. She helps small businesses with bookkeeping and payroll needs and handles the firm’s auto and other fringe benefit filings.

Beverly and her husband Jason enjoy spending time with their two girls and one boy, who are all very active and love to play soccer. She enjoys the beach, is an avid runner, and loves to work in her garden and plant flowers.

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Jacqueline “Jackie” Streelman, CPA, of Van Grouw & Associates

Jacqueline “Jackie” Streelman, CPA

CPA — joined the firm in 2013

Jackie has worked at Van Grouw & Associates since 2013.

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Meet the People Behind the Work
Begin With What Changed

You do not need to diagnose the tax issue before you call.

I Need to Prepare a Return

For individuals, families, and businesses seeking accurate tax preparation and thoughtful review.

Start here

Something Changed This Year

For a new business, property transaction, retirement, inheritance, move, investment event, or another change with tax consequences.

Start here

My Business Needs Better Accounting

For business owners who need organized records, dependable reporting, and tax work connected to the company’s actual activity.

Start here

I Received a Tax Notice

For taxpayers facing IRS or state correspondence, overdue filings, balances, audits, or other tax problems.

Start here
Tax Preparation and Planning

Prepare what happened. Plan for what has not happened yet.

Preparing a return is a record of a year that already closed. Planning is the part of the relationship that runs between filings — the conversation before a property sale, the estimated payment that keeps April from becoming a surprise, the question about a retirement distribution asked in August rather than next March.

Rules change from year to year, and it is easy to overlook a change or a deduction when a return is prepared in isolation. Knowing what was filed last year is how the firm recognizes what is different this year.

Tax preparation and planning
  • Individual tax preparation
  • Business tax return preparation
  • Partnership and corporate tax preparation
  • Gift and estate tax return preparation
  • Estate and succession planning
  • Out-of-state returns
  • Business start-ups
  • Year-round tax planning and education
Small-Business Accounting

The business should not have to be reconstructed at tax time.

When the books are current, filing becomes a summary rather than an excavation. The firm handles bookkeeping and accounting tasks from payroll through preparation of financial statements, so the numbers behind a decision are available when the decision is being made — not eleven months later.

Van Grouw & Associates works with start-ups, growing businesses and mature corporations, and can manage files off-site with secure backup and access.

Small business accountingPayroll services
  • Monthly reports and statements
  • Profit and loss statement
  • Trial balance
  • Balance sheet
  • General ledger report
  • Bank reconciliation
  • Payroll reconciliation and payroll services
  • Budget management and advice
  • Business tax preparation
IRS Tax Problems

The notice may be unfamiliar. Tony’s next step should not be.

An IRS or state notice can be unsettling, particularly when the letter is unclear or tied to an older filing. Van Grouw & Associates can review the correspondence, identify what is being requested, explain the urgency, and determine the appropriate response.

  • Notice review
  • Unfiled returns
  • Audit assistance
  • Wage garnishment
  • Bank levies
  • Payment and collection matters
  • IRS representation as an Enrolled Agent

Do not upload Social Security numbers, complete notices, or confidential tax documents through the public form. Secure instructions will be provided after the initial conversation.

Tell Us What the Notice SaysCall (973) 427-7500
How the Relationship Begins

Start with the change. We’ll help identify what comes next.

  1. 01

    Tell Us What Changed

    Briefly explain the event, question, service need, or notice that prompted the inquiry.

  2. 02

    Speak With the Right Professional

    The team evaluates the type of help needed and who should be involved.

  3. 03

    Share Information Securely

    Receive secure instructions for providing prior returns, financial records, or tax notices.

  4. 04

    Review the Scope

    Understand the work, timing, responsibilities, fees, and next steps before the engagement begins.

Long-Term Client Relationships

The best tax relationships become more useful with time.

  • Clients spend less time reintroducing their history.
  • Prior decisions remain part of the conversation.
  • Changes are easier to recognize.
  • Tax planning can begin earlier.
  • Unresolved issues surface before filing season, not during it.
  • Communication becomes more organized from one year to the next.

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North Haledon Connection

Rooted on High Mountain Road. Ready for whatever changed beyond it.

The office at 552 High Mountain Road has been the firm’s home since Tony took over his uncle’s North Haledon practice. Clients come from the surrounding towns of Passaic County and the wider northern New Jersey area, and the firm prepares out-of-state returns for clients whose work or family has taken them elsewhere.

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Tell Tony what changed since the last return.

A new client does not need to arrive with every answer or document. Start with the event, question, or concern. Tony and the team will help determine what matters and how the conversation should continue.

Tell Tony What ChangedCall (973) 427-7500