About Us

The overall mission of Del Real Tax Chicago Tax Accountants is to help small to medium-size business owners succeed in their business, have more free time, and save money in taxes that they can reinvest in their business or spend enjoying life.  Our Lyons, IL small business accountants focus on legal tax planning to lower tax liability for our clients throughout the Chicago area.  We specialize in providing comprehensive monthly accounting services giving our clients the financial information and consultation they need to effectively manage their businesses.

We service a variety of clients including dental offices, chiropractic offices, insurance, trucking, manufacturing, automotive, and retail among others.  We have fixed fee accounting packages that include bookkeeping, accounting, sales tax compliance, payroll processing and tax planning and preparation.

Almost any accounting firm can crunch numbers for you, but your business needs more. If you’re looking for an accounting firm that focuses on saving you taxes and gives small business owners Big Client Service, look to Del Real Tax Group. We deliver superior service and specialize in giving small businesses the personal attention they need to thrive in today’s marketplace. It’s not only about the numbers. It’s about the expert Advise your business needs.

Our philosophy is different than most other small business accounting firms.  While other firms provide services quarterly, semiannual or just once a year, we believe that small business owners need current information to monitor their business and finances on a monthly basis. Giving clients monthly financial statements allows us to provide truly meaningful consultation, advice and tax planning.  The efficiencies realized through this ongoing relationship with our clients allow us to provide greater services at a surprisingly affordable investment.

Our clients view our firm as a business partner. They call us frequently with their business questions without being concerned that the meter is running. It’s part of our commitment to provide experienced accounting consultation as part of our fixed fee Monthly Accounting Solution Package.

At Del Real Tax Group we work together as a team of small business accountants to provide the accounting, tax, business and payroll guidance needed to ensure the success of your business.

The quality of professional advice you receive is a real factor in creating success for your business and in creating peace of mind for yourself. At Del Real Tax Group, we take a team approach to client services providing you with access to accountants with a minimum of a four year degree in accounting able to advise on a broad spectrum of business, accounting, and tax planning issues. When you work with Del Real Tax Group, you get the focus of a team of professionals committed to your small business success.

• Del Real Tax Group was founded in 2012 by Maribel Salazar, a licensed CPA with over a decade of professional experience in taxation working with small, medium size and large companies. Prior to founding Del Real Tax Group, she worked in the Tax Department of PricewaterhouseCoopers and also for a downtown Chicago Tax Consulting Firm as a tax consultant for large clients including BP, Abbot Laboratories, Anixter, Morton Salt and Porsche among others.
• Since Maribel was in college her mom owned clothing stores and her sister owned a trucking company. Maribel noticed that there was a huge contrast in how large corporations operated versus the small businesses that her family members ran.  She noticed how small business owners typically waited until their tax return was done to find out how they did for the year.  She also noticed how important business decisions were made while not having a solid understanding of their business financials.  It was hard for her to see how small business owners were subject to penalties from IRS for things that could have been easily avoided if they had known.  Maribel sees how lots of money is left on the table when small business owners do not proactively do tax planning with a professional.  What she noticed from her mom running her clothing stores, or her sister running her trucking company is that small businesses need help.  They need guidance and they don’t understand the ins and out of tax compliance, payroll, and tax planning. After a number of years of working with some of the largest companies in the US, she decided to bring her vast accounting and tax knowledge to the small to mid-size companies within her community.
• Maribel stared her practice to help the small businesses because she realized that they were underserved and did not have the same level of service and guidance from the CPA community as were larger clients. Maribel realized that the small businesses were not receiving the same monthly reporting or attention that was necessary to make the best decisions with the information available to them.
• At Del Real Tax Group we offer a fixed fee monthly accounting package that solves this problem by allowing clients to monitor their business with monthly financial statements and it also allows us to provide timely and real advise. Once the year closes, we are very limited in what we can suggest for tax planning opportunities.
• Maribel was awarded 2015 Latinos “40 under 40” in Chicago and also 2016 “Top 20 Best Accountants in Chicago.” She is a small business educator and presents for City of Chicago Small Businesses, UIC Entrepreneurs, Women Development Center and Accion Chicago among other.  Maribel earned a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Management Information Systems graduating Summa Cum Laude from the University of Houston in 2004. She continued her academic pursuits and earned a Master’s degree in Accounting with Tax Track graduating with Honors from the University of Houston in 2005.

The Del Real Tax Group is proud to service the small business needs of Lyons, IL and the surrounding Chicago area communities, including Bedford Park, Berwyn, Brookfield, Cicero and LaGrange.