Expertise
Tax and financeEducation
Bellarmine UniversityHighlights
Member of the National Association of Enrolled Agents
Owner of Bowens Tax Solutions
Host of “Tax Relief with Timalyn”
Healthcare and taxes are two of the hardest things for people to understand. Writing digital health information for GoodRx is important to me because a lack of understanding of taxes or healthcare should not ruin someone's life. If I can make things a little easier for someone by explaining how those two things relate to each other, I feel my job is done.
— Timalyn S. Bowens, EA
Experience
Timalyn S. Bowens, EA, is an IRS-licensed enrolled agent who has been working in the tax industry for 11 years. She started Bowens Tax & Bookkeeping Solutions in 2016, helping small businesses keep their records straight and compliant with the IRS.
After becoming an enrolled agent in 2018, she began to fully help her clients negotiate with the IRS and represent them in audits. In 2021, her company became Bowens Tax Solutions as their primary focus is now to represent taxpayers before the IRS.
Timalyn is a member of the National Association of Enrolled Agents (NAEA) and the American Society of Tax Problem Solvers (ASTPS). She will be a speaker at an NAEA event later this year to train other tax professionals on a representation topic. She was also a speaker at the Tax and Accounting Summit of 2021.
In addition, Timalyn is a member of the Bellarmine University Alumni Board of Directors, where she serves on the mentor committee. She is also a Bellarmine University Alumni Ambassador, helping prospective students learn more about the university.
She serves as the treasurer on the board of TECH-nique, a nonprofit that helps girls of color get hands-on exposure to STEM. Timalyn also serves on a committee, S.O.S., which helps unhoused women in the Louisville Metro area.
Her blog, “Tax Tips with Timalyn,” educates taxpayers avoid issues with the IRS. She has written an e-book that walks taxpayers through how to set up a payment plan with the IRS if they owe $10,000 or less.
Education
Timalyn received her Bachelor in Science in accounting from Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky.
She interned with Crowe Horwath, a CPA firm ranked in the top 10 in the world, for three seasons. While there, she did tax preparation and planning for private held companies, publicly traded companies, and some financial institutions. She fell in love with tax law and discovered that she wanted to represent taxpayers that did not know what to do when facing the IRS. She later sat for a special exam to become an enrolled agent.
