Top Notch Financial Services | Honest Tax & Credit Help for Single Parents

Shanikka Jackson · Tax, credit & notary · 100% virtual

Your family deserves top notch.

Honest tax preparation, IRS help, credit repair and notary services for single parents, from someone who will tell you straight whether she can help.

IRS AFSP
Record of Completion
3 years
preparing returns
100%
virtual service
Shanikka Jackson, founder of Top Notch Financial Services, in a white suit with arms crossed
Shanikka JacksonFounder, Top Notch Financial Services

Why Top Notch exists

“I’m not going to just take your money.”

Shanikka Jackson in a black suit, smiling with arms crossed

I learned this work under a mentor who wasn’t always honest with the people coming through the door. I watched hardworking families trust someone with their money and not get the truth back.

So I built Top Notch to run differently. If I can help you, I’m all in. If I can’t, I’ll tell you so, and I won’t take your money for it.

Single parents carry the whole household. My job is to take the tax forms, the IRS letters and the credit worries off your plate, and hand you back the tools for a better financial life.

Shanikka Jackson

  • Founder, Top Notch Financial Services
  • IRS Annual Filing Season Program, Record of Completion
  • 3 years preparing returns for families

Services

Wherever you’re starting,
we climb notch by notch.

Most families come to Top Notch with something weighing on them. Here’s how Shanikka takes it off your plate, one notch at a time.

Notch 01 · Tax Resolution

Get right with the IRS.

An IRS letter, a balance you can’t see past, years you haven’t filed. Shanikka explains what it actually says, lays out your options and helps you take the next step, so you can stop dreading the mailbox.

  • A plain-English read of any IRS notice
  • Help catching up on unfiled years
  • Guidance on options like payment plans
Call about an IRS letter

Notch 02 · Amendments

Fix what was missed.

A child left off. A form that showed up late. The wrong filing status. If a past return left money behind, an amendment may set it right, and you’ll hear honestly whether it’s worth doing.

  • A review of what you already filed
  • A straight answer on whether to amend
  • The amended return prepared and explained
Call about a past return

Notch 03 · Tax Preparation

File it right, every year.

Your return, prepared with your household in mind. Single parents often qualify for more than they realize, so nothing you’re entitled to should be left on the table.

  • Head of household status reviewed
  • Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit checked
  • Childcare and education credits considered
Call about your taxes

Notch 04 · Credit Repair

Build credit that opens doors.

The apartment, the car, the better rate. Shanikka goes through your reports with you, challenges what’s inaccurate or can’t be verified, and helps you build habits that keep your credit moving up.

  • A full review of your credit reports
  • Disputes for errors and unverifiable items
  • A budget and credit plan you can actually keep

No one can promise you a score, and accurate information can’t legally be erased. You’ll always get the honest version.

Call about your credit

Notch 04, up close

Dispute it, or rebuild around it?

Not everything on a credit report is worth fighting, and some things are. Tap what you see on yours and it lands in the right pile, with the honest reason why.

Tap anything above to sort it.

01

Dispute it

Wrong, not yours or can’t be verified.

    02

    Rebuild around it

    Accurate, so habits are what move it.

      03

      Let time work

      Accurate, with an end date in sight.

        Want Shanikka to go through your actual report with you?

        General information, not legal advice. Every report is different, and no one can promise a specific score.

        Also from Top Notch

        Notary. Signed and sealed.

        Affidavits, acknowledgments and other papers that need an official stamp. Call to tell Shanikka what you’re signing and set up a time that works around your day.

        Schedule a notary

        Built for single parents

        Head of household. Dependents. Daycare receipts. Every credit you’ve earned, on the table.

        Head of household
        A filing status with a bigger standard deduction than filing single.
        Child Tax Credit
        A credit for each qualifying child under 17.
        Earned Income Tax Credit
        A credit for working families with low to moderate income.
        Child and dependent care
        A credit for daycare and after-school costs you paid so you could work.

        What you qualify for depends on your full situation. Shanikka walks through it with you.

        How it works

        Three steps. No office visit.

        1. 01

          Call or email

          Tell Shanikka what’s going on: a return, a letter, your credit or a document.

        2. 02

          Get a straight answer

          You’ll hear honestly whether she can help and what working together looks like.

        3. 03

          Handled virtually

          By phone and online. No waiting room and no taking time off work.

        Let’s talk

        Let’s get you to the top.

        (662) 359-7618

        One call. An honest answer. You’ll leave feeling confident, secure and valued.

        Or email [email protected]

        Shanikka Jackson in a black suit, smiling with arms crossed