A CPA Who Works in English and Arabic — for Arab-American Business Owners
Accountack works with Arab-American business owners across all fifty states, in English and Arabic, and its founder publishes most of his tax education in Arabic with English financial terms. Tax law is hard in a first language; in a second language, a CPA who can move between the English technical term and the Arabic explanation removes a real barrier — without changing the law, the deadlines, or the documentation.
Key points
- Working with a CPA in two languages changes the explanation, not the law: the tax code, the deadlines, and the documentation are identical for every owner.
- Returns, the client portal, and correspondence with the tax authorities stay in English, because that is the language the filings live in.
- Accountack works with Arab-American business owners across all fifty states, remotely and by portal, in English and Arabic.
- The most common gap is an owner whose accountant files reliably but has never planned ahead; filing records history, planning changes what happens next.
- Foreign-owned US entities and family members overseas carry specific filing obligations that belong in the planning conversation rather than being discovered at filing.
What does working in two languages actually change?
It changes the explanation, not the law. The tax code, the deadlines, and the documentation are exactly the same for an Arabic-speaking owner as for anyone else. What changes is whether you understand what is being asked of you and why, because a decision you do not understand is a decision you cannot really make.
Everything of record stays in English. Your returns, the client portal, and any correspondence with the tax authorities are in English, because that is the language the filings live in. The Arabic sits in the conversation around them — the point where a technical term gets explained in the language you think in, so that when you sign an English document you know what it says.
Where does Accountack work with Arab-American owners?
Across all fifty states. Tax work is done remotely and by portal, so where you live does not limit whether the firm can serve you, and a business operating in more than one state is a normal situation rather than an obstacle.
The firm also holds events and has a concentrated presence in specific metros — the communities where much of its work already sits. Owners in those areas can connect the online relationship to people who work nearby, and the state pages describe how the rules differ where you actually operate.
Which questions come up most?
The most common one is quiet: an owner who has had a CPA for years, who files on time, but whose accountant has never once planned ahead. Filing is history; planning is the part that was missing. Close behind is the owner who cannot say what their real tax exposure is and wants it quantified rather than guessed at.
Then come the questions about keeping what has been built — protecting business and family assets through real structure, and passing a business to children in an orderly way. Owners active in their networks ask for a second set of eyes on deals brought to them. And owners with family or interests abroad ask about foreign-owned US entities and the filings that come with family members overseas. These are the recurring themes, and each is a planning conversation rather than a one-time answer.
Where can I watch Mena explain this in Arabic?
The founder, Mena, publishes a library of Arabic-language tax and business videos that explain these topics using the English financial terms owners will meet on their returns. Watching a concept explained in Arabic first often makes the English document that follows far easier to work through.
The video library collects these in one place, and new material is added over time. It is a good starting point before a first conversation, so that the call can go straight to your situation rather than to definitions.
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Common questions
- Will my tax returns and IRS correspondence be in Arabic?
- No. Returns, the client portal, and correspondence with the tax authorities are in English, because that is the language the filings exist in. The Arabic is in the explanation — the conversation where terms and decisions are made clear before anything is signed.
- Can Accountack work with me if I am not in a major Arab-American metro?
- Yes. The firm serves owners in all fifty states remotely and by portal. Living outside the metros where the firm holds events does not limit the relationship or the work.
- Can the first call be in Arabic?
- Yes. You can hold the conversation in English or Arabic — just say which when you book, so the firm can plan for it.
- I already have a CPA who files my returns. Why would I switch or add planning?
- Filing records what already happened; planning changes what happens next. Many owners have a preparer who files reliably but has never planned ahead. If your current relationship is filing-only, the value here is the forward-looking work — sizing your exposure and structuring around it before the year closes.
- I have family or business interests abroad. Can that be handled?
- Yes, and it is a common situation. Foreign-owned US entities and family members overseas bring specific filing obligations that a CPA can identify and keep current. These are handled as part of the planning conversation rather than left to be discovered at filing.
Sources
Mena Hemaia, CPA, CIA
Chief Executive Officer, Accountack — West Palm Beach, Florida
If you want to know which of these apply to your business specifically, that is a conversation about your actual numbers — not a seminar example.
Or start with the Free Cash Clarity Audit — A no-cost review of where your business stands and what a planning engagement would target — the firm's own named starting point.
20 minutes with an Accountack advisor. If a technical review is worth your time, the next step is a workshop with Mena — and if there is nothing material to do, he will say so.
The call can be in English or Arabic — say which when you book.