Helen P. O'Planick, EA is the proud owner of The Offices of Helen P O'Planick, EA, also known as HELJAN Associates, LLC. Helen has enjoyed working with taxes for many, many years. She started her professional career with the IRS program, TCE, or Tax Aid for the Elderly. After that, she worked for a major tax firm for seven years. Leaving them, HELJAN Associates became a reality. Now in our 21st filing season, Helen holds the reins on the staff as well as spends some of her time teaching taxes to tax practitioners in many states. Helen and her husband Jim are proud parents of two wonderful children and since the kids have their own lives, they are enjoying their empty nest, but with frequent visits from the kids. Helen enjoys her roses, gardening in general and most recently, gourmet jelly making.  

Jason O'Planick is our other tax preparer.  He started with us in 2018.  As a proud mama, I am thrilled to say that he is doing a great job and taking on harder and harder tax returns.  Jason will be in charge of our portal this year, while working safely from COVID at his home in Baltimore.  

Lesley Jordan is our office manager. In addition to backing up Helen on the bookkeeping side of things, Lesley handles most of our payroll clients as well quality control.  She is pretty good at keeping the office together which can be a real job at times! 

Gingersnap (yes, celebrities have only one name) is our office assistant.  Her four-legged style of greeting clients is welcome by most.  Her unconditional acceptance of everyone is very refreshing.  Her office hours are normally Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, but she only works during tax season. If beagle/elkhound/great dane pups are not your thing, just let us know, we will make sure she is elsewhere.   With COVID, we have missed Ginger in office.  Right now she spends her days guarding the street and napping on the bed!

Our front end crew consists of Jayne Limm, Trena Ruhs and Jordyn Oaster.  These ladies are the ones you want to make happy, they have an amazing amount of power!  

Barb Miller is our local tax expert and all around jack of all trades.  You never know what she will be doing on any given day, but she sure does!