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Our Services

Our firm offers a wide range of services to our individual and business clients. Because our firm is relatively small, our clients benefit by getting personalized, quality service that is beyond comparison. Below we have listed the services that we offer to our clients, along with a brief description.

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Accounting Services

We're Here to Help You Handle It All

Providing financial information to our clients in a timely and accurate manner is a commitment that we feel cannot be compromised. Meaningful, well-organized financial records ensure that your business operations will run more efficiently on a daily basis. Our firm provides a full range of cost-effective accounting services, including the following:

  • Audits, Reviews, & Compilation of Financial Statements
  • Accounting System & Internal Control Consulting
  • General Ledger & Financial Statement Preparation
  • Bookkeeping (Monthly/Quarterly/Annual)
  • Business Tax Return Preparation (Sales & Use/Business Property)
  • Personal Financial Statements
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Tax Services

Tax Laws are Complex

Tax planning and preparation are important services we provide for our successful clients. Whether you are an individual, multi-tiered partnership, S Corp, LLC or Estate or Trust, our experienced staff can develop tax strategies that take advantage of new tax laws and legislation.

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Forensic Accounting

Forensic Accounting represents an expertise for our practice in the areas of litigation support, fraud examination and investigation, damages calculations, imputed income, lifestyle analysis, and business valuations. We are court-appointed in many cases and testify on the State and Federal levels in matrimonial, shareholder dispute, personal injury, and tax fraud-related cases.

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Consulting Services

We Can Help Your Business

We gauge our worth by the personal and business successes of our clients. We can help your business identify areas negatively affecting profitability and growth and develop solutions that are practical and technically sound. In addition to acting as a sounding board for management, we provide comprehensive, flexible strategies that address the issues affecting your business. The following is just a few of the areas in which we provide consulting services:

  • Accounting Software Selection & Implementation
  • Type of Entity Selection
  • Business Valuations
  • Buying/Selling a Business
  • Computer Systems
  • Financial & Retirement Decisions
  • Estate, Trust, & Gift Planning
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Additional Services

As the list below is by no means all-inclusive, please feel free to inquire about a service if you do not see it listed. If it is not a service we provide, we would be more than happy to refer you to a qualified professional.

Litigation Support

Litigation support involves the quantification of economic damages pursuant to existing or pending litigation using accounting and auditing techniques. We have experienced, competent staff who can compile information efficiently to assist in the calculation and documentation of any potential economic loss or damages. For more information, click here.

Expert Witness Services

Pending or existing litigation can result in the need for a qualified professional to present his/her opinion to support or oppose evidence submitted to the court. Our level of competence allows us the opportunity to function as expert witnesses in such cases.

Bankruptcies

Filing for bankruptcy is a serious and involved process with many legal and tax issues. Our firm is familiar with the complexities of the bankruptcy filing system and can competently guide you through the process.

Audits, Reviews, & Compilations

We view our role in the financial reporting process as an opportunity to provide constructive solutions for maximizing your company’s profitability and efficiency. We provide financial reporting on all three levels of assurance:

  • Audit – An intensive examination with the highest level of assurance.
  • Review – Some analytical procedures conducted with limited assurance.
  • Compilation – Based upon client information provided and used primarily for internal use.

Financial Statements

We can assist you in the preparation of your financial statements in accordance with professional standards, but express no opinion or any other form of assurance on the underlying information included in them. The financial statements produced can be a useful tool for management in making financial decisions.

Financial Forecasts & Projections

Forecasting is a necessity when trying to effectively manage and lead a business to profitability. From simple projections to complex financial modeling, our experienced staff can assist you in achieving your company’s financial goals.

IRS Representation

During our years of experience dealing with many taxing authorities, we have achieved a level of competence that can ensure our clients that they are being properly represented before the various federal and state tax agencies.

Sales Tax Services

Many of our clients are responsible for collecting and submitting sales taxes in many different vicinities. We can assist your company in the compilation of information and preparation of sales tax returns in an efficient and timely manner.

Estate & Trust Tax Preparation

Effective estate and gift planning facilitates the orderly transfer of assets to your beneficiaries, provides security for your surviving spouse, and can reduce or eliminate the tax due on the transfer of your business and other assets. For business owners, providing for business continuity and succession of ownership is essential. We can guide you through the complex process of getting your financial affairs in order.

Business Succession Planning

Effective coordination of the transition of your business to your successors is critical to ensure its continued success once you decide to remove yourself from the company’s day-to-day operations. With a solid background in tax and other financial matters, we are fully qualified to address the complex issues of business continuation and can assist you in developing a strategically sound plan.

Business Valuations

Whether you are thinking of buying a new business or are in the midst of a difficult divorce, the amount attached to the value of your business is important. We can provide useful and objective analysis to assist you in the valuation of any business in which you have an interest. For more information, click here.

Buying & Selling a Business

Structuring the purchase or sale of a business properly is a critical step in the process of buying or selling a business. Our competent staff has the experience to guide you through the acquisition/disposition process by addressing such issues as cash flow analysis and tax considerations.

Fraud Prevention & Detection

We use accounting and auditing skills to provide an analysis of financial records in conjunction with fraud and theft investigations. Our damage measurement methods can determine the extent of financial loss and illegal accounting practices.

Estate Planning

Effective estate planning facilitates the orderly transfer of assets to your beneficiaries, provides security for your surviving spouse, and can reduce or eliminate the tax due on the transfer of your business and other assets. For business owners, providing for business continuity and succession of ownership is essential. We can guide you through the complex process of getting your financial affairs in order.

Business Consulting

We gauge our worth by the personal and business successes of our clients. We can help your business identify areas negatively affecting profitability and growth and develop solutions that are practical and technically sound. In addition to acting as a sounding board for management, we provide comprehensive, flexible strategies that address the issues affecting your business.

Pension & Profit-Sharing Plans

Qualified retirement plans (e.g., defined-contribution or defined benefit plans, Keoghs, SEPs…) can provide significant tax advantages for closely held businesses and self-employed individuals. Our qualified staff can assist you in evaluating the type of pension plan that will best serve the retirement needs of you and your employees.

Business Start Up

Recommendations for Start-Up Companies:

  • Choose a Management Adviser: An Accountant, Attorney, & Banker
  • Develop a Business Plan, including Flow Projections
  • Using the Business Plan, Establish a Relationship with a Banker for the Following:
    • Credit-Card Merchant Account
    • Business Checking Account
    • Working Capital Loan
    • Equipment Loan
    • Lock-Box Services
  • Select the Legal Entity & Year-End Date
  • Find a Location for the Business
  • Negotiate a Lease
  • Prepare the Necessary Legal Documents, as Applicable:
    • Partnership Agreements
    • Articles of Incorporation & First Organizational Minutes
    • Bylaws
    • Federal Identification Number (SS-4)
    • State & Local License Application
    • State Unemployment Number
    • Industry-Specific License
  • Order Business Cards & Business Stationery
  • Order Office Telephone Number
  • Purchase Adequate Insurance, as Applicable:
    • Health
    • Umbrella
    • Employee Dishonesty
    • Malpractice
    • Liability
    • Worker’s Compensation
    • Life
    • Fidelity Bond
    • Computer & Equipment
  • Register Business Name with Local & State Authorities
  • Establish Prices for Your Goods & Services
    • Promote the Business’s Operations Through:
    • Press Release to Local & National Media
    • Advertising
    • Direct-Mail Announcement
    • Coupons, Discounts, Invitations, etc.
  • Seek, Interview, & Make Offers to Job Candidates:
    • Place Ads
    • Check References
    • Obtain Payroll & Withholding Information (Form W-4 & I-9)

Most Important Part:

Select and implement a financial record-keeping system, including:

  • Accounts Payable
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Inventory Tracking
  • Order Entry

Recommendations for Ongoing Operations:

  • Develop Personnel Policies & Procedures
  • Prepare Quarterly Payroll Returns & Verify Timely Tax Deposits
  • Prepare Quarterly or Monthly Financial Statements
  • Perform Year-End Tax Planning, at Least One Month Before Year-End
  • Prepare Annual Federal, State, & Payroll Returns
  • Develop Employee Job Descriptions
  • Review Existing Insurance Coverage, at Least Once a Year
  • Prepare & Maintain Personnel Files
  • Establish a Petty Cash Fund & Policy
  • Establish an Answering Mechanism for After-Hours
  • Join Industry Associations & Groups
  • Register Trademarks (Word, Name, Symbol, or Device) That Indicate a Unique Identity on Which Your Business Is Building
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