Services
If you’re looking for a firm that will focus on your individual needs, and always treat you like a client who matters, look no further. Our firm is large enough to offer a full range of professional services, but small enough to give you the individual attention that you deserve.
We will thoroughly and conscientiously study your personal situation, and tailor our advice to your specific needs.
Business Entity Selection
The way you structure your business has far-reaching tax and financial implications. Each business entity class—partnership, LLC, sole proprietorship, S corporation, etc.—has distinct advantages and disadvantages with respect to tax liability, personal asset protection, operational structure, and more. Selecting the best entity type for your company requires careful analysis of your business objectives.
We will thoroughly review your current transactions and business plan with you to help you find the ideal structure for your business. And because the best entity designation today might not suit your evolving needs in the future, we will also provide guidance on how to regularly reassess your business structure, and change it if appropriate.
Estate & Trust Tax Preparation
Estate matters affect everyone. By taking proactive steps today, you can ease the way for your heirs during a very difficult time. Our services include estate planning to simplify property transfers to heirs, minimizing tax liability so heirs receive the maximum benefit, and tax preparation after a loved ones’ passing.
We will work with you and your attorney to structure your estate and/or trusts with an eye toward minimizing tax liability, smooth fulfillment of your bequeathal directives and, when possible, avoidance of the long process of probate. In the event that you wish to begin distributing assets to your heirs during your lifetime, we can also assist with IRS gift reporting requirements.
When a loved one passes away, we can prepare and file any required final tax returns for the decedent and any associated trusts. We lift the paperwork burden off your shoulders, so you can focus on the far more important matter of spending time with your family during a difficult transition.
Financial Analysis
Accurate financial analysis is the cornerstone of business management, opening up new opportunities and guiding sound planning and decision making. Our complete financial analysis services include operational assessments to help your company function more efficiently, along with industry-specific evaluations that could help you gain a competitive edge.
We can also work with key personnel to generate pro forma projections. These forecasts include thoroughly researched data on potential revenues, liabilities, liquidity, and net profits under various scenarios, presented in a standard accounting format for easy review. Having reliable numbers will enable your management team to pursue or reject a course of action with confidence, and also develop new and more finely tuned proposals.
Whether you are contemplating staying the course, implementing sweeping changes, or anything in between, our financial analysis services will support the continuing prosperity of your business.
Management Advisory Services
Managing your business for optimal efficiency and effectiveness requires continuously tracking and analyzing a wide range of data points to make informed decisions. We work closely with key personnel across your organization to gather and interpret the critical information that drives your company’s long-term success.
Many management consultants offer a narrow focus, but our approach is comprehensive. We provide expertise in general business planning, merger and acquisition support, and a broad range of other services designed to keep your company on track and moving toward its goals.
Notary Public
A notary public can help you to handle various business matters, including witnessing and authenticating document execution and signatures.
Many contracts and other business documents require notarization in order to take effect. If your company does not have an in-house notary public, we can provide one whenever needed. Even when notarization is not legally required, having a notary public witness and authenticate the execution of an agreement ensures that your company’s interests will be well protected if the terms of the agreement are ever disputed.
We can also provide useful services for your staff, including authenticating absentee ballots and legal documents. Offering this service to your personnel can reduce lost worker-hours, as employees will not need to find a notary public at a bank or other institution.
Retirement Planning
Whether you are devising your personal retirement strategy or choosing a retirement plan to offer your employees, we can help you find the best options for you. Drawing on years of experience in retirement strategy, we will work with you to develop a retirement plan designed to withstand the economic ups and downs that inevitably occur over time.
For businesses, we can carefully review the unique financial realities of your company and employee population, so you can offer retirement plans that serve everyone’s best financial interests. We can also educate key personnel about compliance issues associated with each plan, empowering them to manage the plans effectively going forward.
For individuals and couples, retirement is deeply personal and we take pride in working with our clients on an individual basis to determine a strategy that fits your unique financial situation, risk tolerance, and long-term goals.
Tax Preparation & Planning
Effective tax preparation and planning can help you to minimize your future tax liability. Taxes may be a certainty in life, but worrying about them doesn’t have to be. For individuals, we can save you time, money and stress by preparing and filing your returns, while claiming every allowable deduction and credit. For businesses, we can help by minimizing your tax liability, while ensuring that you stay in compliance with all federal, state and local regulations.
Accurate and timely filing of returns is only the beginning of an effective tax strategy, however. Every personal or business financial decision, from buying a house to selling investment holdings, from expanding staff to replacing aging equipment, can have significant tax implications. Successful tax planning rests on understanding all of these impacts before the decision is made, so that you can act at the most advantageous time. Let us show you how.
Our country’s ever-changing tax code places heavy burdens on both individuals and companies, but it also holds extraordinary opportunities if you know where to look. Our experts are here to guide you along the path from basic tax compliance to a strategy for long-term tax minimization.