Consulting Services

retired couple 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 and implementation
Type of entity selection
Business valuations
Buying/selling a business
Computer systems
Financial & retirement decisions
Estate, trust & gift planning

Accounting Software Selection & Implementation
With the number of computerized accounting software packages available for small businesses and individuals growing every day, selecting one that is right for you has become increasingly difficult. As accounting professionals, we are exposed to most programs through trade journals and actual use. Our experienced staff can help you choose and implement the system that best fits your needs.

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.

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.

Computer Consulting
Our management consultants assist clients in competing in a highly technological and rapidly changing information age by allowing for faster and more accurate processing of information by utilizing the latest tools for hardware and software implementation.

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.

Financial Planning
We provide you with tools to assess your financial position, to interpret and add value to a wide range of financial information, and to apply techniques that will help improve your net worth. We provide estate and trust planning, retirement planning, office systems and controls, insurance reviews, profit sharing, and pension plan design and implementation, and review of employment agreements to help in planning your present and future.

Retirement Planning
Successful implementation and periodic review of your financial plan will ensure financial independence during your working years and through your retirement years.

Management Advisory Services
We offer advice to organizations on management, performance, and efficient operational issues. We advise our clients in areas such as business start-up, loan packaging, business structuring, formation of an organization, creation of organizational documents, business plans, budgeting, and forecasting.

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 Entity Selection
Choosing the form of entity of your business (e.g. "S" corporation, sole proprietor, limited liability company…) is a crucial decision that can have longstanding tax implications, positive or negative. We can assist you in evaluating the pros and cons of each entity type to help you determine the most advantageous form of business for your company.