Bean Counter or Strategic Business Advisor?

Your business is very special to you.  You know the details of how to do what you do.  You know your market and your competition.  But do you know what other business managers are doing to run their businesses efficiently and effectively?  As a manager, all business owners face the same problems, and no one knows how to solve business management problems better than a good CPA. 

Our partners and key associates have extensive experience with business management issues.  That puts us in a position to help with your business needs, from startup to exit.  We offer consulting that includes the following:

• Entity choice.  C Corporation, S Corporation, LLC, LLP, sole proprietor.  What form should your business take?  We’re here to help you sort through the tax and non-tax issues that will help you choose the proper entity for your company.

• Profitability Enhancement and Strategic planning.  Want help developing a plan to achieve your goals, whatever they may be?  Our professionals are ready to sit down and help you document your goals and identify the steps necessary to reach them. 

• Human resource management.  Has your business grown to the point that you have a number of employees?  Employees get the work done for you, but they require care and feeding.  We have extensive knowledge in appropriate personnel policies and employee benefits in addition to our expertise in retirement plans.  We can help you keep those employees happy in cost effective ways.

• Mergers and acquisitions.  What better way to grow your business than to integrate another good business with yours.  Successful negotiations require more than a contract attorney.  Because we know you and your business, as your CPA we are in a unique position to provide important guidance in the structure of the deal to make sure that the financial results are what’s right for you.

• Tax planning.  It’s true what they say, there’s no escape from taxes.  But, why not make them interesting.  The number one criteria in any business decision is to make sure that it is a sound economic decision.  Given a good economic decision, our tax professionals believe in being proactive to maximize the benefits to you and your company to achieve that economic goal while keeping tax implications in mind.

• Exit strategies.  So, you want to retire but how do you do it?  It’s been said that the goal of starting a business is to be able to sell it.  If you’ve taken advantage of the consulting opportunities listed above, then there’s a good chance you have a business worth selling.  Whether it’s a sale, a merger, or an orderly liquidation, we’re available to help you plan the best strategy to get the most out of your business as you exit.