Services CPAs Provide
CPAs offer a wide range of assistance, including business financial, personal financial, auditing/accounting and tax advisory services. In addition to these advantages, CPAs often serve as consultants on management, human resource and litigation issues. The core services CPAs deliver are compatible with any business or personal need.
Select a topic to find out more about the services CPAs provide:
Business Financial Services
Management Consulting
Personal Financial Services
Tax Advisory Services
Human Resources Consulting
Litigation Consulting
Auditing and Accounting Services
- Aid clients in securing financing
- Perform financial, inventory management, cost control and credit studies
- Create accounting systems
- Develop budgets and forecasts
MANAGEMENT CONSULTING SERVICES
- Reinforce planning process to manage risk, to create realistic goals, and to increase profits/market share
- Design and implement Management Information Systems to meet a company's needs
- Facilitate management decisions by predicting the effects of proposed plans
- Increase efficiency and improve use of resources by analyzing operations and suggesting changes to business structure
PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING SERVICES
- Give Personal Financial Planning advice, including help with financing a child's education, buying a new home, estate and retirement planning
- Help clients to secure loans and credit
- Develop plans for savings and investments growth
- Predict future income and expenses
- Plan short-term and long-term goals to lower tax liabilities
- Ensure client compliance with tax laws
- Reduce the effect of estate/inheritance taxes by providing retirement and estate planning advice
- Preparing tax returns
- Assisting with tax problems and representing clients before government agencies
- Create job descriptions, personnel policies, systems and manuals
- Suggest compensation policies and practices
- Develop plans for compensation, fringe benefits and retirement
- Analyze financial data
- Create damage studies and business valuations to assist attorneys
- Testify as expert witnesses in court
- Serve as liaisons to attorneys/bankers during business acquisitions
AUDITING and ACCOUNTING SERVICES
- Prepare, compile, review and audit financial statements
- Analyze financial materials and reporting procedures to reassure stockholders that a company's financial position is reported honestly
