ACCOUNTING

Our accounting services include assisting clients in setting up and maintaining their books and preparing financial statements. The financial statement provide our clients the basis for making well-informed management and financial decisions.

Smaller, privately held companies often request compilation services. In a compilation, we present in the form of financial statement information that is the representation of management, without expressing an opinion on the statements.

Tax

As tax professionals, we provide tax preparation and planning services to domestic and foreign clients in the areas of corporation and individual taxation. We advise clients on the tax consequences of financial decisions and business transactions and assist them in identifying and creating tax savings opportunities.

We monitor the changes in tax laws and assist our clients in the compliance of them. In the event of a tax audit, we represent our clients before government agencies such as the Internal Revenue Service and the California Franchise Tax Board.

Proper tax planning allows taxes to be managed and minimized by using the available options as provided by the tax laws. We believe our clients should be made aware of the options available to them in order to determine which methods are the most appropriate for their circumstances.

consulting

Our firm plays a vital role in assisting businesses improve the use of their resources, increase efficiency and achieve their objectives. Management Advisory Services (MAS) is the general term used to describe these consulting services provided by CPAs. MAS can take the form of brief consultations with a client or longer studies or projects.

One area of MAS that our firm provides to our clients is the implementation of accounting information systems. We assist our clients in selecting and installing accounting software suitable for their business needs. A normal engagement typically includes determining which systems should be computerized, detailing the client's business and office procedures, and working with the client to ensure that the system is installed successfully.

Another area of MAS that our firm provides is litigation support and consulting services, which include forensic accounting, fraud investigations, expert witness service, damage analysis, and receivership. For legal professionals, our goal is to identify the relevant financial issues, to gather evidence and to present it in a clear and concise manner, and to help develop effective case winning strategies.

Other Services

Areas of Emphasis

CONFIDENTIALITY

Our firm also provides the following services:

Bookkeeping & write-up
Tax audit representation
Payroll & sales tax services
Acquisitions, sales and mergers consulting
Due diligence service
Coordination with attorneys and bankers in new business startups, mergers or expansions
Conducting special studies on financing, inventories, cost, credits, and collection
Business forecasting and projections
Financial planning
Consulting on new business formation

Our practice emphasizes the following areas:

International tax compliance and planning
Pre-immigration tax planning
Litigation support
Due diligence service
M & A consulting

All matters handled by our firm are treated with strict confidentiality and the high standards of the accounting profession's Code of Ethics. No information about your affairs will ever be released to unauthorized persons.