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"There are three people you need in life: an accountant, a fish monger and a bail bondsman."
Celebrity Chef Guy Fieri
Hello, and welcome to my website.
Call me Mike.
I'm a Certified Public Accountant with broad experience in business taxation, finance and management. I also serve many clients who need only individual tax return preparation, and I'm highly skilled regarding taxation strategies for same sex married couples and Registered Domestic Partners (RDPs).
My CPA firm proudly sponsors the "Bulldog" Bill Feingold show, airing weeknights on KNEWS 94.3 FM and 970 AM from 7 to 10 PM. I appear as tax advisor on the radio show from time to time.
Welcome to the new economy. Strategy is everything. If you're making it now, that's great news. If you're not making it now, it's time to start thinking about how to survive within the confines of the current economic reality. Nothing is going to change materially for the next two or three years. This fog will lift, just as we survived the stagnation of the seventies.
The malaise is hardly local. It spans from Japan to Greece. Yet, there are economies such as South Korea, Canada and Brazil who are doing well. Everything is a cycle and this very bad one will peter out.
What happens now? There is no one answer. Any plans for investment or expansion need to be weighed carefully. Yes, there are tax credits available for certain types of business investment, but the net cash out of pocket still exceeds the tax benefit of the credits.
My CPA practice was built based on the belief that high quality accounting and tax service, using state-of-the-art software, doesn't have to cost a fortune. I use CCH ProSystem FX, the best in the industry, as my tax software. We have set up dozens of our business clients to use QuickBooks to accurately manage their own accounting, allowing them accurate and timely financial information about their businesses at minimum cost.
I care deeply about the tax strategy and profitability of my clients. My success is dependent upon your success. Pursuant to that goal, I prefer meeting face-to-face with clients for individual tax return preparation, and working on the tax return "live" during the interview, at least for the first few years. This allows the client to understand how certain transactions affect their taxes. It also makes the process more thorough, and more efficient, thus less expensive.
I offer a full range of tax services and bill my clients at a competitive hourly rate, not by schedules on the return or by using "value billing." Billing clients by the schedule or using "value billing," a practice employed by some of my competitors, results in padded invoices and can add hundreds of dollars to the cost of preparing your tax returns, and sometimes more.
Whether you're a corporation, partnership, LLC, LLP, or an individual with a complex return, I'd like to help minimize your taxes at a fair price.
And if you're a small business, perhaps you need a little help getting your finances on track. In my career I've helped build companies from scratch and helped steward many more through turnaround. While having a full-time finance professional on staff is a waste of money for most small businesses, well targeted consulting from an experienced financial manager who understands your business can be extremely beneficial. Many in my profession are talking about "part-time Chief Financial Officer services," especially in these days in tough economic times. The idea of putting your CPA on a monthly retainer as part-time CFO is a sly way for some CPA's to increase revenues. I offer part-time CFO services on an as-needed basis, which is consistently less expensive than bloated monthly retainers.
I invite you to take a look around my website and learn more about my practice. If you're looking for a smart CPA who bills their clients fairly, don't take my word for it, visit my client testimonials page. Then give me a call and let's talk.
Interested in learning more? Contact me.
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