TAX SERVICES
Lint, Singleton & Heintz CPA, PC provides a wide range of services to individuals and businesses in a variety of industries. We strive to meet each client’s specific needs in planning for the future and achieving their goals in an ever-changing financial and regulatory environment. Our professional services include the following:
Tax Minimization:
Lowering your taxes is part art and part science. We believe that the tax code offers tremendous opportunities to minimize your taxes, if you have the right advisor. Tax minimization begins with help structuring your affairs to be “tax smart” and ends with a return that both minimizes taxes and is structured to avoid raising red flags. The “science” part of reducing taxes is knowing the ins and outs of the tax law in all its minutia. The art is knowing how to apply that knowledge to your particular situation. Helping our clients by lowering taxes is our passion.
Tax Compliance & Reporting:
Why pay more taxes than you have to? Do you feel like your accountant is working for the IRS instead of for you? Preparing tax returns involves a lot more than just putting numbers on forms. Knowing the ins and outs of the tax law can save tremendous amounts of taxes. The tax law is filled with opportunities and breaks — but you have to know the intricacies of the law to take advantage of these benefits. We take tax preparation seriously, and actively search for ways to minimize your tax obligations.
Tax Research:
To have a good grasp of the tax law takes a lot of time. It’s a moving target that changes all the time. We are one of the few firms with a staff that actively participate on several editorial boards of major tax publications. Carl Heintz is a nationally recognized speaker on taxation, who gives dozens of tax seminars each year to CPAs and lawyers. Wouldn’t you prefer to have someone attending to your taxes who teaches taxes to other CPAs?
Tax Controversy Resolution:
Professional representation can be vital during an audit. If the IRS or state inquire about your taxes, you need a firm that will actively and aggressively protect your interests. Our approach is to advocate on behalf of our clients and represent them with all the tools and techniques necessary for success. We actively research the tax law. Often times, we find that tax auditors are weak on their knowledge of the law and our expertise allows us to resolve disputes quickly and efficiently. We use all of the tools of conflict resolution to attempt to avoid small problems from escalating. We have been very successful in working with tax authorities through a combination of persuasive representation and persistent advocacy.
ACCOUNTING SERVICES
From start-ups to established enterprises, businesses rely on accurate and insightful financial information in order to maintain profitability and capitalize on new opportunities. Our accounting services steer you closer to these goals with accurate record-keeping and reporting as well as support on financial issues such as initial accounting system setup, cost-containment, tax planning, investments, employee benefits and profit-sharing plans.
Bookkeeping & Payroll:
If you have a business, you need good financial information to ensure that your management decisions are reflected in appropriate financial results. We can help craft financial reporting systems that deliver actionable information. Additionally, we can work with you to develop metrics that reflect the uniqueness of your industry so that you can focus on your core business.
Analysis of Financial Statements:
Most accountants will deliver accurate and timely financial statements. Many business owners immediately file these away. Unfortunately, financial statements can be intimidating, and often the true significance of the information they contain is lost. We believe that by working with our clients, we can uncover those significant data elements in the financials that reveal important trends and performance metrics. While the bottom line may be critical, your financials probably have six or seven other data elements that could be extremely valuable in managing your business. Do you know what they are and where they are hidden?
Planning & Business Strategy:
Accounting is the language of business. We help our business clients develop plans and strategy, benefitting from our many years of experience advising businesses and running several businesses ourselves. Having a working business plan and forecast can be extremely valuable in charting your business’s progress. We help you develop a dynamic business model, identify the five or six key variables and develop a model to understand the interaction of the various data.
Business Structure & Operations:
Do you have the right form of business organization? Whether you should be a LLC, S-Corp or C Corp can have a tremendous impact upon the taxes that you pay and the flexibility with which you run your business. Each form of business organization has its advantages and pitfalls. We can help you choose the business form that makes tax-sense to you. Working with your legal advisor, we’ll analyze the benefits and comparative costs to find the optimum arrangement for your particular situation.
Litigation Support:
Our firm has helped clients and their legal counsel in many areas of conflict resolution. When necessary, we have provided ex pert witness and litigation support. This involves research, analysis, and presentation skills. Our many years as a public speaker across the nation has helped us to be able to present our position with clarity and persuasion.
Estate & Trust Planning:
Effective estate and trust planning can ensure financial security for loved ones. For businesses, it can maintain a smooth succession of ownership. Our role is to help you navigate the complex and shifting tax laws to facilitate the transfer of assets and minimize the tax liability of your beneficiaries.
CONSULTING SERVICES
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. Contact us below and let us know how we can help you.