Client Services
Navigating the complexities of the financial world can be challenging.
Whether you are an individual looking for tax advice, a small business in need of accounting services, or someone seeking to grow and protect your wealth, you require a partner who understands your needs and can guide you through every step.
At McDonald Doherty & Co., we're more than just your typical financial firm; we are your comprehensive solution to a secure financial future.
Tax Services:
- Individuals: We offer personalized tax planning and preparation services to ensure you maximize your deductions and stay compliant with ever-evolving tax laws.
- Businesses: From corporate tax planning to compliance, we specialize in helping businesses of all sizes reduce their tax liability and capitalize on available incentives and credits.
- International Tax: Navigate the intricacies of global taxation with our expert advice and guidance on international tax issues.
Accounting Services:
- Bookkeeping: Stay on top of your financials with our meticulous and organized bookkeeping services.
- Auditing: Ensure accuracy, transparency, and compliance with our expert auditing services tailored to your business needs.
- Financial Statements & Reporting: Get a clear picture of your financial health with detailed, comprehensible reports and statements.
Wealth Management:
- Financial Planning: We create customized financial strategies aligned with your life goals, ensuring that your financial future is well-planned.
- Investment Advisory: With a keen eye on the global market, we offer informed advice on where and how to invest, always considering your risk tolerance and financial objectives.
- Retirement & Estate Planning: Ensure a comfortable retirement and a lasting legacy for your loved ones with our forward-thinking retirement and estate planning services.
Consulting Services
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. The following is just a few of the areas in which we provide consulting services:
*Accounting software selection and implementation
*Type of entity selection
*Business valuations
*Buying/selling a business
*Computer systems
*Financial & retirement decisions
*Estate, trust & gift planning
Business Consulting
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.
Buying & Selling a Business
Structuring the purchase or sale of a business properly is a critical step in the process of buying or selling a business. Our competent staff has experience to guide you through the acquisition/disposition process by addressing such issues as cash flow analysis and tax considerations.
Cash Flow & Budgeting Analysis
A business can be profitable and still run into trouble due to cash flow issues. We can forecast and evaluate your company's financial condition, estimate financing requirements, and track cash-flow sources and uses.
Accounting Services
Audits, Reviews and Compilations
We view our role in the financial reporting process as an opportunity to provide constructive solutions for maximizing your company's profitability and efficiency. We provide financial reporting on all three levels of assurance:
- Audit- an intensive examination with the highest level of assurance
- Review - some analytical procedures conducted with limited assurance
- Compilation - based upon client information provided and used primarily for internal use.
Accounting Services
Providing financial information to our clients in a timely and accurate manner is a commitment that we feel cannot be compromised. Meaningful, well-organized financial records ensure that your business operations will run more efficiently on a daily basis. Our firm provides a full range of cost effective accounting services including the following:
*General ledger & financial statement preparation
*Accounting system setup for new businesses
*Business tax return preparation (Sales & Use/Business Property)
*Personal financial statements
*Litigation support
Financial Forecasts & Projections
Forecasting is a necessity when trying to effectively manage and lead a business to profitability. From simple projections to complex financial modeling, our experienced staff can assist you in achieving your company's financial goals.
Tax Services
Tax Services
We prefer to take a proactive vs. reactive approach to tax services. By keeping current on new tax laws and legislation, we are in a position to identify key tax planning opportunities that minimize both your current and future tax liabilities. We provide our individual and business clients with the taxation expertise and knowledge that they deserve throughout the year. Tax services offered include but are not limited to:
*Tax planning & return preparation
- Individuals
- Corporations
- Partnerships
- LLCs/LLPs
- Estates, trusts & gift
- Not-for-profit organizations
*Taxing authority representation
*Divorce and support issues
*Tax effects of buying/selling a business
Estate & Trust Tax Preparation
Effective estate and gift planning facilitates the orderly transfer of assets to your beneficiaries, provides security for your surviving spouse, and can reduce or eliminate the tax due on the transfer of your business and other assets. For business owners, providing for business continuity and succession of ownership is essential. We can guide you through the complex process of getting your financial affairs in order.
Tax Planning & Preparation
Tax planning and preparation form a winning combination for our successful individual and business clients. Whether you are an individual or a multi-tiered partnership, our experienced staff can develop tax strategies that take advantage of new tax laws and legislation.
Other Services
Other Services
Due to our diverse client base, we encounter a wide array of financial and tax issues. As a result, we have gained valuable experience over the years in numerous specialized areas, many of which are listed below. We feel our ability to provide such a variety of services reflects our versatility and competency, as well as our dedication to quality client service.
*Mergers & acquisitions
*Asset protection
*Investment review
*Bankruptcies
*Litigation support
*Cash flow forecasting
*Employee benefit plans
*Expert witness services
*Internet commerce