Uncover new growth opportunities
We provide dynamic strategies to meet the specific financial, tax, and operational needs of architecture, engineering, and design firms.
We’re committed to addressing what matters most to you:
- Balancing tax efficiency and the cash flow needs of the business and its owners
- Complying with federal and state regulations while keeping a practical approach to risk and business structure implications
- Taking advantage of federal, state, and local tax and business incentives
- Taking advantage of deferred tax opportunities
- Understanding the financial and business impact of expanding services both domestically and internationally
- Overseeing changing ownership structures, and planning for effective ownership transition and growth
Experience our client-focused approach
As a premier professional services firm focused on the needs of privately held business owners, we work with more than 400 architectural, engineering, and design firms nationwide. Our dedicated team offers more than traditional architecture accounting, assurance, and tax services — these industry-focused advisors can leverage deep technical experience to meet your specific, ever-changing needs. When you work with us, you receive strategic architecture financial management through all phases of your firm’s business lifecycle to help you monitor risk and uncover opportunities for growth.
Services for architecture and engineering firms
Industry-specialized services
- Business management and strategic planning
- Business organization structures
- Cash flow and business plans
- Cybersecurity and systems management
- Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
- Accounting system surveys
- Assistance with indirect rate pools
- AASHTO overhead audits
- Termination claims
- International office planning and structuring
- International operations and reporting
- Market trend analysis
- Operations review and process improvement
- Project cost and overhead analysis
- Project cost audit and verification
- State licensing and related structuring
Assurance and tax services
- Audit, review, and compilation of financial statements
- Employee benefit plan audit, tax, and consulting
- Evaluation of changes in tax regulations and impact on planning strategies
- Federal tax strategies, credits, and incentives:
- Research and development credit
- Energy tax credits and incentives (including the energy efficient building deduction for commercial and government buildings)
- Industry-specific tax methods
- Cost segregation studies
- Fixed asset study
- Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC)
- Individual tax
- International, federal, and state and local tax planning and compliance
- IC-DISC (interest charge domestic international sales corporation) export tax incentive
Specialized advisory services
- Affordable Care Act reporting and compliance
- Business management and strategic planning consulting
- Cybersecurity
- Enterprise risk management
- Forensic accounting and fraud investigation
- Forensic auditing
- Fraud risk management
- Internal audit
- M&A advisory and investment banking
- Outsourced accounting
- Retirement planning
- Succession planning
- Talent solutions
- Transaction support
- Wealth advisory