Brown Armstrong has been providing accounting services to the Bakersfield area for over 25 years. We're known for our high quality of work and our personal approach to client relations. Our standards of excellence have made us the premier accounting firm in Kern County.

Our staff of specialized CPAs and other professionals can help you with your general accounting needs, or your special industry needs. Some of our specialized industry niches are:

 


Oil & Gas

As a CPA firm that has been operating in Kern County for over 25 years, and with staff who have worked all over oil-rich California, we at Brown Armstrong know the oil & gas industry. From inception to liquidation, we assist firms and families in retention of hard earned wealth. We have assisted with capital formation, daily and annual transaction processing, mergers, liquidations, litigation, tax planning and compliance, estate planning and SEC required audits of financial statements. We participate in industry trade associations like COPAS, CIPA, and IPAA to assure our current understanding of today's issues affecting decisions within the oil industry. Burt Armstrong, a firm principal, is the firm's specialist in the oil & gas industry and manages all of our oil and gas client work.

Some of the services that the oil and gas specialized staff provide are:

Tax Compliance
Tax planning and strategies
Estate planning
Capital formation entities
EDP computer needs assessments, software packages
Office work flow, transaction processing
Financial statement preparation, compilation and review
SEC compliance and audit
Litigation support
Budgeting, forecasting, "What-if" analysis
Administrative services
Insurance evaluation
Office policies and procedures
Personnel

Healthcare
Beyond just helping our healthcare clients avoid tax pitfalls common to the medical profession, we offer management advisory services geared toward increasing efficiency and profitability. For example, we can analyze your billing and collection procedures to make sure your current method is allowing you to collect at the reasonably highest rate. We're also able to provide your with current financial information regarding your business for you to use in your decision making. In addition, Brown Armstrong can provide computer consulting for your medical practice. We are members of the National CPA Healthcare Advisors Association and we stay on top of current issues in the medical services field. In meeting the needs of the individual physician or dentist, we provide much more than annual tax planning and return preparation. We have a Certified Financial Planner available to help prepare you for the future whether you plan to pay for a child's college education, purchase a vacation home, or retire early.

As well as....

Construction
Agribusiness
Mergers & Acquisitions
Retail/Commercial Businesses
Pension Plans
Peer Review