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Gingrich Harris CopelandChartered Professional Accountants

Who we serve

Accounting relationships built around real organizations.

Two organizations with the same revenue can face entirely different reporting and tax questions. What follows is how the concerns we see most often are usually approached.

Client groups

Common concerns, and how they are usually addressed.

Each group below sets out a financial or organizational concern we regularly see, and how the firm's services may support it.

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01

Owner-managed businesses

The business and the owner's personal finances are closely connected, and a decision on one side usually affects the other.

Reporting, corporate and personal filings are prepared together, so compensation, reinvestment and timing can be discussed with the full picture in view.

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02

Corporations

Reporting obligations, lender requirements and tax filings arrive on fixed schedules and must be consistent with one another.

Year-end reporting, corporate tax and supporting analysis are coordinated within one professional relationship and one set of records.

03

Non-profit organizations

Boards, members and funders each rely on the financial statements, and funding agreements often specify how they must be prepared.

We begin with the actual reporting requirement in the governing documents or funding agreement, then perform the engagement those parties require.

04

Municipal and public-sector organizations

Reporting is governed by statute and reviewed publicly, which leaves little room for ambiguity in how it is prepared or explained.

Engagements are planned around the applicable framework, with reporting to management and to those charged with governance.

07

Real estate and property

Ownership is often held across several entities, and the structure affects both reporting and the tax result on a sale.

Reporting is prepared entity by entity, with the tax consequences of acquisitions and dispositions set out before decisions are made.

08

Professional practices

A professional corporation brings its own compliance requirements alongside a demanding practice schedule.

Corporate and personal filings are handled together, with remuneration and retirement planning discussed as one conversation.

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Individuals and families

A change in circumstances — a sale, a retirement, an estate — raises tax questions that are easier to answer before decisions are made.

Personal filings are prepared with those circumstances in view, and planning matters are raised in advance where we can see them.

Approach

The same standards, applied to different circumstances.

What changes between clients is the context: who relies on the financial statements, what obligations apply, and what decision is next. What does not change is how the work is performed — scope confirmed in writing, records reviewed carefully, and results explained in terms you can act on.

The firm does not claim specialized expertise in every market. Where an engagement calls for knowledge or authorization the firm does not have, we say so.

Questions

Fit and process.

Possibly. The groups listed are those the firm works with most often, not a complete list. The first conversation is about whether our services suit what you need.

Descriptions of client groups on this page are general and are not a representation of specialized industry certification or authorization.

Contact

Start with a confidential conversation.

Tell us what you are working through, even if every detail has not yet been defined. Our team can help determine whether our services align with your needs.