Louis John Claps & Associate, a CPA firm in Wellington, Florida, since 1981.

At Louis John Claps & Associate, we guide our clients through a full range of tax planning and preparation decisions with strategies that minimize your tax liabilities, maximize your cash flow and keep you on track to your financial goals.

Our expertise, experience, analysis and thorough research allow us to optimize financial opportunities to be found in existing as well as recently altered tax laws. We are knowledgeable and up to date on the tax laws and can make sense of your receipts, bills and notices.

Professional representation can be vital during an audit, and our experience with tax authorities enables us to guide clients in their dealings with federal and state agencies.

If you have been chosen for an audit, the professional representation you can find with our firm can put many of your worries at bay. We are ready and willing to answer any and all questions the IRS may be asking of you.

Your business entity has a large impact on your taxes and other liabilities. From your company's inception through its growth and development, Louis John Claps & Associate can advise you on choosing an entity type and later restructuring if advantageous.

From start-ups to established enterprises, businesses rely on accurate and insightful financial information in order to maintain profitability and capitalize on new opportunities. Louis John Claps & Associate's accounting services steer you closer to these goals with accurate record-keeping and reporting as well as support on financial issues.

Louis John Claps & Associate's financial statement services comprise two levels of assurance depending on your company's needs.

Reviews provide limited assurance to outside interests and involve inquiries and analytical procedures that confirm financial statement matters and identify any items requiring further analysis.

Compilations are usually requested for internal purposes and are based upon information provided by a company's management. They do not offer assurance but may involve some adjustment to accounting records.

Accurate record-keeping is essential to a successful business yet can also be complicated and time consuming. Louis John Claps & Associate can help you with the organization and day-to-day tasks of bookkeeping so that you can focus on your core business.

Louis John Claps & Associate's payroll services can help you reduce the time spent on administration through developing and implementing a computerized payroll system that will facilitate processing, timely payment and preparation of tax returns.

We don't just help you use the software, we help you use it more efficiently and more effectively.

Our support is not limited just to the software part of it, but we can also provide accounting and payroll assistance.

Good cash management can improve a company's liquidity, reduce costs, and increase profitability. Louis John Claps & Associate can help you maintain optimal cash flow levels by tracking sources and uses, forecasting, and budgeting accordingly.

No one can predict the future perfectly, but we can all benefit from planning for it. Louis John Claps & Associate combines expertise and experience with a gained understanding of your business to produce financial projections that can help you manage your business plan and spending.

Depending on your needs, our work can range from top-level reports to detailed financial models.

The range of needs for valuing businesses continues to widen, and Louis John Claps & Associate can provide in-depth analysis to help you identify and analyze the factors that drive the value of your company or one in which you have an interest.

Uses for this service include estate planning and compliance, buying and selling businesses, divorce matters, family limited partnerships and ESOPs.

Business transactions and transitions are complicated affairs, and whether you're buying, selling, or considering a potential merger, Louis John Claps & Associate can provide professional know-how to help you successfully structure and negotiate the deal.

Whether your needs are corporate or personal, Louis John Claps & Associate's professionals can assist you in sorting out the different options available for debt management and financing that will lower your payments and/or reduce the total amount of interest paid.

As technologies rapidly advance, companies increasingly need to update their computer systems. Louis John Claps & Associate can audit your system competencies and gauge upgrade needs as well as provide support in choosing and implementing new hardware or network systems.

Louis John Claps & Associate's goal is to help you reach your financial goals and maintain financial independence through a comfortable retirement.

The road to retirement is a long one and we can help you to take the proper steps to reach your goals.

Effective estate and trust planning can ensure financial security for loved ones. For businesses, it can maintain a smooth succession of ownership.

Louis John Claps & Associate's 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.