Private

Private Companies

OUM's assurance, tax, and IT professionals have extensive experience working with privately held companies and their owners, partnerships, limited liability companies, and high net worth individuals and families. We provide a wide range of services, including:

Assurance and Business Advisory Services

  • Financial statement audits, reviews, and compilations, including assistance with initial public offerings
  • Regulatory compliance and reporting
  • Design of accounting and management reporting systems
  • Evaluation of business processes and formulation of business continuity plans
  • Financial due diligence for mergers and acquisitions, and divestitures
  • Accounting guidance on complex transactions, including revenue recognition, debt and equity financing, and business combinations
  • Agreed-upon procedures engagements
  • Forensic accounting and litigation support services
  • Employee benefit plan audits (ERISA)

Taxation for Corporations, Partnerships, and Limited Liability Companies

  • Federal and state tax compliance
  • Tax planning to minimize tax expense and optimize cash flow
  • Representation before federal, state and local tax authorities
  • Entity selection and ownership structure
  • Assistance with accounting for income taxes and tax provision preparation
  • Structuring of business sales and acquisitions
  • State and local tax (SALT) consulting
  • Tax accounting method changes and identification
  • Change of ownership studies under IRC Section 382
  • Tax credit procurement services (e.g., R&D credits, Enterprise Zone credits)
  • Compensation planning (including stock options and deferred compensation arrangements under IRC Section 409A)
  • Intercompany transfer pricing strategies for multi-national companies
  • Succession planning

Individuals, Families, and Trusts

  • Tax strategies for wealth management
  • Stock option planning
  • Estate and gift planning
  • Charitable transfer strategies
  • Trust and estate accounting