Butler & Stowe

Butler & Stowe is a certified public accounting practice with more than 70 years behind it. It covers tax, audit, estate planning and business advice, and discusses a client's long-term plans before recommending anything.

Products and services

• Accounting and tax: tax planning and preparation, audits, reviews and compilations of financial statements, and representation before the IRS and state authorities.
• Estate, trust and gift tax: estate planning, estate and gift tax returns, charitable giving plans and executor or trustee services.
• Business and personal advisory: business structure, cash flow, mergers and acquisitions, succession planning and litigation support.
• Bookkeeping and payroll: general ledger processing, compiled statements, sales tax reports, payroll processing and W-2 and 1099 preparation.
• Computer services: choosing, installing and training staff on accounting software.

Customers and markets

Partners concentrate on audits of nonprofits, governmental entities and employee benefit plans, as well as taxation of individuals, partnerships, trusts, estates and corporations.

Key facts

• Experience: more than 70 years in practice
• Quality review: takes part in the AICPA Peer Review Program with a pass rating each time
• Managing partner: Sheila O. Thornton, CPA