Goff Backa Alfera & Company

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is the base for Goff Backa Alfera & Company, a certified public accounting practice. The firm says its people focus on high-quality business and consulting work for individuals and companies in many industries.

Tax research, planning and preparation

The tax team carries out custom tax work for individuals and businesses, covering research, planning and preparation. The work is tailored to each situation rather than handled as a standard return.

Audit and assurance with transparency

Audit and assurance work forms another part of the practice. The firm says its audits aim to make a company's figures reliable and understandable to owners and managers, and it offers consulting alongside its audit and tax work.

Benefit plan audits and employer compliance

Employee benefit plan audits are the area to which the firm gives most attention. It says it has more than fifteen years of experience here and carries out six or more plan audits in a typical year. Both limited and full scope engagements are offered. Alongside the audits, the firm answers questions from employers about their compliance duties under the benefit plans they provide.

Professional bodies and the standards behind the work

The firm is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and of the Employee Benefit Plan Audit Quality Center, which the firm describes as a source of research on matters that might affect a plan audit. The firm says its professionals keep staff informed about current accounting standards and reporting.

Pittsburgh base and the clients it serves

Pittsburgh is the firm's base, and it serves clients across the region and beyond. Its own description calls it one of the more established accounting firms in the city, a claim the firm makes for itself.