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Internal Audit :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Staff Augmentation We can provide talented staff on an as-needed basis. We hire experienced staff, which eliminates any need for you to provide time consuming training. This helps to minimize disruption and promotes continuity on assignments.
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The Parts Equal More Than the Whole
Challenge

A manufacturer of control systems equipment for large printing presses had entered into discussions to sell itself. The owner hadn’t been looking to sell; he had been approached by interested acquirors. The company had a very profitable manufacturing business and was also ...
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Accounting Services :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Interim Staffing Brown Smith Wallace offers high quality solutions for your long and short term interim staffing needs by providing temporary replacements for every position from CFO specialist to bookkeeper.  We can help you avoid the high cost of recruiting and training. With the diverse ...
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Independent Insurance Consulting :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Insurance Plan Review Many organizations are overpaying for insurance. Some don't have the time or expertise to perform their own insurance plan review to determine the appropriate insurance cost and coverage.  Our independent insurance plan review helps you evaluate your options in order to ...
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Individual Tax Services :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Personal tax and financial planning encompasses complex issues for financially successful individuals and families. We provide independent personal tax and financial planning advice on your individual taxes, personal financial planning, retirement planning and mortgage services.
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Individual Tax Services :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Mortgage Services Brown Smith Wallace has partnered with USA Mortgage, a St. Louis based division of DAS Acquisition Co. LLC, to offer you complete mortgage services.  As one of the largest mortgage lenders in the St. Louis Metro area, USA Mortgage conveniently allows you to complete and ...
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Not For Profit Tax Services :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Not For Profit Tax Services
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Transaction Services :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Turnaround Consulting and Management Proactive planning is more important than ever in this unsettled economic climate.  The longer you wait, the more negative the impact. Our professionals have extensive experience as business owners and advisors to privately owned companies, ranging in size ...
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Sales & Diverstitures Process :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Sales & Divestitures Process 1) Identify a Goal We help you set goals which are specific, realistic and achievable. We learn a lot about the enterprise being disposed of as well as you and your current management team. Then ...
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Transaction Services :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Succession Planning Without effective succession planning, a business may be sold or merged upon the business leader’s retirement against the intent of the business leader or family.  Such an outcome can result in power struggles, family quarrels, damage to the business and damage to ...
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Newsletters and Alerts :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
2007 Year End
There is Still Time To Reduce Your 2007 Taxes October/November
Bits and Bytes: Electronic Data Storage Solutions August/September
Make Your Estate More Liquid With Life Insurance June/July
Tax Planning Ideas for 2007 and Beyond April/May
10 Strategies to Help You Build and ...
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Four Step Exit Planning Process :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
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Four Step Exit Planning Process

1) Set owner goals and objectives a. Determine your retirement goals
b. Determine your income needs
c. Determine timeline
d. Determine preferred transaction type
e. Outright sale to third party
f. Sale to family members
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Transaction Services :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Mergers and Acquisitions Our professionals have worked on hundreds of transactions, due diligence and advisory engagements during their tenure as M&A professionals. Our best-practices process includes discovering the critical issues, identifying business drivers, seizing value-added ...
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Private Companies :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts

Private Companies
Our audit and tax professionals focus on the needs of privately held companies. These clients draw on our comprehensive range of solutions to support their key business and personal financial decisions. As a trusted independent advisor to hundreds of private companies, we can ...
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Litigation Support Services :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Financial Advisory Services We offer services that transcend the traditional definition of litigation support.
If you are an attorney working on a case that requires the use of independent experts to validate your arguments or prepare detailed financial analysis, our litigation professionals are ...
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How does a multi-billion cut costs
Industry:  Contractor
Revenue:  Multi-billion Challenge
A multi-billion dollar contractor was looking for ways to cut costs and improve profitability in light of recent economic conditions. Solution  
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Internal Audit :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
... 314.983.1267
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CPA, CFE
Not for Profit
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Transaction Services :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
We help business owners or corporate executives develop turnaround strategies for troubled companies.  We also help effect merges, acquisitions, divestitures and plan for the transition of companies and their owners to new ownership.  Our financial analysis capabilities will support your ...
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Transaction Services :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Exit Planning Exit planning is a long-term process designed to help a business owner successfully withdraw from his or her business.  This process enables the owner to plan for the next stage in life by getting the maximum value out of the business. Generally, the process is a team effort, ...
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Valuation Services :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Financial Reporting 141/142 Statement 141 requires that all business combinations be accounted for by a single method—the purchase method. The purchase method records all business combinations based on the values exchanged, providing information about the total purchase price paid to acquire ...
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Valuation Services :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
For more information on 141/142 feel free to contact Donna Beck Smith, CPA/ABV/ASA/Cr.FA, 314.983.1259, dsmith@bswllc.com or Harvey Wallace, CPA/ABV, CVA, 314.983.1233, hwallace@bswllc.com.
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NEWS & EVENTS :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts

News and Events The Brown Smith Wallace team is made up of experts in a variety of areas, including audit, business consulting, accounting and tax, litigation support, technology, risk services, valuations, mergers and acquisitions, benefit plans and performance improvement.  We provide ...
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AFFILIATED COMPANIES :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Affiliated Companies Brown Smith Wallace's affiliated companies make A Measurable DifferenceTM in a variety of areas, including services for small businessess, benefit plan design and administration, business intelligence, medical billing services and distribution software consulting. When you work ...
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Internal Audit :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Special Projects Special projects can lead your current staff into unfamiliar territory and often include complex project management requirements. When you do not have the in-house talent and expertise to accomplish what you need to get your desired results, we can perform those projects for you. ...
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Review :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts

Review A review encompasses verifying that your organization's financial statements comply with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Our reviews follow a precise and proven approach to ensure that every component that requires analysis is properly evaluated. For every review ...
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AUDIT & REVIEW :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
... dedicated staff and extensive experience working with not for profit organizations. We are members ...
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Audit :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts

Audit Audits examine your organization's financial documents in order to determine whether the records and reports are valid and the information is fairly presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP). Our audits follow a precise and proven ...
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Sarbanes-Oxley Assistance :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
SOX Risk Assessment and Program Design The foundation for an effective SOX program is performing an appropriate risk assessment so that efforts can be focused on areas of greatest risk to financial reporting. Our Risk Assessment methodology provides a consistent approach understanding risk from a ...
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Sarbanes-Oxley Assistance :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Documentation Documentation for SOX compliance requires a complete understanding and examination of the business processes that drive the financial state and the related internal controls utilized to ensure integrity. We often help businesses realize other benefits from this documentation effort ...
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SAS 70 & Third Party Assurance :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Payment Card Risk Services Payment card (e.g., debit and credit cards) risk services help to ensure protection of your customers’ privacy. Businesses rely on credit or debit cards to process monetary transactions every day. Likewise, there are constant unsolicited and illegal attempts to ...
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Data Analysis :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Powerful tools, combined with years of analysis and audit experience, provides you with valuable insight for strategic and critical business thinking. Our team is comprised of  experts, accountants and IT auditors, trained in ACL, Microsoft Access, SQL, XML and OLAP, who can ...
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IT Security & Privacy :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Payment Card Risk Services Payment card (e.g., debit and credit cards) risk services help to ensure protection of your customers’ privacy. Businesses rely on credit or debit cards to process monetary transactions every day. Likewise, there are constant unsolicited and illegal attempts to ...
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Data Analysis :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
ACL Implementation and Partnering ACL is a proven method that adds value to internal audits, increases efficiency and expands coverage. Our team, led by an ACL certified trainer, can help you: Reduce fees by increasing external audit dependence on your work Identify successful areas to ...
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Data Analysis :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Continuous Monitoring Our continuous monitoring systems are custom-developed based on your systems, controls and specific requirements. The cost is dramatically less than off the shelf systems and focuses on your core needs. We provide fully documented monitoring systems and built in ACL that can ...
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Fraud & IT Forensics :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Data Analysis If suspicious activity is occurring in your business, call on the Brown Smith Wallace data analysis team. We utilize powerful data analysis tools such as ACL, Microsoft Access and optical character recognition software, etc., to help gather data and perform detailed analysis. ...
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Guarantee :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Guarantee We guarantee that our clients receive the greatest value for services provided. If you are not completely satisfied, we will work with you to resolve the situation without delay.

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White Papers & Presentations :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
  White Papers The Balanced Scorecard for Construction Industries  Model Audit Rule for Insurance Companies Effective in 2010 Audit Committees: The Missing Piece    
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Time Consuming and error-prone monthly financial statement production
Industry: Construction - Regional Heavy and Highway Construction
Revenue: $300 million St. Louis area’s industry leader in heavy and highway construction was concerned with the time and resource requirements in producing monthly financial statements. Information was extracted from a General ...
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Compilation :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
  Compilation  A compilation is a presentation of information provided by management without expressing any assurance on the statements. A compilation is appropriate when a business or individual needs financial statements, but does not need the assurance provided by an audit or ...
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Fraud & Forensics :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Fraud & Forensics The pervasiveness and cost of corporate fraud, employee misappropriation of assets, and financial statement abuse is a huge problem in American business today.  Because of the nature of corporate fraud, companies need a specially trained expert with experience in ...
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Internal Audit :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Internal Audit    Our internal audit services help organizations understand and manage risks and address compliance requirements. Our highly experienced team can help you: Establish internal audit functions Perform enterprise risk assessments Develop internal audit ...
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New Audit Standards :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Brown Smith Wallace Overview of New Standards and Key Auditing Changes The Auditing Standards Board, which is the standards-setting body that governs auditors on non-public entities, has passed a sweeping set of new standards that rewrite many of the fundamental principles of a financial statement ...
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MEASURABLE DIFFERENCE :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts

Our Six Measurable Differences The Six Measurable Differences of Brown Smith Wallace highlight our commitment to value-added service, big picture thinking, partnerships with clients, easy accessibility and our guarantee of client satisfaction.  Examples of how we have added value to clients ...
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Press Releases :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
November Brown Smith Wallace Principal, Brad Pursel, Earns Prestigous CFA Designation September Donna Smith Earns Certification From American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Cunningham Electronics Corporation Hires Brown Smith Wallace for SAS 70 Audit Robin Bell, Member, Has Been ...
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Business Intelligence for the Manufacturing Industry
Business Intelligence for the Manufacturing Industry Webinar Recommended Audience:
Business Decision Makers (BDM’s) in the Manufacturing Industry Session Scenario:
Learn how to access critical business data and improve the entire decision-making process. See BI solutions delivering faster ...
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Our Team :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
... Janet Ramey, CPA Manager, Not for Profit
 636.754.0231
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Newsletters and Alerts :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
2008 Year End
Timely Tips to Tame the Tax Tiger October/November
Saving For College: Study Your Options and Plan Ahead

August/September
3 Depreciation Tips You Will Appreciate June/July
How Can You Make the Most Out of Social Security? April/May
Take Aim and Fire

February/March
Healthy ...
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Duplicate vendor payments were costing the company millions
Industry: Service, Restaurant
Revenue: 1 billion + 

A national restaurant chain called upon Janet Beckmann, CPA, Data Analysis Practice Leader, to utilize her specialized training in ACL to help identify and recoup funds related to duplicate payments made over a two year period. More than ...
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From bankruptcy to a $20 million price tag
Industry: Distribution - Clark Sprinkler Supply Inc.
Revenue $48.8 million Clark Group, Inc., a distributor and manufacturer of fire protection systems, filed for bankruptcy as part of a planned change in ownership.  The St. Louis based company started in 1982 in distribution but ran into ...
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Captive provides contractor with significant annual savings plus
Industry:  Contractor
Revenue: Multi-billion A multi-billion dollar contractor was looking for ways to cut costs and improve profitability in light of recent economic conditions.  Brown Smith Wallaced helped them establish a captive insurance company.  We helped the company set up ...
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How to Turn Your Business into Gold
Presented by author Rob Slee, In Search of the Midas Touch, is considered one of the best seminars in the country for private business strategy and value creation.  Join us for continental breakfast at Hilston St. louis Frontenac, 13335 S. Lindbergh.  Call to register 983.1255.
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ACL User Group
Join Jan Beckmann, CPA for the quarterly meeting of the ACL User Group.  Share ideas, meet people in your industry, and gain knowledge.   Complimentary lunch included.  RSVP to Jan at 314.983.1254, jbeckmann@bswllc.com.   
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JOIN OUR TEAM :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Ranked by Accounting Today as one of the Best Accounting Firms to Work for in the Country Are you looking for a place to get started, or trying to enhance your career by finding a place to grow? Finding a firm that fits your personal and professional needs can be challenging. ...
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Staff Accountant :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts

Staff Accountant Job Summary Successful candidate will be responsible for payroll taxes, sales/use tax, monthly financial statements, reconciling general ledger and account analysis for a variety of clients. Role and Responsibility The successful candidate must have 2-5 years of experience ...
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Staff and Senior Financial / Operational Risk Management :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts

Staff and Senior Financial / Operational Risk Management Job Summary Become part of a dynamic and fast growing team. Professionals are accountable for performing the work for a client and exceeding client expectations during engagements. They work under the general supervision of an ...
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Audit Staff and Seniors :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts

Audit Staff and Seniors Job Summary Qualified candidates should be seeking to be part of a continually growing firm, looking for an opportunity to work with our small to mid-market clients by assuming true in-charge responsibilities with significant client contact and seeking the opportunity to ...
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Family Wealth Planning :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
A comprehensive wealth management process with short and long-term strategies is essential to determine the necessary steps you need to take to achieve your financial goals for you and your family. Our Family Wealth Planning Group works with individuals, families and family businesses to address ...
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Litigation Support Services :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Fraud Prevention and Detection Fraud prevention processes, policies and controls are designed to stop fraud before it occurs, eliminating the need for fraud detection. Our fraud and forensics team can design a fraud detection and prevention plan that will help you:     ...
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Community :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Brown Smith Wallace strives to make A Measurable Difference™ with involvement in social and charitable organizations in the St. Louis metro area.  Our team members participate in over 40 various charitable committees and community boards supporting a variety of notable agencies. Our ...
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Internal Audit :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Risk Based Audits Our internal audits are designed to take a risk-based approach to evaluating the area(s) under review. Our approach includes the following: We identify potential risks to the achievement of goals and objectives. Through discussions with management, reviews ...
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Enterprise Risk :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Fiduciary Risk With heightened governmental scrutiny and increasing ERISA litigation, fiduciary risk is a growing concern for those with retirement plan responsibilities. Vulnerability often stems from inadequate definition of the legal obligations fiduciaries have and from inadequate fiduciary ...
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Sarbanes-Oxley Assistance :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Our Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance service offerings are designed to help organizations understand and comply with requirements for corporate governance, financial transparency and internal controls. We can assist you in implementing and developing programs to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The ...
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Sarbanes-Oxley Assistance :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Brown Smith Wallace professionals have been at the forefront of assisting management with the implementation of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance programs. We have led the successful implementation of many Sarbanes-Oxley programs and continue to lead programs for numerous clients. We provide a full range ...
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Cost Control and Reduction :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Retirement Plan Fee Analysis Have you reviewed the total cost of your retirement benefit plan?  If you have utilized the same vendor for more than four years, you are probably paying too much.  A retirement plan fee analysis involves a comprehensive assessment where we look for cost ...
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Enterprise Risk :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Enterprise risk management (ERM) is the process of planning, organizing, leading and controlling the activities of an organization in order to minimize the effects of risk on an organization's capital and earnings. Enterprise risk management expands the process to include not just risks associated ...
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Internal Audit :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Our firm and the risk services team have substantial experience providing internal audit services to organizations of all industries and sizes. Internal audit relationships range in scope from risk assessments and special projects to full outsourcing of a company’s internal audit function. ...
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Medical Billing Services :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts

Medical Billing Services Overview BSW Medical Billing Services, an affiliated company of Brown Smith Wallace, LLC, provides medical practice administrator services to physician practices.

Physicians face ever-increasing pressures on their time, escalating regulations, more complex billing ...
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Industry – Wholesaler of IT Consumables

Revenue: $345,000,000

Supporting independent dealers, most of this company’s sales are made to their retailers online. With technology becoming so critical it became imperative for this company to ensure their technological reliability.
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Measurable Difference with M&A
Industry: Distribution – Clark Sprinkler Supply, Inc.
Revenue: $48.8 million

Challenge: Clark Group, Inc., a distributor and manufacturer of fire protection systems, filed for bankruptcy as part of a planned change in ownership. The St. Louis-based company started in 1982 as a ...
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Do You Qualify as a Captive for Tax Purposes?
Is your captive’s primary business providing insurance?
Are the risks being insured actually insurance risk?
Are the risks being insured actually being shifted to the captive?
Are there a sufficient number of insureds to achieve the appropriate distribution of risk?
Does your ...
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Agreed Upon Procedures :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts

Agreed Upon Procedures “Agreed Upon Procedures” engagements examine and review specific information, accounts or data following a process driven exclusively by your needs. This can involve reviewing a finite group of accounts, procedures or controls to evaluate their effectiveness ...
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Business Cooperatives :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts

Business Cooperatives We provide comprehensive financial services for cooperative organizations. Our services include financial statement preparation, accounting and assurance, income tax, management consulting and merger and acquisition services. We are a member of the National Cooperative ...
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Time for a Checkup?
There is no better time than now to perform a wellness checkup of your business - take the pulse, determine your organization's strengths and weaknesses and determine what processes, products, people and other factors could inhibit your success in the coming year. 
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Business Health Checkup
The Business Health Checkup is an assessment tool used by Brown Smith Wallace to help businesses analyze opportunities for: Profit Enhancement Process Improvement Tax and Estate Planning Financial Analysis and Structuring This thorough assessment enables your to emerge from these ...
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Automating the Budgeting, Planning & Consolidation Process
Automating the Budgeting, Planning & Consolidation Process Webinar Recommended Audience: CFO’s, Budget Managers, Finance Managers
Session Scenario: Effective planning, forecasting and budgeting are essential to business success. Learn how to make planning, budgeting, and forecasting ...
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Monitoring, Scorecarding & Analytics for the Finance Organization
Monitoring, Scorecarding & Analytics for the Finance Organization Webinar Recommended Audience: CFO’s, Controllers, Finance Managers
Session Scenario: Monitoring and measuring results are key components to any successful business especially during these uncertain economic times. Learn ...
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Business Performance Management for the Insurance Industry
Business Performance Management for the Insurance Industry Webinar Recommended Audience: Business Decision Makers (BDM’s) in the Insurance Industry
Session Scenario: Understand how to extract and consolidate vital business data from multiple and disparate IT systems into useful business ...
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Why IT should migrate to the newer SQL Server 2005/2008 platform
Why IT should migrate to the newer SQL Server 2005/2008 platform Webinar Recommended Audience: CIO’s, IT Managers and technical decision makers
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Business Intelligence for the Banking Industry
Business Intelligence for the Banking Industry Webinar Recommended Audience: Business Decision Makers (BDM’s) in the Banking Industry
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Privacy Policy :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Privacy Policy Information is the cornerstone of our ability to provide superior service. However, our most important asset is our clients' trust. Therefore, keeping client information secure, and using it only as our clients would want us to, is a top priority for all of us at Brown Smith Wallace, ...
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Employee Benefit Plan Audit :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts

Employee Benefit Plan Audits Employee benefit plans are subject to specialized financial, operational and regulatory requirements. We can help you uncover discrepancies that can surprise you months and years down the road.

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Valuation Services :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
 Business Valuation A business valuation examines and analyzes your business to determine the value of the underlying equity or capital. Our highly credentialed valuation team has worked on hundreds of valuations for a variety of purposes. You can count on our experience to provide sustainable ...
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FINANCIAL ADVISORY :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Our Financial Advisory Services (FAS) team provides savvy insight into complex transactions, financial issues and legal matters. We assist business owners in mergers and acquisitions and provide turnaround services for troubled companies.  We also help companies develop sustainable valuations ...
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Construction :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts

Construction Services Brown Smith Wallace provides traditional accounting as well as other professional services tailored to the needs of the construction industry.  The Balanced Scorecard for Contractors, used by Brown Smith Wallace, helps management across all aspects of the construction ...
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Staff Auditor :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts

Small Business Services Staff Basic Function Successful candidate will be responsible for payroll taxes, sales/use tax, monthly financial statements, reconciling general ledger and account analysis for a variety of clients. Experience Demonstrated ability in: General ledger month-end close ...
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Campus Recruiting :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
  Campus Recruiting Brown Smith Wallace has a unique and successful intern program. We look for candidates who want to be with us beyond an internship, as a potential full-time employee. We welcome the opportunity to meet students interested in Brown Smith Wallace and their faculty.  We ...
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Family Wealth Planning :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Comprehensive Planning As a financially successful individual, you face the same complex decisions regarding your personal financial matters even if a family business is not involved. Often, your assorted advisors act independently without one true common objective. At Brown ...
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INSURANCE SERVICES :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Insurance Services The Brown Smith Wallace insurance practice serves the needs of industry providers by offering full-service specialized insurance accounting and consulting services. In addition, for organizations purchasing insurance, we offer independent insurance consulting services that help ...
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General American Case Settles for $100 Million
General American Case Settles for $100 Million
Goldman Sachs was final defendant in lawsuit over insurer’s collapse

Settlement:
$100,005,000 for breach of fiduciary duty

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St. Louis Office (Creve Coeur) Brown Smith Wallace LLC
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Internal Audit :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Risk Assessment and Audit Planning The foundation for an effective internal audit function is understanding and focusing on areas of greatest risk and opportunity. Our risk assessment methodology provides a consistent approach to risk and opportunity analysis. Deliverables include a risk ...
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Internal Audit :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Computer Assisted Auditing / Continuous Monitoring Solutions At Brown Smith Wallace, we have had significant success in integrating data analysis tools (computer assisted audit techniques) into our audit approach. These tools allow us to be more efficient and effective in our audit approach for ...
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Construction Audit :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Construction Audit  There are three tangible benefits our construction audit experts can bring to project owners.  ROI, savings and lower risk.  By performing a construction audit, we help you achieve these benefits by making sure you properly assess change orders and other issues ...
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Enterprise Risk :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Enterprise Risk Assessment We can help you develop and conduct a cost-effective enterprise risk assessment that will help you position the organization to understand and effectively manage risk and improve performance. Enterprise Risk Assessments help companies: Understand the significant ...
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Enterprise Risk :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Risk Based Audits Our internal audits are designed to take a risk-based approach to evaluating the area(s) under review. Our approach includes the following: We identify potential risks to the achievement of goals and objectives. Through discussions with management, internal control guides and ...
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Enterprise Risk :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Business Process Assessment As companies grow, their needs change and processes must be adjusted to support the business. Far too often these changes are made in a patchwork manner and result in processes that are costly and inefficient or ineffective in meeting the needs of the company. When ...
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Sarbanes-Oxley Assistance :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Program Evaluation and Process Improvement An effective Sarbanes-Oxley program should leverage leading practices, including recent SEC and PCAOB guidance, and be customized to your environment. We help clients design new programs or evaluate existing programs that are most cost-effective while ...
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Cost Control and Reduction :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Business Health CheckupTM To help companies looking to strengthen their financial position, Brown Smith Wallace has developed the Business Health CheckupTM. Our tool provides companies with an assessment that identifies opportunities for cost control and reduction, process improvement, tax and ...
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Cost Control and Reduction :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Contract Review Companies need a clear understanding of their most significant vendor relationships and any leases.  It is not uncommon for companies to receive charges inconsistent with the terms of their agreements.  In addition, management is often unaware of incentives and other ...
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Cost Control and Reduction :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Expense Reduction Analysis We can perform an in-depth analysis across the enterprise that can produce significant cost savings. Our experts examine your purchasing processes and policies, vendor strategies, contracts, shipping, transportation and utility costs to identify opportunities for ...
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Cost Control and Reduction :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Health Insurance Analysis Our health insurance analysis evaluates programs from a coverage and cost efffectiveness perspective while considering the potential for a captive insurance program.  For this analysis, we use information gathered through interview and reviews of  insurance ...
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Margin Analysis Often, companies cannot document what aspects of their business are driving their profitability, or alternatively, what areas are not profitable. Each company may have a different method of determining profitability: business units, customers, products, services, geographies. A ...
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Travel and Expense Account Review You may find opportunities to reduce travel costs by tightening policies, renegotiating arrangements with travel partners and enabling employees to utilize technology. Some travel policies have historically allowed employees to choose more costly options such as ...
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Self-Insurance Review When companies are self insured, they typically outsource the administration of their health plan to a third party administrator (TPA). While these TPAs often receive SAS 70s, we have frequently found claims processed inaccurately or in some large cases, resolved ...
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Process Improvement :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Retirement Plan Fiduciary Assessment Plan sponsors are required by law to understand and fulfill fiduciary responsibilities owed to their retirement plans. Failure to adopt fundamental practices can result in regulatory intervention and potentially significant personal liability for plan ...
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Process Improvement :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Business Health CheckupTM To help companies looking to strengthen their financial position, Brown Smith Wallace has developed the Business Health CheckupTM.  Our tool provides companies with an assessment that identifies opportunities for cost control and reduction, process improvement, tax ...
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Process Improvement :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Duplicate Payment Review As companies grow and transaction volumes increase, the risk associated with making duplicate payments to vendors also becomes more viable. The underlying causes for this often include multiple vendor accounts, not having system controls to identify potential duplicate ...
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Enterprise Risk Assessment Enterprise risk management (ERM) is the process of planning, organizing, leading and controlling the activities of an organization in order to minimize the effects of risk on an organization's capital and earnings. Enterprise risk management expands the process to include ...
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Process Improvement :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Insurance/Risk Management Design and Evaluation We perform a complete review of the insurance program in place at your organization.  It is our goal to be able to streamline coverages and save premium dollars.  The most expensive and vulnerable insurance coverages are workers' ...
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Process Improvement :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Organizational Review We assess the current performance and development plans for professional staff.
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Revenue Leakage Assessment This service focuses on evaluating your company's revenue processes from the time the order is given to the time the cash is received.  This helps to identify areas where your company may not be realizing all of its potential revenue. Opportunities often exist where ...
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Tax and Estate Planning :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Estimate Income/Long-Term Planning  Brown Smith Wallace can help you be more precise with your tax estimates, which can help you, your company and your management team reduce the amount of tax being paid in estimates and help your officers/management plan for their individual tax returns.
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Tax and Estate Planning :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Gifting/Succession Planning The current economic conditions make this an opportune time for you to take advantage of gifting shares of closely held company stock to the next generation of owners. It is also a good time to consider gifting shares of stock held in investment portfolios to the next ...
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Benefiting from Operating Losses - Quick Refunds Based on current economic circumstances, your company can possibly generate unexpected cash flow from prior year income taxes and, if planned properly, can file for Quick Refunds. If your company is anticipating a net operating tax loss for the year, ...
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Financial Analysis and Structuring :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Retirement Plan Design/Redesign You and your business are unique, therefore you should not settle for an off-the-shelf retirement plan. At Benefit Plans Plus, an affiliate company of Brown Smith Wallace, LLC, we custom design retirement plans based on your unique demographics, financial resources ...
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Financial Analysis and Structuring :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Business Health CheckupTM To help companies looking to strengthen their financial position, Brown Smith Wallace has developed the Business Health CheckupTM.  Our tool provides companies with an assessment that identifies opportunities for cost control and reduction, process improvement, tax ...
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Financial Analysis and Structuring :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Business Valuation If your company is taking advantage of acquiring distressed companies, you will need to allocate its purchase price among the acquired assets. We can help you perform the required FAS 141 valuation. If you are a small business owner, you may want to gift shares in the company to ...
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Financial Analysis and Structuring :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Captive Insurance Company Analysis Performing a captive insurance company analysis will assure your captive meets the criteria to qualify as a captive insurance company for tax purposes.  We can analyze the necessary areas to determine your qualifications or determine what steps should be ...
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Financial Analysis and Structuring :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Debt and Capital Structure Evaluation In this distressed time, Brown Smith Wallace can evaluate your financials to assure you that your company is remaining strong and is not overleveraged.  You want a capital base that is sufficient to fund and/or obtain credit to fund your future operations. ...
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Financial Analysis and Structuring :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Goodwill Impairment Review With depressed economic times, the value of previously acquired goodwill may decrease. If that fair value decreases below its recorded value, a charge against earnings must be taken. Alternatively, if your company is publicly traded and already seeing a drop in its share ...
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Financial Analysis and Structuring :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Merger and Acquisition Opportunities Even during distressed times there are business opportunities that arise. Often, as companies weaken, opportunities arise relative to a merger or acquisition. This is generally a great way to acquire marketshare and good people that may not otherwise be ...
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IT Security & Privacy :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Data Privacy Services Information is pervasive within a business, and managing information flow inside and outside of the organization requires special attention. Businesses may face potential litigation and/or operational and compliance issues if sensitive information is not properly protected. ...
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Beginner ACL Web N Learn Training
Beginner ACL Web N Learn Training ACL has generated a new training program just for our user group! Based on feedback from members, we wanted to provide some training at varying experience levels. We’ve selected topics at the beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels. ACL representatives ...
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Beginner ACL Web N Learn Training
Beginner ACL Web N Learn Training ACL has generated a new training program just for our user group! Based on feedback from members, we wanted to provide some training at varying experience levels. We’ve selected topics at the beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels. ACL representatives ...
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Advanced ACL Web N Learn Training
Advanced ACL Web 'n' Learn Training ACL has generated a new training program just for our user group! Based on feedback from members, we wanted to provide some training at varying experience levels. We’ve selected topics at the beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels. ACL representatives ...
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TAX SERVICES :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Tax Services Brown Smith Wallace's expertise can help you discover business activities that may result in tax benefits. We'll help you identify tax deductions or credits appropriate for your unique situation. We can identify opportunities for potential tax reductions that you may have overlooked. ...
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ADDITIONAL INDUSTRIES :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
... & Reinsurance Companies Manufacturers Not for Profit Organizations Private ...
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Tax and Estate Planning :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Business Health CheckupTM To help companies looking to strengthen their financial position, Brown Smith Wallace has developed the Business Health CheckupTM.  Our tool provides companies with an assessment that identifies opportunities for cost control and reduction, process improvement, tax ...
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Financial Analysis and Structuring :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Working Capital Review Working capital is one of the lifelines of your company. It is important that a company understand its working capital needs and the dynamics of its components. An analysis of working capital should be made over several year ends as well as month to month for at least a ...
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Staff Information Technology (IT) Auditor :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts

Staff Information Technology (IT) Auditor Job Summary IT Auditors are responsible for auditing information systems, platforms, IT infrastructure and operating procedures in accordance with established professional standards. IT Auditors evaluate IT infrastructure in terms of risk to the ...
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State and Local Tax (SALT) - Manager :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
  State and Local Tax (SALT)- Manager Job Summary Individual would be responsible for delivering a full range of tax planning, consulting and compliance services to clients and works closely with staff on all phases of project and engagement management for multiple clients. Responsibilities ...
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Software Consulting :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
The Brown Smith Wallace Consulting Group, an affiliated company of Brown Smith Wallace LLC, specializes in enterprise software selection and finding eCommerce/eBusiness technology solutions for manufacturing, distribution and professional services. We do not sell or implement hardware or ...
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Service Companies :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts

Service Companies We offer specialized accounting, tax and business planning services, as well as financial management services, to a variety of businesses in the service industry. We understand the common need for efficient, reliable accounting and financial management services regardless of ...
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Operations Management :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
... Providing operation management services is how our not for profit team helps organizations remain ...
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Strategic Planning :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
... economic environment, it is more important than ever for not for profit organizations to refine, or ...
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2009 Orange County IIA Fraud Seminar
2009 Orange County IIA Fraud Seminar Tuesday & Wednesday May 26-27 2009 earn 16 CPE hours The Sports Club/LA Orange County
1980 Main St. (Just off MacArthur) Irvine, CA 92614 949.975.8400
Guest Speakers Ryan Hauber, MBA, CFE Principal, Brown Smith Wallace
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2009 Orange County IIA Fraud Seminar
2009 Orange County IIA Fraud Seminar Tuesday & Wednesday May 26-27 2009 earn 16 CPE hours The Sports Club/LA Orange County
1980 Main St. (Just off MacArthur) Irvine, CA 92614 949.975.8400
Guest Speakers Ryan Hauber, MBA, CFE Principal, Brown Smith Wallace
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Senior Information Technology (IT) Auditor Job Summary IT Auditors are responsible for auditing information systems, platforms, IT infrastructure and operating procedures in accordance with established professional standards. IT Auditors evaluate IT infrastructure in terms of risk to the ...
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Senior Tax :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts

Senior Tax Role and Responsibility Assist partners and principals with tax services, including planning, research and compliance Prepare income tax returns for various entity forms and high-net-worth individuals Handle IRS and state authorities' correspondence Manage own workload ...
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American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Brad Pursel, a principal in Brown Smith Wallace’s Financial Advisory Services Group, was recently selected to serve on a 10-member task force for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.


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Ask The Expert
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Exit plans deserve more work in down economy
Retaining minority stake offers chance at second bite of the apple

St. Louis Business Journal - by Gil Stuenkel

Business owners who have concluded now is a good or necessary time to sell their companies can take a number of important steps to help them obtain a solid return, even in a down ...
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Take a bow "Brown Smith Wallace"
St. Louis Business Journal - by Greg Edwards Accounting Today magazine named Brown Smith Wallace one of the best accounting firms to work for, based on confidential staff surveys. It was one of 60 firms recognized nationally and the only one in St. Louis. The firm, which had revenue of $25 million ...
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Inspiring Others With Imaginative Thinking
GET INSPIRED BY ST. LOUIS UNSUNG BUSINESS LEADERS by Jeremy Nulik Many people believe that there is no such thing as true altruism. To those folks, this years Heroes in Business present quite a quandry. Refusing to buy in to the laws of scarcity, this pack is changing the business profile of our ...
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White Papers & Presentations :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Model Audit Rule for Insurance Companies Effective in 2010
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Newsletters and Alerts :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
2009 June/July IRS Provides Guidance on Claiming Extended NOL Carrybacks April/May Tax Alert: Gifting Strategies for an Economic Downturn
February/March Tax  Alert:  American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

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RECESSION SERVICES :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Recession Services The market correction we are now experiencing can be a golden opportunity for you to gain a sustainable competitive edge.  It is the perfect time to reassess and recommit to your goals, refine your internal processes, improve products and services and strengthen your balance ...
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How Can Your Organization Reduce the Risk of Fraud in Tough Times?
Turn Obstacles Into Opportunities by the Institute of Internal Auditors How Can Your Organization Reduce the Risk of Fraud in Tough Times? Wednesday, August 26th Loews Coronado Bay
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Accounting Services :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Accounting is an essential function for any business.  Companies of all sizes have embraced the soutsourcing of accounting services due to its proven and significant benefits.  If you are concerned that managing business accounting functions will come at the expense of your customer ...
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Brown Smith Wallace merges benefits unit with Highland firm
St. Louis Business Journal - by Rick Desloge Brown Smith Wallace’s Benefit Plans Plus unit has merged with a competitor, Qualified Plan Services from Highland, Ill. The merger creates a 22-person retirement plan service provider that will generate between $2.5 million and $3 million in ...
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Doerr named member-in-charge of tax at BSW
St. Louis Business Journal - by Evan Binns Martin Doerr has been named member-in-charge of tax services at Brown Smith Wallace, the area’s sixth largest accounting firm, with 195 employees. Doerr had been president of the accounting, tax and advisory services practice at CBIZ for three years ...
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Staff Accountant/ Full Service Bookkeeper :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Staff Accountant/ Full Service Bookkeeper Basic Function Successful candidate will be responsible for payroll taxes, sales/use tax, monthly financial statements, reconciling general ledger and account analysis for a variety of clients. Experience Demonstrated ability in: General ledger ...
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Recpetionist :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Recpetionist Job Purpose Serves visitors by greeting, welcoming, and directing them appropriately; notifies company personnel of visitor arrival; maintains security and telecommunications system. Enhances effectiveness by providing information management support. Duties   * Produces ...
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The Audit Directors Information Exchange
The Audit Directors Information Exchange Wednesday September 23rd from 7:30pm to 9:30pm Brown Smith Wallace LLC 1050 N. Lindbergh Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63132 The Audit Directors Information Exchange is comprised of a select group of Internal Audit Directors that have expressed an ...
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Business Health Checkup :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Time for a Checkup How to analyze operations and focus on strengths during an economic downturn Interviewed by Kristen Hampshire, Smart Business magazine  There is no better time than now to perform a wellness checkup of your business — take the pulse, determine your ...
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Articles: Be Prepared :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Be Prepared Tangible ideas for planning and mitigating tax consequences Interviewed by Kristen Hampshire, Smart Business magazine New Year’s Day may be a great time to start a new diet and set fresh goals for personal growth, but it’s a little late for reflection and goal setting in ...
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Articles: What's Your Risk Exposure :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
What's Your Risk Exposure? How proactive detection and prevention can help you mitigate fraud Interviewed by Kristen Hampshire, Smart Business magazine No company is immune to internal fraud. Organizations that take a wait-and-
see approach risk severe financial damage. The fact is that every ...
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Articles: Secure Information :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Secure Information How to ensure your company's information is as safe and secure as possible Interviewed by Kristen Hampshire, Smart Business magazine Fraud will never happen at your company, right? You have passwords, antivirus
software, even a dedicated IT staff that manages this portion of ...
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Articles :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
2008 December Time for a Business Health Checkup
Barry Worth, CPA/ABV, CVA, CM&AA, & Bill Willbrand, CPA,
Ted Flom, CPA, CISA, CIA, & Robin Bell, CPA Broad Types of Fraud in the Retail Industry Can
Cause Management to Become Pale and Frail
Ryan Hauber, MBA, CFE Turning Your ...
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Articles: Planning and Preserving :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Planning and Preserving How your motivation and the tax laws drive estate planning Interviewed by Kristen Hampshire, Smart Business magazine You probably don’t wake up every day thinking about what your business will
be like when you are gone. In the hustle and bustle of daily operations, ...
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Vision | Values :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Controlling Costs How to curb spending without cutting critical resources Interviewed by Kristen Hampshire of Smart Business magazine Companies are tightening their belts, trimming the fat and squeezing operations. Businesses are engaging in cost analysis at all levels, putting their ...
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Article: Plan a Profitable Exit :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Plan a profitable exit How to focus and achieve your wealth and financial planning goals Interviewed by Kristen Hampshire, Smart Business Magazine
Many baby boomers are now ready to taper off, slow down, travel and do all those things that have been on the back burner for the last 30 years. ...
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Moore Stephens :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Moore Stephens The number of regulations, laws and polices that you have to follow in this global marketplace is tremendous. You need guidance on diverse issues in diverse markets. It’s virtually impossible for one firm to have all the answers you need. That’s why we are an independent ...
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Articles: A Watchful Eye :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts

A Watchful Eye How to Prevent Fraud at Your Company Interviewed by Meredyth McKenzie, Smart Business magazine
The recession has led to an increase in fraud perpetrated on businesses. For example, identity theft has become more common, with employees taking images of customer credit cards or ...
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Articles: Building Wisely :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Building Wisely How Construction Audits Can Help Control Project Costs Interviewed by Meredyth McKenzie, Smart Business Magazine
Construction projects are typically among the largest, most complex financial expenditures companies undertake. They can be time consuming and expensive, with most ...
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Articles: The Business of Boards :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
The Business of Boards How to Treat Your Nonprofit Board like Your For-profit Corporation Interviewed by Kristen Hampshire, Smart Business magazine   Individuals serving as nonprofit board members are not mere placeholders. The
board of directors is the backbone and governing body of the ...
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Benefits Specialist :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Benefits Specialist - Highland, IL Basic Function Successful candidate will be responsible for day-to-day functions of administering Medical Reimbursement Accounts offered under the Cafeteria 125 Plans of various clients within performance standards and service objectives. Experience Demonstrated ...
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Articles :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Featured Articles A Watchful Eye:  How To Prevent Fraud at Your Company
Donna Smith, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA, CVA, Cr. FA and Don Mitchell Building Wisely:  How Construction Audits Can Help Control Project Costs
Dale Helle, Constructiion Audit Practice Leader Time for a Business Health Checkup ...
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Tax Acccountant, Experienced :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Experienced Tax Accountant Basic Function Successful candidate will be experienced in preparing state and local income tax returns using ProSystems tax software. Experience Demonstrated ability in: Preparation of federal, state and local income tax returns Preparation of large C ...
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Experience Tax Accountant :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Experienced Tax Accountant Basic Function Successful candidate will be experienced in preparing state and local income tax returns using ProSystems tax software. Experience Demonstrated ability in: Preparation of federal, state and local income tax returns Preparation of large C Corp ( ...
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Understanding Nexus :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Understanding nexus How to prevent audit surprises and minimize state taxes Interviewed by Meredyth McKenzie, Smart Business Magazine Due to current tough economic times and budget shortfalls, state taxing authorities are becoming more aggressive in identifying and collecting tax revenue.

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Monsanto Demo :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
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ABOUT US :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Brown Smith Wallace LLC is a full-service CPA and business consulting firm.   Founded in 1972 by Harvey Wallace, Managing Member, and Jeffrey Smith, Brown Smith Wallace ranks as the sixth-largest accounting firm in St. Louis and the second-largest locally based firm in Missouri. With a ...
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Seasonal Tax Professional :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Seasonal Tax Professional Basic Function Successful candidate will be experienced in preparing state and local income tax returns using ProSystems tax software. Experience & Education We are currently seeking temporary tax season professionals to join our team. Candidates should have a BS/BA ...
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General American Case Settles for $100 Million
Industry: Investment Banking

Challenge
A $100 million settlement with Goldman Sachs marked the end of the road for litigation over the 1999 collapse of General American Life. The settlement included $30,000 in court costs. The parties arrived at the amount through court-ordered mediation. The ...
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Chapter Breakfast Meeting "Addressing the Risk of Fraud Within Your Organization"
Addressing the Risk of Fraud Within Your Organization Denver IIA Chapter November 10th, 2009
7a.m.-10a.m. Meeting Agenda
7:00 am – 7:45 am Networking and breakfast

7:45 am – 8:00 am Chapter business

8:00 am – 9:40 am Presentation

9:45 am – 9:55 am ...
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The Audit Directors Information Exchange
The Audit Directors Information Exchange Tuesday December 8th from 7:30am to 9:00am Brown Smith Wallace LLC 1050 N. Lindbergh Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63132 The Audit Directors Information Exchange is comprised of a select group of Internal Audit Directors that have expressed an interest in ...
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Managing Your Assests :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Managing your assets How a personal property review can reduce your taxes Interviewed by Meredyth McKenzie, Smart Business Magazine With property valuations falling as a result of the economy, now is a perfect time to negotiate a more reasonable value for your business personal property assets. ...
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Recovery Mission :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Recovery mission How data analysis can identify where you’re losing money Interviewed by Meredyth McKenzie, Smart Business magazine
 
In this economy, companies are conscious of cutting costs in every possible area. Many, however, may be throwing away money and not even know it.

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Cost and Compliance :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Cost and compliance How to assess your retirement plan in this recession Interviewed by Meredyth McKenzie, Smart Business magazine
 
During this recession, business owners are concerned with decreasing cash flows. As a result, many are scrutinizing their retirement plans to ensure that ...
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Process Improvement :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Process improvement How enhancing processes can help during recession Interviewed by Meredyth McKenzie, Smart Business magazine
 
The current economic recession is leading many companies to cut costs by eliminating products or services, reducing the work force and/or scaling back on ...
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A Silver Lining :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
A silver lining How to maximize your business and estate amid the economic storm Interviewed by Meredyth McKenzie, Smart Business Magazine In these current economic conditions, it’s a good time to reassess your tax and estate planning. Whether it is gifting stock and real estate to shore ...
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Staying in the money :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Staying in the money How to position your company for financing Interviewed by Meredyth McKenzie, Smart Business Magazine The current economy has brought many changes to business, particularly regarding financing. The multiples of cash flow that most banks are lending has decreased ...
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What's your risk exposure :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
What’s your risk exposure? How proactive detection and prevention can help you mitigate fraud Interviewed by Kristen Hampshire, Smart Business Magazine No company is immune to internal fraud. Organizations that take a waitand- see approach risk severe financial damage. The fact is that ...
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Controlling Costs :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Controlling costs How to curb spending without cutting critical resources Interviewed by Kristen Hampshire, Smart Business Magazine Companies are tightening their belts, trimming the fat and squeezing operations. Businesses are engaging in cost analysis at all levels, putting their budgets ...
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The business boards :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
The business of boards How to treat your nonprofit board like your for-profit corporation Interviewed by Kristen Hampshire, Smart Business Magazine Individuals serving as nonprofit board members are not mere placeholders. The board of directors is the backbone and governing body of the ...
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The business boards :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Janet Ramey, CPA Manager, Not for Profit
 636.754.0231
jramey@bswllc.com
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The value of a valuation :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
The value of a valuation How to enlist an expert to perform fair value measurements Interviewed by Kristen Hampshire, Smart Business Magazine Business owners and executives who do not allot the time and budget for valuations could suffer unexpected consequences, including tax penalties and ...
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Coaching the coach :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Coaching the coach How CEO coaching helps company leaders ignite organizational change Interviewed by Kristen Hampshire, Smart Business Magazine Sometimes, even the coach needs coaching. CEO coaching is an integral step to change an organization for the better. After all, change must ...
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Capturing Insurance :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
‘Capturing’ insurance How captive insurance companies can offer specialized coverage and savings Interviewed by Kristen Hampshire, Smart Business Magazine One size does not fit all in the world of insurance coverage. The commercial market provides packaged programs that work ...
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Cost or benefit :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Cost or benefit? How to understand and prepare your business for today’s new audit standards Interviewed by Kristen Hampshire, Smart Business Magazine How well do you really know the business processes that are driving forces behind your financial statements? Your organization has ...
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Articles :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
2009 December Searching for Savings: How to Make the Most of Year-end Tax Planning INTERNET: A quick look in the crystal ball November Managing Your Assets: How a Personal Property Review Can Reduce Your Taxes Solving the Expatriate/Inpatriate Tax Puzzle Business Valuation Update™: ...
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Searching for Savings :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Searching for savings How to make the most of year-end tax planning Interviewed by Meredyth McKenzie, Smart Business Magazine   As business owners search for ways to save money while conducting their year-end tax planning, uncovering deductions is frequently a path to follow. But if ...
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Property Tax :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts

Property Tax Services  Property taxes are one of the largest recurring operating expenses associated with owning tangible assets.  Business owners are often unaware of what item or costs are taxable, what items are being assessed or how their property is valued.  Understanding ...
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Press Releases :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
December Brown Smith Wallace Offers Free Mentoring to Local Start-Ups November Donna Beck Smith of Brown Smith Wallace Tapped as
Finalist in International Stevie® Awards for Women in Business May Martin Doerr Joins Brown Smith Wallace as Member-in-Charge of Tax Services

National Retail ...
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Supervisor/Manager, Financial Advisory Services :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Supervisor/Manager, Financial Advisory Services Our Financial Advisory Services Group is looking for a full-time Supervisor/Manager to join our team of professionals. Specific Responsibilities Include: Provides day-to-day oversight on engagements with strong project management  ...
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Reducing insurance costs :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Reducing Insurance Costs How to Get the Best Insurance Coverage at the Best Possible Price Interviewed by Kristen Hampshire, Smart Business Magazine  Are you paying too much for insurance? If you’re like most companies, the answer is yes, and you are looking for ways to cut those ...
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In The News :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
The Brown Smith Wallace Difference page 1-2   page 3-4

  Brown Smith Wallace builds niche services Brown Smith Wallace builds niche services reprint By Evan Binns Doerr named member-in-charge of tax at BSW
By Evan Binns Brown Smith Wallace merges benefits unit with Highland firm
By ...
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Product/Services Campaign 2009 :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Positioning Your
Organization
For Financial Health

Identifying Savings Opportunities
To Reduce Taxable Property ...
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Property Tax Accountant :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Property Tax Accountant Our Property Tax Accountant will work under the supervision of experienced senior professionals in our St. Louis office.  The Property Tax Accountant is expected to develop technical skills and judgement relative to property tax areas and have strong client ...
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Captive Insurance Companies :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts

Captive Insurance Services At Brown Smith Wallace, we provide a full range of captive insurance services for clients in multiple states. We are members of the Arizona and Vermont Captive Associations.  Our insurance professionals have expertise in traditional and 831B captives.  Our ...
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The Audit Directors Infomation Exchange Meeting
The Audit Directors Information Exchange Wednesday, March 24th from 7:30am to 9:00am Brown Smith Wallace LLC 1050 N. Lindbergh Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63132 The Audit Directors Information Exchange is comprised of a select group of Internal Audit Directors that have expressed an interest in ...
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February Roundtable Meeting
February Roundtable Meeting Thursday, February 4th from 3:00pm to 5:00pm Brown Smith Wallace LLC 1050 N. Lindbergh Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63132
“Auditing the Risk Management and Insurance Function” As companies wrestle with rising insurance costs and internal audit departments ...
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ACL Users Group Meeting
ACL Users Group Meeting Tuesday, February 2nd from 11:30am to 1:30pm Brown Smith Wallace LLC 1050 N. Lindbergh Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63132 1st Quarter 2010 Meeting Happy New Year!
Our resolution this year – increase your ACL skills We’re going to incorporate some workshops, round ...
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Get Smart :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Get smart How to capture key data and automate processes to boost profits Interviewed by Kristen Hampshire, Smart Business Magazine   Business intelligence is a top technology initiative today for most organizations.

The ability to immediately access data pertaining to finance and ...
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IT Security & Privacy :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Cybercrime and Computer Forensic Services Approximately 90 percent of U.S. companies are involved in litigation. A critical component in virtually every internal investigation or litigation matter is computer data. In order to utilize this data, it must be properly preserved, collected, ...
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IT Security & Privacy :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
The communiction and commerce of the business world are highly integrated with technology which has led to a need for information security to protect business activities, technology and corporate data.  IT security threats, vulnerabilities and data exposures challenge every ...
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Business Intelligence :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
 Business Intelligence Group
The business intelligence group shows companies how to harness data using processes and technology  to help decision makers better monitor, analyze, plan and leverage their business performance. We include the full lifecycle of performance management, ...
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State and Local Tax :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
State and Local Tax For many businesses, state and local taxes account for a large percentage of their overall tax liability.  The current state and local tax environment presents a demanding set of challenges businesses must address.  State taxing authorities are looking for ways to ...
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Family Wealth Planning :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Estate Planning We develop sound strategies for estate planning, retirement planning, educational planning and the use of trusts to safeguard and protect your assets. Our tax professionals have estate planning expertise, however, do not sell any products in support of our family wealth planning ...
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Litigation Support Services :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
If you are an attorney who needs independent litigation support experts to assess damages, value business interests or intangible assets, or prepare detailed economic analyses, our litigation support team provides financial savvy and court-tested credentials in a number of venues. We have extensive ...
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SAS 70 & Third Party Assurance :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
SAS 70 Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 70, Service Organizations, is an internationally recognized auditing standard developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). A SAS 70 audit is widely recognized because it represents that a service organization has been ...
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SAS 70 & Third Party Assurance :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Agreed Upon Procedures When a complete SAS 70 audit is not required, but you want a specific group of accounts, procedures or controls evaluated or reviewed, an Agreed Upon Procedures engagement may fit your needs.

Auditing your agreed upon procedures can involve reviewing accounts, procedures ...
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Current Opportunities :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
  Current Opportunities Brown Smith Wallace is always looking for talented individuals who can make A Measurable Difference™ for our clients. Property Tax Accountant Staff Auditor Benefits Specialist
Benefit Plans Plus LLC Supervisor/Manager, Financial Advisory Services
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Podcasts :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Focus on Business includes a variety of topics brought to you from our experts to help your organization survive and thrive in this challenging economy.    Subscribe Here to Receive our Monthly Broadcasts 03/10       How To Link IT to ...
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In The News :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts

Patrick Shelton quoted in the article "Some Firms Suspend Their 401(k) Match." 
By Jilian Mincer Q & A With Jeffrey Smith Smith, Wallace Switching Jobs at Brown Smith Wallace
By Rick Desloge Accounting Firms Witness Uptick with Downturn
By Matt Allen

State Board Sees ...
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International Tax :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
International Tax Our international tax services range from developing complex multi-national structures to assisting you in developing operations outside the U.S. for the first time. You can benefit from our experience working with clients in more than 30 countries in a variety of capacities. You ...
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Cost Segregation :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Cost Segregation Cost segregation is the process of placing costs associated with a purchased, constructed, renovated or expanded facility into their proper asset depreciation range for federal income tax purposes. For instance, when constructing a new building or undergoing major remodeling, it ...
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Insurance Audit and Tax Services :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
The insurance and reinsurance professionals at Brown Smith Wallace provide a full range of insurance audit and tax services to insurance providers across the country.   We offer traditional tax and audit services as well as non-traditional cutting edge services such as data analysis ...
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NOT FOR PROFIT SERVICES :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Browns Smith Wallace has an impressive set of capabilities in the not-for-profit sector.  Our not-for-profit practice provides organizations with accounting, auditi, tax and consulting services that address the unique financial, operational and compliance challenges that our clients face on a ...
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NOT FOR PROFIT SERVICES :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Not For Profit Services
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Outsourcing :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Don Mitchell
CPA/CFF, CFE
Not For Profit
 314.983.1248
dmitchell@bswllc.com Janet Ramey
CPA
Not For Profit
 636.754.0231
jramey@bswllc.com Anthony J. Caleca
CPA
Member in Charge
...
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Not For Profit Audit Services :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
The foundation of our approach to not for profit audit is to have an in-depth understanding of your ... lender’s debt covenants.  These are the not for profit audits we provide: ... see how we make A Measurable DifferenceTM for your not for profit audit. Audit ...
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Not For Profit Audit Services :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Not for Profit Audit
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Not For Profit Tax Services :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
The Brown Smith Wallace not for profit team understands the need you have for creative ideas so you ... overlooked. We understand how unique tax situations are for not for profit organizations, and the ...
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Historic Tax Credits :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Redevelopment provides cultural and aesthetic benefits to communities.  The redevelopers, however, may be unaware of the financial incentives that support these efforts. The most significant tax incentives redevelopers are eligible for are the 20% tax credit provided by the U.S. federal ...
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Conducting IT Strategy :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Conducting IT strategy How to get your IT in concert with your goals Interviewed by Kristen Hampshire, Smart Business Magazine   Technology is a fantastic tool that should enable you to run your business more effectively and efficiently. But if your technology isn’t helping you ...
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IT Advisory Services :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Our IT advisory services team is comprised of certified, senior-level professional staff with extensive backgrounds in business consulting, technology, and process improvement. For an IT advisory assessment, contact us today. Read a Smart Business St. Louis interview with Tony Munns, IT Advisory ...
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IT Advisory Services :: Brown Smith Wallace CPA, Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting Services St. Louis & Midwest Experts
Technology Strategy We work to develop a proactive IT strategy that integrates with your specific business goals to create an ideal balance of effectiveness, efficiency and innovation. We also design a governance framework for roles and responsibilities, IT practices and risk avoidance. ...
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