The ability of a business owner to make effective decisions depends on timely professional advice. We provide a complete range of accounting, tax and consulting services to our business clients. For closely-held businesses, we recognize that the personal plans and finances of the owner can have a significant impact on the business. We integrate business and personal considerations to achieve the overall goals of the business owner.

We perform financial statement audit, review and compilation engagements for businesses as well as individuals. Compilation services can be performed on a monthly, quarterly or annual basis, depending on your needs.

Sometimes it's not enough to have access to historical financial statements. Forecasts and projections can provide prospective information to improve the decision making process and are frequently requested by banks and governmental agencies. We have significant experience in preparing prospective financial statements in accordance with the guidelines issued by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

We want to help you understand the tax implications of business decisions before those decisions are made. This may involve meeting with you on a regular basis or as a particular need arises. We also expect that there will be times when you need advice right away. Our experienced tax professionals can frequently answer your questions immediately. In those cases where additional tax research is necessary, we have a state-of-the-art computer tax library with access to IRS rulings, court cases and tax treaties. These resources enable us to provide you with tax advice in the timely manner that you need.

We have the technical expertise and the computer resources to prepare all of your business's tax returns, whether your business operates as a C corporation, an S corporation, a partnership or a sole proprietorship, and whether you do business in one state or fifty. In the unlikely event that your business's tax return is selected for audit, we will represent you before the Internal Revenue Service.

We use our tax and accounting expertise, our analytical skills and our business experience to advise you on:

Employee Benefit Plans

Ciaschi Dietershagen Little and Mickelson has a team of professionals with extensive experience in the auditing and taxation of employee benefit plans. Our engagements include audits of defined benefit pension and defined contribution plans and 401(k) and 403(b) testing, including non-discrimination testing. We consult with clients on the selection of pension and employee benefit plans, review plan documents and prepare Forms 5500.

Many businesses today are choosing QuickBooks for their accounting software. As participants in the QuickBooks Professional Advisors Program, we can help you install your QuickBooks software and train you in how to use it most effectively for your business. And if you're having a problem with QuickBooks, call us and we will help you solve it.

We prepared numerous business interruption insurance claims as a result of Hurricane Katrina. We served a variety of business types in Biloxi, Bay St. Louis, and Gulfport Mississippi, as well as surrounding communities including Louisiana. That experience is valuable and extensive. Many clients were underinsured; many clients did not understand their coverage. This was as much a public service as it was a professional service; many local accounting firms were temporarily out of business themselves, and unable to serve this particular need.

Allow us to review this area of your insurance coverage.