About the firm

Serious about your numbers. Refreshingly human about it.

We started Top Accounting Firm because small businesses deserve the same caliber of financial advice the big players take for granted, without the big-firm coldness or the surprise invoices.

The Top Accounting Firm team standing together, ready to help clients
Our story

A decade of getting the boring details exactly right.

More than ten years ago we noticed the same thing over and over. Talented people were building good businesses, then losing sleep over books they did not have time to keep and tax bills nobody had planned for. The advice they could afford was generic. The advice that was not generic, they could not afford.

So we built a firm to close that gap. We pair careful, accountable bookkeeping with proactive tax and advisory work, and we explain all of it in language a human being can follow. No clock running every time you ask a question. No jargon used to sound clever.

Today we look after thousands of accounts across the country, and the founding idea has not changed: do the work properly, tell the truth, and treat every client like their livelihood depends on getting it right. Because it does.

Our mission

To make accounting simple, so the people who power the economy can get back to powering it.

10+

Years balancing the books

4,500+

Active client accounts

$48M+

Deductions found for clients

98%

Client retention, year on year

What we stand for

Four principles we will not negotiate on.

Plain numbers, plainly explained

We translate the jargon. If you do not understand your own finances after talking to us, we have not finished the job.

Accuracy is the whole product

Every figure is checked against a source. We would rather be slow and right than fast and embarrassed.

We treat it like our own money

Because being careless with someone else's livelihood is the fastest way to lose the right to manage it.

Long-term over quick wins

We will tell you the unglamorous truth if it saves you money next year. Advice you can trust beats advice you like.

The people

Senior advisors, on your account.

No junior hand-offs on the work that matters. When you call, you reach a credentialed professional who already knows your business.

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Daniel Whitfield

Managing Partner

CPA, MBA

Twelve years across public accounting and private finance. Daniel built the firm around one idea: small businesses deserve the same caliber of advice the big players take for granted.

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Priya Raman

Head of Tax

EA, MST

An Enrolled Agent who has represented clients in front of the IRS more times than she can count. Priya treats every legal deduction as a dollar that belongs to you, not the government.

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Marcus Lee

Lead Advisor

CPA, CGMA

A former startup CFO who speaks founder fluently. Marcus turns spreadsheets into decisions and has a knack for spotting the cash-flow problem three months before it arrives.

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Sofia Alvarez

Bookkeeping Manager

Certified Bookkeeper

The reason client books close on time. Sofia leads the bookkeeping team with a near-allergic reaction to an unreconciled account and a gift for cleaning up the worst messes calmly.

A bright, modern accounting office interior
Built to scale with you

A boutique feel with serious depth behind it.

We combine the personal attention of a small firm with the resources, technology and specialist knowledge of a much larger one. You get the best of both: a name you can call and a bench you can lean on.

  • Nationwide coverage, all fifty states
  • Specialists across tax, advisory and compliance
  • Enterprise-grade security and tools

Come find out what good accounting feels like.

Most of our clients wish they had switched sooner. Book a free consultation and see what a finance team in your corner actually does.