Architecture & Engineering

FORVIS provides confidence in your numbers. You depend on accurate, trustworthy information about your firm’s financial strength to make informed, well-founded decisions. Our assurance professionals take a proactive approach that includes candid and open communication to address your financial reporting needs. Our independence and objectivity help deliver the security and confidence you expect.

• Audits, Reviews, & Compilations (including for HUD)
• Employee Benefit Plan Audits
• Internal Accounting Procedures
• International Financial Reporting Standards
• Outsourced Accounting
• Quality Reports for Boards, Audit Committees, & the Public
• System & Organizational Controls (SOC) Reports
• Government Contracting – FAR Compliance

FORVIS’s proactive approach to reducing your tax burden allows you to plan while also mitigating risk–and because virtually every financial decision can have tax implications, careful tax planning can make a big difference in the final outcome. We monitor state and federal legislative and regulatory activity and apply what we learn to our recommendations for reducing your corporate, partnership, and personal tax liabilities. Our tax specialists provide responsive, personal service and deliver solutions that meet your needs and exceed your expectations.

• Cost Segregation Studies
• Credits & Incentives
• Planning, Preparation, & Filing for State, Local, Federal, & International Tax
• Qualified Property Zones
• Reverse Sales Tax Audits & Property Tax Reviews
• Section 179D Program for Deductions on Energy-Efficient Buildings
• Wealth Planning
• SALT
• R&D Tax Credits

You have needs beyond traditional assurance and tax. Technology. Restructuring. Mergers and acquisitions. Negotiations. Business valuations. New market assessments. Compensation planning. FORVIS’s suite of advisory services for the professions includes these and more. 

Our advisors start by listening to you. Then we methodically collaborate to address your pain points and reach your goals. Through the years, we can help you transition to new markets, structures, and leaders, each presenting challenges and opportunities. We draw from our knowledge bank of solutions to help you create competitive advantages and turn opportunities into success.            

• Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs)
• Business Valuations
• Budgets, Forecasts, & Projections
• Business Structure, Ownership, & Succession Planning
• Cybersecurity & IT Risk
• Employee Stock Ownership Plans 
• Environmental, Social, & Governance   
• Equity & Compensation 
• Estate Planning
• Feasibility Studies
• Financial Risk Management 
• Forensics & Litigation Support
• Fraud Mitigation
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Strategic Planning
• Technology Planning & Support
• Private Client – Wealth Planning