CW Associates, CPAs: A Hawaii Certified Public Accounting Corporation

Reviews from numerous clients agrees that CW Associates, CPAs is much better than local practitioners in Hawaii. Its professionals have wide knowledge in the field of business and accountancy and their expertise is the origin of the firm’s good reputation, which is similar to big firms in the country. Not surprisingly, its clients include major players in the manufacturing, real estate, retail, and wholesale industries.

CW Associates, CPAs, is the 9th largest CPA firm in Hawaii in the 2014 Pacific Business News Book of Lists. The partners of the firm are keenly involved in the services of the firm. In this fashion, the clients are expected to quickly receive their information, and current and practical answers to their questions.

Each of their professionals is a licensed certified public accountant (CPA) with master’s degrees in accounting or business administration, and has a professional experience with a renowned international accounting firm.

CW Associates, CPAs, provides the best accounting, auditing, and other assurance services to for-profit and nonprofit businesses. Each of their services is tailored to guarantee their clients that they are a readily-available resource throughout the year. The firm is always praised for being opportune and efficient in their work. Their loyal clients are sure that the future of the firm will become much better because of their diligent staff.

Its tax professionals are always committed to do their work with individuals and business owners, as well as C corporations, S corporations, limited liability companies and limited liability partnerships, general and limited partnerships, nonprofit entities with for-profit subsidiaries, and trusts and estates.

CW Associates, CPAs, also delivers tax planning and compliance services for businesses and their owners. Members of the firm have experience with companies doing business in some states and have access to tax professionals in other states. They frequently analyze tax planning opportunities and transactions in progress for tax planning purposes.

CW Associates, CPAs, offers general business consulting services to businesses and their owners, and to nonprofit organizations in various industries. The firm also offers their services to associations, automobile dealerships, franchises, hospitality, private and charter schools, restaurants, and other commercial projects.

CW Associates, CPAs, has the construction industry as one of its most significant part of professional practice. The staff is trained annually in the special accounting, reporting, and tax consequences of construction contracts.

Healthcare organizations are also included in CW Associates’ professional practice. The firm specifically offers their services to community health clinics, medical and dental groups, and providers of long term care services.

Hawaii’s first member of the Employee Benefit Plan Audit Quality Center of the AICPA is none other than CW Associates, CPAs. It requires that all Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) employee benefit plan audit engagement personnel has the existing knowledge of the applicable professional standards and the rules and regulations for ERISA.

Visit CW Associates, CPAs in downtown Honolulu at 700 Bishop Street, Suite 1040. You can also give them a call at (808) 531-1040 and get a chance to talk with one of their committed professionals, or just send them an email to info@cwassociatescpas.com if you have other inquiries.

CW Associates CPA's Hawaii, Services in Tokyo, Hong Kong and USA

Accounting and Auditing

CW Associates, CPAs, provides accounting, auditing, and other assurance services to for-profit businesses and nonprofit entities. The firm presently includes nearly 20 professional staff and other professional support dedicated to providing accounting, auditing, and other assurance services. Our service approach is designed to assure you that:

• We are a readily-available resource throughout the year.
• We will complete our work in a timely and efficient manner.
• We will continue to do so in future years with substantially the same staff.

We perform our accounting and auditing engagements on laptop computers using specialized computer software. We also subscribe to and use numerous publications of the AICPA, CCH, and the Practitioners Publishing Corporation (including the electronic versions, which are available to us at all times on our laptop computers). These publications include programs and checklists designed specifically for use by practicing certified public accountants on accounting and auditing engagements in general and specialized industries. Our practice is to use these programs and checklists on each of our engagements, and to make them part of the documentation that supports our work. Because these publications are updated regularly and used by thousands of practicing certified public accountants across the country, they assure us that we are providing our clients with the best and most up-to-date professional care and attention.

CW Associates, CPAs, is a member in good standing of the Private Companies Practice Section of the AICPA, as well as the AICPA Government Audit Quality Center and the AICPA Employee Benefit Plan Audit Quality Center. Those memberships provide us with technical support on commercial, government, and nonprofit engagements. They also require us to make public the results of our peer review. CW Associates, CPAs, and its predecessor firm received unmodified peer review reports without letters of comments in each of their peer reviews since inception in January 1989.

Tax Services

CW Associates, CPAs, provides tax planning and compliance services for businesses and their owners, and for nonprofit entities. The firm presently includes more than 10 professional staff and other professional support dedicated to providing tax services. Our tax professionals work extensively with individuals and business owners, C corporations, S corporations, limited liability companies and limited liability partnerships, general and limited partnerships, nonprofit entities with for profit subsidiaries, and trusts and estates. We are experienced with companies doing business in more than one state and have access to tax professionals in other states, if needed.

We frequently analyze tax planning opportunities and transactions in progress for tax planning purposes. In addition, we have extensive experience in tax issues for nonprofit organizations.

Our tax professionals also have worked extensively in resolving audit issues with the Internal Revenue Service and State office Hawaii Department of Taxation on Hawaii general excise tax and other local tax issues unique to Hawaii.

General Business Consulting Services

Our approach is to add the expertise of a qualified local CPA firm to our clients’ available resources. We seek frequent contact to encourage questions from our clients so we can resolve issues as they arise during the year, rather than waiting until after the end of the year. Our focus is on assisting our clients comply with regulatory requirements and improving financial and operational performance.

Peer Review Services

Even before peer reviews were required of CPAs providing audit services in Hawaii, we were conducting peer reviews to help enhance the quality of the CPA profession. Our peer reviewers are certified by the AICPA to conduct such peer review services.