Porte Brown's Sean Tews Earns CCIFP Designation

December 18, 2018 — Porte Brown is proud to announce Sean Tews, CPA, has earned his CCIFP (Certified Construction Industry Financial Professional) designation. Tews’ newly earned certification increases Porte Brown’s total number of CCIFP certified professionals to six. Porte Brown’s sizeable contingent of CCIFP professionals places it on an elite level of CPA firms in the nation that can provide specialized accounting and financial management services to construction companies. Currently, there are over 900 active CCIFPs in the United States and of that only 35 are located in Illinois.  Read More »

 

Porte Brown Wealth Management Honored as a Top Wealth Management Firm by 1st Global

Dec. 5, 2018 — Porte Brown Wealth Management was recognized for its extraordinary achievements throughout the year at the 2018 1st Global National Conference that took place from Nov. 11–13 at the Omni Louisville. Porte Brown Wealth Management was named a Five Diamond Eagle, which is awarded to firms based on the criterion of the firm’s production volume across all product lines.  Read More »

 

Porte Brown Named One of the Fastest Growing Firms

November 1 2018 — Porte Brown LLC is pleased to announce it has been named one of the fastest growing accounting firms in the U.S. by The Platt Group/Inside Public Accounting. The Fastest All-Growth firms are ranked by the change in a firm’s net revenue from the previous reporting year, and includes both organic and revenue growth from mergers. Read More »

 

 

Porte Brown's Tinley Park Office Is Moving

August 10, 2018 — Porte Brown is moving out of its current Tinley Park office, but we're not moving far! In fact we'll be in the same office complex, just one building away, and our phone number, fax, and email addresses will remain the same. We'll be staying in our current office until August 17th and then move to our new office location by October 15th, located at: 18400 West Creek Dr., Tinley Park, IL 60477. For the interim period between the offices (Aug. 17 - Oct. 15) please contact us by phone to make arrangements for any meetings or pick-ups.

 

Porte Brown Receives Highest Rating in Peer Review

June 26, 2018 — Porte Brown has received the highest rating possible following a rigorous, independent peer review of their system of quality control for the Accounting and Auditing practices. The reviewers concluded the firm’s system of quality control for the accounting and auditing practices, in effect for the year ending May 31, 2017, has been suitably designed and complied with to provide reasonable assurance of performing and reporting in conformity with applicable professional standards in all material respects.  Read More »

 

New Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Reform Insights

June 2018 — The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act brought about so many new changes to the tax code that businesses and individuals are still working out how all the new reforms will affect them. The revisions range from new restrictions on tax deductions and credits to changes on exemptions and phaseout thresholds for the alternative minimum tax to special tax breaks for certain types of pass-through businesses. Over the coming months, Porte Brown will highlight and review different aspects of the law to provide you greater understanding of how the law will affect your tax obligations as well as provide strategies and tips on ways you can minimize your tax footprint and maximize your take-home earnings.  Read More »