News & Publications
Our Latest News & Articles
Porte Brown Recognized by Accounting Today as a 2022 Regional Leader
Porte Brown is pleased to announce the firm has been named a Great Lakes Regional Leader by Accounting Today in this year’s “Top 100 Firms and Regional Leaders” report. This survey and awards program is designed to identify, recognize and honor the best employers in the accounting industry, benefiting the industry's economy, workforce, and businesses. Several hundred firms from across...
Read More »
Porte Brown Receives 2022 Best of Accounting Award for Client Service Excellence
Porte Brown LLC announced today that they have won the Best of Accounting Award for providing superior service to their clients. ClearlyRated's Best of Accounting® Award winners have proven to be industry leaders in service quality based entirely on ratings provided by their clients. On average, clients of 2022 Best of Accounting winners are 60% more likely to be satisfied than...
Read More »
Porte Brown Names New Partners: Chidalek & Ellis
Porte Brown announces that Abe Chidalek, CFP®, and Randy Ellis, CPA, CCIFP, have been admitted as Partner effective January 1, 2022. Chidalek is a dedicated Wealth Management Advisor for Porte Brown Wealth Management. He is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional who holds the FINRA Series 7, 66 and Life, Accident & Health Insurance license. He also has...
Read More »
Porte Brown Elects New Managing Partner & CEO
Porte Brown is pleased to announce the election of Joseph A. Gleba as the firm’s next CEO and managing partner, effective January 1, 2022. Gleba succeeds Bruce Jones, who assumed the role as managing partner from Thomas Porte in 2003. Jones became the first non-family member to lead Porte Brown since the firm’s founding in 1946. During his tenure, Jones expanded the firm’s...
Read More »
Porte Brown Voted a Readers' Choice Best of the Fox
Porte Brown is pleased to announce the firm’s McHenry office has been recognized as a Northwest Herald's Readers' Choice as One of the Best Accountants in McHenry County. The Northwest Herald Readers’ Choice Awards are based on votes by the public and cover a wide range of industries within the McHenry County. Thousands of Northwest Herald readers “nominated their favorite businesses from a variety of categories...
Read More »
Porte Brown Named Best of the Best Firm in the Nation
Porte Brown is pleased to announce the firm was named a national Best of the Best firm by INSIDE Public Accounting (IPA). IPA, an award-winning news source for the accounting profession, releases annual rankings of the nation’s largest accounting firms and the select top 50 Best of the Best firms. The top performers within the profession are ranked on more than 50 KPI...
Read More »
Illinois CPA Society Announces 2021 Outstanding Leadership Awards Recipients
The Illinois CPA Society, one of the largest state CPA societies in the nation, recently announced the recipients of its prestigious 2021 Outstanding Leadership Awards. Porte Brown is proud of Megan Angle, CPA, Partner, and Danielle Martin, CPA, Manager, for being awarded the Distinguished Service Award and the Women to Watch - Emerging Leader Award, respectively.
Read More »
Porte Brown Named as One of the 2021 Best Places to Work in Illinois
Porte Brown is pleased to announce the firm has been named as one of the 2021 Best Places to Work in Illinois. The Best Places to Work competition is a combination survey, study and awards ceremony established to identify the top employers in the state of Illinois. This is the ninth consecutive time Porte Brown has made the list and the...
Read More »
Porte Brown Recognized by Accounting Today as a 2021 Firm to Watch & Top Regional Leader
Porte Brown is pleased to announce the firm has been named to Accounting Today’s “Firms to Watch” list in this year’s “Top 100 Firms and Regional Leaders” report. This survey and awards program is designed to identify, recognize and honor the best employers in the accounting industry, benefiting the industry's economy, workforce and businesses.
Read More »
Porte Brown Receives Highest Peer Review Rating
Porte Brown is pleased to announce the firm 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 has been suitably designed and complied with to provide reasonable assurance of performing and reporting in...
Read More »
Porte Brown Names New Partners: Angle, Gallegos, Grzeskiewicz & Lancaster
Porte Brown is pleased to announce Megan Angle, CPA; Mark Gallegos, CPA, MST; Gabe Grzeskiewicz, CPA, CITP; and John Lancaster, CPA, CCIFP, have been admitted as Partner. "In general, Porte Brown is known as a young, forward-thinking firm,” said Bruce Jones, CEO / Managing Partner. “Having talented professionals like Megan, Mark, Gabe, and John advancing..."
Read More »
Porte Brown's Ryan Black Earns CCIFP Designation
Porte Brown is proud to announce Ryan Black, CPA, has earned his Certified Construction Industry Financial Professional (CCIFP) designation. The CCIFP designation is “the only construction financial management certification accredited by the American National Standards Institute” according to the Institute of Certified Construction Industry Financial Professionals.
Read More »Main Street Business: The Importance of a Written Exit Plan
When planning for a vacation, do you typically jump in the car and just start driving without first determining where you are going? No, of course not. You plan out where you want to go, when you want to leave, what activities you want to do on the trip, and so forth. You create a plan to make sure that you know where you are going and what you are going to be doing. The same principle applies to business owners when transitioning from...
Read More »SBA Issues New PPP Forgiveness Guidance Regarding Owner-Employee Compensation and Certain Nonpayroll Costs
After months of silence, in an August 24, 2020 Interim Final Rule the SBA has issued additional PPP guidance relating to the percentage of a borrower’s ownership that triggers the treatment of an employee as an owner. The IFR also provides for limitations on certain rental and mortgage interest expenses a borrower might otherwise have considered to be eligible...
Read More »
Guide to Market Recoveries - How to Stay Focused on Long-term Success
We invite you to join the webcast on Aug. 19, 2020 as Porte Brown addresses "Guide to Market Recoveries - How to Stay Focused on Long-term Success." If the market declines make you nervous, you're not alone - especially now, with news of COVID-19 and it's economic impact fueling feelings of uncertainty around the world. Join guest speaker, Abe Chidalek, wealth management...
Read More »
