Running a successful business involves more than good accounting and quality service. It involves developing specialties that make your company necessary to the market place.

While Thigpen, Jones, Seaton & Co. offers basic accounting and tax related services, we also offer specialized services designed to best service several niche areas.

Local Government and Not for Profit Audits

Performance of audits for government agencies and certain not-for-profit organizations involves special training in Yellow Book procedures. TJS staff and partners attend yearly continuing professional education programs to ensure they are up to date on all Yellow Book guidelines and procedures.  Not-for-profit organizations often require audit services for public and private grant requirements.  Our staff has the expertise and training necessary to meet governmental and not-for-profit audit needs. 

Employee Benefit Plans

In today's competitive job market, more and more employers are finding that prospective employees seek attractive and functional benefit plans. How do you develop and maintain such plans. Thigpen, Jones, Seaton & Co. makes that task a little easier. 

Benefit plans must be cost-effective and in-line with your business goals. We ensure that both your company and your employees get the most out of plan dollars. Several issues must be taken under consideration, including tax implications, financial implications, administrative concerns, and most importantly, employee needs.  We provide benefit plan audit and review services, plan design and implementation, and executive and deferred compensation analysis.

Business Valuation

What is my business worth?  This question often must be answered when dealing with issues such as mergers and acquisitions and even business succession or estate planning.  Our staff includes certified valuation analysts that can help with this process.  Business valuations are no different than real estate appraisals and must be handled by certified valuation professionals. We can work with you on any of your valuation needs rather it be a quick calculation of value or a full blow independent valuation report.

Systems Design and Analysis

Information is the bread and butter of every business, from one man operations to multi-billion dollar industry giants.  Your financial information must be readily accessible, at any given time, to facilitate good business processes. If you have trouble maintaining data or accessing records, you are needlessly making the job of running your business more difficult.

Thigpen, Jones, Seaton & Co. offers the manpower and the expertise to design, develop, and implement information systems customized to maximize and enhance your business operations.

We analyze your information needs, thoroughly investigate your current system, and determine its capabilities and liabilities. If your current system is determined incapable of meeting your business needs, we sit down with you to discuss the benefits of a different system.