SERVICE AREAS

Ellin & Tucker structures its services to meet the needs of each client. The firm can serve as a resource available to assist clients in maximizing their business and personal financial opportunities. Professional services are offered in eight major areas--audit and accounting, tax, business consulting, business valuation, forensic/fraud, intellectual property, litigation support and bankruptcy.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTING
Ensuring compliance with professional standards governed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) is a firm-wide policy. Ellin & Tucker is the only firm in the region whose Director in Charge of Professional Standards is a member of the Financial Accounting Standards Board's Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) and Vice Chairman of the Accounting Standards Executive Committee (AcSEC). AcSEC is a 15-member senior technical committee of the AICPA authorized to set accounting standards and speak for the AICPA on accounting matters.

TAX
Our tax services include not only preparation of tax returns but business and personal tax planning as well. Periodic tax projections during the year allow for the development of strategies to minimize taxes and avoid surprises when preparing returns. Ellin & Tucker can assist clients in developing a tax efficient structure.

BUSINESS CONSULTING
Our knowledge and experience enables us to provide consulting services in the following areas:

• Acquisitions and Mergers


• Breakeven Analyses


• Budgets and Projections


• Buy/Sell
Agreements

• Cash Management


• Compensation Programs


• Estate Planning


• Feasibility Studies


• Financing


• Financial Planning


• Internal Control Evaluations


• Inventory Controls


• Operational Reviews


• Product Price Analyses


• Profit Improvement Planning


• Strategic Business Planning


• Trend Analyses


• Turn Around Management

BUSINESS VALUATION

Ellin & Tucker provides business valuation services in accordance with standards set by the American Society of Appraisers and the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice. We can provide clients with business valuation services for a variety of purposes, including, but not limited to:

• Buy/Sell Agreements


• Divestitures


• Estate and Gift Tax


• ESOPs


• Feasibility Studies


• Litigation


• Mergers and Acquisitions


• Shareholder Disputes

FORENSIC ACCOUNTING
Ellin & Tucker's professionals have extensive experience investigating allegations of fraud, negligence, diversion of resources and misrepresentation. This type of work encompasses both civil and criminal investigations, and members of the Business Valuation/Forensic and Litigation Services (BVFLS) Group have performed numerous investigations for the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice of national and international investment schemes, bank embezzlements, civil and criminal fraud, including securities fraud, management self-dealing, and money laundering activities.

LITIGATION SUPPORT AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION
As the volume and complexity of legal disputes have grown in recent years, lawyers have recognized the need for the services that Ellin & Tucker can provide to them and their clients as business consultants and advisors. The members of the BVFLS Group have achieved national recognition as leaders in their field. Litigation support and dispute resolution services that the firm can provide include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Accounting Malpractice


• Analysis of Tax Issues


• Arbitration Assistance


• Assistance with Discovery and Deposition


• Business Valuations in the Context of Litigation

BANKRUPTCY
A wide range of services can also be provided by Ellin & Tucker in the area of bankruptcy matters. Members of its BVFLS Group have advised secured and unsecured creditors, debtors, trusts, creditors' committees, and bankruptcy counsel in most phases of Chapters 11 and 7 proceedings.