Our Services
Accounting
- Accounting & Bookkeeping
- Business Consultation
- Accounting Systems
- Quickbooks
- Audits & Reviews
Tax Services
At Rickards & Company, we go beyond tax compliance and offer tax preparation assistance as a valuable tool to minimize current and future tax liabilities, maximize after-tax cash flow and wealth, and keep you on track to your financial goals.
Changes to the tax laws are constant and our tax professionals work full time to stay up to date with the new laws and legislation. Using our extensive knowledge, experience and a proactive approach, we are able provide you with tax saving strategies throughout the year. We evaluate various scenarios to keep our clients aware of their tax saving options.
Accounting Services
Accurate record-keeping is essential to a successful business yet can also be complicated and time consuming. With the help of our seasoned accounting professionals and QuickBooks ProAdvisors, you can focus on your core business and let us do the rest. We can be your accounting department handling everything from bill payment and payroll processing to compiling financial statements.
We participate in the QuickBooks ProAdvisor program and can assist you with QuickBooks setup, training and support. Our participation in the program allows us to offer 20% to 30% discounts on QuickBooks software.
Non-Profit Services
Working with tax exempt organizations has been one of the passions of the managing partner of our company, Jill Rickards. She has served on numerous non-profit boards in the community and has extensive experience and understanding of the unique challenges and compliance issues faced by the non-profit sector.
While your organization may be a tax exempt non-profit, it is subject to the same risks and rewards that for profit businesses face every day. In the ever changing and complex business environment, you need the tools and resources necessary to ensure your organization complies with the various rules and regulations that govern the non-profit sector.
Coaching & Advising Services
Jill Rickards, CPA, is a Leadership and Business Coach. The skills of business acumen, entrepreneurial experience, coaches training and leading transformative programs makes her uniquely qualified to serve organizations such as yours.
Mrs. Rickards develops and leads transformative programs in the area of finances and human performance throughout the US and Europe. She has a passion for transforming the relationship business owners and individuals have to money and help them achieve what they want in life.
Mrs. Rickards brings over 40 years' experience to her speaking engagements. She has owned and operated three accounting and business advising firms, in three cities, and has employed over 35 professionals. She specialized in privately held middlemarket companies, their owners, and their executive management teams. Mrs. Rickards has continuously performed attestation engagements primarily for the non-profit sector.
Our Core Values
Deeply rooted in our local Fort Collins, Colorado community for over 30 years, Rickards & Company is dedicated to supporting you with a full spectrum of professional services designed to create a solid financial base on which to build your business and reach your financial goals. We strive to ensure that our clients achieve success in their financial affairs, and that all their accounting and business needs are met. Our goal is to help you reach your goals.