Industries

We provide services for a variety of businesses, both big and small, and both for-profit and not-for profit. We provide excellent service at a reasonable cost so that nobody feels as if they have to go without financial advice. Seber Tans has worked with many companies in many different industries and has the knowledge and expertise that each different industry requires. Certainly, a not-for-profit company will operate differently than a construction company and will have different needs. Our goal is to specialize our services to exactly what you need. Give us a call today to find out how we can help.

Bankruptcy Services

Seber Tans, PLC has over twenty-seven years of extensive experience auditing bankruptcy trustees for the Executive Office for United States Trustees (EOUST) and the Administrative Office. We have worked with the EOUST and have developed specialized audit programs, an internal control questionnaire, an employee job function matrix, computer software applications and auditor training materials tailored for bankruptcy trustee audits. Our auditors are knowledgeable of Chapter 7 and 13 bankruptcy trustee accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls; skilled in implementing the Statement of Work requirements into effective audit programs; experienced with managing over fifty Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee and over 20 Chapter 13 audits annually; completing the audits on a timely basis. Our prior Chapter 7 and 13 bankruptcy trustee experience allows us to perform the Statement of Work in an efficient and competent manner. We bring experienced auditors with Chapter 7 and 13 bankruptcy trustee audit backgrounds, a history of innovative approaches to bankruptcy audits, and a commitment to perform quality audits of bankruptcy trustees.

We believe our firm can provide the services that will help meet your needs and achieve your objectives:

  • Chapter 7 and 13 trustee auditors with years of experience in the industry
  • Collaborative approach to accounting issues with Standing Trustees and the Bankruptcy
  • Administrators that is transparent and timely
  • Identification of audit accounting and compliance issues early in audit engagements
  • Strong internal control focus with an emphasis on Chapter 7 and 13 Standing
  • Trustee operations
  • Timely performance and completion of audit services
  • Continuity of personnel
  • Experienced and qualified professionals
  • Working knowledge of BSS, EPIQ, Satori and other Chapter 7 and 13
  • bankruptcy software
  • Fair and competitive fees
Bankruptcy Services

Construction

Our dedicated professionals have over twenty years of experience assisting construction contractors.
Our professionals have the knowledge and focus to assist today’s contractors in today’s competitive construction market. We provide the compliance services you expect (compiled, reviewed, or audited financial statements and annual income tax returns) at a reasonable cost and the consultation services you need. The real value our professionals bring is focusing on the financial and tax planning issues specific to your industry, as well as our longstanding relationships with other key industry providers
(bonding agents, banks, insurance representatives and attorneys).

Our services include:

  • Accounting System Design
  • Audits
  • Benchmarking
  • Break-even Analysis
  • Budget and Cash Flow Analysis
  • Business Succession Planning
  • Financial Reporting Systems
  • Fraud Education and Prevention
  • Internal Control Review & Consultation
  • Job Cost Accounting & Consultation
  • Management Advisory Services
  • Profitability Analysis
  • Reviewed Financial Statements
  • Tax Planning
  • Tax Preparation
Construction

Employee Benefit Plans

Seber Tans provides our clients with quality and timely audit and compliance services for their retirement plans. Lessening the compliance burden, providing high quality audits, 5500 preparations, and consultation at a fair price is our goal for every engagement. With an intentional focus and twenty plus years of work experience, Seber Tans has developed procedures, tools, skills, and knowledge to meet this goal.

The services we deliver are:

  • Retirement and benefit plan audits
  • Defined contribution
  • Multiple employer
  • Health & welfare
  • 5500 preparations
  • DOL compliance and consultation
  • Voluntary correction plan consultation
  • Retirement plan selection and tax consultation

We have been providing these services to multiple clients, each and every year for over twenty years.

Employee Benefit Plans

GSA Approved Vendor

Seber Tans, PLC has many years of experience working with US Coast Guard Community Services Command Morale, Well-being, and Recreation Program across the United States.

We are knowledgeable of USCG Morale, Well-being, and Recreation Program’s activities through our audits of various MWR units’ financial statements. We believe this knowledge base coupled with our firm resource provide the types of services that will help meet and achieve your objectives.

  • Close, personal attention to your business needs
  • Identification of audit accounting and compliance issues early in audit
  • engagements
  • Strong internal control focus
  • Timely performance and completion of audit services
  • Continuity of personnel
  • Experienced and qualified professionals
  • Fair and competitive fees
GSA Approved Vendor

Restaurants/Catering

Our accounting and tax specialists assist clients with organizing their books and records to provide relevant accounting information and tax preparation. Our tax department can assist or prepare the federal Tip Credit, analyze food, and labor costs. At Seber Tans we go the extra mile to understand the essence of each client’s business so we can offer them the most effective accounting and tax solutions.

Restaurants / Catering

HUD Audits

Generally, participants in public housing, Section 8 housing and the insured multi-family housing program must prepare annual financial reports in accordance with U.S. Department of Housing (HUD) guidelines.

HUD audits can be complex and involve specific disclosures requiring a certain level of experience and expertise. Seber Tans PLC specializes in HUD audits and has been engaged on audits containing either Section 8 rents, HUD insured mortgages or HUD held mortgages.

We work diligently to stay current on new standards and regulations through continuing education and training to ensure that we can meet any challenge relating to HUD audits.

We can provide the following services related to affordable housing:

  • Provide audit services in accordance with applicable HUD requirements for all entity and program types
  • Provide cost certification audits
  • Submit annual financial statements in accordance with HUD and the Real Estate Assessment Center’s (REAC) requirements
  • Provide audit services for projects subsidized by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
  • Provide accounting services including HUD reporting
  • Assist owners/management agents in closing
  • Assist in the resolution of audit and compliance findings
HUD Audits

Not-for-profit

Our professionals understand the unique environment in which not-for-profit organizations operate, the issues they face, and the issues they may face. We spend time with our client’s management and staff, to learn their organization and their accounting and tax issues. Our professionals are not just service providers, many staff members serve as Board members for not-for-profit organizations in our community. We host quarterly networking and training sessions for not-for-profit clients and their guests.

This commitment allows a deep understanding of fiscal and service objectives of both professional and volunteer organized entities. We believe in the mission of our not-for-profit clients, and we put both head and heart into the services we provide for this industry.

Our services include:

  • A-133 Audits
  • Accounting
  • Audits
  • Benchmarking
  • Best Practices
  • Cash Flow Analysis
  • Employee Benefit Audit Plan
  • Board Advisory
  • Endowment Counseling
  • Financial Needs Analysis
  • Fraud Education and Consultation
  • Government Audits
  • Internal Control Review
  • Outsourcing of Accounting Functions
  • Performance Measurement Initiatives
  • Network and Training Services
  • Ratio Analysis
  • Reviews
  • Tax Planning
  • Tax Preparation
Not-for-profit

Manufacturing

Our professional auditors and tax accountants have a wealth of experience unique to small (up to $50 million in revenue) manufacturers and distributors. We strive to devise innovative business solutions and approaches, which are evident in many areas, from our manufacturing analysis and reporting consultations, to tax planning for foreign sales or research and development credits, to succession planning. We’re here to serve your accounting and tax needs, whether they are typical or out of the ordinary.

Our services include:

  • Activity Based Costing
  • Audits
  • Benchmarking
  • Break-even Analysis
  • Budget and Cash Flow Analysis
  • Business Succession Planning
  • Compilations
  • Financial Reporting Systems
  • Fraud Education
  • Internal Control Consultations
  • Inventory Appraisals
  • Inventory Process Analysis
  • Job Cost Efficiency and Profitability
  • Key Performance Indicators
  • Lean Manufacturing Cost Analysis
  • LIFO Analysis
  • Machinery and Equipment Appraisals
  • Management Advisory Services
  • Manufacturing Overhead Analysis
  • Profitability Analysis
  • Reviewed Financial Statements
  • R&D Credits
  • Tax Planning
  • Tax Preparation
Manufacturing

Real Estate

The accounting professionals at Seber Tans can help with any of your accounting, tax, or consulting needs in the real estate industry, from acquisition to renovation and repositioning, to assistance with financing or selling a property, to tax structure and tax planning. In addition to the specialized services, we provide to the owners of Affordable Housing Real Estate Developments, we provide a large range of services to owners and management companies of for-profit real estate developments. Our professionals have been providing these services for over twenty years.

Our services include:

  • Audits, Reviews, and Compilations of Financial Statements
  • Choice of Accounting Method
  • Cost Segregation Services
  • Deal Structuring
  • Entity Selection Planning
  • Evaluation of Ownership Structure
  • Federal and State Tax Credit Consulting
  • Financial Forecasts
  • Financing Options Analysis
  • Owner’s Personal Financial Planning
  • Partnership Tax Consulting
  • Succession Planning
  • Tax Compliance and Planning Services
  • Tax Deferred Exchanges
Real Estate

Service Industries

The experienced professionals at Seber Tans help our clients enhance their net worth and grow their businesses. Seber Tans offers a comprehensive range of technical expertise in accounting, auditing, and tax work serving a variety of industrial and commercial enterprises.

Following is a partial list of the industries served:

  • Architectural Firms
  • Engineering Firms
  • Private medical practices
  • Information Technology
  • Insurance agents and Agencies
  • Legal Services
  • Medical and Dental Practices
  • Independent contractors
  • Real Estate agents and Agencies
  • Software Developers
  • Transportation Services
  • Commercial and residential Janitorial services
Service Industries

Phone: 269.343.8180

Fax: 269.343.5419

Office Hours:
Monday – Friday: 8:00am-4:30pm