Tax Services

Business Tax

Understanding that tax implications affect most every significant financial decision you make; (tax planning, compliance, and minimization) total tax management is the way of our tax department.

In order to protect and accumulate business and personal assets, sound tax advice must be at the core of your planning. Rippe & Kingston has been helping the owners and managers of mid-sized growth oriented businesses for over 30 years. It's our heritage and our ability to stay up to the minute on the latest tax changes that sets us apart.

With tax laws constantly changing, growing more complex with each passing day, it is difficult to have all the answers. A cookie-cutter approach to taxes simply will not work. Just as your business is unlike any other, your tax strategy is equally unique. On-going business decisions carry significant tax ramifications - decisions need to be made to ensure the most financially sound outcome.

Each stage of your life requires a unique approach and Rippe & Kingston constantly analyzes a variety of options for maximization of wealth at each checkpoint.

Individual Tax

The tax-savings methods available to you are numerous. Strategies that center on investments, children, education, and retirement can significantly reduce your personal income tax liability. This is where our unique approach to your taxes kicks in. We understand your business goals and personal objectives are interlinked, with this understanding; we decipher your situation to improve your tax position.

Whether college savings is your goal or starting the next business our approach centers completely on you! Just some of the areas we can assist include:

  • Personal Tax Preparation and Planning
  • Estate and Gift Tax Preparation and Planning
  • Charitable Giving
  • Education Planning
  • Retirement Planning

State & Local Tax

For numerous companies, state and local taxes (S.A.L.T.) are some of the largest components of operating expenses.  In addition, the more states you conduct business in, the more complex your taxes become. As a business owner or manager you don't have the time (or patience) to stay up to date on all State and various Local Tax savings opportunities. Your obligation is to your customers and employees, taxes should not be a high worry priority for you.

Tax compliance is difficult enough. Rippe & Kingston takes it a step further to find opportunities to reduce your tax obligation. Bottom line: we work tirelessly to improve your tax position.

International Taxation

If local taxes weren't complicated enough, combine US and foreign taxes in the mix and you have a potential financial headache on your hands.

To meet the needs of our clients that may reach beyond the Greater Cincinnati area, we joined the RSM! McGladrey Network. The RSM! McGladrey Network is the largest and premier affiliation of INDEPENDENT professional service firms in the world.  Because of this affiliation, we can make the knowledge of more than 1,000 partners and 6,000 additional professionals in nearly 200 locations work for you.  RSM! international includes more than 600 accounting and consulting firms in over 70 countries worldwide.  Rippe & Kingston now has the resources, experience, and professional knowledge base of a national organization while still providing the level of service and attention that only a locally owned, independent accounting firm can offer.