Agriculture

Agriculture

Agriculture

Located in the heart of Central California – the world’s richest agriculture region – we at Frazer LLP, pride ourselves in knowing that our roots run deep in agriculture. So it only makes sense that we have a substantial practice that assists farmers and operators of agricultural businesses. Our clients are located throughout California, from the San Joaquin Valley to the Central Coast and from Coachella Valley to the Yuba-Sutter area.

Frazer’s experienced CPA’s and business consultants are equipped to meet the accounting, tax and consulting needs of all types of farms from small family owned farms to large vertically integrated operations. Our broad agriculture experience expands across the following industry specializations:

  • Veggies and Berries – growing, packing and shipping, cold storage, sales and marketing, co-ops, and IC-DISC’s
  • Tree Fruit, Nuts and Citrus – growing, packing and cold storage facilities, sales and marketing, nut processors, co-ops and IC-DISC
  • Table Grapes and Vineyards – growing, packing and cold storage facilities, sales and marketing, processing, custom farming and IC-DISC

At Frazer we realize agribusiness operations need more than traditional accounting services. Our mission is to provide the highest level of financial services to assist our agriculture clients to achieve their financial goals. We’ve established strong relationships with local bankers who use our financial statements and tax returns to help extend financing to these important businesses.

Frazer’s dedicated team combines broad agriculture experience with tax, accounting and business expertise to provide our farming clients with forward thinking ideas that lead to ongoing success:

Assurance and Accounting

  • Audits, reviews, and compilations
  • Budgeting and cash flow management
  • Fair market value financial statements
  • Payroll
  • Preparation of cash or accrual basis financial statements
  • QuickBooks

Tax Planning and Compliance

  • Federal and state tax compliance
  • IC-DISC formation and compliance
  • Optimizing tax strategies
  • Proactive, up-front planning
  • Research tax credits
  • Strategic planning for ownership changes

Consulting and Business Advisory Services

  • Asset purchase consulting
  • Discuss industry issues
  • Entity selection
  • Lease or buy consulting
  • Loan packaging and debt restructuring
  • Tax deferred exchanges

Estate Planning in Agriculture

  • Estate tax and gifting strategies
  • Succession and transition planning
  • Wealth preservation and retirement planning

Contact:

In Visalia:

Office Phone: 559.732.4135

Mike Edwards, CPA, Managing Partner
medwards@frazerllp.com

Angela Blaylock, CPA
ablaylock@frazerllp.com

Leland Kootstra
lkootstra@frazerllp.com

Bob Matlick, Consultant
bmatlick@frazerllp.com

In Anaheim:

Office phone: 714.990.1040

Tim Gulling, CPA
tgulling@frazerllp.com

Ralph Lizardo, CPA
rlizardo@frazerllp.com

Sharon Davis, CPA – Consultant
sdavis@frazerllp.com