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Stambaugh-Ness, P. C.Tom Moul, CPA |
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Tell us a little bit about Stambaugh-Ness. What do you do? What are you best known for?
Stambaugh-Ness provides businesses and individual services beyond traditional accounting, auditing and tax preparation. Because of these capabilities, Stambaugh-Ness can anticipate client needs, ask the questions that need to be answered and provide all of our clients with true "value-added" satisfaction.
Our Service Areas include:
Assurance Services, Business Consulting, Business Triage Team (for troubled companies), Cost Segregation, Dental Industry Services, Estate Planning, Fraud Prevention and Detection Services, Information Technology and Software Consulting Services, Risk Advisory and Outsourced Audit Services, Small Business Services, Innovative Growth Services, and Tax Services - including our expanded Sales and Use Tax Services and Green Energy Tax Services, R&D Credits and Incentives, Estate and Gift Tax Planning.
Industries in which we have special competency:
Architectural, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) Industry Services, Manufacturing and Distribution, Employee Benefit Plan Audit Services, Banking, Distribution/Wholesale, Legal, Government and Not-For-Profit Services, and Professional Services.
In 1918, Harry Ness established Harry Ness & Company, while J. Woodrow Seitz established Stambaugh Dorgan in 1948. Stambaugh-Ness began when the two enterprises merged in the mid-90's.
How has it grown? How many employees do you currently have?A heritage of well-planned mergers and acquisitions has spanned more than nine decades of progressive development leading to the current firm structure. This has deliberately maintained "small firm," personalized responsiveness while gaining "large firm" capabilities through the expert combining of specialized staff and quality resources.
Stambaugh Ness has a total of 75 employees. The main office is located in York, and our second office is in Hanover. The firm serves the Central Pennsylvania and Northern Maryland region and is expanding services into the Mid-Atlantic region.
Why is your company so successful?
Our staff is continually trained and encouraged to approach our clients’ challenges in innovative ways. We are consistently pro-active in our approach to problem-solving and in our understanding of, and interaction with, the business environment we all share. Our early adoption of social media is demonstrative of our dedication to “leading” our clients and educating them in the benefits of innovation.
What is the greatest reward in your field? Greatest challenge?
The greatest reward is the opportunity to help our clients in ways in which they may not even yet know they need our support; and that is also the greatest challenge. It keeps us on our toes.
What do you like about doing business in this area? How does your company participate in the community?
We very much enjoy serving the same people and companies that we consider to be our most “immediate” family. In addition to a number of company sponsorships of area organizations, we consistently inform our employees of volunteer opportunities that come our way. We encourage them to become active volunteers.
What makes your company a great employer?
We are very forward-thinking, and we try to provide a life-work balance that enhances our employees’ time with us. We update our policies to include flex-time, business casual dress and other progressive initiatives that keep us competitive. We even have a “suggestion box” process that documents and encourages follow-up steps needed on any internal improvements and enhancements they may think of. We offer rewards for participation in this program and for their successful suggestions that save the company time and/or money.
We also document and provide a fun incentive program for employees’ perceptions of any situation, opportunity or concern that leads to Stambaugh-Ness providing services to our clients. We teach our employees to detect when our clients may need our help – often before the clients become aware of their need of our unique expertise. We teach them how to educate our clients.
How about you – Tell us about your background and role with Stambaugh-Ness.
I am a native of the Hanover area and graduated from South Western High School. I joined Stambaugh-Ness in June 1984 after graduating from York College of Pennsylvania with magna cum laude honors and a BS degree in Accounting. Since 1996, I have been a shareholder in our Hanover office and have overseen many small business engagements and served as the Engagement principal on numerous audit engagements.
As the firm's Chief Financial Officer, I am a member of the firm's Executive Committee and Board of Directors. I have spoken throughout the United States about the firm’s Principal compensation program which I designed. I am also an advisor to the firm's Accounting and Auditing Committee and previously served as chairperson of our Continuing Professional Education Committee.
In addition to my membership in the American and Pennsylvania Institute of CPAs, I serve on numerous committees for the Rotary Club of Hanover, as Secretary and a member of the Finance Committee of the Hanover Area YMCA, and as Treasurer for Training Leaders through Athletics
Family? Hobbies? Interests? Favorite Vacation Spots?
I am very involved in my high school and college age children's activities serving as Treasurer of the South Western High School Athletic Booster Club, a board member and past Treasurer of the PA Intensity Travel Softball Organization, and as a board member for the South Western York Baseball Association.
My wife and I keep very busy following my daughter play college softball at Stevenson University and my son play baseball at South Western High School. Both also play for travel teams in the summer so many of our vacations are at baseball and softball fields across the country...however, when we can get away we love the Florida Keys!!!!!