Harper, Van Scoik & Company, LLP
CPAs and Business Advisors

Harper, Van Scoik & Company, LLP is a certified public accounting, business advisory and computer consulting firm located in Clearwater, Florida. Our firm was founded in 1963 and enjoys over 40 years of service to the Tampa Bay Area. Although our firm has clients in many different industries in Florida, one of our niches is providing consulting and tax services for real estate investors and small business owners.

Our professional staff have the knowledge and the education to assist you with real estate and tax related questions. Many of our staff are also investors in real estate, so with Harper, Van Scoik & Company, LLP you don’t just get people that can talk about real estate transactions; you’re dealing with people that live in it.

We have a large base of general business and tax knowledge and can also advise you on the following topics that are of special interest to real estate investors:

• Appropriate entity selection, including C corporations, S corporations, LLCs and Land Trusts.
• Implementation of Quickbooks to lessen the record keeping burden and to produce profit and loss statements that can be relied upon for decision making.
• Implementation of tax minimization strategies including 1031 exchanges, depreciation maximization, capturing and documenting necessary expenses, and others depending on your situation.
• Cash flow management, especially getting out from under a negative cash flow
• Assistance and advice in creative real-estate deals, such as “subject-tos”, Lease-options, foreclosure investing and wrap mortgages.