Colby M. Harmon

I'm a CPA, but I've never thought of myself as just an accountant. My goal has always been to be IN business not merely a CPA looking in the rearview mirror. This allows me to be a more in tune and forward looking advisor.

Over the years, I've created businesses, served as a CFO for restaurant groups, built software used by restaurant operators, and taught accounting and finance.

I've been the guy looking at the P&L and explaining why the numbers don't make sense.

I've had to make payroll.

I've made investment decisions and some have been great. And every now and then, one isn’t.

I've dealt with tax payment planning intertwined with the cash flow needed to pay suppliers and people.

I've looked at a project that wasn't performing the way it should. Sometimes, it could be fixed. Other times, I’ve had to let it go.

And I've sat across the table from a CPA trying to explain what was actually happening in the business so I could focus on the business and not the taxation at that moment in time.

Those experiences changed the way I practice accounting.

Tax matters. Obviously.

But good tax advice requires understanding why the numbers look the way they do in the first place.

That's why my practice is built around relationships rather than volume. I'm the owner and principal of the firm, and when you hire me, you work with me.

I want to know your business.
I want to know where you've been.
I want to know where you're going.

And I want to be the CPA you can call before you make the decision—not just after you need to report it.

This is what a good CPA relationship should look like.

Colby M. Harmon, CPA
Owner & Principal