Practical Accounting, Tax, and Business Guidance
Running a business, managing taxes, or handling a loved one’s financial affairs can become overwhelming when records are incomplete, cash is tight, deadlines are approaching, or important decisions must be made without reliable information.
Rodger O. Howells, LLC is a certified public accounting firm located in Concord, New Hampshire. We help business owners, individuals, families, executors, and trustees organize their financial responsibilities, understand their options, and move forward with greater confidence.
Our services combine accounting, tax planning, business guidance, and practical operating support. By considering how these issues affect one another, we can help address immediate concerns while building stronger financial systems for the future.
Not sure where to begin?
Call
603-224-3224
or email
info@rhowellsconsulting.com
to arrange an initial phone conversation about your accounting, tax, business, or estate-related concerns.
Solutions for the Financial Challenges You Face
Reliable Bookkeeping and Financial Information
Falling-behind bookkeeping, unreconciled accounts, and unclear financial reports make it difficult to understand profitability, manage cash flow, prepare tax returns, or plan for growth.
Our bookkeeping and accounting services provide dependable financial information with CPA-level oversight, helping you spend less time managing records and more time operating your business.
Business Planning and Operational Support
As a business grows, weaknesses in billing, collections, purchasing, employee responsibilities, document retention, and financial reporting often become more difficult to manage.
We help businesses develop accounting systems, budgets, cash-flow forecasts, office procedures, management reports, and practical operating processes that reduce errors, improve consistency, and make routine responsibilities easier to delegate.
Business Startup Assistance
Starting a business requires decisions about entity structure, taxes, owner compensation, accounting software, invoicing, recordkeeping, and office procedures.
Establishing these systems correctly from the beginning can help prevent missed deadlines, unreliable records, unexpected tax obligations, and expensive corrections later.
Proactive Business Tax Planning
Tax planning should begin before the end of the year—not when the return is ready to be filed.
We help business owners anticipate federal and state tax obligations, evaluate estimated payments, plan for equipment purchases and retirement contributions, review owner compensation, address multistate activities, and consider the tax consequences of major business decisions.
Budgeting and Cash-Flow Planning
A profitable business can still struggle to meet payroll, purchase materials, pay vendors, or reserve funds for taxes.
Budgeting and cash-flow forecasting can help identify future shortages, evaluate job and customer profitability, prepare for major purchases, and determine whether the business has sufficient working capital to support growth.
Business Succession and Continuity Planning
A business should not depend entirely on one owner’s knowledge or daily involvement.
Succession planning can help clarify future ownership, management responsibilities, business valuation, operating agreements, retirement objectives, and the steps necessary to preserve the continuity and value of the company.
Probate-Avoidance and Estate Planning Coordination
Estate planning is not limited to families that may owe estate tax.
Coordinating asset ownership, beneficiary designations, trusts, business agreements, and financial records can help reduce probate court involvement, preserve privacy, simplify estate administration, and lessen the burden placed on loved ones after a death.
We work with clients and their attorneys to help ensure that financial, tax, and administrative considerations are incorporated into the overall estate plan.
Final Tax Returns for a Deceased Person
Executors and trustees may be responsible for a deceased person’s final individual income tax return, an estate income tax return, a trust income tax return, or several related filings.
We help determine which returns are required, address missing tax information, obtain identification numbers, document authority to communicate with the IRS, evaluate beneficiary distributions, and coordinate tax matters with attorneys and financial advisors.
Experience You Can Rely On
Rodger O. Howells has been a New Hampshire certified public accountant since 1989 and holds a Master of Science in Taxation. His experience includes accounting, taxation, business consulting, estate and trust matters, professional education, and presentations to attorneys on tax-related issues.
Rodger has also completed Doctor of Business Administration coursework at South College and earned a Certificate in Artificial Intelligence and Career Empowerment from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland.
Our approach is practical and personalized. We take the time to understand the financial, tax, and administrative challenges you are facing and help identify the steps needed to address them.
Start With a Conversation
You do not need to know exactly which service you need before contacting us.
Call Rodger O. Howells, LLC at 603-224-3224 or email info@rhowellsconsulting.com with your contact information. We will arrange an initial phone conversation to discuss your situation, answer preliminary questions, and determine how our firm may be able to help you, your business, or your family.