Schiffman, Paul & Dattilio, P.C.
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MISSION STATEMENT

To enhance our clients' ability to achieve their financial objectives by:

·        Providing consistently proactive advice as an advocate in order to assist them in various litigation and dispute resolution areas;

·        Providing proactive audit, review, and compilation services;

·        Assisting our clients in minimizing their tax obligations; and

·        Advising our clients in areas of interest which require independent assessment of operational issues and strategic objectives in order to benefit their organization.



VISION of Schiffman, Paul & Dattilio, P.C.

Schiffman, Paul & Dattilio P.C. offers consultative skills to clients who seek innovative solutions to shape their future. Our firm works with a select client base that recognizes the benefit of utilizing the core attributes of the CPA profession. We offer concise, reliable expertise to meet marketplace demands.

 

VISION of AICPA

CPAs are the trusted professionals who enable people and organizations to shape their future. Combining insight with integrity, CPAs deliver value by: 

Communicating the total picture with clarity and objectivity,

Translating complex information into critical knowledge,

Anticipating and creating opportunities, and

Designing pathways that transform vision into reality.


SERVICES
 

 

Accounting and Auditing

 

Arbitration

 

Corporate Finance

 

Debt Reorganization

 

Family Wealth Planning

 

Litigation Services

 

Management Consulting Services

 

Mergers and Acquisitions

 

Quality Assurance Reviews

 

Valuation Services

 


 
Accounting and Auditing

This includes audits, reviews, and compilations plus preparation of related federal and state tax returns.  Extensive involvement with the principal/owner/manager enables us to provide constructive suggestions for improving your business strategies, operations, accounting procedures and financial controls.

 

Debt Reorganization

Assistance in developing plans to enable a business to address the needs of its creditors while preserving its current market position. 

Corporate Finance

Service as financial advisor or, if requested, active involvement as a member of a client's Board of Directors. 

 

Family Wealth Planning 

Establishment of wealth transfer, succession planning and appropriate minimization of estate tax liability while proactively working with lawyers and insurance professionals.

 

Litigation Services

As a CPA firm, we are professionals skilled in a broad range of financial matters--tax, accounting principles and methods, financing, personal financial matters, business valuations, economic cost analysis, damage calculations, and business planning.  Analysis of a case, involving complex financial and accounting issues, will be enhanced with factual independent advice.  We can:

 

Define financial issue and identify documents and records to be examined

 

Analyze financial and other data to determine strengths and weaknesses of a case

 

Structure arguments supported by statistical and economic facts

 

Prepare and frame questions and answers for deposition

 

Present often cumbersome data in concise, meaningful context

 

Prepare full financial presentations in either audited or unaudited form

 

Evaluate or prepare damage calculations

 

Participate in settlement negotiations

 

Analyze financial and tax ramifications of various settlement proposals

 

Attend trial to assist you in examination or cross examination of financial-matter witness

 

Provide testimony as a "testifying" expert

 

Management Consulting Services

Consultative services based on financial analysis of appropriate variables.

 

Mergers and Acquisitions

Identification of buyers, sellers and providing assistance in the entire sale or acquisition process, not as an investment advisor, but as a true "project manager."

Quality Assurance Reviews

Experience as trained reviewer in the AICPA Peer Review Program.

 

Arbitration

As a member of AAA, and also with significant experience as arbitrator for major ($800 million) dispute, we have the experience and ability to provide effective arbitration solutions. 

Valuation Services

As Certified Valuation Analysts we provide valuations of middle market companies for such purposes as, estate planning, business negotiations, purchase and sale opportunities, contested stockholder derivative actions and partnership disputes.

 


 
ABOUT US

Schiffman, Paul & Dattilio, P.C. is a firm specializing in middle-market business, litigation services, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and consulting to the CPA profession.  Located in scenic Hanover, New Hampshire (home of Dartmouth College), we principally serve clients in New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, and Massachusetts, with other clients located on the eastern seaboard.
 

Meet The Staff:
 

John T. Schiffman, CPA Résumé

Richard A. Paul, CPA   Résumé

David A. Dattilio, CPA  Résumé

Suzanna K. Liepmann, CPA

Heidi St. Peter, CPA

Kimberly J. LaBarge

Gwenn C. Smith

Jessica P. Hollis

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WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY ABOUT US

"My accountant is my most valuable expense." Borden Avery, Avery Inns of Vermont, Inc., April 10, 1983 

"Mr. Schiffman was able to grasp our financial situation, improve our bank relations, and efficiently negotiate a compromise with our major lender." James Smith, EQ-2, Inc., September 15, 1998

"John Schiffman’s energy and ability to lead the AICPA Trust in a period of great change has been invaluable." James R. Eisenmann, Aon Insurance Services, September 24, 1998

 "We highly recommend Schiffman, Paul & Dattilio, P.C. to anyone in need of a CPA firm.  Richard Paul and Kim LaBarge were wonderful to work with.”  Corina Ouellette, The Bear Den Project, Inc.

Schiffman, Paul & Dattilio, P.C.

Wheeler Professional Park, Route 10

PO Box 5520

Hanover, NH 03755

 

Tel: 603.643.5566 Fax: 603.643.6006

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Members of:

 

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

 

New Hampshire Society of Certified Public Accountants

 

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