This is What We Believe
Here’s what matters to every employee at Lucas Horsfall: Our clients’ success, their peace of mind, their business goals. We believe that if we care for our clients and their businesses – we mean really care for them – they’ll get better service because we’ll do better work. It makes sense, and it’s how we approach every relationship.
This is How We Work
We work hard to build relationships with our clients. That way, we deliver straightforward analysis, trusted guidance and conscientious advice on financial management and operations. Your goals become our goals, and we strive to meet your needs, prevent problems and solve those that may arise.
Meet Our People
Yes, the experience and education of our partners, managers and employees is vital. You can find that information on the Meet Our People page. Our people are all important; we work hard to hire well and to care for people so they want to stay and continue working at Lucas Horsfall. It’s true with client relationships, too.
Recent Blog Posts
Mid-Season Bowling
We took a break during our busy Tax Season to go Bowling together as a Company. Everyone had a great time!
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Tax Reform Seminar
Congress passed one of the most extensive tax reform packages in a generation. The latest reform bill has far reaching consequences for businesses and individuals.
In January, the firm hosted a “Tax Reform Seminar” at the California Club, in L.A. The event was well received and informative for our clients. We intend to do this again in May. If you are interested in attending please email shartel@lhmp.com
The Tax Reform presentation is available for your review, if you are interested you can download it here.
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M&A Around the World
Global M&A activity saw an increase in 2017. We are fortunate to members of MSI Global Alliance. Through this association we can provide our clients access to 250 law and accounting firms around the world. Our member firms are actively working in advising businesses on both sides of the transactions. Here is the latest M&A newsletter from our association.
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Mangoes & Monsoons: A Story of Fraud in M&A
This is a true story. Names of people and places have been changed to protect the guilty. To understand this story, you need to know that I was born in India.
I will start by saying that fraud is pervasive. An average US Corporation loses 5% of gross revenue due to fraud. Then It should not be surprising that fraud occurs in M&A transactions. (more…)
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Audits Don’t Appear to Be a M&A Prerequisite Anymore
We have had the busiest year in our firm’s history performing Quality of Earnings (Q of E) services. We have worked for Private Equity Firms, Search Funds, sellers, and businesses looking to raise capital. Certainly, the level of activity in the market has increased. In addition to that I think that the market is favoring the segment we work in- Middle Market. Until last year most buyers demanded 2-3 years of audited financials before considering a target. (more…)
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Efficient Forms Announces Strategic Equity Partnership With Altalink Capital
We want to congratulate Mike Robertson of Altalink Capital and Housatonic Partners for successfully completing their strategic investment in Efficient Forms. We were engaged to perform the Quality of Earnings for this project. Our engagement team consisted of Katja Schaper, Erick Diaz, Jenna Okimoto, Lyn Dahl and Gaurav Malhotra. (more…)
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Jim Thomas – Building L.A.
Years before he worked with some of the tallest athletes in pro sports as owner of the Sacramento Kings NBA franchise, Jim Thomas helped develop the then-tallest building in Los Angeles, the Library Tower. (more…)
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Tax Return Due Dates are Changing
As we get ready for the 2017 filing season there is hope that next year will be better. Generally for 2016 tax year returns the due dates for partnership returns were accelerated and due dates for C-Corporations pushed back. As partnerships became more complex, more and more taxpayers filed extensions while they waited to the K-1 forms to arrive. (more…)
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River LA – Flowing Through LA Again
Beneath all that cement, a 51-mile river is waiting to flow through the heart of Los Angeles. As part of our quarterly Breakfast Roundtable sessions, on Nov. 9, 2016 we invited Eli Kaufman to inform our invited guests about the hopeful future of the L.A. River. (more…)
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