Website: wilkcpa.com
Phone: 904-470-4010
Wilkinson, Garrard & Clements, CPAs is a Jacksonville, Florida certified public accounting firm that provides accounting, tax, and business advisor services to corporations, small businesses, and individuals throughout the Jacksonville area. The firm works with clients across North Florida and concentrates on the construction industry while also serving other sectors. According to its website, prospective clients can reach the firm at 904-470-4010 and ask for Charles or Mark.
Services
The firm provides accounting, tax, and consulting services that it tailors to each client’s specific needs. Its construction accounting services, as listed on the website, include all tax services covering business, individual, and multi-state returns, tax consulting, surety bond services, job costing and setup, equipment costing analysis, debt restructuring, overhead rate analysis, cash flow analysis, job post mortems, and succession planning. The firm also provides construction accounting software support for MasterBuilder, QuickBooks, and Peachtree.
General service areas referenced on the site include small business accounting, incorporation, QuickBooks services, tax preparation, and tax planning. The firm offers a free initial consultation to individuals and businesses, a secure file sharing tool for sending files, and a newsletter covering tax tips, due dates, and tax strategies.
Who They Serve
The firm states that contractors, home builders, and related trades turn to it as a Jacksonville CPA firm that concentrates on the construction industry, and that contractors of all sizes and trades rely on its experience. Its construction clients range from residential to commercial work and include subcontractors and related trades.
The website lists practice areas it has worked with, including residential and commercial construction, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors (HVAC), electricians, masonry and stonework, plastering, painting and drywall contractors, carpenters, cabinet makers and framers, roofing and siding, wrecking, demolition and excavation contractors, concrete work, water well drilling contractors, and other special trade contractors. The site also identifies medical practices and law firms among the industries it serves. The firm offers a free initial consultation specifically for construction firms.
Approach & Tools
The firm presents itself as understanding construction accounting and financial management, and it describes tailoring its accounting, tax, and consulting services to fit the needs of each construction business. For do-it-yourself business owners, the firm provides QuickBooks accounting services as Certified QuickBooks Pro Advisors and an authorized QuickBooks affiliate. These QuickBooks services include standard and custom QuickBooks setup and technical support, and the site references a 20 percent discount on QuickBooks products with free shipping.
The website explains that accounting software such as QuickBooks and Peachtree is suited to small business owners but requires proper setup and an understanding of its features, which is why the firm offers training, oversight, and ongoing support so owners can manage their bookkeeping and cash flow while working with the firm in an advisory capacity. The firm notes that no accounting package can be operated properly without a sufficient understanding of its features, and that completing the setup and installation correctly is important for proper business management. It states that many Jacksonville businesses have contacted it for help getting started with QuickBooks, and that it provides immediate answers for troubleshooting in addition to ongoing assistance.
The firm describes itself as understanding the financial management challenges that contractors of different sizes and trades face, and it positions its accounting, tax, and consulting work as tailored rather than standardized. Stated construction-specific capabilities such as surety bond services, job costing, equipment costing analysis, overhead rate analysis, and job post mortems reflect that industry concentration. The firm also makes clear that it serves general small businesses and individuals throughout the Jacksonville area alongside its construction practice.
Contractors, home builders, and trade businesses such as plumbing, HVAC, electrical, roofing, and concrete firms in Jacksonville and North Florida, along with small businesses and individuals seeking accounting, tax, and QuickBooks support, may find the firm’s construction-focused services relevant to those needs.