Success can be measured by the company you keep. As markets change at increasing velocity, successful companies align their resources and strategies to meet current and new business needs. We ensure our clients' strategic business decisions are based on quantifiable facts, sound business models, and tested assumptions. EGP's clients rely on our expertise to guide them in successfully developing and implementing these strategies for growth and to generate solutions to avoid business pitfalls. Our consultants allow you to save time, get focused, and achieve the long-term results you are looking for from your strategic planning process.

• Definition:Based upon the business owner's intentions, type of business, tax situation, risk tolerance and other factors, what type of entity (C corporation, S corporation, Limited Liability Company, partnership, etc.) is best suited to a particular situation. Analysis of tax implications of conversion from C corporations to S corporations.  Formation and Structural Planning
• Definition:Each business owner must face the inevitable fact that ownership of a privately held company must eventually be transferred to other parties. It is important to have the appropriate plans in place to transition the ownership of a business and long before an unexpected event should occur  Succession Planning
• Definition:How does your company compare to your industry peers? Are there ways to improve your profitability that you have not considered? How do you identify those areas, quantify the effects of change and implement a plan to improve your profitability?  Industry Comparisons and Profitability Analysis
• Definition:A process and a set of procedures used to determine the economic value of an owner’s interest in a business. Business valuation is often used to estimate the selling price of a business, resolve disputes related to estate and gift taxation, divorce litigation, allocate business purchase price among the business assets, and many other business and legal disputes.  Business Valuation Services
• Definition:Selling your company or pursuing an acquisition involves careful consideration in structuring the transaction and negotiating the purchase or sale, financing, asset versus stock purchase and many other variables.  Merger and Acquisition Consulting
• Definition:Engagements in which a CPA is asked to assist a client in looking over a prospective acquisition target. Here the CPA applies general business and financial knowledge over selected information and attempts to identify any critical areas that the client should be aware.  Due diligence
• Definition:Analyzing alternatives and assisting management in making sound financial decisions. Preparing budgets, forecasts or loan packages to assist in attaining financing. buy or lease decisions.  Corporate Finance
• Definition:i.e. Includes Oil, Gas, Land and Timber tax consulting.  Natural Resource Consulting
• Definition:"ESOP" is an acronym which stands for Employee Stock Ownership Plan. Through an ESOP, owners can create a market for selling their company with substantial tax incentives both for the owner and the company.  ESOP Feasibility and Design
• Definition:A preliminary study to determine and document a project’s viability in order to make decisions about whether to proceed with a project.  Feasibility studies
• Definition:An engineering-based cost segregation study allows certain costs previously classified as subject to 39-year depreciable life, can instead be classified as personal property or land improvements, with a 5, 7, or 15-year rate of depreciation using accelerated methods. This study creates an immediate increase in cash flow, reduction in current tax liability, deferral of taxes and the ability to reclaim missed depreciation deductions from prior years without having to amend tax returns.  Cost Segregation