Investigative Forensic Accounting and Auditing Services

Our investigative forensic accounting and auditing services* staff has the expertise to monitor and interpret the complex ever-changing tax environment and the effect of tax laws on settlements, judgments and other awards. Just as tax issues play a critical role in a well-planned business transaction, meaningful decision making in litigation requires an analysis of tax implications by qualified litigation support services. Our investigative forensic accounting and auditing services consultants are uniquely equipped to serve as an arbitrator, mediator, or receiver in financial proceedings or commercial disputes that involve businesses or that require a careful analysis and understanding of complex financial data and transactions in contested proceedings.

Business Valuations

Our team's extensive experience in financial and tax matters, as well as with valuation methodologies and techniques, uniquely qualifies us to perform business valuations in many contexts, including mergers and acquisitions, buy/sell agreements, shareholder disputes, succession planning, estate and gift taxation, and marital dissolution. Regardless of the context, valuing an ongoing business involves more than an appraisal of the underlying assets. It requires the experience and knowledge of investigative forensic accounting and auditing experts to provide both a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the business, financial performance and industry background to determine value.

Litigation Support Services Help Determine Financial Damages

Our litigation support services team maintains damage calculations by using historical financial data and applying our business expertise to produce comprehensive financial forecasts in the following areas: breach of contract, post-merger and acquisition disputes, lost earnings on profits, business interruption, wrongful termination, and personal injury. The determination of financial damages may be the most important issue in a case, yet it may be the most uncertain. CBIZ’s litigation support professionals know that computing or contesting damages often requires an analysis of what the plaintiff’s financial conditions would have been “but for” the defendant’s actions.

Expert Criminal Tax Investigations

CBIZ's expertise uniquely qualifies us to assist tax counsel in eggshell audits and criminal investigations. Our litigation support experience in all methods of proof used by government in criminal tax investigations includes specific identification, net worth reconstruction, bank deposit analysis, receipts and expenditures analysis, reconstruction of books and records, and other investigative techniques. Many cases are won or lost during discovery, so consulting services from an investigative forensic accountant and auditor can be a very valuable asset.

Expert Advice and Testimony

Litigation support professionals from CBIZ can advise lawyers about the types of records to request. And, our investigative services help establish causation of damages when searching for improprieties to uncover hidden assets or fraudulent conveyances and to detect fraud or embezzlement. Once information is obtained, we analyze and explain its significance in clear and understandable terms. Our litigation support services team is also experienced in representing our findings and opinions in the legal setting, both in and out of court, with our expert testimony.

Learn more about CBIZ forensic accounting services, including litigation support, financial damages, tax implications, alternative dispute resolution, criminal tax investigations, forensic investigations, expert testimony, business valuations and divorce forensic accounting.

* Forensic Accounting or Auditing services are performed by and under the direction of properly licensed CPAs.  Attest engagements are performed by Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C., which is a national CPA firm associated with CBIZ, Inc. through an alternative practice structure. The two companies are separate and independent legal entities that work together to serve clients' business needs. CBIZ, Inc. and its Accounting, Tax and Advisory companies are not licensed CPA firms.  Only Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C. is licensed to provide attest and audit services.

Having CBIZ accounting and financial advisors on my team helps me stay focused on my core business and on my bottom line!

Ed Weintraub
President, Mantua Manufacturing Company