Brown Armstrong, CPA

Brown Armstrong, founded by Peter Brown in 1974, is one of the largest certified public accounting firms in the United States. Headquartered in Bakersfield, Calif., the company also has a branch office in Shafter, Calif., and is affiliated to the Bakersfield Better Business Bureau, California Independent Petroleum Association, California Society of Certified Public Accountants, Council of Petroleum Accountants Society, Downtown Business & Property Owners Association, Greater Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce and Kern County Farm Bureau. It services a variety of sectors, including agriculture businesses, contractors and developers, homeowner associations, financial services industry, governmental entities, health care and nonprofit organizations and public and private pension plans. Brown Armstrong s services include computer system design and consulting, debt and equity financing advice, estate planning, family business and human resource consulting, financial advisory services, financial statement audits, forensic and litigation services, fraud investigation and internal control analyses, management assurance services, marketing and merger and acquisition consulting, succession planning, tax preparation and planning.