CREATIVE PLANNING - THE KEY TO SOLVING PROBLEMS BY PREVENTING THEM: At Nystrom & Company LLP, we recognize that accounting is more than preparing financial statements and tax returns. It also involves understanding your business and your goals - and helping you plan successfully for achieving them. We work hard to identify problems and propose and implement creative and workable solutions. And we work just as hard to help plan so that problems don't occur. We're good at putting out fires - but we'd rather help prevent them. Sound planning accomplishes that goal. We want to give you wise choices for the future as well as accurate information about the past. Whether you are planning for business expansion or personal retirement, a computer purchase or your estate, whether you intend to move in broad leaps or small careful steps, Nystrom & Company LLP has the expertise - in accounting and auditing, tax, business and personal financial areas to meet your goals.

UNDERSTANDING OUR CLIENTS AND THEIR BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT: Our clients include individuals and businesses involved in a broad spectrum of industries, a virtual cross section of our local economy. We know the community in which we live and work, so when we look at your business, we understand the environment in which you operate, not just what you do. Our size, experience and structure ensure our clients specialized service custom-tailored to their unique requirements. We address the whole picture - from state-of-the-art tax, auditing and accounting services to a full range of management advisory services, including consulting on computer based accounting and management systems.

OUR PEOPLE ARE OUR PRODUCT: At Nystrom & Company LLP we have a staff of highly trained, well-qualified and experienced professionals. Our people combine a mixture of the education and discipline our profession demands with the imagination and commitment that have built us into the firm we are today. As important as knowledge and training are, however, there must also be the one quality that no educational institution can provide - experience. We don't think experts become experts just by reading books. They become experts by applying their knowledge. Our professionals and support staff are "hands on" people. Experience lets us identify problems faster and propose solutions better - solutions you will understand. We prize our ability to communicate effectively, with plain talk and complete answers to your questions.

COMMITMENT TO SERVICE: The cornerstone of our firm is service. Service goes beyond just results. It means being available when our clients need us. It means returning your calls. It means "being there" - communicating, understanding your needs and helping you make the right decisions. Everyone in our firm knows that you're more than just our client. You're our business - and our future. We know we're not the only firm around, so we have to be the best. And because we grow as our clients grow, we can't succeed if you don't. Our presence in northern California is based on decades of rock solid achievement. This is your assurance that Nystrom & Company LLP is the only accounting firm you or your business will ever need.

ENHANCING THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE: The professional services we provide are further enhanced by our participation in THE MOSS ADAMS CONNECTION (TMAC), an association of CPA firms sponsored by Moss Adams, LLP, the 10th largest CPA firm in the United States. THE MOSS ADAMS CONNECTION provides us access to specialists in many niches and industries. This access translates into additional specialized services and expertise we can provide our clients.

PRIDE IN THE QUALITY OF OUR WORK: We are a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Division for CPA Firms - Private Companies Practice Section (PCPS). Our membership in the PCPS means that we are subject to a comprehensive quality peer review every three years by specially trained outside CPA's. Throughout the history of our firm we have developed a well-deserved reputation for performing quality work. Our commitment to quality is evidenced by our most recent unqualified peer review.