Thompson Kessler Wiest & Borquist PC provides a wide range of services to individuals and businesses in a variety of industries. At Thompson Kessler Wiest & Borquist PC, we strive to meet each client's specific needs in planning for the future and achieving their goals in an ever-changing financial and regulatory environment. Our professional services include:


Accounting & Auditing

Thompson Kessler Wiest & Borquist PC offers a wide range of accounting services including the audit, review and compilation of financial statements. We also provide computer accounting services with the production of general ledgers and financial statements. Our comprehensive understanding of our clients' financial affairs also enables us to look beyond the numbers and provide expert financial advice. Our accounting and auditing practice has received regular, unqualified approval from the quality review program conducted through the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. In addition to the traditional audit, review or compilation, we provide a number of other accounting and auditing related services, including:

  • Employee benefit plan audits
  • Monthly or quarterly financial statement preparation
  • Consultations on accounting, auditing and financial reporting matters
  • Assistance with business acquisitions and dispositions
  • Performance of agreed-upon procedures to determine the cost of certain assets to obtain State of Oregon tax credits

    Our membership in the International Association of Practising Accountants (IAPA) enables us to offer accounting and auditing services outside of the Pacific Northwest and to consult with other professionals with experience in a wide range of industries.

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    Taxation

    In addition to preparing tax returns for our business and individual clients, Thompson Kessler Wiest & Borquist PC provides tax services in most areas of taxation including income taxes, international taxation, estate planning, financial planning, retirement planning and employee benefits. Our tax professionals help clients to minimize taxes and to develop and implement tax strategies to maintain and improve profitability. Other areas on which we are frequently asked to advise include:

  • Purchase, sale and reorganization of businesses
  • Tax effects of complex real estate transactions
  • Estate, trust and charitable matters
  • Family tax matters
  • Design of compensation and benefit programs
  • Tax effective exercise of stock options
  • Tax services to corporate executives and high net worth individuals and families
  • Retirement plan distribution alternatives
  • Multistate tax compliance and planning
  • Representation before taxing authorities

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    International Taxation

    Thompson Kessler Wiest & Borquist PC has unique international tax skills. Serving multinational companies, foreign investors and U.S. and foreign individuals on international assignments, our approach is to assist our clients in minimizing their worldwide tax burden. We provide tax planning, research, consulting and compliance services to assist our clients in developing and implementing innovative international tax strategies. The international tax services we provide include:

  • Assistance with U.S. tax incentives for exports, such as foreign sales corporations
  • Intercompany pricing solutions
  • Planning for entry into new foreign countries
  • Planning for foreign investments in the U.S.
  • Preparation of tax returns for U.S. expatriates and foreign nationals
  • Development and maintenance of tax and compensation programs for internationally assigned employees
  • Foreign tax planning and compliance
  • Repatriation of foreign earnings
  • Use of foreign tax credits
  • U.S. tax reporting for international operations

    Our affiliation with the International Association of Practising Accountants (IAPA) provides us with access to tax professionals in foreign countries who can assist us and our clients with tax planning in the foreign countries.

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    Wood Products Industry

    Thompson Kessler Wiest & Borquist PC has extensive experience in serving all aspects of the wood products industry. Our experience ranges from tree farming of up to 150,000 acres to the harvest and manufacturing of fiber products and the related wholesale, retail, export and import trades.

    We provide accounting, auditing, tax and financial advisory services for the wood products industry. Our tax experience includes the federal and state tax laws relating to timber; tax planning for wood products firms operating as corporations, S corporations or unincorporated entities; and representation before taxing authorities on issues specific to the wood products industry.

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    Financial Advisory Services

    Thompson Kessler Wiest & Borquist PC offers a wide range of financial advisory services to our clients to help them with their business and financial objectives, including:

  • Valuation of business interests
  • Litigation support as expert witnesses and advisors
  • Accounting system design and implementation
  • Selection and installation of computer accounting programs and equipment
  • Management forecasts and projections
  • Due diligence in business acquisitions and dispositions

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