Know What a Business Really Earns Before You Buy It
Buying or selling a business is the biggest financial decision you will make. One overlooked liability, one inflated revenue claim, one poorly structured deal, and it costs you everything. We make sure that never happens.
Tell us about your deal and we will tell you exactly what needs to happen financially to protect your investment and maximize your outcome. Free, fast, zero pressure.
The Financial Truth Behind Every Deal, Before You Sign Anything
Most deals look great on the surface. The numbers seem solid, the seller is convincing. Underneath? Hidden liabilities, overstated revenue, tax exposure, and structural landmines that turn a dream acquisition into a nightmare. For contractor deals that often means soft WIP schedules, profit fade, and retainage that never collects. We find every one before you are legally obligated.
Our Work Process
Deal Assessment
We start by understanding your transaction. What you are buying or selling, where you are in the process, and what financial questions need answering before you can move forward.
Due Diligence and Structuring
We run full financial due diligence, validate revenue and expenses, pressure-test the WIP schedule and backlog, surface hidden risk, and structure the deal to cut tax exposure and protect your assets.
Close and Integrate
We support negotiation, advise on final deal structure, and stay with you after closing to integrate financials, build reporting systems, and make sure the deal delivers the returns you projected.
Visual Process
From letter of intent to post close integration, ACE CPAs handles the full financial side of every US M&A transaction so nothing slips past you.
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Why Choose Us
ACE CPAs is the M&A financial partner US buyers and sellers trust to protect their interests and maximize their outcome.
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A. Financial due diligence, independent valuation, deal structuring, tax optimization, financial modeling, sell side preparation, and post close integration. We support both buyers and sellers through the full transaction lifecycle.
A. As early as possible. For buyers, before you sign a letter of intent. For sellers, ideally one to three years before you go to market so we can prepare your financials and maximize valuation.
A. Brokers focus on finding buyers or sellers. We focus on the financial truth behind the deal. Due diligence, the WIP schedule, valuation, tax strategy, and structure. We work alongside brokers, not instead of them.
A. We typically support transactions ranging from five hundred thousand dollars to fifty million dollars in deal value, though we can support larger transactions on request.
A. Yes. Our exit planning service cleans up your books, normalizes your financials, maximizes EBITDA, and builds the financial narrative that drives the highest possible valuation.
A. Absolutely. Every engagement is governed by strict confidentiality. We protect your information and your deal at every stage.
A. Yes. We handle post close integration, including new accounting systems, reporting structures, and ongoing bookkeeping and CFO support so your newly acquired business is profitable from day one.
Built for Owners Who Run on Real Numbers
Most owners who reach out save more than $10K in their first year, in tax, margin, and cash they were leaving on the table. The conversation is free. The results are not.
No pressure. No commitment. Just a real CPA ready to listen and tell you exactly how we can help for free.
Discover More
M&A support is one piece of a complete financial partnership. After the deal closes we stay on, handling bookkeeping, QuickBooks, CFO advisory, and tax strategy for your newly acquired or growing business.
Accurate, fully optimized business tax returns prepared and filed by licensed CPAs. We catch every legitimate deduction and head off the surprise tax bill before we file a single page.
Never be caught off guard by a cash shortfall. We build a 13 week cash flow forecast plus monthly reporting and variance analysis, so you see margin and cash problems early and walk into the bank with lender-ready financials.
We build your QuickBooks Online from the ground up. A chart of accounts tailored to your business, bank feeds connected, tax settings configured, and everything aligned with how you actually operate from day one.
Every transaction recorded, categorized, and reconciled as it happens. Your books stay current and never a month behind, so you always know exactly where you stand.
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