Wayland & Vukanidovich
"Certified Public Accountants"
- Address:
- 1097 Aviation Blvd
- Hermosa Beach,CA,90254
- Phone: (310) 376-0455
Welcome
Thank you for visiting our website. Wayland & Vukadinovich LLP is a Hermosa Beach, California based accounting firm dedicated to providing our clients with professional, personalized services and guidance in a wide range of financial and business needs.
Wayland & Vukadinovich LLP offers accounting, tax, and a variety of consulting services for small businesses, professionals, and individuals.
Please contact us to see if we can help you. Our range of services and superb staff of accounting professionals provide outstanding service at reasonable rates. We can help you achieve your financial goals and we look forward to the opportunity to work with you.
For information as to how we can assist you, contact either Gary Wayland , Michael Vukadinovich or our office manager Gina Stevens. You can also call us at (310) 376-0455.
Wayland & Vukadinovich LLP
1097 Aviation Boulevard
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
(310) 376-0455
(310) 379-4523 fax
Do you know what a CPA can do for you? A Certified Public Accountant serves as your business and financial guide to assist you in:
- paying the lowest taxes possible and keeping more of what you make planning your estate to achieve your wishes and reduce tax costs
- satisfying recordkeeping and report filing requirements
- using financial and audit reports to make sound business decisions
- achieving the maximum profit from your business venture
- communicating with other professionals and government agencies
A summary of this nature can only begin to tell you about Wayland & Vukadinovich LLP and the service we can provide for you. We'd like the opportunity to meet you (or at least to speak with you) and to discuss your accounting needs. Telephone or email us to arrange a telephone or in-office appointment to discuss your specific needs.
Fees
Financial Services
Tax Planning and Preparation
Investment Review
Recordkeeping and Reports
Business Problem Solving
QuickBooks® Consulting
Financial Statements
Financial and Estate Planning
Professional Competence
Get MORE Than Just a Tax Return
We can provide you and your business with a full range of financial and advisory services:
- Tax Planning and Preparation
- Investment Review
- Recordkeeping and Reports
- Business Problem Solving
- QuickBooks® Consulting
- Financial Statements
- Financial and Estate Planning
Wayland & Vukadinovich LLP prepares all required tax returns to assure that you are paying no more taxes than necessary. This includes
- Individual 1040
- Corporation 1120
- S-Corporation 1120 S
- Partnership 1065
- Fiduciary 1041
- Estate 706
- Gift 709
Your CPAs act as sounding boards for your investment ideas and suggest the best structure to maximize your after-tax return.
We can design accounting systems to fit your business and personal financial affairs. We also prepare payroll reports, general ledgers, financial statements, and other regulatory reports.
As you start a business, we help you to select the proper organizational structure and to secure adequate financing. We work with you and your banker, lawyer, insurance agent, and other advisors to solve your business problems. If you have a financial problem we can't solve, you'll be directed to a specialist for assistance.
We can help you set up QuickBooks as well as teach you how to use America's number o ne accounting software. For more information, description, and discounts on QuickBooks, click the image.
Wayland & Vukadinovich LLP can compile financial statements according to your needs. Helping you to use the statements in managing your business and increasing your profitability is an important aspect of our service to you.
Wayland & Vukadinovich LLP is your financial consultant, working with you to increase your net worth, then planning with you to minimize estate taxes. A total program including an analysis of net worth, investment review, family gifting, trusts, retirement planning, and family business transfers, is available to you to maximize benefits for you and your heirs.
Wayland & Vukadinovich LLP has demonstrated professional competence by meeting high education and experience standards for the accounting profession, passing a rigid national-uniform examination, meeting state licensing, continuing education, and quality review requirements.
Get MORE Than Just a Tax Return...
We can give you help in other areas, too:
- Computer selection and use
- Business sales and acquisitions
- Lease-Buy decisions
- Business expansion
- Real estate sales and acquisitions
- Projections, budgets, goals
- Retirement planning
- Tax shelter analysis
- Equipment purchase and sales
Our fees are not fixed by the accounting profession. They are based on the time and expertise required for each engagement. Our objective always is to give you as much value as possible for the fee charged. At the initial conference we discuss the nature of the work to be done for you and the fee arrangement. In addition, we encourage you to discuss fees with us at any time.
About our Firm
Background
Since 1982, Wayland & Vukadinovich LLP has been providing quality, personalized financial guidance to local individuals and businesses. Wayland & Vukadinovich LLP's expertise ranges from tax compliance and planning and accounting services to more in-depth services such as transactional tax planning and related consulting services, financial statements, and financial planning.
Our Mission
Our mission is to help clients maintain financial viability in the present while taking a proactive approach to achieve future goals. This requires open communication to reach an understanding of our clients' needs, thorough research, and sound analysis. We are dedicated to meeting these goals with high standards of excellence and professionalism.
Gary Carlton Wayland
Gary Carlton Wayland received his Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from the University of Southern California in 1974. He obtained a Masters degree in Taxation from Golden Gate University in 1988, and he was certified by the California State Board of Accountancy in December 1976.
Prior to establishing his practice in Hermosa Beach in December 1979, Gary was with the national public accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche for almost six years.
Gary was the recipient of the National Association of Accountants Scholarship Award in 1973. He was also the recipient of an American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Honorable Mention certificate for the May 1974 CPA exam by receiving scores in the top fifty nationwide. Gary received the Volunteer Achievement Award from Accountants for the Public Interest in 1990 for his work on behalf of the Clearinghouse for Volunteer Accounting Services. He received the Outstanding Board Member Award from the Hermosa Beach Chamber of Commerce in 1992, 1993, and 1994, and was the Hermosa Beach Chamber of Commerce Man of the Year in 1995.
Gary’s professional activities include membership in the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the California Society of Certified Public Accountants. He sits on the Board of Directors of the Hermosa Beach Chamber of Commerce, Team Heal Foundation (where he currently serves as Treasurer), Diabetic Youth Services (where he currently serves as Treasurer), the City of Manhattan Beach Facilities Strategic Planning Task Force and the Manhattan Beach Athletic Foundation which recently completed a fundraising drive to renovate the athletic track facility at Mira Costa High School.
Michael Vukadinovich
Michael Vukadinovich received his Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Loyola University of Los Angeles in 1974 and his Masters degree in Taxation from Golden Gate University. He was certified by the California State Board of Accountancy in April 1977.
Michael started his career in the Los Angeles office of the international accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche. For a period of eight years he served as a manager in the Emerging Business Department serving clients in diverse fields of manufacturing, insurance, leasing and services.
Michael is currently responsible for income tax compliance and planning for individuals, corporations, partnerships, estates and trusts.
Michael’s professional activities include membership in the California Society of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and tax division member. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of Habitat for Humanity Greater Los Angeles for ten years having served as its Chief Financial Officer and as President of the Board of Directors.
Shelly Milam
Shelly Milam received her bachelor of Science degrees in accounting and business administration from Point Loma University, in San Diego, California, in 1994. She was certified by the State Board of Accountancy in January 1997. She came to Wayland and Vukadinovich in October 1994. Shelly is now working on a part time basis doing income tax preparation for individuals, corporations, not-for-profits, and partnerships.
Shelly's professional activities include membership in the California Society of Certified Public Accountants. Shelly is busy at home on most days raising her twins which were born in July 2004. Recreational activities primarily include cooking, spending time on the beach, snorkeling, traveling, and spending time with friends and family.
Susan Patterson
Susan Patterson received her CGA Accounting Degree in 1980 from the University of British Columbia. In 1987, Susan graduated from the J L Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois with a Masters in Management. In 2006, she graduated with honors from Golden Gate University in San Francisco, California with a Masters of Science in Taxation.
Susan worked for Price Waterhouse for seven years in Vancouver, British Columbia before taking on the Vice President, Finance and Treasurer position with a client, North Pacific Shipping. She moved to Chicago and then England before settling in Hermosa Beach. Among other volunteer activities including the Junior League, Beach Cities Health District and various PTAs, Susan worked as the Executive Director of the Manhattan Beach Education Foundation for seven years. She came to Wayland & Vukadinovich in February, 2003.
Susan is now the Senior Tax Accountant with responsibility for tax preparation of Individuals, Corporations, Partnerships, Estates, Trusts, and Exempt Organizations.
Midge Leatherbury
Midge Leatherbury has been with Wayland & Vukadinovich since 1989 and is now Senior Bookkeeper. As a full charge bookkeeper, she provides bookkeeping services for many types of businesses. She has experience with many accounting software packages available today including Quickbooks, Quicken and Creative Solutions.
Midge is available to provide specific accounting support such as payroll processing, sales tax reports, and workers compensation reports as well as general ledger, financial statement preparation and bank reconciliations.
Loretta Newman
Loretta Newman is a senior full-charge bookkeeper on our staff. Loretta has over twenty years of bookkeeping experience including the last three years with Wayland & Vukadinovich.
Loretta currently serves over 50 clients and can help with payroll tax preparation, sales tax preparation, general ledger and financial statement preparation, and computer accounting systems implementation.
Eric Hasham
Eric Hasham received his Bachelor of Science degree from Cal Poly State University San Luis Obispo in 1994. From 1995 to 1997 Eric served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Nepal. He worked on environmental projects, wrote grants and administered aid to rural villages. Eric returned to Cal Poly and ultimately received a Masters of Business Administration (accounting emphasis) in 1999. From 2000 to 2006 he worked in public accounting at Deloitte & Touche and Windes & McClaughry.
He came to Wayland and Vukadinovich in August 2006 and was certified by the California State Board of Accountancy in 2007.
Eric is a senior accountant at Wayland & Vukadinovich and is primarily involved with income tax preparation for individuals, corporations, partnerships and not-for profits.
Eric’s professional activities include membership in the California Society of Certified Public Accountants.
Eric got married in 2006 and his favorite pastimes are surfing, hiking and camping.
Gina Stevens
Gina Stevens is at the front desk and is usually the first face you see when you visit our office. As office manager, she supervises the scheduling of tax season appointments and the general operations of the office.
Gina joined Wayland & Vukadinovich in 1997 and previously worked in a similar position with a West Los Angeles labor law firm.
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