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Understanding that helps achieve your goals

Experience

Bill has more than 40 years of experience in providing tax, accounting and business consulting services to clients throughout the Chicago metro area. Before joining Steinberg Advisors in 2009, Bill was a shareholder at another local CPA firm. At Steinberg Advisors, Bill heads up the Business Valuation Team in the firm's Business Consulting Group. He also provides tax planning, accounting and consulting services to a variety of clients.

Expertise

Because he has worked with hundreds of small businesses in a wide range of industries, Bill has a deep understanding of the needs and challenges of their owners. He excels in advising them about ways to increase profitability and achieve their business and personal financial goals. In addition to pointing out ways to improve day-to-day operations, Bill assists clients with growth strategies, mergers and acquisitions, succession planning and personal financial planning. He also performs valuations in connection with estate and gift tax planning, buy/sell agreements, and business acquisitions and sales.

Approach

To identify ways to help clients build their success, Bill combines a thorough review of a client's financial information with a personal tour of the business to see what it's like and how it operates. Also, he asks questions about the owner's goals, challenges and practices, and listens carefully to what clients say. He then draws on his knowledge and experience to help clients get from where they are to where they want to be. To this end, he looks at a client's business as if he were part of its management team, and gets actively involved in seeking ways to improve it.

Involvements

  • The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)

  • Member of the Tax Division, the Information Technology Division and the Forensic and Valuation Division of AICPA

  • Illinois CPA Society

Education

  • B.S. in Accounting from the University of Illinois at Chicago

  • M.S. in Taxation from DePaul University

  • Licensed as a CPA in the State of Illinois

  • Accredited in Business Valuation by the AICPA

Other interests

  • Golf, bowling and yoga

  • Reading (especially mysteries and about golf) and travel

  • Spending time with his wife and grown daughters.