About Us

Matthew J. Rice CPA is a Charlotte CPA firm offering comprehensive accounting, tax planning, and tax preparation services for businesses in the Charlotte area. We are a well-respected firm with a reputation for expertise and integrity.

Matthew J. Rice CPA understands that businesses need a competent and reliable financial advocate. Yes, we can do your tax preparation and process accurate financial statements. But our real strength lies in our ability to stand with you as you grow your business and to be a trusted partner as you make the difficult decisions necessary for your success.

Free Initial No Obligation Consultation!
We would be happy to discuss how we can work together. Matthew J. Rice CPA offers a free initial no obligation consultation for Charlotte area business owners. Call Matt Rice at 704-609-1119 to set up an appointment today!

CPA

Matthew J. Rice, CPA

Financial Advisor

Matt founded Matthew J. Rice CPA with a desire to serve entrepreneurs and individuals with meaningful, responsive financial accounting, tax and financial services that provide confidence and peace of mind to business owners.

Matt’s experience with small businesses and their owners includes design firms, consultants, information technology companies, retail and construction businesses, and restaurants.

Over the years, he has served as a strategic business advisor, a tax strategy and compliance consultant, and an honest accountant. He has worked in public accounting, or financial services since 1992.

His education includes a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the State University of New York at Oswego. He has two beautiful children and a beautiful wife, and enjoys boating, travel, and spending time with his family.

Let Us Help:

Dear Friend,

I have a feeling I know why you’re reading this right now.

You need more time in your day. Running a business is extremely demanding and there just isn’t enough time in the day to keep all the plates from spinning out of control. What you need most right now is more proactive help. You need the benefit of business advising to straighten up your business tax strategy. As soon as possible. In fact, yesterday would have been ideal to get our business advising expertise. Am I close?

We get it. If you’re like most S corp owners we work with, you’ve built a profitable business. But when it comes to taxes, you feel like you’re playing catch-up instead of getting ahead. And worse, no one has shown you how to turn your structure into real savings. You need business advising support for building your tax strategy.

Perhaps this is your story. Or perhaps you’ve reached a stage in your business where you realize tax planning isn’t just about filing once a year. It’s about making smart, proactive decisions year-round that can save you money and open new opportunities. You’re ready to work with a team of business advising experts who can help you minimize your tax burden, maximize your cash flow, and free up your time to focus on what you do best: growing sales and taking care of customers.

Or are you just starting your business and want to begin on the right foot?

Whatever the reason, we want you to know that our business advising team has been diligently and effectively helping successful S corp owners proactively makes plans to reduce the taxes they owe. We’ve been the tax strategist in their corner who knows how to protect their profits from unnecessary taxation.

Because here’s a certain truth as it relates to taxes and your business: The State and Federal Government would love to have more of your business’s hard-earned money in their accounts. And yes, even though it’s painful, none of us begrudge paying our legal and fair share of taxes. But the problem is that regular business owners, like you, are missing out on legal and safe deductions to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars in unclaimed refunds every year.

It doesn’t have to be this way. You don’t have to hand more dollars over to the government than they require just because you don’t know their rules as well as they do. You don’t have to live in a constant state of anxiety over the state of your books, feeling guilty about the time you should be devoting to keeping your business profitable.

In fact, to help you find answers to your questions, I’ve compiled some resources in the last couple of years for business people like you in response to the specific tax and accounting questions I’ve received from my clients.

Click the button above to take your first step. And of course, feel free to poke around our site and discover why I’ve been called “The Most Trusted CPA in the Charlotte Area.”

Talk again soon,

Matthew J. Rice, CPA

PS — When you fill out the form, we’ll also add you to our weekly email series on “Real World” Strategy for small business owners. Our readers enthusiastically forward these to their colleagues and peers all the time, because they’re not your standard tax and business advising tips.

PPS — Already want to come in? I don’t blame you 
 many people are fed up with trying to manage their financials on their own. Our schedule is very full 
 but if you call us at (704) 609-1119 or Email Us, we’ll give you two options for coming in right away. We will NOT make dealing with an accountant as painful as dealing with your books has already been!

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