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Certified Public Accountants in Montana

Find experienced CPAs in Montana who understand the state's resource-based economy, agriculture, and growing tourism sector. Montana has no sales tax but specific tax considerations for businesses and individuals. Connect with qualified professionals who serve Billings, Missoula, and communities throughout Big Sky Country..

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Deborah D. Stineford
Certified Public Accountant
Verified Licensed
Location Missoula, Montana 59801
Deborah D. Stineford is a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) based in Missoula, Montana, offering expert guidance in tax planning and consulting to individuals and families. With over 20 years of experience in financial accounting and advisory services, she specializes in basic accounting services, business tax services, and tax compliance, supporting a diverse range of business structures, including S-Corps, partnerships, and LLCs. Her services also extend to retirement account tax reporting, ensuring accurate and timely submissions to help clients maintain their financial stability.
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Teresa K. Beed
Certified Public Accountant
Verified Licensed
Location Missoula, Montana 59812
Teresa K. Beed is a certified public accountant based in Missoula, Montana, with over a decade of experience providing accounting services to small and medium-sized businesses, entrepreneurs, and startups. Specializing in basic accounting services, tax compliance, and financial planning, Beed helps clients navigate complex financial regulations and make informed business decisions. Her expertise includes payroll processing and compliance, as well as bookkeeping and financial statement compilation, ensuring accurate and timely financial information for businesses.
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Rodger Otten
Certified Public Accountant
Verified Licensed
Location Missoula, Montana 59804
Rodger Otten is a licensed CPA with 15 years of experience in providing accounting and tax services to small businesses and individual clients in Missoula, Montana. With a focus on financial planning and business tax services, Otten advises entrepreneurs and family-owned enterprises on financial matters, including retirement account tax reporting and general accounting. A specialist in basic accounting services, business tax services, and financial planning, Otten serves clients across various industries, offering expertise in tax strategy and financial guidance.
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Lisa W. Vancanagan
Certified Public Accountant
Verified Licensed
Location Missoula, Montana 59808
Lisa W. Vancanagan is a certified public accountant with over 15 years of experience in providing financial guidance to individuals and families in Missoula, Montana. With a focus on tax compliance and personalized attention to each client's unique needs, she offers services that include payroll processing and representation before the IRS. As a seasoned expert in basic accounting services, individual tax services, and tax compliance, Vancanagan helps her clients navigate complex financial matters.
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Christi L. Page
Certified Public Accountant
Verified Licensed
Location Missoula, Montana 59802
Located in Missoula, Montana, Christi L. Page is a certified public accountant with over 15 years of experience in various industries. She specializes in providing basic accounting services, business tax services, and individual tax services to small and medium-sized businesses, as well as individuals and families. Her expertise includes payroll processing and compliance, bookkeeping, and financial statement compilation, serving the unique needs of each client.
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Jodi O. Marrinan
Certified Public Accountant
Verified Licensed
Location Polson, Montana 59860
Based in Polson, Montana, Jodi O. Marrinan has been a certified public accountant for over 15 years, providing accounting services to entrepreneurs and startups, as well as small and medium-sized businesses. Her expertise includes basic accounting services, business tax services, and small business accounting, with a focus on ensuring accurate financial record-keeping and compliance with tax regulations. Through her work in sales tax compliance and bookkeeping & financial statement compilation, Marrinan helps businesses streamline their financial operations and make informed decisions.
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Jody A. Ross
Certified Public Accountant
Verified Licensed
Location Missoula, Montana 59803
Jody A. Ross is a certified public accountant (CPA) based in Missoula, Montana, with over 15 years of experience in providing accounting services to businesses and individuals. Ross specializes in areas including basic accounting services, financial planning, and tax compliance, with a focus on supporting family-owned enterprises and entrepreneurs and startups. The firm also offers payroll processing and compliance services, as well as representation before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
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Marie Hebnes
Certified Public Accountant
Verified Licensed
Location Missoula, Montana 59801
Marie Hebnes is a certified public accountant based in Missoula, Montana. With over 10 years of experience in accounting and taxation, she provides specialized expertise in tax compliance, small business accounting, and basic accounting services. Her services focus on supporting various business structures, including S-Corps, partnerships, and LLCs, as well as entrepreneurs and startups. She also assists clients with their retirement account tax reporting and sales tax compliance, ensuring accurate and timely submissions.
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Patrick D. Dougherty
Certified Public Accountant
Verified Licensed
Location Missoula, Montana 59806
Based in Missoula, Montana, Patrick D. Dougherty provides comprehensive accounting and tax guidance to entrepreneurs and startups, as well as small and medium-sized businesses. With over 15 years of experience, he specializes in basic accounting services, individual tax services, and tax compliance, helping clients navigate complex tax laws and regulations. He offers specialized services in retirement account tax reporting and sales tax compliance, ensuring that businesses and individuals meet their tax obligations and take advantage of available deductions.
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Thomas E. Copley
Certified Public Accountant
Verified Licensed
Location Missoula, Montana 59807
Thomas E. Copley, a certified public accountant, has served clients in Missoula, Montana, for over 15 years. His expertise encompasses providing individual and business tax return preparation, as well as ensuring sales tax compliance. With a strong focus on small business accounting and business tax services, Copley assists family-owned enterprises and various business structures, including S-Corps, Partnerships, and LLCs.
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Montana's CPA community serves a large, sparsely populated state with resource-based economy and growing tourism. The Montana Board of Public Accountants requires 150 semester hours for licensure. CPAs must complete 120 hours of continuing professional education every three years, including 4 hours of ethics and minimum technical requirements.

Key Tax Considerations: Montana has graduated individual income tax up to 5.9% and a graduated corporate tax structure. Notably, Montana has no sales tax, simplifying one aspect of compliance. CPAs commonly handle federal tax planning (primary focus without sales tax), natural resource taxation including mineral rights and royalties, agricultural tax planning for ranches, and multi-state issues for businesses operating in neighboring states. Out-of-state property owners and part-year residents create residency planning opportunities.

Industry Specializations: Agriculture (cattle ranching, wheat), energy and mineral extraction (coal, oil, natural gas), timber and forest products, tourism and hospitality, real estate (particularly vacation properties), healthcare, and higher education are key practice areas. CPAs often specialize in ranch accounting and succession planning, natural resource taxation, or serving the unique needs of hospitality businesses in tourist areas like Glacier and Yellowstone regions.

For CPA Professionals: The Montana Society of CPAs serves a small professional community across a geographically vast state. Major markets include Billings, Missoula, Great Falls, and Bozeman (growing tech hub). The state offers exceptional outdoor recreation, quality of life, and increasingly attracts remote workers and retirees from high-tax states. Rural areas face CPA shortages, creating opportunities for practitioners comfortable with dispersed client base and technology-enabled service delivery. Growing wealth from out-of-state migration creates opportunities in tax planning and wealth management.