About Richard P. Reid, CPA

Richard P. Reid, CPA is a local Provo, UT CPA providing local small to mid-sized businesses and individuals with tax and accounting services. We know our small business owners take pride in their business - and we do too - which is why we work hard to reduce your expenses and increase your productivity. We also take our knowledge in savings and translate that to reliable tax services to help our individual clients maximize income and minimize taxes.

Interested in seeing how Richard P. Reid, CPA can help you with your tax or accounting needs? Give us a call at 801-373-1100 to schedule your free initial consultation. We look forward to working with you!

Richard P. Reid, CPA

Richard P. Reid, CPARichard P. Reid, CPA, a Utah certified public accountant and business advisor, provides accounting, tax and business advisory services to corporations, small businesses and individuals throughout Salt Lake County and Utah County. Because each client has unique opportunities and goals, the firm's professional services are tailored to meet these unique needs.

Richard P. Reid, CPA, CGMA has been meeting the needs of a wide range of clients since 1978. After seven years of experience with national public accounting firms and two additional years with a Fortune 500 transportation services company, Mr. Reid spent an additional five years with a large regional public accounting firm in South Florida before relocating to Utah in 1992. Since his move to Utah, Mr. Reid has served in executive management capacities in the financial services and consulting industries as well as establishing his own CPA practice. Mr. Reid is also certified as a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA).

Experience

  • 29 years as a CPA in private practice (1993-Present)
  • 30 years experience as a controller/CFO with small to medium-size privately-held companies (1992-Present)
  • 26 years operational/supervisory experience with investment advisory and broker-dealer firms (1996-Present)
  • 12 years public accounting experience with Arthur Andersen (Salt Lake City, UT office -1978-1985), Price Waterhouse (Miami, FL office - 1986-1987), and Spear, Safer, Harmon & Co., CPAs (Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, FL - 1987-1992)
  • 2 years management-level corporate accounting experience with Ryder System, Inc. (Miami, FL - 1985-1986)

Strengths

  • Diverse experience
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Budget planning
  • Small business accounting and financial reporting
  • Small business and individual tax consulting and compliance
  • Corporate governance (officer/director) experience
  • Short- and long-range financial projections
  • Coordinating international auditing and other projects
  • Policies and procedures design and implementation
  • Securities industry supervisory/compliance experience
  • Extensive auditing background