NEWS
Buffamante Whipple Buttafaro, P.C. Adds to Professional Staff
John F. Whipple, Jr., CPA, CVA, Managing Partner of Buffamante Whipple Buttafaro, P.C. “BWB”, has announced that John F. McCarthy, CPA has been named to the position of Director in the firm’s accounting and tax department in their recently opened Orchard Park office.
John has over fifteen years of public accounting experience, including five years with the Buffalo office of an international accounting firm, as well as ten years with local accounting firms. His experience also includes ten years with one of the largest privately held companies in Buffalo, where he had responsibilities in corporate and shareholder level tax planning and compliance. His experience includes tax planning and consulting for multi-state, closely held businesses and their owners, corporate structuring, tax credit benefits and other tax minimization engagements.
John is a 1982 graduate of the State University of New York College at Fredonia with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and is a member of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants. John is a resident of Orchard Park, New York.
“We are delighted to find someone with John’s strong blend of experience and expertise. He possesses the knowledge and brings a dynamic approach that will help get us and our clients get to the next level,” expressed Whipple.
BWB is a full-service accounting firm which provides wide-ranging assistance in the areas of accounting, auditing, tax, and advisory services. The firm possesses special expertise in governmental entities, school districts, non-profit organizations, as well as several well developed niches in for-profit industries and services, including manufacturing, electric co-operatives, healthcare and insurance industries. The firm also provides payroll services through GFC Business Systems and management advisory services through its affiliate consulting firm the Vineyard Group, LLC. The Vineyard Group, LLC offers a wide range of services to individuals, businesses, and organizations on a local and regional basis including business advisory services, ownership transition services, litigation support services, fraud deterrence and investigation and emerging business services.
BWB maintains offices in Jamestown, Olean and Orchard Park, New York and is the largest CPA firm in Southern New York with over fifty-five employees including twenty-six Certified Public Accountants.