How Are We Different
Who We Are

HOW WE ARE DIFFERENT

FIRM NATURE & SIZE
Rich, Wightman & Company, CPAs, LLC is located in Las Vegas, Nevada with large firm resources and a local firm personality. Rich, Wightman & Company, CPAs, LLC is a relationship firm where we deal with clients as people. Each client has personal contact with partners and professional staff of our Company.
 
COMPARISON TO BIG FOUR FIRMS
Four of the 46,000 accounting firms are giants. Eighty percent or more of their business is with multi-national, large-cap ($10 Billion+) and mid-cap ($1 Billion+) companies. The giant firms position themselves to serve global 1000 companies that generate for them millions of dollars in annual fees. Smaller companies hardly register on their radar screens.

COMPARISON TO SMALL FIRMS
At the opposite end of the spectrum are sole practitioners and small firms. They usually provide basic accounting and tax return services to companies with smaller amounts of capital and revenues. Rich, Wightman & Company, CPAs, LLC’s clients generally require more than these basic services. Many businesses have been referred to our Firm when their needs have outgrown the services smaller CPA firms provide.
 
THE RIGHT FIRM
Only a few of the 46,000 CPA practice units in the United States are positioned to serve you. Rich, Wightman & Company may be a perfect match for you.

SPECIAL PROJECTS
Rich, Wightman & Company, CPAs, LLC works in conjunction with other professional firms to serve the needs of clients. For example, Rich, Wightman & Company, CPAs, LLC provides merger and acquisition analysis, assist with corporate financing, and provide other business services on a project basis to clients of all sizes. Our Firm also provides families with strategic estate trust planning.

FIRM STRUCTURE
Rich, Wightman & Company, CPAs, LLC operates as a business organization with key review and cross-review functions. Many accountants are established as a firm, but do not operate as an organization. They function instead as individual practitioners sharing office space and expenses. Clients receive significant advantages from our structure and wide range of services.

STAFFING CONTINUITY
The giant firms have a high rate of professional staff turnover, hiring entry-level employees who often leave after two to three years of public accounting.  Rich, Wightman & Company, CPAs, LLC seeks to hire professional staff who intend to remain in public accounting developing years of experience. Engagement staffing at Rich, Wightman & Company, CPAs, LLC is designed to progress in a manner that provides continuity for clients.

STABILITY
Partners in accounting firms have a tendency to breakup, rarely becoming stable practices. Spin-offs and split-ups can disrupt a firm’s ability to provide good service to clients. The AICPA says, "If ever a problem has troubled the profession throughout its history in America, it is the trauma, both real and perceived, attributable to partner turnover." Stability and continuity within our Firm are especially beneficial attributes for clients. Mark Rich and John Wightman have been practicing together since 1986.  

Rich, Wightman & Company may be just the right CPA firm for you. For more information or help in your CPA selection process, call us at (702) 878-0959.