72 YEARS OF SERVICE
A CLEVELAND ACCOUNTING FIRM DESIGNED TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN YOUR NET WORTH
At Barnes Wendling CPAs, our team of certified public accountants are driven by our client service objective of building and maintaining your net worth.
Building and maintaining your net worth
About Barnes Wendling CPAs
Barnes Wendling CPAs is a Cleveland accounting, tax and advisory firm serving privately-held businesses and not-for-profit organizations since 1946. Regardless of your accounting, tax, or advisory service needs, our approach is driven by our client service objective of building and maintaining your net worth.
Our Approach
Our BRISE Model
Our approach to services begins and ends with our BRISE Model. We go beyond looking at what you have done and where you are now. We look ahead to where you want to be and how to get there.
A Unique Approach
Business Development
We offer a comprehensive process to identify strengths and weaknesses of your business to improve its performance, value, and profitability.
A Unique Approach
Retirement Planning
Our advisors will work with you to create an all-encompassing retirement plan to ensure your future financial well-being, giving you peace of mind to pursue your current goals.
A Unique Approach
Investment Planning
We understand the importance of your long-term goals and offer an unbiased investment plan strategy designed to manage your wealth, grow your net worth, and plan for the future.
A Unique Approach
Succession Planning
Our advisors will listen to your goals and work closely with you to establish, implement, and execute a plan to ensure the successful transition of your business.
A Unique Approach
Estate
Planning
We will work with you and your legal counsel to develop an estate plan that considers all aspects of your financial situation to preserve and protect your legacy for the future.
Featured Client Testimonials
Barnes Wendling (especially Lena) did a great job with our financials. Everything. It is extremely refreshing and comforting to know that all of our numbers are not only correct, but they are in the right place(s). Your diligence and reporting truly does make me (personally) feel better.
Thomas Adomaitis-Controller, Bialosky Cleveland
Featured Client Testimonials
Larry Friedman is exceptionally thorough and thoughtful.
Greg Mulach, Individual Tax Return
Featured Client Testimonials
I can wholeheartedly tell you that I have yet to work with an audit or tax team that have been more helpful, easy to work with, and committed than the team at Barnes Wendling- I have been through three different firms in the last few years.
Michelle Saylor, Former Controller
Featured Client Testimonials
Floyd Trouten at Barnes Wendling CPAs is an “expert’s expert” when it comes to M & A accounting. Not only does he understand the evolving details of the Tax Code but he also sees the fine points of their application for owners, managers, investors, and financiers.
Mark A. Filippell, Western Reserve Partners
Featured Client Testimonials
Barnes Wendling CPAs has been performing our SOC reports since 2011. They’ve been instrumental in improving the quality of the report by providing recommendations on our description, control objectives, and controls. Their team is collaborative and helpful in working through the process and control changes that impact our report and business.
Ernest Pollak - President, National Enterprise Systems, Inc.
Featured Client Testimonials
The service is amazing at Barnes Wendling CPAs. The benefit is worth more than the cost. Sometimes it’s true that you get what you pay for.
Mark Boucher - Former Owner, Castle Heating & Air, Inc.
Featured Client Testimonials
Floyd and Barnes Wendling CPAs always provide us with peace of mind. Floyd is not only our trusted financial advisor, but we trust him like family. The Barnes Wendling CPAs team is always proactive and meet all of our deadlines. We are very grateful for them.
Trish Gleason, OMCO Holdings & Gleason Family Office
Featured Client Testimonials
Our heartfelt thanks to the Barnes Wendling CPAs team for all you do for us, such as your remarkable responsiveness, timeliness in meeting deadlines, and being such a pleasure to work with!
Karyn Davies Mitchell, Caremetx LLC
Featured Client Testimonials
The quality of your staff on our audit was excellent. I couldn’t ask for a more knowledgeable team with end-result focus.
Brian Spitz, American Tank and Fabricating Company
Featured Client Testimonials
Barnes Wendling takes a holistic, comprehensive approach that helps ensure we are looking ahead to the future. By keeping us up to date on relevant law and regulation changes, we can focus on running our business rather than burying ourselves in tax law. All of this is well communicated, which is the key to any relationship.
Joe Gramc - CFO, Five Star Trucking
Featured Client Testimonials
The valuation team at Barnes Wendling CPAs has provided us with consistently excellent service over the last ten years. We have been impressed with their expertise on business valuations, fairness opinions, and Topic 805 engagements.
Ric Hughes - CFO, AKSM
Featured Client Testimonials
Our auditors from Barnes Wendling CPAs are adept communicators, technically proficient, and patient, reasonable, and very personable. They add value through thoughtful recommendations based on in-depth client knowledge. I respect their opinions and highly recommend them.
Sue Leishman - CFO, Episcopal Diocese of Ohio