As the largest independently owned and operated CPA firms in western Massachusetts,  Meyers Brothers Kalicka, P.C.  works with clients to help them understand which financial metrics need to be improved to strengthen their credit-worthiness. In addition, it also has an excellent reputation with the local banks, which is very beneficial to those clients seeking funding for various business needs.

In this way,  Meyers Brothers Kalicka, P.C.  offers services that go well beyond accounting, auditing, taxation and financial planning, providing all of its clients with a proactive business strategy. The firm, with roots in the Old Colony state, was the result of a merger of two respected firms, each dating back to the 1940s. For David A. Kalicka it is more than having his name on the door. He carries on a family tradition that began with his father.

Today, the firm caters to financially strong family-owned businesses that are growing, as well as to businesses in the health care industry and not-for-profit organizations.

“Our clients are seeking not only expertise in traditional accounting and tax services, but also an advisor who can think outside the box. We pride ourselves in bringing this business strategy to our clients,” Kalicka told The Suit Magazine. “Most new clients are in a position of financial strength – or at least stability – and are looking for advisors who can help them continue to prosper.”

This includes dealing with the IRS, an agency he acknowledged that few Americans have ever held in high regard. While Kalicka said that he has never found any of their personnel to be abusive, he did agree that at the national level, it appears that certain personnel have not always acted appropriately – especially in issues that could be described as being politically motivated along partisan lines.

“It is disturbing to think that politics could play a significant role in the administration of our tax system,” he said.

The firm continues to offer services that can help clients deal with, and understand areas with excessive amounts of government regulatory oversight as well as the ever-increasing complexity of the tax laws. Providing guidance on tax and regulatory issues alone might not be able to truly solve those emerging issues plaguing many smaller businesses today, however.Kalicka noted, “There has been a significant loss of family-owned businesses in the retail sector to national chains, in the manufacturing sector to foreign companies and in the service sector to outsourcing.”

Adding that while there were more negative impacts than positive impacts stemming from the downturn of 2008-09, there appeared to be at least one silver lining that did come out of it.

Kalicka emphasized, “The one positive was that businesses did learn that in order to survive they needed to get lean and mean, and reduce excessive overhead.”