Locally owned CPA firm · Louisville, KY · Since 2016
Spend your time running the business and leave the tax and accounting to us. Every return, statement and set of books is handled in Louisville by our own team, and our starting prices are published right here.
Recognized in Louisville
How we work
We are a locally owned firm serving small businesses, individuals and startups in Louisville and the surrounding areas. Every service is performed in Louisville by our own staff.
You will not just drop off documents and pick up a return. We stay in touch year-round, not only in tax season.
Integrity, honesty and trust matter as much as the spreadsheets and bank statements we share with you.
Prompt service and straight answers, with nothing outsourced or sent offshore.
QuickBooks Online, Xero and Bill.com workflows, secure file sharing and online payments.
Services
Business and individual returns, plus planning that uses changes in the law to legally lower what you owe.
Statements your bank or governing board will accept, and analysis that tells you what the numbers mean.
From a periodic review of your records to full-service bookkeeping, so you can focus on the business.
Fees, in the open
Engagements are a fixed fee tailored to the complexity of your work. Pick what you need to see our published minimums.
Your starting point
Monthly accounting is offered to business tax clients, so we added the business return.
Standard minimums from our FAQ. Your final fixed fee is quoted after a free consultation.
Book a free consultationWho we fit best
Businesses with $500K to $20M in revenue in Kentucky and surrounding states, plus the owners and individuals behind them.
Industries
Your team
John grew up in a CPA family and worked at Big 4, regional and large local firms before opening Ackerman CPAs. Today the whole team works from our Breckenridge Lane office.
Meet the team on our About page
Founder
Grew up in a CPA family. MBA and Master of Science in Taxation; Big 4, regional and large local firm experience before opening the practice.
Bellarmine University
LinkedIn profile for John Ackerman
CPA
Passed all four parts of the CPA exam in her final semester, then spent four years with multi-state businesses and high-wealth individuals at a large national firm.
Bellarmine University
LinkedIn profile for Alyssa Ackerman
Client Accounting Specialist
Long career as a small-business bookkeeper and office manager before joining the team to run client books.
Western Kentucky University
Tax Associate
Began her career in tax at a Big Four firm, then earned a master’s in Information Technology and Management at UT Dallas. Sitting for the CPA exam.
Osmania University · The University of Texas at Dallas
Sitting for the CPA exam
Economics at DePauw, accounting certificate from Bellarmine, regional CPA firm internship. Currently sitting for the CPA exam.
DePauw University · Bellarmine University
Office Manager
Bellarmine graduate who interned with the firm and came back to keep the office running.
In their words
John Ackerman and his team take the time to understand your business – not just your books. Tax document preparation was superbly handled. We received excellent advice on tax planning and preparation on both our corporate and personal taxes. They were always approachable and timely in handling our company’s individualized tax needs and questions. On a scale from one to ten, they get an eleven!
Ethan MedleyMedley & Sons Security John helps me through difficult tax decisions in my business and personal life. I’m lucky to have an accountant that I can trust to make the right call for my taxes.
Paul HeintzmanSaltwater Woody Rum John is absolutely great. He is very knowledgeable and if he doesn’t know something, he finds out for you. John is very honest, transparent, and fair on pricing. Would highly recommend his firm.
Major RoberstonMajor Holdings The Ackerman team is the most thorough yet simple one I have worked with in my 40 years of filing returns for many legal entities. I highly recommend John and company!
As a long time friend of the Ackerman family, I could think of no one other than John to work with. His professionalism and attention detail is exactly what I look for in an advisor. He is a source that I use regularly and would recommend his services.
Kevin RaqueRaque Financial John and the Ackerman team has been fantastic in dealing with all areas of accounting and taxes. He has wonderful prompt service and a superior knowledge base that has been awesome. He makes the issue of dealing with accounting and taxes much more feasible and tolerable.
Eric Carter, M.D.Advanced ENT & Allergy Our company took a chance with a young millennial. If you don’t offer opportunity to a person that has made all the efforts to be successful, how will you ever discover potential? It was not luck on our part, it is John’s hard work that made our chance a good one.
Carl Hafele, CFA, CPAHafele Investments John is a professional. Also he is a people person which in my experience has been hard to find in a CPA. 5 out of 5 stars!
David WashbishLouisville Auto Spring & Brake Co Free resources
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Have a question that is not here? Call the office or read every answer on our FAQ page.
Call (502) 883-4070 All FAQsNo. We do not outsource or offshore any tax or accounting preparation. All of our services are performed 100% by team members of Ackerman CPAs in Kentucky.
Engagements are typically a fixed fee tailored to the expected complexity. Standard minimums: business tax preparation for S corporations and partnerships starts at $2,500; business client accounting services (bookkeeping and outsourced CFO) start at $600 per month; individual tax preparation starts at $1,500. Client accounting services are currently offered to business tax clients.
A business with $500 thousand to $20 million of revenue operating in Kentucky and surrounding states. We also prepare returns for the owners and individuals behind those businesses.
A CPA makes sure a business has accurate financial statements and tax returns, saving time and resources. For individuals, a CPA helps with multiple investments, real estate ventures and owning a business, so you keep more of your money.
To become a CPA in Kentucky, a person must complete 150 college credit hours (27 with an accounting emphasis), pass all four parts of the CPA Exam, and keep up continuing education and the ethical standards set by the state board of accountancy.
Free consultation
Book a free consultation online or call the office. We will talk through your business, your returns and what a fixed fee would look like.
3038 Breckenridge Ln Suite 203, Louisville, KY 40220
