Last week, I was working out with my best friend, and we were talking about how our weeks were going. I told him about how I had a long and arduous day at work, and he said that he had been very moody and upset the entire day. Then he said “But most days I just don’t deal with my parent’s untimely death very well”. I asked what he meant, and he told me that both his parents had been killed in an automobile accident when he was a very young child. I hadn’t known this during our entire 6 year friendship, and didn’t know what to say.  It got me thinking about how I need to find an estate planning attorney in Sacramento, for my parents and myself as I have two young children. You see news stories all the time where parents die without a trust causing the estate to go through probate not to mention the custody of the children. I have contacted a reputable estate planning attorney in Sacramento named Mitchell Ostwald.

Similar to attorneys, certified public accountants are bound by a code of ethics (AICPA Code of Professional Conduct).  CPAs must provide clients good, sound ethical accounting and tax advice.  To maintain their license, every three years CPAs must take a minimum of 120 hours of continuing education courses in order to stay abreast of changes in tax, accounting, and audit.  Shari Kantor is a Sacramento Certified Public Accountant – CPA and takes great pride in the fact that she helps her clients steer clear of  unethical and potentially illegal accounting practices.  One of the most important roles CPAs can play is that of a valued business consultant, and therefore they must be highly trustworthy making obtaining references extremely important.