Doing Business in Austin
Austin is the 4th largest city in Texas, with over 960,000 residents. Often referred to as Bat City, Austin’s Congress Bridge is home to North America’s largest urban bat colony. Beyond this unique peculiarity, the city slogan, Keep Austin Weird, is designed to promote the area’s small businesses and start-ups. The city is home to the Texas Capitol, Blanton Museum of Art, McKinney Falls State Park, and LBJ Presidential Library. There are 41,653 companies located in the city, employing over 873,400 workers. Austin was named the 8th Best Large US City to Start a Business and #9 on the Best Places to Live in the US.
Texas Business Incentives
Tax credits are available to those operating in, looking to expand, or relocating to the Austin area. Availability depends on several factors, including entity structure, industry focus, hiring practices, etc. The available incentives include:
- Cost segregation studies
- R&D tax credit studies
- Renewable energy tax incentives
- State sales and use tax exemptions
Map of Austin, Texas
Austin Accounting Services
Whether your company needs full or partial finance department functionality, including helping with monthly accounting services, from bookkeeping to CFO functionality. In addition, we can assist with one-time projects such as cleaning up your books and assisting with process or software implementation.
Services
Below is a summary of the accounting, assurance, tax, and advisory (risk and transaction) offered to businesses, including:
- Benefit plan audits
- Financial statement audits
- Risk assessments
- M&A transaction advisory
- Quality of earnings reports
- SOC reporting
- State & local tax
- Tax planning & compliance
- Trust & estate planning
Contact us
Calvetti Ferguson works with companies, private equity firms, and high-net-worth individuals nationwide. Regardless of the complexity of your compliance, assurance, advisory, or accounting needs, our team is ready to help. Please complete the form below, and we will follow up with you shortly.