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CPA Firm in The Woodlands, Texas

For Trusted Tax and Accounting Services

Evans Sternau CPA helps businesses and individuals navigate the complex worlds of tax and accounting with professional services year-round. Whether you’re planning for tax filings, seeking a bookkeeper, or searching for an unbiased financial review of your business, we’ve got you covered.

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The Woodlands CPA Firm for Businesses and Individuals

Our accounting firm in The Woodlands, TX, area is committed to providing clients with top-notch services that go beyond conventional solutions to cut a clear path toward prudent decision-making and financial independence. Our goal is to make your life easier and business profitable with a range of customized services, including:

Tax Planning & Preparation

Engage our CPA firm for proactive tax planning and preparation services at business or individual levels. Whether you’re planning to file your tax return or seeking a robust tax plan for your organization, our in-house professionals are ready to assist. We have the knowledge to navigate local and state regulations while recommending practical strategies for minimizing liabilities.

Bookkeeping & Payroll

We will review your bookkeeping periodically, whether monthly or annually, to provide accurate reports and insights for streamlined business operations. We can also assist your business with a range of customized payroll services, including preparing the payroll, W-2s and W-3s, 1099s or any other accounting document that addresses your current needs.

Audit & Assurance Services

Position your business for success with our comprehensive array of audit and assurance services that meet regulatory requirements in the Woodlands and beyond. Our experienced team will review your systems and procedures and identify key internal controls for mitigating risk, as well as prepare accurate financial statement audits to help build trust with partners and clients.

Business Advisory

Evans Sternau is CPA firm you would want to partner with if you’re seeking skilled business advisory services tailored to improve financial performance. Our team will listen to you and provide strategic guidance on growth, restructuring, or expansion to ignite your potential and propel your business to unprecedented heights.

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Why work with us

Why Work with Evans Sternau CPA in The Woodlands?

In addition to an in-depth understanding of the financial landscape, our local firm is known as a reliable and resourceful partner with years of experience to help you discover powerful tax strategies and insights into your business’ finances. We blend our services with unique qualities that address individual needs on a case-by-case basis:

Proactiveness

One quality that sets us apart in The Woodlands CPA industry is our proactiveness, which allows our specialists to conduct routine checks year-round and identify solutions to potential financial challenges that may turn into major problems in the long haul. You can count on us to implement the best tax and financial practices from the start and throughout our partnership.

Support

Our relationship with clients is rooted in support, ensuring that you always get the necessary help when you need it. We don’t take a back seat once we help you resolve your first tax issue or accounting challenge – our team is available around the year to continuously invest time and resources in your financial needs.

Responsiveness

Work with our CPA firm and be assured of a responsive partner ready to listen to and address your recurring tax and accounting needs anytime. With open communication lines accessible via emails, messaging platforms and voice-call services, you can count on us to be around and provide forward-thinking solutions when it matters the most.

Integrity

From corporate executives to small business owners and inspired taxpayers, Evans Sternau CPA clients are elated with our professional services, built on trust, honesty and integrity to inculcate value-driven partnerships. This tells the story of a trusted accounting and tax ally ready to devote their time and expertise to your success and financial dreams.

Industries We Serve

Trust the professionals at our CPA firm to deliver industry-specific accounting, tax, and advisory solutions that address the needs of a modern business seeking to outfox the competition using fair means. For years, we have developed deep knowledge and accessed valuable information to serve clients across various sectors, including:

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✓ Construction

✓ Manufacturing & Distribution

✓ Family Offices

✓ Oil & Gas

✓ Franchises

✓ Professional Service

✓ Health Care

✓ Real Estate

✓ Leisure & Hospitality

✓ Retail

✓ Maintenance

✓ Technology

A CPA IN The Woodlands, TX To Talk To

CHRIS STERNAU, CPA, CFP

Chris Sternau - a CFP and CPA in Houston, TX
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Chris Sternau founded what is now Evans Sternau CPA along with Chad Evans at the end of 2021. Chris is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Financial Planner ™ with over a decade of experience providing comprehensive tax, financial, estate planning, and investment consulting services to businesses and their owners. Chris has extensive experience working with families of significant wealth. He has provided services to a wide range of industries including oil and gas, mining, real estate, farming and cattle ranching, retail, technology, and many others.

Prior to founding Evans Sternau CPA, Chris was a Tax Director at a single-family office headquartered in Houston, Texas and a Tax Manager in the Private Client Services Group at Andersen.

Chris is a native Houstonian and moved to The Woodlands when he was one year old. Chris graduated from Baylor University with a double major in Personal Financial Planning and Entrepreneurship. He then graduated from the University of St. Thomas with a Master of Science in Accounting.

Chris serves as a partner of The Woodlands Area Economic Development Partnership.

When he is not managing his responsibilities at Evans Sternau CPA, Chris enjoys spending time with his wife and four children. His children are very active with sports and his weekends are often filled with soccer tournaments and gymnastics competitions.

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  • Oil & Gas
  • Healthcare
  • Mining
  • Software Developers
  • Manufacturing 
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  • Individual Tax Returns
  • Business Tax Returns
  • Trust Tax Returns
  • Estate Tax Returns
  • Not for Profit Organizations & Foundations
  • Business Advisory 
  • Wealth Management
  • Outsourced Accounting
  • Outsourced CFO

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Our CPA office in The Woodlands

Evans Sternau CPA’s office located near Lake Woodlands and Grogans Mill, a few blocks away from Market Street. We bring the value of a neighborhood CPA, with the resources to tackle some of the most complex accounting and tax challenges.

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9450 Grogans Mill

Suite 145

The Woodlands, TX 77380

Hours of Operation

Monday – Friday (8:00am CT – 5:00pm CT)

Contact

Email: info@es.cpa

Call: 832-482-4240

Ignite Your Financial Potential with The Woodlands CPA Consultants

Our CPA Woodlands TX firm has a solid reputation for its top-notch services, talented skillsets, and unwavering transparency when helping businesses and individuals realize their financial goals through proactive accounting and efficient tax management strategies. Contact us to resolve all your financial needs under one roof.

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  • About
    • About Us
    • The ESCPA Difference
    • Client Testimonials
    • Careers
      • Work With Us
      • Partnership Program
  • Locations
    • Austin
    • Houston
    • The Woodlands
  • Insights
  • Business Services
    • Tax Advisory & Preparation
    • Accounting & Compliance
    • Outsourced CFO
    • Other Business Services
      • 1031 Exchange
      • Cost Segregation
      • Entity Selection
      • Foreign Tax Compliance
      • Mergers & Acquisitions
      • Payroll
      • Research & Development Tax Credits
    • Accounting Services by Industry
      • Construction
      • Family Offices
      • Franchises
      • Health Care
      • Leisure & Hospitality
      • Maintenance
      • Manufacturing & Distribution
      • Oil & Gas
      • Professional Services
      • Real Estate
      • Retail
      • Technology
  • Individual Services
    • Tax Advisory and Preparation
    • Wealth Transfer Planning
    • Trust & Estate Planning
    • Wealth Management
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