Milestone Certified Public Accountants logo — boutique CPA firm Pleasanton CA
For high-earning Bay Area families

Wealth that needs to last more than one generation.

Estate plans that do not sit in a drawer. Trust returns done right. Business interests, brokerage accounts, and family LLCs that coordinate instead of compete. We work with families whose net worth makes their tax and estate picture genuinely complicated, and who want one CPA holding it together.

Sound familiar?

You probably know us if one of these is true.

Your estate plan was written in 2014 and never touched.

Estate exemptions changed. Your asset base changed. The trustees you named are no longer the right people. The plan needs a refresh and nobody is driving it.

Your attorney, advisor, and CPA do not talk.

Three separate professionals giving three slightly different recommendations. You are the one stitching their advice together at the kitchen table, and the pieces do not always fit.

The next generation has no idea what they are inheriting.

You have built something worth passing down, but the conversation with your children about the family LLCs, the trust structures, and the responsibilities has not happened yet.

What we cover for families

One CPA. Every account, every entity, every year.

A coordinated view of your tax and estate position. Quiet, careful, designed to last.

Estate & Trust

Estate, trust, and gift tax planning

Annual review of your estate position against current exemption levels. Lifetime gifting strategy. Coordinated GST planning across generations. We work with your estate attorney, not around them.

Trust Returns

Fiduciary income tax (Form 1041)

Trust returns prepared with discipline. K-1s to beneficiaries on time. State filings handled. Distribution accounting that holds up if questions come up later.

Family Entities

Family LLCs and partnership structures

Entity structures that hold family assets cleanly, allow gifting at fair valuation, and do not collapse the first time someone needs liquidity. Reviewed annually for compliance and intent.

Coordination

Working with your attorney and wealth advisor

We sit in the same conversations as your estate attorney and your wealth advisor. One plan, three professionals, one client. No more triangulating advice on your own.

Succession

Business interest and succession planning

If your wealth is tied to an operating business, succession is half tax planning and half family conversation. We help structure both, and we help facilitate the family conversation when it is time.

Next Generation

Next-generation handoff and education

Optional: we meet with adult children to walk through the family structures, the responsibilities they will inherit, and the questions they should be asking. At the family’s pace.

How we work

“Discretion is the default.”

Most of our family clients do not appear in case studies. They do not give public testimonials. Their CPA does not post about them on LinkedIn. That is intentional. The work happens quietly, year after year, between people who trust each other. If you want a CPA who treats your family’s information the way you do, we are built for that.

When you are ready

Let’s talk about your family’s next chapter.

A confidential 30-minute call. No commitment. We will tell you what we see, recommend the next step, and refer you to a different firm if that is the right answer.

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