Who We Are

Our primary goal is to help each client leverage all available resources to pursue their specific goals and objectives, and to successfully accomplish their desired outcome.  As a result of our personalized approach to accounting, we are able to deliver the agility and attention of a local CPA firm while maintaining the expertise and worldwide network reach of a national firm.

Here is how Wright Ford Young & Co. is different:

• We are the largest single office full service accounting firm in Orange County.
• We are one of only 109 CPA firms nationwide who audit more than 100 employee benefit plans annually.
• We have the largest dedicated estate and trust tax department among local CPA firms.
• We are a lifestyle firm that is committed to our employees by focusing our services on privately-held companies, family businesses, and private foundations.
• We have committed to giving 1% of our firm’s gross revenues to local charities every year.

• Our competitors generally range from local small office practices to mid-tier firms national firms. We offer you the best of both. Being the largest single office CPA firm in OC means that WFY can deliver big firm expertise with local office service delivery and competitive fees. Many of our partners have substantial prior experience with large international accounting firms. We are large and deep enough to be highly effective in delivering business results, but local enough to make fast decisions and move quickly for you.  To better serve our clients with national and international operations, we have affiliated with MGI, one of the world’s largest and fastest growing associations of independent auditing, accounting, and consulting firms. By this partnership, we can offer the benefits of a multinational accounting firm while maintaining the “people first” practices of a local firm. WFY, through its affiliation with MGI, has a presence in over 80 countries with 165 member firms in 280 offices.

• Our primary responsibility as a 401(k) auditor is to protect our client’s fiduciary duty to serve the interests of the Plan participants, and to minimize the risk of an audit failure. WFY is one of only 109 CPA firms in the United States that audit in excess of 100 plans on an annual basis. According to the most recent DOL survey, if a CPA firm audits less than 100 plans on an annual basis, the failure rate of these audits is approximately 65%. The bottom line is that if you’re selecting a CPA firm that audits less than 100 plans annually, you have a greater than 65% chance of an audit failure and up to $50,000 in DOL penalties for every year the audit is disqualified.

• By having a dedicated estates & trusts tax department means that WFY has a specialized team of experts capable of recognizing opportunities to reduce or mitigate current and future tax liabilities. Because of the ever-changing tax laws, we continue to monitor and update your estate plan as necessary. We have more than 40 years of combined experience in estates and trusts tax compliance, thus we are skilled at resolving complex issues in the individual, estate, trust and gift tax areas.

• You will benefit from our employees’ years of continuous service. Our employee retention rate is higher than most other CPA firms in the area. We compete for and retain our talented employees by offering all of the benefits of public accounting without the levels of overtime incurred by other firms who serve SEC reporting companies. Therefore, our engagement teams turn over significantly less than other firms, leading to a more efficient and cost effective level of service. Our clients enjoy the benefits of having continuity of their audit and tax teams over several years, thus avoiding the hassle and delays of retraining new staff every year on your business processes. We have happy people, which translates into greater client service.

• Close to 90% of our clients are headquartered in Orange County, so we take great pride in serving our local community. We commit to giving 1% of our firm’s gross revenues to local charities every year. Since its formation in 2007, our charitable giving committee has donated over $1.25 million to Orange County charities. A portion of your engagement fees every year contributes to the needs of worthy charitable causes in your community.

Please visit our Case Studies and Testimonials pages for a representative summary of our delivered business results.