Akram & Associates

About Akram & Associates

Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, this PCAOB-registered CPA practice has built its reputation around alternative investments. Its New York office handles fund managers and sponsors of hedge funds, venture capital and private equity vehicles, digital-asset funds, insurance-dedicated funds and broker-dealers, as well as single and multi-family offices and wealthy individuals. Beyond the United States it lists offices in Maryland, Florida, Singapore, Lahore and the Cayman Islands, and says it serves clients nationally and internationally. Engagements run from the structuring and launch of a new fund through annual audit and tax reporting. The firm positions itself as a senior-led boutique alternative to the largest networks and supports foreign bank account reporting for individuals who live or hold assets abroad. Its leadership team is headed by a named founder and chief executive. The website is in English, publishes no price list and lists a sizeable audit, tax and family-office staff.

Services

Services include financial statement audits and assurance for funds, fund tax compliance and partnership-representative work, fund formation and structuring, family-office entity formation and trust coordination, trader tax planning, and quality-of-earnings analysis for transactions. General business clients can obtain new-business formation advice, cash-flow management, internal controls, valuation and part-time CFO support. The firm also provides IT, cybersecurity and AI consulting, and handles FBAR reporting for individuals with foreign accounts.

• ✓ Company formation: offered
• ✓ Accounting and bookkeeping: offered
• ✓ Tax compliance: offered
• ✕ VAT: not listed
• ✕ Payroll: not listed
• ✓ Audit: offered
• ✕ Bank account assistance: not listed
• ✕ Residency and visas: not listed
• ✕ Corporate secretarial: not listed
• ✕ Virtual office: not listed

Licences and registrations

• PCAOB registered
• CPA firm licences: North Carolina (Reg # 33032), Florida (AD72212), New York (ID # 110272), California (9045), Oregon (2709), Texas (C10208), Georgia (ACF006555)
• AICPA member (peer review: pass)

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