RINA is a Northern California full-service accounting and consulting firm with main offices located in San Francisco, Oakland and Walnut Creek. The RINA team is made up of 80 Certified Public Accountants and paraprofessionals.
RINA's CPA's and staff serve closely-held businesses and their owners, high net worth individuals and families, and many not-for-profit organizations and private foundations.
Our clients do business in many diverse industries such as manufacturing, retail, real estate,distributing - importers/exporters, professional services, construction, technology, agriculture and farming, wineries, hotels and resorts, transportation and wholesalers to name a few. RINA provides consulting services and strategic planning to help owners work ON their business and not IN it.
Along with the tax preparation, trust and estate services, and other traditional accounting services, our team has developed an impressive array of proactive solutions to assist our clients in achieving their financial goals, personally as well as professionally. We also work closely with the financial professionals at RINA Wealth Management. We are dedicated to serving our clients by our Firm Motto, “Your Future is Our Focus”.
RINA is proud to have earned the Best of Accounting award based on a survey of our clients by an independent rating firm.
9/16/2021
IRC Section 1202 could allow a significant amount of gain to be excluded from the sale of a small business and therefore provide an alternative to selling a business before the owners' retirement.
9/16/2021
In 2019 the Federal government significantly changed the distribution rules for retirement funds and disrupted estate planning. The solution for many is a micro-Roth conversion. For little tax liabili...
9/16/2021
Estate planning has become especially difficult for affluent families in 2021. A potential solution is the creation of a Spousal Lifetime Access Trust (SLAT).
8/30/2021
Carrie Whisler exhibits RINA's Core Value of Put People First as illustrated in her helping the firm move through the pandemic, says partner Tracy Teale. Thank you, Carrie, for living RINA's core valu...
8/30/2021
California has passed a law which allows taxes on pass-through income to be paid at the entity level. Now owners will be able to avoid the Federal $10,000 deduction limitation on State and Local Taxes...
8/06/2021
Wednesday the IRS answered some long-outstanding questions on the Employee Retention Credit (ERC). RINA's professionals share an overview on topics that affect many clients.
Learn about our upcoming seminars and events, and review our recent activities. RINA provides frequent real estate advice seminars, not-for-profit roundtables, and other informational seminars and events with our trusted professional advisors.
Events PageFree webinar March 30th at 2pm on the Restaurant Revitalization Fund that supports restaurants, wineries, breweries, tasting rooms, food carts and more.
Experts discuss the status of real estate in 2021 including updates on 1031 Tax Deferred Exchanges, Tax Changes, and Utilizing Delaware Statutory Trusts. February 24 @ 8:30 am.
Join RINA professionals for a Staying Alive dance through the details of PPP Round 2 and the expanded ERC - in a free webinar Tuesday, January 19 at 2 pm Pacific.
At RINA, we’re looking for accountants who want to go beyond a CPA certificate–who display innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship. RINA people seek out early client contact, and strive to establish rapport and learn each client’s business.
Because client profitability and growth is our goal, we’re committed to developing well-rounded individuals who will eagerly accept any business challenge.
