Santa Monica · West Los Angeles
Westside Tax and Accounting for Business Owners Whose Return Is Only the Final Page of a Much Bigger Financial Story.
Sedgwick & Company brings tax, accounting, and practical financial guidance together—helping Santa Monica and West Los Angeles clients understand today's numbers before making tomorrow's decisions.
Michael B. Sedgwick, CPA
The Sedgwick Perspective
A tax return reports what already happened. The more useful conversation is about what should happen next.
Decisions do not stay in one column
Tax, accounting, and the operating side of a business affect one another. Seeing them together is usually more valuable than examining any one of them alone.
Direct, considered guidance
You speak with the CPA doing the thinking. Questions are answered plainly, and where an answer depends on facts, the facts are established first.
Clarity before the decision closes
The most useful moment to understand a number is before a transaction, an election, or a year-end is finalized.
Client Pathways
Where would you like to begin?
Tax Preparation and Planning
Returns prepared with care, and the planning conversation that should precede them rather than follow them.
Business Accounting and Reporting
Financial information organized so an owner can read the business honestly, not only at year-end.
Individual Tax Guidance
Personal tax work for financial lives that carry more than one moving part.
Business and Financial Advisory
Discussion of the tax and accounting consequences of a decision while it can still be shaped.
Service categories are provisional and published only as Michael confirms them.
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Michael B. Sedgwick, CPA
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Meet Michael
The firm is led by the CPA you actually speak with.
- Designation. Certified Public Accountant. License details to be supplied by the firm.
- Role. Principal of Sedgwick & Company, leading client relationships and the technical work directly.
- Clients. Owner-led businesses, professionals, and individuals and families across Santa Monica and West Los Angeles.
- Biography. Editable placeholder — Michael's professional history and the firm's origin will be published once confirmed.
The Decision Timeline
Moments when a CPA conversation tends to matter.
Stage 01
Starting or restructuring a business
Entity choice, ownership, and the accounting that will have to live with the decision.
Discuss this stageThe Client Experience
Four stages, plainly described.
- 01
Begin the Conversation
Tell the firm what is happening and what decision or deadline is approaching.
- 02
Establish the Full Picture
Securely provide the relevant financial and tax information.
- 03
Receive Clear Direction
Understand the work, priorities, and recommended next steps.
- 04
Move Forward With Context
Continue with a clearer understanding of how each decision affects the larger financial picture.
The Next Financial Decision Deserves More Than a Last-Minute Answer.
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