Merger of Scheffel & Company and J.W. Boyle Increase Client Service and Reach

Scheffel & Company, PC and J.W. Boyle & Co., LTD are pleased to announce their impending January 1, 2014 merger with the formation of Scheffel Boyle. Both premier accounting firms have long established metro St. Louis presences with commitment to client services, as well as, heavily niched service areas.

The full service accounting, audit, tax, business and financial consulting firm will now have approximately 90 professionals. The merger will solidify Scheffel Boyle as the largest locally owned accounting firm in Southwestern Illinois and one of the largest accounting firms in the St. Louis metropolitan area. Scheffel Boyle will continue to have locations in Alton, Edwardsville, Belleville, Highland, Columbia, Jerseyville and Carrollton, Illinois.

“Scheffel & Company collaborated with J.W. Boyle in the past and found their exemplary work and dedication to clients to be similar to our standards. As with our firm, Boyle provides tax, audit and consulting services to closely held businesses and individuals, particularly with construction, financial institutions, and governments.” said Dennis Ulrich, Managing Principal of Scheffel & Company. “Combining our reach, resources, and knowledge can only elevate the work we do for our clients.”

Mark Glueck, Principal of J.W. Boyle added, “Our firm has always prided itself as professionals who not only satisfy our client’s accounting and tax needs, but understands their business. We are able to provide valuable financial and operational ideas. By merging our practice with a firm with the strength and excellent reputation of Scheffel & Company, we will enhance our service with more depth of staff and greater resources while continuing to give our clients individual attention and fresh business insight.”

Established in 1955 and 1924 respectively, Scheffel & Company, PC and J.W. Boyle & CO., LTD will offer their clients 149 combined years of professional service acumen.

Scheffel Boyle will maintain its status as the only St. Louis area certified public accounting firm who is a member of the BDO Seidman Alliance, a nationwide association of independently owned local and regional accounting, tax, consulting and service firms with similar client service goals.

Dennis Ulrich Named Industry Leader in Southwestern Illinois

The Scheffel Companies Managing Principal, Dennis Ulrich was recently highlighted in the May issue of the Illinois Business Journal as an industry leader in Southwestern Illinois.

 

Scheffel Big Brothers Big Sisters Bowling Fundraiser

Edison’s Entertainment Complex was the place to be on Friday, February 15th for fun and some serious fund raising. Two teams from CPA firm Scheffel & Company, PC took time away from working on taxes to participate in the Big Brothers Big Sisters Bowl For Kids’ Sake campaign.

Through their community volunteer initiative Scheffel Shares, Scheffel & Company, PC believes in supporting community organizations like Big Brothers Big Sisters. The ten bowlers raised $1,957 to help pair children with caring mentors.

Big Brothers Big Sisters serves youth facing adversity in Madison, St. Clair, Monroe and Clinton counties. For more information about Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Illinois visit the website at www.bbbsil.org.

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Scheffel Participates in Community Days of Service through Scheffel Shares Initiative

During most of the year the accountants of Scheffel & Company, PC are working at their desks identifying solutions to their client’s tax and audit questions, but recently they could be found out in the communities where their offices are located volunteering through the employee-driven Scheffel Shares initiative.

 

“Giving back to the many communities where we work is the right thing to do.” said Managing Principal Dennis Ulrich of Scheffel & Company, PC. “We live here, we do business here and we have the responsibility of helping our local neighborhoods. Having a dedicated Scheffel Shares initiative not only provides for our community but gives us another chance to work together as a team.“

 

In Edwardsville the staff planned a neighborhood clothing drive for a local elementary school. They canvased the area around their office leaving flyers and returning the following week to pick up the donations of children’s clothing. Once collected, the Scheffel staff generously matched with their own donations of clothes and money.

 

The Jerseyville and Carrollton offices sponsored a Blood Drive for the American Red Cross. Scheffel staff volunteered by calling prior donors to inform them of the upcoming blood drive, setting up appointments, signing donors into the drive, working the canteen, and giving blood themselves.  Forty-eight people donated and forty-three productive units of blood were collected.

Playing off the rivalry of Highland and Triad’s High School football teams, the employees of the Highland Scheffel & Company, PC location set up a booth to collect hats, gloves and non-perishable items for the Highland Area Christian Service Ministry Food Pantry. All donors were entered into a contest to win a Kindle Fire HD.  The persistent rain did not dampen the spirits of the Scheffel employees and a van full of donations was delivered to the food pantry.

 

Dolls, Matchbox cars and Barbies could be seen around the Alton location as they joined forces with the U. S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program. Alton employees distributed flyers, collected toys and created a drop off for toys to be distributed to children in the Alton area. The event was a huge success with the Marines picking up over seventy toys.