Accounts Payable Services & AP Automation Providers in Juneau, AK

Elgee Rehfeld, LLC is a certified public accounting firm based in Juneau, Alaska. It works with businesses, nonprofits, statewide institutions, families and individuals. Organizations that want help with accounts payable can get it here as part of a wider accounting relationship. The firm is a CPA practice offering bill-handling support, not a dedicated AP software vendor. Its staff of more than 25 financial professionals has served clients in over 36 Alaskan communities.

Accounts Payable and Accounting Support

Elgee Rehfeld lists accounts payable management among its accounting services. It can take over some or all of the bookkeeping and accounting work a company would otherwise staff internally. Clients that already employ their own accountants can also bring the firm in to review and coordinate that work so the books stay accurate. Related offerings that support a sound payables process include:

• Accounts payable management
• Accounts receivable management
• Reconciliation of bank statements and credit card accounts
• Preparing and filing 1099 forms for vendors and contractors
• Consulting on accounting systems and internal procedures, with ongoing support
• Help preparing financial statements
• Outsourced accounting, from oversight only to a fully handled function

For buyers, this means vendor payments, contractor reporting and reconciliations can sit with the same team that handles the organization's taxes and, where appropriate, its attest work. The firm says its aim is to turn raw transaction data into information leaders can use.

Tax, Audit and Advisory Work

Beyond day-to-day accounting, Elgee Rehfeld offers year-round tax planning to help clients make the most of major business and personal events. It also provides representation in dealings with the IRS. Its audit and attest practice covers financial reporting reviews and audits of employee benefit plans, with attention to ways of improving results for owners and boards.

Advisory engagements include succession planning, support when buying or selling a business, and general consulting for leaders who want an outside, objective view. A more unusual specialty is election inspection: for more than three decades the firm has acted as an independent election observer for Alaska Native corporations.

Background and Team

The firm was formed through the combination of three Juneau-area CPA practices. George W. Elgee opened a solo practice in 1983. Robert L. Rehfeld joined in 1984 and became a partner the next year. In 1989 the practice merged with Funk, Baxter & Company, whose roots go back to a 1957 practice started by Robert L. Dyer.

In 1998 it combined with Hanlin & Merritt, a successor to Molitor, Doremus & Hanlin, which dated to 1955 and had offices in Seattle and Juneau. The partners adopted the current Elgee Rehfeld, LLC name in 2018 to honor the founders.

The partner group includes Karen J. Brewer-Tarver, Sarah Griffith, Mark Mesdag, Ryan Beason, Janelle Anderson and Ashley E. Beedle, all CPAs. With more than four decades of local history and a team based in the state capital, Elgee Rehfeld suits Alaska organizations that want payables support delivered by a full-service CPA firm. New clients begin by completing an intake form on the firm's website.