We are continually searching for new opportunities to provide our services to the community. Every year we evalute and vote on which project we would like to participate in and has the greatest needs. We plan well ahead of the official impact date and will coordinate with you on your needs and devise a plan of action to maximize our time together. We'll even bring the coffee! If you would like to contact us for consideration into your community project or non-profit organization, please give Elaine a call at 915-532-2901 or email us here.
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Juan Andrade brings over 10 years of public and private accounting and consulting experience in a wide variety of industries, including experience in manufacturing, distribution, and retail. He also specializes in inbound and outbound foreign transactions.
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Raúl brings over 9 years of public accounting experience in a variety of industries, including credit unions, banking, services, manufacturing, and not-for-profit. Most of this time has been spent assisting clients with federal taxation issues – understanding the nuances between tax deferral and tax avoidance.
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Brad Voge brings 25 years of public accounting and consulting experience primarily in the auditing area. He has experience in a wide variety of industries including manufacturing, wholesaling, retail, not for profit and governmental accounting. In addition to providing external audit services, he has been involved with Sarbanes Oxley projects for publicly traded companies as well as SAS70 related projects dealing with internal controls consulting and testing.
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Sandra Chiquito has over 20 years State and Local Tax experience. Her professional experience includes 12 years working with the Texas State Comptroller of Public Accounts where she primarily conducted Texas sales and use tax audits, motor fuel, hotel tax and compliance audits, and tax research. Her experience also includes over 6 years with Big 4 accounting firms where she served as a Manager of State and Local Taxes.
Ms. Chiquito’s primary responsibilities with Strickler & Prieto LLP include State and Local tax consulting, sales and use tax refund analysis of overpayments, and State audit representation and defense services. She has also worked as a contract auditor for the State of Texas working on state tax compliance audits as assigned by the Comptroller of Public Accounts. Due to her extensive state tax experience, Ms. Chiquito is familiar with state tax compliance audit policies and procedures.
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Sarah Bennett brings over 27 years of public and private accounting experience in a wide variety of industries. She assists in setting up the books for companies and handles their everyday bookkeeping or payroll needs. She is a Proadvisor for Quickbooks and is very knowledgeable in using various accounting packages.
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A HUB is defined as a business formed for the purpose of making a profit in which at least 51 percent of the business is owned, operated, and controlled by one or more:
- Black Americans - includes all persons having origins of Black racial groups of Africa;
- Hispanic Americans - includes all person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South America, or other Spanish/Portuguese culture or origin, regardless of race;
- Asian Pacific Americans - includes persons whose origins are from Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, the Philippines, Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Territories of the Pacific, or the Northern Marianas; and Subcontinent Asian Americans which includes persons who origins are from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, or Nepal;
- Native Americans - includes persons who are American Indians, Eskimos, Aleuts, or Native Hawaiians; and
- American Women - includes women of any ethnicity, except those specified above;
who are economically disadvantaged and who have been historically underutilized because of their identification as members of these groups. Eligible entities must have their principal place of business and permanent business office located in Texas where the majority HUB owner(s) makes the decisions, controls the daily operations of the organization, and participates in the business. The qualifying owners must be residents of the State of Texas.
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Background
Raul Prieto is responsible for the firm's tax services and has over 18 years of professional domestic and international tax experience with Ernst & Young, Price Waterhouse in San Francisco and Mexico City, and over the past 10 years with KPMG in the El Paso office where he held the position of Director of Federal Tax Services. He has extensive experience with multinational clients doing business in Mexico and has served a variety of Mexican companies doing business in the U.S. and U.S., Japanese and Taiwanese companies doing business in Mexico through Maquiladora operations. He also helped clients administer their expatriate programs in Mexico and their U.S. employees working in Mexico. Raul also has worked on several multinational corporate restructuring projects and in creating joint ventures between Mexican and U.S. partners and is fully bilingual in English and Spanish.
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Background
Phillip Strickler brings over 18 years of public and private accounting and consulting experience in a wide variety of industries, including significant experience in manufacturing, distribution, construction, and retail. In addition to providing external audit services, he has consulted with many clients on accounting and reporting issues, internal controls, and other audit related services.
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Vision
Strickler & Prieto LLP will be the preferred professional service organization along the United States/Mexico border offering comprehensive and quality services to international and domestic businesses and their owners.Core Values
- Concern for clients
- Integrity and trust
- Creative thinking
- Technical/Professional excellence
- Teamwork
- Accountability/Responsibility
- Adoption of advanced technologies
- Strong work ethic
- Commitment to our community
- Cultural Diversity