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Overview
Brian Ford is a Tax Associate and member of the firm’s Tax Group. Brian has experience in both tax and audit in the public and private sector. He is proficient in preparing individual and business income tax returns, handling accounts receivable, preparing 1099’s and 1096’s, conducting tax research, and audit preparation and risk assessment.
Services
Overview
Brian Ford is a Tax Associate and member of the firm’s Tax Group. Brian has experience in both tax and audit in the public and private sector. He is proficient in preparing individual and business income tax returns, handling accounts receivable, preparing 1099’s and 1096’s, conducting tax research, and audit preparation and risk assessment.
Proactive
Brian is both highly analytical and disciplined. He enjoys collaborating with others in our Tax Group, ensuring that clients’ needs are identified and addressed. A natural leader and strong communicator, Brian displays an intellectual curiosity that greatly benefits our clients.
Outside of the Office
Outside of the office, Brian enjoys watching Cubs games and is an avid reader of history books.
Education
- B.S., Accountancy, University of Akron
Blogs
Build a Diversified Portfolio to Reduce Risk — and Mental Stress
Diversification is a key strategy for managing risk in an investment portfolio, based on the philosophy that you should not put all your “eggs in one basket.” By spreading investments among asset classes, industries, sectors, geographical areas or other criteria, you are more likely to own securities that perform differently under different market conditions. However, […]
News
ORBA Welcomes New Hires to Tax, Audit, Cloud CFO Services and Operations Management Groups
CHICAGO — ORBA, one of Chicago’s largest public accounting firms, is pleased to announce that Tony Van Howe has joined the firm as a Controller in the Operations Management Group, Derek Mammen joins the firm’s Audit Group, Brian Ford joins the firm’s Tax Group and Tiffany St. Peter joins the Cloud CFO Services Group.
