Visibility
Monthly reports written for owners, not accountants. You see profitability by job, by line, by season.
Huntington, Indiana · Serving Northeast Indiana since 1979
Helping Indiana manufacturers, farmers, contractors, and business owners make smarter decisions before tax season arrives.
We help local manufacturers, farmers, contractors, and family-owned companies make smarter decisions — long before tax season arrives. Better numbers. Better systems. Better calls.
45+ yrs
In Huntington County
Year-round
Advisory rhythm
Local
Same team, every call
Better Numbers. Better Decisions.
Your financial reports should help you run the business — not sit in a filing cabinet.
Most Huntington business owners have plenty of data and very little visibility. We translate transactions into the handful of numbers you actually need to lead — so the next hire, the next quote, the next equipment decision is made with clarity.
Reporting
Clean, on-time financials — every month, not just in March. No more March surprises.
Planning
Forward-looking conversations about cash, growth, taxes, and reinvestment. Quarterly, not annually.
Profitability
We help you understand where the margin actually lives — and where it leaks out.
Heath Keiffer, CPA
Principal · Huntington, IN
Certified Public Accountant Huntington-rooted
Meet Heath Keiffer, CPA
Heath isn't preparing returns. He's helping Huntington business owners make better financial decisions.
Heath leads Keiffer Business Services with a CPA's discipline and an operator's instinct. His work spans complex tax strategy, business consulting, and the kind of financial planning that gets done quietly — long before April.
He's the call local owners make when a decision is bigger than the spreadsheet: buying out a partner, expanding the shop, taking on a second shift, restructuring an entity, untangling a multi-year tax problem.
Tax laws keep changing. Heath's commitment to ongoing learning means his clients stay one step ahead of the rules — and one step ahead of their own books.
- Designation
- CPA
- Based in
- Huntington, IN
- Focus
- Strategy & Advisory
What Heath focuses on
- Tax Strategy
- Business Consulting
- Complex Tax Problems
- Financial Planning
- Entity Structure
- Ongoing Advisory
Built For Businesses In Motion
Businesses evolve. Your financial systems should evolve with them.
From the first conversation about forming the company to the year you add your tenth employee, we move at the pace of your business — not the pace of tax season.
Starting up
Entity selection, EIN, books from day one, owner compensation, and the first clean year of records.
Hiring & growth
Payroll set up properly, employee vs. contractor decisions, and cash-flow planning for new headcount.
Managing cash flow
Forward-looking visibility so equipment, inventory, and seasonal swings don't surprise you.
Improving systems
Cleaner QuickBooks, better workflows, integrations that stop costing you hours every week.
Tax positioning
Strategy moves made in Q2 and Q3 — not December scrambling for last-minute deductions.
Long-term planning
Succession, retirement, ownership transitions, and the multi-year conversations that matter most.
Your Accounting Department Without The Payroll Expense
Get an experienced accounting team — without building one from scratch.
For most Huntington-area businesses, hiring a full-time controller doesn't pencil out. With Keiffer, you get the same function — bookkeeping, payroll, reporting, oversight — delivered by a real team that already knows your industry.
- Monthly bookkeeping & reconciliation
- Payroll & quarterly filings
- Financial reporting that you'll actually read
- QuickBooks setup, cleanup, and support
- 1099s and year-end coordination
- A real person who answers the phone
Built for operators
Huntington manufacturers, contractors, and family-owned businesses.
Services, Reframed Around Outcomes
Not a list of compliance tasks — a toolkit for better decisions.
Every service we offer is in service of the same goal: helping Huntington owners run smarter, see clearly, and grow on purpose.
Tax Planning & Preparation
Decisions made before deadlines.
Year-round strategy that shapes the return long before it's filed.
Learn moreOnline Bookkeeping
Numbers you can lead with.
Clean, monthly books that make every other decision easier.
Learn moreRemote Accounting
Your accounting team, fully remote.
Modern workflows that don't require an office visit to get things done.
Learn morePayroll Services
Paychecks handled, filings done.
Reliable payroll, tax deposits, and year-end paperwork — quietly handled.
Learn moreQuickBooks Support
From setup to clean-up.
Get QuickBooks working the way it was supposed to — and stop fighting it.
Learn moreFinancial Planning
The long view, in plain English.
Personal and business financial planning that connects today to ten years from now.
Learn moreBudget Preparation
A plan you'll actually use.
Operating budgets and cash-flow models built around how your business really runs.
Learn moreBusiness Consulting
The voice in your corner.
A CPA-led sounding board for hires, expansions, partners, and pricing.
Learn moreWhat Working With Keiffer Business Services Feels Like
Responsive. Practical. Relationship-driven. Always proactive.
We work the way local business owners actually want to be worked with — same team every time, real answers on real timelines, and conversations that look forward instead of backward.
Step 01
Onboarding
A grounded first meeting where we learn the business — not just gather forms.
Step 02
Planning Conversations
Quarterly strategic check-ins on cash, growth, and the year's tax picture.
Step 03
Payroll Support
Set up properly, run quietly, and reconciled inside the same books.
Step 04
Bookkeeping Workflows
Cloud-based systems that don't require you to mail anything anywhere.
Step 05
Tax Strategy
Moves identified in Q2 and Q3, not jammed in at year-end.
Step 06
Ongoing Communication
Real human responses — usually same-day, almost always within 24 hours.
The Keiffer team
The same Huntington people on every call.
You'll know everyone's name — and they'll know your business.
Heath Keiffer, CPA
Principal · Tax Strategy & Advisory
Richard Keiffer, CPA
CPA · Senior Tax Advisor
Carrie Couch
Office Manager · Client Concierge
Sadie Crismore
Tax Professional
Keith Lipke, B.S., M.Ed.
Tax Professional
Jenna Kay, B.S., P.B.C.
Accountant
Proud To Serve Huntington & Northeast Indiana
Rooted along the Wabash. Built around Huntington County.
We're not a regional firm with a Huntington office. We're a Huntington firm — period. Our clients walk these same brick sidewalks, drive the same county roads, and build the businesses that make this place work.
City of HuntingtonHuntington CountyThe Wabash RiverHuntington UniversityLocal manufacturersFamily farmsIndiana contractorsFamily-owned shopsNortheast Indiana
Downtown Huntington
The businesses we serve are the businesses that make this town.
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Let's bring clarity to your Huntington business finances.
Built for Huntington businesses ready to grow. Start with a no-pressure conversation — we'll take it from there.
Huntington · Huntington County · Wabash Valley · Northeast Indiana