
Walsh Family Dentistry
A two-chair practice buying out a retiring partner, with no view of cash until April.
“We used to find out what we owed in April. Now we see it every month.”
- $38k
- tax saved in year one
- 10th
- books closed every month
Next deadline: extended individual returns, Oct 15 →
Eleanor Ashcombe and Daniel Reed opened the firm in 1998 above a bakery on West 27th Street. The bakery is gone. The rule stayed.

1998
Founded in Manhattan
Two partners, one office on West 27th Street.
400+
Owner-run businesses
From two-chair dental practices to 40-person contractors.
4.9
Google rating
From 212 reviews across both offices.
1 day
Partner reply time
Every email and portal message, every business day.
Twenty-two people across two offices, four of them partners. Every client has a named partner and a senior accountant, and the two of them read every return before it leaves.
We publish our fees because we'd want to see them ourselves.

From a one-room practice on West 27th Street to two offices and four partners.
1998
A one-room practice on West 27th Street, doing returns for neighborhood businesses.
2004
The firm becomes Ashcombe & Reed and adds year-round tax planning.
2011
A second office on Church Street for clients across Essex County.
2016
Denise Carter builds the audit team for nonprofits, lenders and boards.
2020
Every document, signature and deadline moves off email.
2026
Four partners, two offices and one named partner on every file.
Your partner leads. These are the people who close your books, file your payroll and answer the portal.
Members and certified partners
A short IRS walkthrough of the online account we set up for every business client, so you can see payments and notices yourself.
Three owners, three different problems. Each one now gets a plan in November instead of a bill in April.

A two-chair practice buying out a retiring partner, with no view of cash until April.
“We used to find out what we owed in April. Now we see it every month.”

A 40-person contractor bidding on jobs without knowing which ones made money.
“Our bonding line went up because the WIP report finally made sense.”

A growing food pantry facing its first single audit and a board asking for monthly numbers.
“Our first audit was calm. The board gets the same report every month.”
Results are specific to each client. Your figures will depend on your business.
A free hour with a partner. You leave with a written scope and a fixed fee.