--- title: About the firm | Ashcombe & Reed, CPAs description: A partner-led firm on West 27th Street and in Montclair. Every engagement is written down, and a partner reviews every return. --- [Skip to main content](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/about#main-content) **Next deadline:** extended individual returns, Oct 15 [Tax calendar](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/tax-calendar?hsLang=en) - [Client portal](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/client-portal?hsLang=en) - [(212) 555-0148](tel:+12125550148) [![Ashcombe & Reed, CPAs](https://www.nopethemes.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/studionope-for-accounting/images/templates/ashcombe-reed-wordmark.svg)](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/home?hsLang=en) - Services - [Industries](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/industries?hsLang=en) - [Partners](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/partners?hsLang=en) - [Fees](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/fees?hsLang=en) - [Tax calendar](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/tax-calendar?hsLang=en) - [Resources](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/resources?hsLang=en) - [Blog](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/blog?hsLang=en) - [Contact](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/contact?hsLang=en) [Book a consultation](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/contact?hsLang=en) Services [Tax preparation and planning Returns, estimates and planning before year end.](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/services/tax-preparation?hsLang=en) [Bookkeeping and monthly close Reconciled books by the tenth of each month.](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/services/bookkeeping?hsLang=en) [Advisory Forecasts, entity choice and a monthly review.](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/services/advisory?hsLang=en) [Audit and assurance Audits, reviews and compilations.](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/services/audit?hsLang=en) Industries [Medical and dental practices Practice entities, owner pay and buy-ins.](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/industries/medical-and-dental?hsLang=en) [Construction and trades Job costing and bonding statements.](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/industries?hsLang=en) [Nonprofits Form 990, restricted funds and audits.](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/industries?hsLang=en) [All industries](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/industries?hsLang=en) - Services Services [Tax preparation and planning](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/services/tax-preparation?hsLang=en) [Bookkeeping and monthly close](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/services/bookkeeping?hsLang=en) [Advisory](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/services/advisory?hsLang=en) [Audit and assurance](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/services/audit?hsLang=en) Industries [Medical and dental practices](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/industries/medical-and-dental?hsLang=en) [Construction and trades](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/industries?hsLang=en) [Nonprofits](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/industries?hsLang=en) - [Industries](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/industries?hsLang=en) - [Partners](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/partners?hsLang=en) - [Fees](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/fees?hsLang=en) - [Tax calendar](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/tax-calendar?hsLang=en) - [Resources](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/resources?hsLang=en) - [Blog](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/blog?hsLang=en) - [Contact](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/contact?hsLang=en) [Book a consultation](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/contact?hsLang=en) - [Client portal](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/client-portal?hsLang=en) - [(212) 555-0148](tel:+12125550148) ![A tree-lined corner in Greenwich Village with brick facades](https://www.nopethemes.com/hs-fs/hubfs/tickmark/photos/exterior-manhattan/exterior-manhattan-03.jpg?width=1600&name=exterior-manhattan-03.jpg) About the firm # A partner-led firm that writes things down. Ashcombe & Reed opened on West 27th Street in 1998 and added a Montclair office for clients across the river. The partners still review every return. [Book a consultation](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/contact?hsLang=en) [Meet the partners](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/partners?hsLang=en) How we work ## Everything in the engagement letter Before any work starts, you receive a letter that sets out the scope, the fee, the deadlines and what we need from you. If something changes, we talk first and change the letter second. Your partner reviews your file each month, signs your returns and takes your calls. Staff accountants prepare the work; a partner checks it. > A return is finished when a partner has read it. History ## Years on the ledger The firm has grown one client relationship at a time. 1. 1998 ### The firm opens Eleanor Ashcombe starts the practice on West 27th Street with owner-run construction clients. ![A team meeting around a café-style table](https://www.nopethemes.com/hs-fs/hubfs/tickmark/photos/work-details/work-details-08-v4.jpg?width=640&name=work-details-08-v4.jpg) 2. 2006 ### Daniel Reed joins as partner Individual, trust and multi-state work becomes a practice of its own. 3. 2014 ### Montclair office A second office for clients in New Jersey, with the same partners and the same files. ![Two women talking at a table by a city window](https://www.nopethemes.com/hs-fs/hubfs/tickmark/photos/meetings/meetings-02-v4.jpg?width=640&name=meetings-02-v4.jpg) 4. 2019 ### Audit and assurance Denise Carter joins to lead audits and reviews for nonprofits and lenders. 5. 2024 ### Client portal Every document now moves through an encrypted portal. The office ## Your file lives in one room, with one partner. Staff prepare the work at the desks by the window; the partner who signs it sits at the end of the same room. Nobody new picks up your file halfway through the year. 1998 Opened on West 27th Street Two offices New York and Montclair One partner From the first call to the filed return ![Two colleagues talking by tall windows](https://www.nopethemes.com/hs-fs/hubfs/tickmark/photos/work-details/work-details-07-v4.jpg?width=1200&name=work-details-07-v4.jpg) Credentials ## Licences, reviews and memberships What a lender, a board or a new client usually asks to see. ### Licences New York Firm licence, CPA New Jersey Firm permit, CPA ### Peer review System review Pass rating Last completed 2024 ### Memberships AICPA Member firm NYSSCPA Member NJCPA Member - AICPA member firm - Peer review, system review - IRS e-file provider - Encrypted client portal Partners ## Who leads your file Every client has a partner. Most keep the same one for years. [Meet the team](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/partners?hsLang=en) - [![Eleanor Ashcombe](https://www.nopethemes.com/hs-fs/hubfs/tickmark/photos/partners/partners-01-v4.jpg?width=800&name=partners-01-v4.jpg)](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/partners/eleanor-ashcombe?hsLang=en) ### [Eleanor Ashcombe](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/partners/eleanor-ashcombe?hsLang=en) CPACPA · , Managing partner Leads tax planning for owner-run businesses in construction and professional services. - [![Daniel Reed](https://www.nopethemes.com/hs-fs/hubfs/tickmark/photos/partners/partners-06-v4.jpg?width=800&name=partners-06-v4.jpg)](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/partners/daniel-reed?hsLang=en) ### [Daniel Reed](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/partners/daniel-reed?hsLang=en) CPA · CFPCPA, CFP · , Tax partner Individual and trust returns, multi-state filings and planning for families with a business. - [![Denise Carter](https://www.nopethemes.com/hs-fs/hubfs/tickmark/photos/partners/partners-03-v4.jpg?width=800&name=partners-03-v4.jpg)](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/partners/denise-carter?hsLang=en) ### [Denise Carter](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/partners/denise-carter?hsLang=en) CPACPA · , Audit partner Audits and reviews for nonprofits and companies preparing for a lender or a sale. Inside the firm ## Two offices, one set of files A walk from West 27th Street to the room where your return is read. ![A downtown Manhattan street with brick and cast-iron facades](https://www.nopethemes.com/hs-fs/hubfs/tickmark/photos/exterior-manhattan/exterior-manhattan-02.jpg?width=1600&name=exterior-manhattan-02.jpg) West 27th Street and Montclair 1:20 Offices ## Where to find us Meetings at either office or by video. - ![A row of brick commercial buildings on a lower-Manhattan street](https://www.nopethemes.com/hs-fs/hubfs/tickmark/photos/exterior-manhattan/exterior-manhattan-05.jpg?width=800&name=exterior-manhattan-05.jpg) New York 118 West 27th Street, Floor 6 Hours Mon–Fri 8:30–5:30. Feb 1 – Apr 15: also Sat 9–1. 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