--- title: Denise Carter, CPA, audit partner | Ashcombe & Reed, CPAs description: Denise Carter leads audits and reviews for nonprofits and for companies preparing for a lender or a sale. --- [Skip to main content](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/partners/denise-carter#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) ![Denise Carter](https://www.nopethemes.com/hs-fs/hubfs/tickmark/photos/partners/partners-03-v4.jpg?width=800&name=partners-03-v4.jpg) Contact Phone [(212) 555-0148 ext. 103](tel:2125550148,103) Email [denise@ashcombe-reed.example](mailto:denise@ashcombe-reed.example) Office New York Licences New York CPA · 2008 Education Rutgers University BS, Accounting · 2005 Rutgers University MAcc · 2006 Memberships - AICPA - NYSSCPA # Denise Carter CPA Audit partner Denise joined the firm in 2019 to lead audits and reviews. She works with nonprofits reporting to funders and with companies preparing for a lender or a sale. She plans each engagement's fieldwork with the client before the letter is signed, and she signs every audit and review report the firm issues. Services - [Audit and assurance](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/services/audit?hsLang=en) [Book a consultation with Denise](https://www.nopethemes.com/tickmark/contact?hsLang=en) Credentials ## What Denise signs, and on what standing The licence and review behind every audit and review report she issues. ### Licence New York CPA, 2008 ### Standards Audits AICPA auditing standards Reviews SSARS ### Firm review System review Pass rating Last completed 2024 How Denise runs an audit ## The same sequence on every engagement 01 ### Plan with you Fieldwork dates agreed in January, before the letter is signed. 02 ### Confirm independence Documented in the engagement letter. 03 ### Fieldwork On site or remote, with a weekly status from the audit senior. 04 ### Sign the report A draft first, then the final report with her signature. ![Sarah Collins in her office at the Riverside Food Pantry](https://www.nopethemes.com/hs-fs/hubfs/tickmark/photos/clients/client-nonprofit-v4.jpg?width=1200&name=client-nonprofit-v4.jpg) A client of Denise's > Denise plans fieldwork with us in January, and the audit report is on the table before our board meets in June. Our funders have stopped asking when it will arrive. Sarah Collins Executive director, Riverside Food Pantry Services Audit, Form 990 Client since 2020 Partner Denise Carter Writing ## Articles by Denise Book with Denise ## Request a time with Denise Sixty minutes, at the New York office or by video. 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