Certified Public Accountant
Certified Public Accountant
Accounting/Bookkeeping
Certified Public Accountant
Accounting/Bookkeeping
David has over 20 years of public accounting experience specializing in tax services. He has helped businesses of all sizes with tax compliance and tax planning. His prior client experience includes working with both public and private companies and high net worth individuals. His work with high net worth individuals includes preparing gift and estate tax returns and assisting with analysis of gifting strategies. He has prepared tax returns for companies in various industries such as manufacturing, real estate, medical services and consulting and other professional services businesses. He has also represented clients in IRS exams.
Read MoreDavid is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a bachelors of science degree in accounting from Franklin University in Columbus, Ohio. He is currently licensed to practice in Texas and Ohio. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Dallas Chapter of the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants.
Read MoreDavid Kesel, CPA, began his career in the tax department of the international public accounting firm of Arthur Andersen, LLP in Columbus, Ohio. There he worked primarily with large manufacturing companies, closely-held businesses, and their owners helping them solve their tax compliance and planning needs. From there, he moved to Dallas and worked as a senior tax manager at Weaver and Tidwell LLP.
He worked closely with a variety of clients, including many professional service providers, real estate developers, and others. He focused on planning for both the business and personal tax situations of those business owners. Immediately prior to opening his practice, he was a tax director at Grant Thornton LLP in Dallas. Here he worked with large multinational and domestic companies. He helped with their FAS 109 and FIN 48 needs.
Douglas Kesel, CPA, moved to Dallas in 2007 to work in the tax department of big four accounting firm KPMG, LLP. There he worked primarily with public and large closely held companies in consumer markets, manufacturing, distribution & wholesale, and oil and gas assisting them with their tax compliance and planning needs.
Prior to joining David Kesel CPA to work with his brother he worked for two large national CPA firms working with successful individuals, their families, and privately held business owners. There he helped them navigate the complexity of the tax laws and regulations to help them achieve their financial goals with thoughtful tax planning and analysis.
Stacy Alexander, CPA, graduated from Southwest Texas State University in 1993. She has a Bachelor of Business Administration with a Major in Accounting. Here at our firm Stacy takes on the hard tasks of arguing cases with the IRS on our clients’ behalf. Her specialties include Offer in Compromise cases, Setting payment plans and structured arrangements, & Independent and Business Tax Returns.
Heather Boone, graduated from Blue Ridge High School in 2005. With 11 years of Accounting and Quickbooks behind her, she has the knowledge to get you and your business where you need to be. She invites Quickbooks novices to come to learn how to control their business accounting needs in a one on one class by appointment only. She has been with David at this firm since it opened in 2011.