Holcombe, Holtzclaw & Ravan LLC

Certified Public Accountants and Advisors

Serving Spartanburg and Upstate SC

Spartanburg, South Carolina Accounting Firm

Holcombe, Holtzclaw & Ravan, LLC consists of professionals who have provided public accounting services in Spartanburg, South Carolina for many years. This team of Certified Public Accountants joined forces in January of 2014 with the merger of Ravan & Holtzclaw, P.A. and Holcombe & Associates, LLC, and the subsequent acquisition of a third office from a Southeast regional firm. This combination of offices and professionals provided Holcombe, Holtzclaw & Ravan, LLC a broadened knowledge base, increased cumulative experience and additional capacity that allows us to serve our diverse client base more effectively and efficiently. While we are now a much larger firm, we still maintain the hometown feel and emphasis on personal relationships and excellent client service.

Consulting & Support Services

Holcombe, Holtzclaw & Ravan LLC offers a range of business support services to meet the diverse needs of our clients in Spartanburg, SC who own and manage businesses. We have four QuickBooks Pro Advisors on staff, all ready and able to help.

Professional Tax & Accounting Services

We are here not only to provide high quality, timely and pro-active tax, audit and accounting services but also to play a role as your lifetime advisor.

Accounting Resources

We have listed a few accounting and tax websites that you will find helpful and informative.

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Hire your children this summer: Everyone wins

If you’re a business owner and you hire your children (or grandchildren) this summer, you can obtain tax breaks and other nontax benefits. The kids can gain on-the-job experience, save for college and learn how to manage money. And you may be able to: Shift your...

Don’t let a disaster defeat your nonprofit

Most not-for-profits are intensely focused on present needs, not the possibility that disaster will strike sometime in the distant future. But because a fire, flood or other natural or manmade disaster could strike at any time, the time to plan for it is now. You...

What type of expenses can’t be written off by your business?

If you read the Internal Revenue Code (and you probably don’t want to!), you may be surprised to find that most business deductions aren’t specifically listed. It doesn’t explicitly state that you can deduct office supplies and certain other expenses. Some expenses...

Two Provisions for Life’s Uncertainty

One of the biggest challenges in the accounting and financial world is the existence of the unknown future. There is much about life we simply cannot control despite our best plans and predictions. Many outside factors either support or diminish our finances and...

Employee vs. independent contractor: How to handle worker classification?

Many employers prefer to classify workers as independent contractors to lower costs, even if it means having less control over a worker’s day-to-day activities. But the government is on the lookout for businesses that classify workers as independent contractors simply...

Casualty loss deductions: You can claim for a federally declared disaster

Unforeseen disasters happen all the time and they may cause damage to your home or personal property. Before the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, eligible casualty loss victims could claim a deduction on their tax returns. But there are new restrictions that make these...