Veris LLC (“Veris”) and Hood & Selander, CPA, LLC (“Hood & Selander”) both leading providers of accounting, tax, and assurance services in the Charleston area, announced today the planned merger of the two companies creating an expansion of services and technologies.

Veris is a locally owned CPA firm that was established in 1986 and currently has 37 employees. Veris has offices in Mount Pleasant, Summerville, and West Ashley, SC. Veris combines comprehensive tax solutions, bookkeeping, deep industry audit experience, and outsourced CFO services along with strong commitment to personal service. The firm’s approach has been to expand services to businesses, business owners, and high-income individuals by inserting their expertise into a more frequent interaction and hands on planning and advisory approach with the client, versus a once-a-year interaction from the sidelines.

“We are excited for our newly forged partnership with Hood & Selander. Our Companies have similar business models with clients served, leadership style, and services provided. With our constant focus throughout this process on the impact and satisfaction of both of our respective clients and staff, we know this will be a successful combination,” explains Melissa Kiddy, Managing Partner of Veris.

Hood & Selander has been providing quality tax and bookkeeping services to local individuals and businesses since 1974.

The firm is owned by R. Scott Hood, CPA and David E. Selander, CPA both residents of the South Carolina Lowcountry. The firm has 9 employees and is located in Mount Pleasant, SC. Hood & Selander’s expertise includes tax strategy and preparation, bookkeeping, and estate tax consulting.

“By combining our practice with Veris, this will allow us to offer additional service options to our clients, and with a consolidated operations team, our senior staff will be able to expand our proactive planning services to clients as well,” exclaimed Scott Hood, Partner of Hood & Selander.

Melissa Kiddy further commented, “Joining with Hood & Selander provides a growth opportunity for both our businesses and the business community as a whole in the Mount Pleasant, Summerville, and West Ashley areas. We have found that most traditional CPA firms are not engaging in the true needs of the small to medium businesses, which is to help them run their business financially and predict what is coming. Instead, they continue to file a once-a-year tax return for the client with no further engagement. We have been successful at rolling up our sleeves and injecting our financial expertise to help businesses and their owners with forecasting and planning on a consistent basis, and this has allowed business owners to focus on growing their businesses with consistent financial accuracy and focus. We are excited to add this approach and expanded service offerings to current Hood & Selander clients.”

Information about philosophies, services offered, and industries serviced can be found at: https://veriscpa.com/

Veris LLC is a full-service local public accounting firm with offices in Mount Pleasant, Summerville, and West Ashley, South Carolina. The firm provides a wide array of proactive audit, tax, bookkeeping, outsourced CFO, and consulting services for individual clients as well as businesses across a variety of industries.