RKL LLP - Exton

RKL LLP maintains an office in Exton, Pennsylvania, at 102 Pickering Way, Suite 300, serving businesses, nonprofit organizations, government entities and individuals throughout Chester County and the surrounding Philadelphia suburbs. The firm is a certified public accounting and business consulting practice, offering the range of services typically associated with a full service regional CPA firm: audit and assurance, tax planning and compliance, and advisory work that extends into areas such as business valuation, transaction support, outsourced accounting and human capital consulting.

The Exton location functions as one of several offices within a larger multi state organization. RKL has built its presence across Pennsylvania and the Mid Atlantic over several decades, with offices in markets including Lancaster, Reading, Harrisburg, Allentown, Philadelphia, Wyomissing, York, Pittsburgh, Northern Virginia and Maryland. The letters in the firm name trace back to its longstanding identity as Reinsel Kuhn Lesher, a name carried for many years before the organization shortened its brand to RKL LLP. That history matters to clients mainly because it reflects a practice that grew through both organic expansion and the combination of established local accounting firms, which is how the firm came to operate in a number of smaller Pennsylvania markets rather than concentrating solely in major cities.

Services Offered

Work handled through the Exton office generally falls into several broad categories. Specific engagements vary by client, and prospective clients are encouraged to confirm the scope of available services directly with the office.

• Audit and assurance, including financial statement audits, reviews and compilations, employee benefit plan audits, agreed upon procedures and internal control evaluations
• Tax services for businesses and individuals, covering federal, state and local compliance, multistate and nexus questions, tax credits and incentives, estate and trust taxation, and year round planning rather than filing season work alone
• Business consulting and advisory, which can include strategic planning, financial modeling, profitability analysis, succession and exit planning, and operational improvement work
• Transaction advisory services such as due diligence, business valuation, quality of earnings analysis and support for owners considering a sale, acquisition or ownership transition
• Outsourced accounting and controller level support for organizations that want professional finance capability without building an internal department
• Human capital and HR consulting, including compensation studies, organizational structure review and employee benefits guidance
• Forensic accounting, litigation support and fraud investigation
• Wealth management and retirement plan advisory services delivered through the firm's affiliated advisory practice
• Technology and software consulting for accounting and enterprise resource planning systems

Industries Served

Like most regional firms of its size, RKL organizes much of its expertise around industry groups rather than treating every client the same way. The firm has established practices serving manufacturing and distribution companies, construction and real estate businesses, health care providers and senior living organizations, financial institutions including community banks and credit unions, government and public sector entities, nonprofit and association clients, professional services firms, and family owned businesses across sectors. For clients in Chester County, that industry focus is often the practical reason for choosing a larger regional firm over a smaller local practice: a manufacturer dealing with inventory costing and multistate tax exposure, or a nonprofit subject to single audit requirements under federal grant rules, benefits from advisers who handle those issues repeatedly.

Individual clients and family groups are also part of the practice. Private client work commonly involves income tax planning, charitable giving strategies, estate and gift planning coordination, and the tax questions that follow a business sale, inheritance or significant investment event.

Location and Access

The Exton office sits in the Pickering Way office area off Route 100 and Boot Road, placing it within reach of Downingtown, West Chester, Malvern, Phoenixville, Chester Springs and the Route 30 corridor. The location is convenient to the Pennsylvania Turnpike and Route 202, which makes it accessible to clients traveling from King of Prussia, the Main Line and parts of Delaware and Montgomery counties. Suite 300 is on the third floor of the building.

The office reports the following accessibility features:

• Wheelchair accessible entrance
• Wheelchair accessible restroom
• Wheelchair accessible parking lot

Appointments and Getting Started

Appointments are recommended. Professional staff at an accounting firm work on scheduled engagements and client deadlines, so walk in availability is limited, particularly during the January through April filing period and around common fiscal year end audit cycles. Prospective clients typically begin with a phone call, followed by an introductory meeting to discuss the organization's situation, current financial reporting, tax posture and goals. The firm can be reached at +1 484-874-2200.

Several pieces of information help make a first conversation productive: recent tax returns, current financial statements, details about entity structure and ownership, the states in which the business operates or sells, and any pending transactions or financing needs. For audit engagements, timing matters, since scheduling for fiscal year end work often happens months in advance. Organizations subject to bank covenants, bonding requirements, grant conditions or regulatory reporting should raise those deadlines early.

What Distinguishes the Practice

RKL occupies a position between small local accounting offices and the national firms. It is among the larger accounting organizations headquartered in Pennsylvania and appears on national rankings of top accounting firms, which gives it access to specialists in areas like state and local tax, international tax, valuation, cybersecurity and ERP implementation. At the same time, the office structure means clients in Chester County work with a local team rather than with a distant service center. For a growing middle market company, that combination tends to be the central consideration: enough depth to handle complex technical questions, with relationship continuity at the local level.

The firm also operates affiliated businesses in wealth management and technology consulting, which allows an owner's personal financial planning, retirement plan and business accounting to be coordinated rather than handled in isolation. Clients interested in those services can ask the Exton team how the affiliated practices work and what independence considerations apply to their situation.