HPC Accounting & Tax

Specialties

Outsourced accounting, bookkeeping, tax, & advisory services — Tech-​savvy cloud accountants & CPAs located across the United States. As early adopters of Xero cloud accounting, our experience sets the bar when it comes to industry standards. Our integrated tax department is proactive, not reactive. We stay in touch with you throughout the year and use cutting-​edge technology to keep our clients ahead of the game.

History

Established in 1992.

Bruce Phillips founded HPC (formerly Harshman Phillips & Company) with Bill Harshman in 1992 after both of them left Ernst & Young. For decades Harshman Phillips was a traditional CPA firm. But all that started to change in 2011 when Bruce met Rod Drury, the founder of Xero, at The Sleeter Group’s Accounting Solutions Conference in Los Vegas. After talking with Rod, Bruce realized that technology like Xero was about to dramatically change the way accountants interact with their clients.

Bruce flew back to Atlanta and started setting up Harshman Phillips & Company (HPC) on Xero. Within six months, HPC was Xero’s number one partner in the United States. Not long thereafter, HPC mothballed its servers closed its physical offices, letting all employees work from home.

As of 2016, HPC employs a staff of over 25, with team members spanning the country from California to Florida and Massachusetts.