Singer Burke Zimmer & Butler LLP

Specialties

Financial services that make sense within the context of your life, your goals, your values.

Accounting and Tax Services:

General ledger maintenance

Filing quarterly payroll tax returns

Annual information forms

Business property statements

City business license forms

Pension plan accounting

Assistance in securing financing

State and federal income tax returns

Estate and gift tax returns

Tax strategies to minimize your overall tax burden

Tax implications of significant financial transactions incl. proper structuring and documentation

Skilled audit representation if needed

Business Management:

Financial planning and analysis

Investment planning and analysis

Retirement and estate planning

Federal and state income tax planning and compliance

Budgeting and cash flow analysis

Purchase and acquisition of major assets

Analysis of major business transactions

Risk analysis and assessment of insurance needs

Check-​writing and recording of all receipts and disbursements

Compliance with guilds

History

Established in 1972.

Founded in 1972 by Senior Partner Sandy Singer (formerly of Price Waterhouse), the firm has advised clients on private investments and real estate for over 40 years. Managing Partner Matthew Burke (formerly with Ernst & Whinney) joined the firm in 1990 and oversees the comprehensive accounting, tax, financial, retirement and estate planning practice providing service to hundreds of clients. Tax partner Aaron Zimmer joined the firm in 1994 (formerly with Arthur Young & Co.) Aaron also has a law degree and has passed the California State Bar. Business management partner David Butler is a graduate of California State University — Long Beach and has over twenty years worth of experience in Business Management working with clients in the entertainment industry. Richard Singer is COO of Singer Burke’s SEC-​registered investment arm (RIA) — SB Capital Management, Inc. which advises on approximately half a billion of investments under management.

Meet the Business Owner

Matthew B.

Business Owner

Mr. Burke serves as Managing Partner of the firm that he joined in 1990 (Singer Burke Zimmer & Butler LLP) and Chief Financial Officer of the firm he co-​founded in 1999 — SB Capital Management, Inc. As a financial and business advisor to high net worth individuals and entrepreneurs for the past three decades, Mr. Burke and his team are responsible for the cash management and asset management of approximately half a billion dollars, as well as, providing comprehensive tax, financial, retirement and estate planning to hundreds of clients.

Prior to coming to Singer Burke & Company, Mr. Burke served as a partner at a local entertainment based CPA firm in Beverly Hills, CA; managed the corporate offices of a national real estate syndication firm based in San Mateo, CA; and was a member of the small business practice group at the international CPA firm Ernst & Young.