Jacob Arthur Accounting Services (JAAS) is a firm of Chartered Accountants and Business Consultants founded in 2008 by Hon. Jacob Scherrer Arthur who is a highly experienced Accountant with over 40 years’ of practice experience. The firm is currently managed by a group of highly skilled and experienced Ghanaian Chartered Accountants. The firm has over the years established a unique niche of excellence among its peers in the delivery of quality professional services in the areas of accounting, auditing, taxation, management services and related business advisory services. Our clientele base covers diverse business sizes and spans across all the major sectors of the economy as well as non-profit institutions.

The firm is duly licensed by the Institute of Chartered Accountants (Ghana), which is the sole regulatory body for accounting and auditing services in Ghana. 

Services 

Accounting Services 

Majority of our professional practice derives from the provision of Accounting Services to clients who have discovered the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of our accounting services compared with an internal accounting department. Our accounting services involve the following: 

1) Book keeping

2) Payroll Services

3) Tax Compliance

4) ERP Implementation and maintenance 

Audit & Assurance 

Our audit approach is an adaptable one which identifies the processing points where accounting controls should exist, evaluates relevant and significant controls, highlights missing and ineffective controls for corrective actions and generally ensures that whiles covering other important areas, significant audit effort is concentrated on areas where greatest risks exist. 

This audit approach enables us to report on our client’s financial statements and provide practical and constructive reports to management. 

Taxation 

We also provide top-notch tax advisory and compliance services to our clients. These services include: 

1) Corporate Tax

2) Indirect Tax Services

3) Transfer Pricing

4) Mergers & Acquisitions Tax

5) Tax Planning & Strategy 

Advisory 

In addition to all the above, we provide a range of other professional services aimed at enhancing the overall operating efficiency and capacity of our clients. Our objective here is to assist our clients manage their growth process in the best way possible through professional advice backed by data and experience. Our advisory services include the following: 

1) Finance & Investment Consulting

2) Strategy Development & Implementation

3) Management Consulting

4) Internal Audit & Risk Advisory

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Yaw Bamfo-Debrah (CA (GH), ACMA, CGMA, MSc, BBA) is an astute professional in the fields of Accounting and Information Technology with over seven years’ working experience in the trading, manufacturing and professional services sectors. He holds a first class Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree with combined honors in Accounting and Computer Science, and a Master of Science in Accounting and Finance (MSc). He is also a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana (ICAG) and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK (CIMA-UK).

Mr. Bamfo-Debrah has considerable experience in accounting, taxation, finance, auditing, management and Information Systems consulting. He has handled projects involving clients in the financial, wealth management, manufacturing, mining, information technology, trading, construction and other industries. He has interests and is developing competences in Data Science and Cyber Security.

Professional Credentials:

1) Over 7 years of working experience

2) Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana (ICAG)

3) Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)

4) Master of Science in Accounting & Finance (MSc)

5) Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting & Computer Science (BBA)

 Areas of Expertise:

1) Audit

2) Accounting

3) Tax

4) Management Consulting

5) Information Systems Consulting

Industrial Experience Include but not Limited to:

1) Banking & Other Financial Institutions

2) Wealth Management & Investment Schemes

3) Manufacturing & Trading

4) Mining & Minerals

5) Education & Health

6) Information Technology

7) Building & Construction

8) Not-for-Profit Entities

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