“I have been very impressed with the level of service and expertise that Dean, Dorton & Ford has demonstrated while conducting auditing for our energy group. Their team excels in providing in-depth knowledge of our industry requirements and are very efficient in the audit process.”
— Craig S. Preece, CFO
     Booth Energy


For more information
about our services,

contact your DDF advisor, or:

William J. Kohm, CPA
Director of Assurance Services

Ralph S. Watson II, CPA
Director of Tax Services

Elizabeth Z. Woodward, CPA
Director of Litigation Support &
Forensic Accounting


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Natural Resource Team

Our natural resource consulting and compliance group provides creative, sound, effective assistance to our natural resource clients. more...


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Energy & Natural Resources Team
While tax codes, regulations, and other factors affecting the Energy and Natural Resources sector are ever-changing, Dean, Dorton & Ford has remained a constant source of valuable expertise. For nearly three decades, we have helped companies such as yours confront the industry’s most challenging issues by providing prudent advice and timely service.

Since 1979, Dean, Dorton & Ford, PSC has grown to be one of the largest CPA firms in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, serving the business and accounting needs of a broad cross-section of business entities in a wide variety of industries.

Dean, Dorton & Ford is a recognized expert in the natural resource consulting and compliance areas. Personnel involved in this practice regularly receive specialized training, attend regional seminars, and speak locally. Extensive training and on-the-job experience has enabled Dean, Dorton & Ford’s natural resource consulting and compliance group to provide creative, sound, and effective assistance to our natural resource clients.

Clients & Services

Client

 Assurance 

 Tax 

 Consulting 

Description

Argus Energy, LCC
West Virginia, Kentucky

 

 

Audit client that included initial purchase accounting.

Beech Fork Processing, Inc.
Kentucky

 

 

Audit client that includes consolidated financial statements.

Cambrian Coal Corporation
Kentucky

 

 

Audit client that includes consolidated financial statements.

RAAM Global Energy Company
(Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)

Full service client work includes tax and business planning, Forms 1099, tax compliance, tax audits, stock valuations, monthly accounting services, restructuring and acquisitions, executive compensation, IT services, international planning.

Lexington Coal Company, LLC
Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia

 

Full service client work includes Human Resources (payroll/benefit plan), 1099's, tax compliance, tax planning, sales tax audit, stock valuation, monthly accounting and audit preparation services, annual and quarterly financial statements, IT services.

Pine Branch Coal Sales
Kentucky

 

Monthly accounting, tax compliance and planning review services

The extractive process can be a complex one, and the unique factors and conditions of the particular job or site, along with the regulations that govern it, often complicate the business operation. Further, market volatility and tax codes sometimes make it difficult to stay competitive and can even have a negative impact on the profitability of your company’s energy and natural resource holdings. For these reasons, you need the professional advice of Dean, Dorton & Ford. We provide a wide array of services to natural resource and energy clients, including financial statement audits, income tax preparation, and business valuations.

Our audit experience with natural resource entities includes substantial projects in which companies have never before been audited. Many first-time audit clients are surprised to learn that an audit is not the unpleasant experience that they dreaded. Instead, our clients comment on our efficiency, professionalism, and friendly approach to working with them during the audit process.

Let us put the knowledge and wisdom of nearly three decades of experience to work for you in negotiating the myriad tax rules that apply to one of the most complex industries in the country.