CPA, ABV, CVA, MST | Partner

As a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV), and a Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA), with a Masters degree in Taxation (MST), Ken Palmer has a strong technical background and more than three decades of experience in providing valuable business and tax advisory services. Drawing on the strength of solid core values, Ken works with his clients to develop creative solutions to complex issues. He becomes a trusted member of his client’s team of advisors, working to help them reach their business and personal goals. Ken has provided expert testimony in courts of law, taught at the college level, and worked with businesses and individuals alike to plan and manage their finance and tax issues. He has also worked in industry as the CFO of a technology company.

Throughout his career, Ken has guided hundreds of entrepreneurs as they have established, funded and executed their dreams. He has worked with investors and developers to generate creative planning strategies for investing in, holding, and developing real estate; and with businesses to strategically navigate mergers, acquisitions and liquidations. With proven experience and consummate integrity, Ken has helped a wide range of clients strategically reduce their taxes, resolve complex entity structuring issues, settle perplexing estate, gift and trust tax issues, protect their net worth and make better business decisions.

Ken is active in community services, including working with youth and church groups, coaching, and volunteering in various capacities in the community. He has served on the Arizona Society of Certified Public Accounts’ Board of Directors, as the president of the Northern Chapter of Certified Public Accountants in Arizona, and as an officer and board member of several nonprofit organizations. Ken and his wife, Deborah, have been married for over 30 years and have five children.

Accreditations

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
• Accredited Business Valuator (ABV)
• Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA)

Association Membership

• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
• National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts
• Colorado Society of Certified Public Accountants

Boards

• Family Health West –  Past Board Chair
• Colorado West Estate Planning Council – Treasurer
• Project Butterfly