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Varner Sytsma & Herndon High-value guidance and insight to help you grow and scale wisely. We spend time investing in our clients, to serve as guides and business partners on their journey. We are a dynamic and responsive CPA firm with the expertise and specializations to help as your partner in business. We help you determine your ideal long-term financial plan to be profitable and advise you on all the decisions that go along with the vision.

We are a proactive 40+ person CPA firm established in 1997. VSH has become a leading firm in Northwest Washington due to our dedication to respecting clients, our traditional business approach and our highly experienced professional staff.
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We strive to implement advanced processes and technology to make it easy, efficient and more secure to do business with our clients. Detailed look at the business from all angles and determine questions and solutions before they arise. Tax returns and financial statement preparation are just a small piece in the overall puzzle of services we provide.
Our mission is to be a solution for clients who want the services and sophistication of a large firm but also need the continuity, responsiveness and personal attention from partners and managers. VSH is a firm that is committed to excellence. We believe in continuous improvement in everything that we do and in how we serve our clients.
Founded in 1997, VSH is a 40+ person firm led by partners Chris Sullivan, Robert (Bob) Sytsma, Kathy Herndon, Jessica Waggoner, Mark Roetcisoender, and Lydia Ahn. Each bring to the table their own specialties and areas of expertise, helping to partner with your business to inform entrepreneurial and advanced business strategies.
We offer services from personal accounting to business financial plans and from international taxation laws to fraud prevention. Whatever you need, we can advise you! Your partner in growth and optimization. VSH packs in high-value guidance and insight to help you grow and scale wisely. We spend time investing in our clients, to serve as guides and business partners on their journey. With more than 20 years of experience serving businesses, we've seen and can anticipate. We know the exit can be tough and the entrance can too.
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Ashley Engel
Sep 26, 2021
I have worked with VSH for about 8 years now. Very professional and proactive about sharing relevant info and with with future planning for maximum tax savings. Staff are knowledgeable and quick to respond to questions. Highly technical knowledge relating to international topics as well as for both large and small businesses. Definitely recommend.
Kevin Berman
Nov 26, 2020
My bill seemed very high. I politely requested an explanation of the fees. Instead, VSH ignored my request, and sent the account for collection. In other words, they would rather sacrifice 50% of my bill to a collection agency than to justify their fees. Think about that.
Matt DeSpain-Tonjes
Oct 04, 2019
Great locally owned accounting firm specializing in international services. Amazing people heavily involved with the community.
Rollo Van Slyke
Jun 04, 2018
Bob has done my taxes fro over 30 years. I would recommend him and his firm to anyone needed the most competent account service.
Mark King
Dec 24, 2017
Bob and VSH have been nothing but good to us over the years. They are credible, ethical, and have always been there when the need arose. They come highly recommended from myself and our local wallet company. Thanks Bob and VSH. You all do great work. -Mark
Andrew Skipton
Oct 16, 2017
My company has worked with Bob Sytsma and the talented team at VSH for more than eight years, consistently enjoying exemplary service in the areas of financial statement reporting, tax compliance and planning. I have without reservation recommended them to family, friends and colleagues.
Rachael Kent
Jan 22, 2015
I've been going here several years and every year I wish I got a new cpa. This will be that year. Maybe they do a good job on my taxes but their costumer service is poor. they never tell me how I can prepare for the next year to not owe money and they're very curt with any kind of question i have. i find them to be convenient to doing my own but I'm not convinced they've saved me money. This year I'll find a cpa that specializes in things like small business, not being rude.