About Us

Founded in 1980, Hamilton Tharp, LLP (formerly known as Hamilton Accountancy Corporation) has assembled a team of top tax and accounting professionals to assist clients in reaching their financial and life goals. By applying our service team approach to client needs, we identify a course of action needed for financial, tax and life management success – our clients’ successes are our successes. Whether you are an entrepreneur with start-up issues, a professional athlete with multi-state tax returns to file, or a high net worth individual with wealth management concerns, we can select a team from our qualified staff to develop solutions for financial success and independence. With expertise in financial planning, estate and trust taxation, business entity taxation, multi-state taxation and complex individual taxation issues, our vision is to offer a complete service tailored to each client's unique needs and goals. Every client receives the personal attention of a seasoned advisor who acts as the quarterback for the financial team and is dedicated to offering highly individualized and creative solutions. For a description of services provided by the team, please refer to the Services section.

In 1981, the company formed the Professional Athlete Services to address the unique tax and financial issues of professional athletes. By providing services that include residence analysis, contract negotiation support and multi-state taxation, this division now represents more than 100 athletes, former athletes and coaches in baseball, football, basketball and volleyball team sports. Additionally, the Professional Athlete Services provides litigation support and consulting services on multi-state and residence issues for professional athletes.

Our sister company, Pacific Business Solutions, founded in 1997, provides part-time CFO and controller services to emerging companies. For more details on services, please connect to www.p-bsolutions.com.

We are committed to continuously assessing and improving the quality and overall value of the services we provide. Our clients are confident and secure knowing they receive quality advice and service from a team of highly trained and experienced professionals. Review our Privacy Policy

Partner Bios

Judith W. Hamilton, CPA, MBA, CM&AA

Christina W. Tharp, B.S., CFO

Allen W. Tharp, CPA

Barbara Eikner, CPA, MBA

Joan M. Wolfe, CPA

Privacy Policy

Your privacy is important to us, and maintaining your trust and confidence is one of our highest priorities. We respect your right to keep your personal information confidential and understand your desire to avoid unwanted solicitations. A recent law change requires us (along with banks, brokerage houses, and other financial institu­tions) to disclose our Privacy Policy to you-which we are more than happy to do.

We hope that by taking a few moments to read it, you will have a better understanding of what we do with the information you provide us and how we keep it private and secure. We collect certain personal information about you, but only when that information is provided by you or is obtained by us with your authorization. We use that information to prepare your personal income tax returns and may also use it to provide various tax and financial planning services to you at your request.

Examples of sources from which we collect information include: a) interviews and phone calls with you; b) letters or emails from you; c) tax return or financial planning organizers; and d) financial history questionnaires. As a general rule, we do not disclose personal information about our clients or former clients to anyone. To the extent permitted by law and any applicable state Code of Professional Conduct, however, certain nonpublic information about you may be disclosed in the following situations:

• To comply with a validly issued and enforceable subpoena or summons.
• In the course of a review of our firm's practices under the authorization of a state or national licensing board, or as necessary to properly respond to an inquiry or complaint from such a licensing board or organization.
• In conjunction with a prospective purchase, sale, or merger of all or part of our practice, provided we take appropriate precautions (for example, through a written confidentiality agreement) so the prospective purchaser or merger partner does not disclose information obtained in the course of the review.
• As a part of any actual or threatened legal proceedings or alternative dispute resolution proceedings either initiated by or against us, provided we disclose only the information necessary to file, pursue, or defend against the lawsuit and take reasonable precautions to ensure that the information disclosed does not become a matter of public record.
• To provide information to affiliates of the firm and nonaffiliated third parties who perform services or functions for us in conjunction with our services to you, but only if we have a contractual agreement with the other party which prohibits them from disclosing or using the information other than for the purposes for which it was disclosed. (Examples of such disclosures include using an outside service bureau that may have employees outside the United States to process tax returns or engaging a records-retention agency to store prior-year records.)

Except as otherwise described in this notice, we restrict access to nonpublic personal information about you to employees of our firm and other parties who must use that information to provide services to you. Their right to further disclose and use the information is limited by the policies of our firm, applicable law, our Code of Professional Conduct, and non-disclosure agreements where appropriate. We also maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards in compliance with applicable laws and regulations to guard your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, or premature destruction.

Thank you for allowing us to serve your accounting, tax, and financial planning needs. We value your business and are committed to protecting your privacy. We hope you view our firm as your most trusted adviser, and we will work to continue earning your trust. Please call us if you have any questions, or if we can be of further service.