Ahzzma CPA LLP

Ahzzma CPA LLP is an accounting firm in Tacoma, Washington, working with tribal governments and non-profit entities. The firm's specialty is governmental accounting, with a focus on tribal entities. Its services include consulting, audit preparation, clean up of books, staff training, financial statement preparation, and single audit work. The team assists with drafting financial statements, from stand-alone statements to Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports, and has audited grants common to Tribes from agencies including the Bureau of Indian Affairs, HUD, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Indian Health Service, and the Department of Commerce. For non-profit clients, the firm focuses on cost savings through outsourced accounting services. Ahzzma holds a rating of 5.00.

The firm describes itself as a specialist CPA firm and a "tier 3" accounting firm, structured to provide an audit team of single audit specialists. Its partners previously worked at the largest CPA firms in the nation and managed their largest tribal government audit engagements. Managing Partner Yo Ah'zzma, CPA, began his audit career at a Tribal Audit Firm with offices in Utah and Montana, specializing in single audit and traveling to reservations 70 percent of the time. He later joined Moss Adams LLP in its Tribal Government Audit group, where he audited tribal clients of every size and drafted complex financial statements. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants, a licensed attorney in Tulalip Tribal Courts, and an honorary member of the Mdewakanton Dakota Community. He holds a BA in Accounting from the University of Utah and a Masters in Accounting from Weber State University.

Partner Maria Rowley, CPA, MBA, brings more than 15 years of experience in accounting, auditing, and finance, having served as Controller, Vice President, and Chief Financial Officer in private sector and non-profit organizations. Her work covers financial statement preparation and consolidation, financial analysis and reporting, budgeting and forecasting, accounting system and internal control implementation, and external and internal auditing. Ahzzma is a Federally Certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise, a Washington State Certified Minority owned firm, and HUD Section 3 certified. In 2020 the firm won the Business for All Grant from Hello Alice and Verizon Wireless, aimed at minority business development.

The office is on Broadway in Tacoma, a short walk from South Stadium Way and about a tenth of a mile from South Schuster Parkway. The Goddess of Commerce monument, the Union Club, the Tacoma Fire Communications Manager building, and the Temple Theatre are all within roughly a quarter mile.

Ahzzma pairs deep single audit and tribal government experience with a minority-owned, culturally grounded practice, bringing specialist CPA work to Tacoma's tribal and non-profit organizations.