The professional staff of Flieller, Kruger & Skelton, LLP, offers the best of both worlds: the capabilities, talent, and depth of a large firm, with an exceptional level of personalized attention and responsiveness made possible by our smaller size.

We believe that building long term relationships is in the best interests of our clients, and we are committed to nurturing such a relationship with you as much in the tenth year of service as in the first.

You can be assured that we will always be accessible and that our work will be prompt. Once you become a client of the firm, we assign a member of our professional staff to serve as your primary contact. This ensures a consistent level of familiarity with your business and personal needs. We work as a team, however, so you have access to the full complement of knowledge and experience possessed by every professional in the firm.

Confidentiality is a matter of grave importance to us, and we enforce strict confidence for all of our clients. The firm maintains physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect the confidentiality of any information that we acquire in the course of our representation.

Partner Profiles.

James A. Flieller fliellerj@fkscpa.com
A Certified Public Accountant since 1980, James Flieller has wide-ranging experience in tax planning issues. In addition to being a highly regarded technical tax accountant, he is considered a valued business advisor and counselor. He has built a niche in serving wealthy individuals, their families and their business and investment entities, and has maintained his role as consultant to some family groups for as long as 20 years. Among his areas of expertise are income tax, estate/gift/generation-skipping transfer tax, and non-wealth transfer tax matters.

James holds a Bachelor of Business Administration with honors and a Master in Professional Accounting, Taxation, from The University of Texas at Austin. He began his public accounting career in 1979 in the Austin office of Peat Marwick, Mitchell & Co. (now KPMG), where he continued with the company for 12 years, five of them as a partner. He then became a shareholder in Powell, Ebert, Flieller & Smolik, P.C. At the end of 1994, James founded the firm that is now Flieller, Kruger & Skelton, LLP.

Wesley M. Kruger krugerw@fkscpa.com
During a career that spans more than 16 years, Wes Kruger has developed broad experience in federal and state taxation. He spent several years in the Midland, Texas, office of KPMG, where many of his clients were high net worth individuals involved with the oil and gas industry. Wes is highly accomplished in the areas of estate/gift/generation-skipping transfer tax planning, business succession planning, and creditor protection strategies. He is also experienced in analyzing strategies for minimizing risk associated with concentrated equity positions.

Wes graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from Texas A&M University and earned a Master of Science in Accounting, Taxation Specialization, from Texas Tech University. He received his Certified Public Accountant designation in 1985 while working in the Dallas office of what is now Ernst & Young. In 1987, he joined KPMG where he remained for nearly ten years, variously in the company's executive offices in Montvale, New Jersey, and in the Amarillo and Midland, Texas, operating offices. He became an owner in what is now Flieller, Kruger & Skelton, LLP, in January 1999 and a partner in January 2000.

Greg D. Skelton skeltong@fkscpa.com
Since entering the public accounting profession in 1982, Greg Skelton has acquired experience across the spectrum of federal income tax issues. In addition to focusing on tax planning strategies for individuals, his practice is devoted to developing effective solutions for business clients. Areas of expertise include tax planning associated with business structuring, acquisitions and combinations; stock option holding and exercise strategies; and partnerships and corporate taxation. Greg also consults with businesses on varied financial issues, such as cash flow planning, debt structuring, vendor relationships, and compensation structuring.

Greg is a magna cum laude graduate of West Texas A&M University, where he received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting. His public accounting career began at Peat Marwick, Mitchell & Co. (now KPMG) in 1982, and he obtained the Certified Public Accountant designation in 1983. Greg's tenure with KPMG included appointments in the New York and New Jersey executive offices as well as the Amarillo, Texas, operating office. In 1991, he left the company to become Controller and Treasurer of Western Merchandisers, Inc., a subsidiary of Wal-Mart. In 1997 he rejoined KPMG in the Denver/Boulder office. Greg was admitted as partner in Flieller, Kruger & Skelton, LLP, in January 2000.