Larry Phillips CPA & Staff | Phillips Tax & Consulting, LLC

Larry & Jessica

We give God the credit – we are here for and because of Him.

Larry D. Phillips

CPA, MST

Larry has over 20 years of experience serving clients in a wide array of industries, including small business, manufacturing, construction, restaurants and agribusiness. Larry enjoys the variety that comes with public accounting.

I love the service aspect of what I do. My passion is figuring out the intricacies of a business or the details behind someone’s personal financial situation to see how I can best help my clients.

Professional Associations:

Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants (MACPA)
Kiwanis Club of Caledonia Past Treasurer

Any accountant can prepare a tax return or a financial statement, but I strive to bring value to each and every client I am fortunate enough to work with.

Outside of work, Larry spends his time relaxing with Jessica and their three kids, ages 9 to 14. He also coaches baseball, watches Detroit sports, and plays golf any chance he can get. Larry is actively involved at Thornapple Valley Church in Hastings. He coaches five to seven year-olds in TVC Kids, serves on the TVC Board of Directors, and most recently, is encouraged weekly by his men’s life group

Education:

Grand Valley State University, Bachelor of Science in Accounting
Grand Valley State University, Master of Science in Taxation

Get To Know Larry
- What is your favorite food?
  “Egg rolls”
- What is the #1 most-played artist on your ipod?
  “Imagine Dragons”
- If you could learn to do anything, what would it be?
  “Restore a muscle car or play the guitar”
- What do you miss most about being a kid?
  “Having no worries beyond what’s for dinner…of course that’s pre-sixth grade!”
- If you could meet anyone, living or dead, who would it be?
  “Jesus”
- What is the first thing you ever bought with your own money?
  “A Phil Collins CD when I was 14 or 15 years old”
- What was the worst gift you’ve ever received?
  “A tabletop solar wind chime”
- At what age did you become an adult?
  “At 36. When I started going to TVC and actually began LISTENING instead of daydreaming.”

Jessica Phillips

Office Manager

Jessica was a middle school science teacher in Wyoming before spending the last ten years at home raising children.

Our youngest is in school full time now. I wasn’t really sure how I wanted to get back into the workforce, I was just open to whatever God wanted me to do. He definitely dropped this business venture into our lap. I never expected to be working in a tax office, but in hindsight, it’s perfect…helping Larry and serving clients…it’s what I’ve been in training for all these years!

When Jessica isn’t in the office, you might find her at a garage sale, in the garden, out for a run, or in the kitchen experimenting with new recipes. Larry & Jessica recently installed a Michigan native wildflower prairie on the 3 acres of former hayfield next to their house. A self-proclaimed “bird-nerd,” she and the kids fill the birdfeeders around their house every morning.

Education:

Grand Valley State University, Bachelor of Science in Biology/Chemistry
Aquinas College, Master in Science Education

Community Involvement:

Hastings Food Forest Steering Committee, Secretary
Barry Community Foundation, Grant Committee member
Blue Zones Food Policy Committee member
Thornapple Valley Church’s TVC Kids, small group leader
Barry County Bluebirds, volunteer trail manager

Get To Know Jessica
- What is your favorite book?
  “Parenting with Love and Logic by Foster Cline & Jim Fay”
- What is your favorite color?
  “Green, but NOT because it’s the color of money…it’s because I’m addicted to plants…in the garden, in every room of the house (and office), everywhere! Some folks rescue stray cats. I rescue house plants.”
- Notable:
  Jessica overwinters orange and lemon trees in the family’s basement. “It gets a little tight down there when it gets cold. And most Michi-gangsters don’t know that citrus trees are ridiculously thorny. Don’t touch them when you lean in for a heavenly sniff of orange blossom!”
- What is your favorite food?
  “Thai food. I could eat it everyday. The restaurant that does it best is Bangkok Chef in Caledonia.”
- Favorite quote?
  “Anyone can find the dirt in someone. Be the one that finds the gold…Proverbs 11:27 AND (it’s a tie!) We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children….Ancient Indian Proverb”