Construction-Focused
CPAs Since 1981

Cooper, Travis, & Company, PLC provides specialized tax and assurance services to builders and suppliers across the Southeast. Trusted for over 40 years.

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Serving the Firms Who Shape Our Region, Including:

Specialized Accounting
for the Construction Industry

We provide tax, assurance, and advisory services tailored to the needs of contractors, suppliers, and privately held construction businesses. Our work supports confident decisions, clean audits, and long-term growth.

Construction-Focused
Tax Planning

We help construction companies navigate complex tax structures, manage liabilities, and stay compliant—year-round, not just at filing time.

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Audit & Assurance

Our assurance services support bonding, banking, and regulatory needs with clean, timely financial reporting tailored to your industry.

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Litigation Support

From ownership transitions to legal disputes, we provide expert financial insight when it matters most.

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Fraud & Forensic Accounting

We identify, investigate, and help resolve financial irregularities with discretion and clarity—protecting both your business and your reputation.

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Business Valuation

We provide objective valuations to support ownership transitions, disputes, estate planning, and buy-sell agreements.

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Meet Our Team

Serving the Firms
Who Build the Southeast

Since 1981, Cooper, Travis, & Company, PLC has provided accounting and advisory services to privately held construction firms across the Southeast. Our long-standing client relationships and industry specialization set us apart.

40+ Years

serving the construction industry

99%

Client Retention Rate

25

Professionals on Staff

100%

Focused on privately held businesses

"Cooper Travis has been a partner of Merryman-Farr’s since the inception of our company over 15 years ago. They have given us superior guidance throughout the growth of our company with easy access to their professional staff for answers from simple questions to extensive, proactive tax planning. Yearly audits are always timely, complete and comprehensive – they are definitely a valued member of our team."

Steve Merryman
Founding Partner
Merryman-Farr, LLC

"Quality of service delivered is best measured by the length of time a business partnership lasts. Since opening our doors in 1996, ABEC Electric has enjoyed a thriving partnership with Cooper Travis. Securing a trustworthy, responsive, and honorable company to handle our business accounting and taxes was imperative then and even more so now as our company growth and progression continues to multiply. Cooper Travis is truly an asset to ABEC Electric Company Inc."

Steve Bankston
President
ABEC Electric Company, Inc.

"One of the main underwriting tools we use to extend bond credit to contractors is the CPA year end statement. Whenever we get a Cooper Travis statement we know the account has already invested in a trusted accounting partner and is serious about their company’s future. Cooper Travis is at the top of the construction-focused CPA firms we deal with in the Southeast. The partners and staff understand the surety underwriting process and are always ready to answer any questions we have. Their work is exceptional and as a result we’ve been able to build a quality book of mutual clients. I would highly recommend Cooper Travis to any contractor looking for a strong financial partner, committed to the construction industry and a CPA who will help them build their business."

Doug Stalnaker
AFSB Regional Bond Manager
Southern Region Selective Insurance Company of America

"A Surety company needs to have reliable, timely financial information to make quality decisions. Over the years, I have found that the information provided by Cooper, Travis, & Company, PLC. is excellent and reliable. They’re an excellent partner with a contractor because they know the information a surety company is looking for when we make credit decisions. Cooper, Travis & Company, PLC will mobilize quickly to provide quality information in a timely manner to enable surety companies and contractors to have accurate information while making decisions in the fast-paced construction world. They have a staff of well-qualified CPA’s to meet the financial needs of contractors and surety professionals. Cooper, Travis & Company, PLC is accessible and available discuss the needs of mutual clients."

Timothy Basch
Regional Surety Leader
Westfield Surety

"Our Company hired Cooper, Travis & Company at the end of a several year recession in the construction market which began around 2008. At that time competition in the East Tennessee market was brutal, to say the least. Pricing was such that all contractors seemed to be pricing jobs with no profit to make payroll. There was not enough work to go around and we needed to get our arms around what our indirect and overhead costs were and how to track them to assure we had them covered in our bids.

Cooper, Travis personnel were there to take us through the process of understanding what our indirect costs were and testing our methodology and bid model. We took our existing bid model and changed our approach which actually, in the end, simplified our bid process. We learned that for any bidding method to be viable it needed to be tested and proven."

Donna Johnston
Engert Plumbing & Heating, Inc.

Insights & Updates
From Cooper Travis

Practical guidance and updates on tax strategy, financial reporting, and business planning—written for contractors, suppliers, and privately held firms.

Indirect Contract Costs

In the construction industry, managing costs effectively is critical to profitability, compliance, and financial and tax reporting. Correctly identifying and allocating indirect contract costs is essential to this cost management.
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Proposed Franchise Tax TN HB 1893 and SB 2103

In a nutshell, these bills, if passed into law, would change the present law and remove the alternative tangible/realty property base from the Tennessee franchise tax (basically Schedule G). Additionally, the bills would require the payment of refunds for open years for taxpayers who paid on the tangible property base.
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ASC Topic 326 – Current Expected Credit Losses

For the non-public, non-financial sector, it took a while for the new standard on credit losses to get here. But it’s here now and breathing down our necks with a vengeance. CECL (pronounced cecil) was issued by the FASB in 2016. For the non-financial sector, it’s somewhat of a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
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We’re located in the heart of Nashville and serve clients throughout Middle Tennessee and the Southeast. Call our office to schedule an appointment or ask a question—our team is here to help.