STEVEN A. BARBER CPA, MST

Steve has been serving clients with Schneider Downs since 2003 and has over 20 years of experience in all areas of tax advisory services including tax planning,
research and compliance, accounting, acquiring, selling, operational and financial reporting matters for closely held businesses.

Steve provides services to the firm’s clients that include the coordination and review of corporate, partnership and individual tax returns, including development and communication of tax strategies to management.

Steve serves clients in a number of diversified industries, including automobile, construction, real estate, and manufacturing.

Education

B.S.- Accounting, Pennsylvania State University with a minor in Economics, M.S. – Taxation, University of Denver

Professional and Community Involvement

Chair—Pittsburgh Automotive Services Group

Member—American and Pennsylvania Institutes of Certified Public Accountants

Member—Schneider Downs Auto Dealer Advisors

Member—Schneider Downs Cost Segregation Study Strategy Team

Contributor—PAA and OADA Webinar Series, PAA Controllers Forum

SHARE

Do you have a hobby/personal passion?
My passion is my family, work/life balance is important.  Following college sport and recruiting.

What was the best advice you’ve ever received?  
Treat people the way you want to be treated

Who is your role model?
Parents – both being cancer survivors, their outlook on life are the most positive I have seen.

What was your childhood dream?
To be a NBA basketball player and a doctor on the offseason

If you could go back in time, what advice would you give your college self? 
Time management is one of the most important things to learn that will help you into the future

People would be surprised to know that I…
I am from DuBois and I do not hunt

What is the best or most interesting thing about your career?   
The fact that clients and co-workers become friends

What was your first job? 
Cutting lawns/shoveling snow/raking leaves for all of the older ladies in my neighborhood

Do you have a “motto”? (spoken or unspoken)
A rich man has nothing to do with money

When you have an hour of free time, what do you like to do?   
Play with my two sons

Do you have advice for young professionals?
Be a team player, work hard and have the right attitude

Our Thoughts On

FEATURED

Big Problem: A Limited Employee Benefit Plan.


Big Thinking: Increased Contributions And Employee Retention.

Shareholder JOE BRUCE has more than 21 years of public accounting experience since joining Schneider Downs in 1996. He has expertise with a variety of clients including construction, manufacturing, retail, oil and gas industries, and employee benefit plans.
One of Joe’s clients had a successful business and was interested in contributing more to their retirement accounts. However, the client was limited by the existing employee benefit plan structure and IRS contribution limitations on their existing structure. Joe’s team was familiar with the structure of their existing plan and offered to do an analysis of their options. “The Schneider Downs Retirement Plan Solutions Group suggested a cash balance plan and provided an analysis to the business owners which quantified the impact and provided options to allow the client to evaluate the direction they were most comfortable moving forward with.” Bruce said. “The client elected to adopt the cash balance plan and was able to significantly increase contributions into the owners’ retirement accounts. This also enhanced the quality of the retirement benefits for their employees, which in turn helped improve employee retention.” Schneider Downs provides Big Thinking and Personal Focus in delivering a variety of services for large and small businesses, both publicly and privately held, as well as nonprofit organizations, government entities and more. Through our commitment to thought leadership and knowledge management, we deliver the solutions our clients need with a personal commitment to service.

Have a question? Ask us!

We’d love to hear from you. Drop us a note, and we’ll respond to you as quickly as possible.

Breached?

Every moment counts. For urgent requests, contact the Schneider Downs digital forensics and incident response team at 1-800-993-8937. For all other requests, please complete the form below.

"*" indicates required fields

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.