About

W. Foy Beal III, C.P.A.

North Carolina Certificate #16368

Foy Beal, CPA, is a 1979 graduate of Appalachian State University who returned to Raleigh from employment in the mining industry and entered the accounting program at NC State University in the mid-1980s. He earned his CPA certificate in 1987 and enjoyed working with his father, the late William F. “Billy” Beal, Jr., CPA, for over 10 years until Billy’s passing in 1999. Foy has continued to work with Billy’s clients, as well as with many new ones, since establishing his own firm in late 1999. Foy mostly provides individual income tax return preparation and planning services, which often spills over into trust and estate tax and planning services.

Rachel Brown, C.P.A.

North Carolina Certificate #35605

Rachel Brown, CPA, is a 1998 graduate of Washington & Lee University.  She began her career in public accounting with PriceWaterhouseCoopers and earned her CPA certificate in 1999.  After leaving public accounting, she spent most of her career in corporate accounting until moving into tax work with Foy in 2017.  Rachel provides individual income and business tax return preparation, as well as bookkeeping and payroll services, and is a Quickbooks ProAdvisor.