Elaine Sommerville

Elaine Sommerville is licensed as a certified public accountant by the State of Texas. She has worked in public accounting since 1985. Her practice has and continues to be centered primarily on the tax compliance aspects of nonprofit organizations and churches. She has assisted in the representation of several large case IRS exams as well as other IRS examinations of smaller organizations. Elaine devotes her time to handling various IRS issues for individuals and for exempt organizations of various types. She actively consults on many IRS compliance issues for churches and other nonprofit organizations and prepares information returns of all types for tax exempt organizations. Elaine holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accountancy and Information Systems from the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. She is the sole shareholder of the CPA firm of Sommerville & Associates, P.C. Located in Arlington, Texas; the firm employees 14 staff members providing tax, accounting and consulting services to churches and nonprofit organizations of all sizes. She is a contributing author to Thomson Reuters/PPC’s Nonprofit Tax and Governance Guide and a technical reviewer for their Form 990 Deskbook. Elaine authored Church Compensation – From Strategic Plan to Compliance (Christianity Today – 2d Edition 2021.) She is a contributing author to Working Remotely – A Framework for Success (2021 GreenDot Press).