At Best of Best Review, we’re honored to name M Dean Owen CPA, PSC as the Best CPA Firm in Western Kentucky of 2025—a title earned through relentless dedication, unmatched expertise, and a track record of delivering transformational financial outcomes.

A Champion Among Hundreds

After carefully reviewing hundreds of firms across the region, our committee unanimously selected M Dean Owen CPA for its outstanding performance in the areas that matter most to clients:

• Accuracy and efficiency in accounting

• Leadership in tax strategy

• Client-centric wealth planning

• Innovation in financial services

• Long-standing trust and community engagement

This isn’t just another CPA office. It’s a financial command center helmed by Founder and President Dean Owen, a U.S. Navy veteran and nationally recognized thought leader in tax and wealth advising.

What Makes Them the Best?

1. Veteran-Led Integrity
Dean Owen brings a level of discipline, accountability, and service-driven leadership forged during a decade in U.S. Special Operations and Desert Storm combat.

2. Elite Credentials
He holds both a BS and MS in Accounting (with top graduate honors), is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Personal Financial Specialist (PFS)—two of the most trusted and rigorous financial designations in the profession.

3. Powerful Tax Expertise
With over 10,000 tax returns prepared annually, this firm transforms tax compliance into opportunity. Clients benefit from deep, strategic tax planning that few others offer at such scale and precision.

4. Firm Size and Capability
A 17-person team—including CPAs, Enrolled Agents, and Certified Paraplanners—ensures that every client, no matter how complex, gets high-level attention.

5. Financial Planning with Purpose
M Dean Owen CPA manages over $200 million in assets, focusing especially on retirees and small business owners—proving that financial planning isn't just about numbers, it's about people’s futures.

Key Areas of Excellence

• High-level fiduciary service

• Full-spectrum accounting & tax compliance

• Outsourced CFO services for small businesses

• Aggressive yet ethical tax reduction strategies

• Custom retirement planning

• In-house continuing education program five times the industry minimum

• Engagement with Friends of NRA, veterans' groups, and civic education

• Real estate and clean energy innovation via affiliated businesses

Learn More & Get In Touch

Location: Paducah, KY
Phone: (270) 554-0720
Website: owencpa.com
Social Media: Facebook, LinkedIn