About Buckner & Tilley
Buckner & Tilley, P.C., founded in 2006, offers comprehensive tax
planning and compliance services to meet the needs of individuals,
families, their entities, and businesses.
Our clients, concentrated in the permian basin of west Texas,
include individuals, companies and non-profit organizations involved
in oil and gas exploration and production, oil field service and
manufacturing, geologic data collection, ranching, private
philanthropy, and financial markets. We measure our own success by
our clients’ dynamic and innovative stories of success, as we work
to help them achieve their goals.
At Buckner & Tilley, we are focused on providing the local service
and attention you deserve, delivered by a professional team boasting
all the experience and expertise of major firms. We focus on
recruiting, developing, and retaining the brightest minds in
accounting and business consulting because we understand that a
strong team provides the best service to our clients. This
translates into excellent service from a highly qualified team. We
focus on your needs and initiate ideas that help you achieve your
goals. We really care about your success.
Laura Buckner C.P.A., P.F.S., is the President and Managing
Director of Buckner & Tilley, P.C., a firm established in 2006 by
Laura A. Buckner and Deborah H. Tilley as a successor to the
Midland, Texas tax department of KPMG LLP.
Prior to establishment of Buckner & Tilley, P.C., Laura developed
her career at KPMG, LLP from 1981 to 2006. She has experience
serving public and private businesses, wealthy individuals,
including their families and investment entities, and private
foundations for more than 25 years. Areas of career experience
include federal and state income tax, estate, gift, &
generation-skipping transfer tax, and oil and gas tax matters.
A Certified Public Accountant in Texas, she is an AICPA Personal
Financial Specialist, receiving an award by the American Institute
of Certified Public Accountants for submitting a paper of
outstanding merit for the Personal Financial Specialist Examination.
She earned a degree in Business Administration-Accounting, from
Texas Tech University.
Laura has presented multiple seminars on tax and financial planning
issues, including as an instructor of KPMG national professional
education courses. Her presentation experience includes the national
convention of Society of Petroleum Engineers and local seminars on
tax issues for the Texas Society of CPAs, the Institute of
Management Accountants, the Permian Basin Graduate Center, the
Permian Basin Petroleum Association, the Petroleum Accountant’s
Society, and the Natural Gas Producers Association. She is also the
co-author of an article on enhanced oil recovery tax credits
published in the American Oil & Gas Reporter magazine.