Our Mission

Social Responsibility

At Cook & Co., company social responsibility is more than just a business practice, it's a longstanding part of who we are. It's bridging the digital divide. And making the Earth a greener place. It's caring and giving back, locally and globally. It's our culture.

Loyalty to our Clientele

It's supporting customers, nonprofits and small businesses, in good times and bad.

Doing What's Best for the Client

Often times we put the interests of our client above a fatter paycheck for us. Examples include referring an outside payroll service or do-it-yourself software.

We Don't Chase Dollars

Our founder, Al LaGrone once said, "If you help people, do a good job, and stay in one place so that people know where to find you, they will come to you and bring you money". We've been at the same location since 1957.

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Cook and Company is a Public Accounting, Tax and Financial Service Company. Through this website we offer online affiliate discounts on QuickBooks and Quicken products from Intuit.

Our business was started in 1957 by Al LaGrone. Today Cook and Company serves clientele in all fifty States and approximately 19 foreign countries. To learn more about Cook & Co., visit our main website at www.CooKco.us

Originally called Bara Business Service, the business name was changed to Cook and Company in 1998, four years after LaGrone sold the practice to Greg Cook, an employee of ten years. Visit www.BaraBusiness.com to read some of our history.

A Greener Planet

Filing Tax Returns Electronically
In 1987 statistical data showed that it required 9 million trees to file income tax returns in the United States.
Downloading Software
When you download your software, you will help us save the paper, cardboard and plastic involved in packaging and shipping a cd to you.