Improve Your Bottom Line Through Better Tax Planning and Financial Analysis

Experience between three partners.

As a client of Hewitt & Couch, PC you'll have your own on-call CPA. Feel free to call or email us with questions throughout the year.

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Meet the Team

Our relationships with clients extend beyond financial recordkeeping and reporting. We understand the dynamics that affect their personal and professional lives. We listen to their goals and dreams. We work collaboratively to develop plans that transform ambitions into reality.

Daniel M. Hewitt, CPA

Dan has 27 years of public accounting experience, and 5 years in industry.  Dan started his career with KPMG Peat Marwick as an auditor.  The last 17 years Dan has been in practice in Pueblo CO servicing small businesses in the areas of tax planning and compliance and return preparation for primarily S corporations, C corporations, partnerships and individuals.  Accounting services include compilations and review services, monthly accounting and payroll services.

Dan has a Bachelors of Science in Business with an accounting emphasis from Fort Hays State University.


Karen E. Heerschap, CPA

Karen’s 18 years of experience as a CPA includes tax compliance and planning services for partnerships, C-corporations, S-corporations and individuals in a variety of industries and audit, compilation and review services.  She received her Bachelors of Business Administration and Masters of Accountancy degrees from the University of New Mexico.

Professional Qualifications & Memberships:

  • Certified Public Accountant, licensed in Colorado and New Mexico
  • Member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
  • Member of the Colorado Society of Certified Public Accountants

Awards & Recognition:

  • 2011 AICPA/New Mexico Society of Certified Public Accountants Women to Watch – Emerging Leader award winner

D. Kent Couch, CPA

Kent is a co-founder of Hewitt, Heershap & Couch, PC, and has been practicing public accounting in Colorado since 1982.  He is a member of both the American Institute and Colorado Society of CPAs.

Kent specializes in tax accounting for small businesses and individuals.  He also serves as the outside controller of several small businesses.

Kent graduated from Ft. Lewis College with a B.A. in Accounting, and followed up with a Master’s Degree in Taxation from the University of Denver.

Kent started his career with the international accounting firm then known as Ernst & Whinney.  After 5 years, rising to Senior Manager in their Denver tax department.  This was followed by a 5-year stint with the Pueblo office of the southern Colorado firm Grimsley,, White & Company.

Kent formed his own firm in 1993, and later merged with Dan Hewitt to form Hewitt & Couch, PC.  After several successful years, Karen Heerschap was admitted as a shareholder, and Hewitt, Heerschap & Couch was formed in 2017.

Kent and his wife Mary have 3 adult children, and together they enjoy traveling, golf and other leisure activities.


Industries Served

Associations • Attorneys • Consultants • Contractors • Dealerships • Dentists • eCommerce • Landlords • Physicians • Retail Stores • Restaurants • Schools • Social Service Agencies

  • Dan is competent, approachable, efficient, and delightfully personable. He always makes time to address my questions in a very timely manner.

    -- James W.

  • Karen patiently and fully answered all of our questions, and had a some specific recommendations for us that would increase our tax refund for next year. She is professional, friendly, and keeps everything simple.

    -- Marry N.

  • Kent was an absolute pleasure to work with: professional, courteous, and friendly.

    -- Thomas K.

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Let's discuss your situation so that we may understand your objectives and determine whether we have the ability to provide service and value.

First consultation is free.

Call (719) 542-1287