About Us
We are a small boutique CPA firm who has built the firm almost exclusively on referrals and word of mouth. ONeill & Bergado started in Jan 2012. Gale and Patti have worked together since 1999 in prior CPA firms.
We believe in the power of relationships in building a business. We have clients that we have been working with for over 20 years.
Patti ONeill and Gale Bergado
CPA, CGMA
Patti has received extensive training in the field of taxation holding a Master of Science degree in taxation, with over 35 years of experience as a practicing CPA, and specializing in taxation. Her expertise is in small business accounting and tax, with a focus on small businesses. She received her BS in Economics from Santa Clara University. Patti was born in Minnesota and raised in California. Now living in San Jose, CA along with her husband and 4 dogs. She enjoys dog training and reading when she is not in the office.
Gale has received extensive training in the field of taxation, with over 20 years of experience as a practicing CPA, and specializing in taxation. Her expertise is in small business accounting and tax, with a focus on small businesses. She received her BA in Accounting from University of San Diego. Gale was born and raised in California. Now living in San Jose, CA along with her husband and 2 children. She enjoys photography, playing the piano and travelling when she is not in the office.
Let Us Help:
Dear Friend,
I have a feeling I know why you’re reading this right now.
You need more time in your day. Running a business is extremely demanding, and there just isn’t enough time in the day to keep all the plates from spinning out of control. And what you need most right now is more proactive help with your business finances and tax strategy. As soon as possible. In fact, yesterday would have been ideal. Am I close?
We get it. We’ve worked with plenty of businesses who have to cobble together 9 different software programs to keep everything straight, or who just wash their hands of it all and put everything on the credit card … and then try to clean up every year after the fact. And they know that this is no way to properly monitor profit margins, cash controls, account management, tax strategy and all of the myriad components of an effective financial system for a business.
Perhaps this is your story too. Or perhaps you’ve reached a stage of development in your business that you want to pass the baton of accounting to another expert team so your expert team can focus on what they do best: making sales and taking care of customers.
Or are you just starting your business and want to start things off on the right foot?
Whatever the reason, we want you to know that our team has been diligently and effectively taking care of the accounting needs of countless organizations in a wide variety of industries—discreetly and expertly handling the ongoing financial management of tax burdens, payroll, bookkeeping, and other comprehensive accounting services while providing expertise in business planning, coaching, and strategic consulting that many businesses need.
Because here’s a certain truth as it relates to taxes and your business: the State and Federal Government would love to have more of your business’ hard-earned money in their accounts. And yes, even though it’s painful, none of us begrudge paying our legal and fair share of taxes. But the problem is that regular business owners, like you, are missing out on legal and safe deductions, to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars in unclaimed refunds every year.
It doesn’t have to be this way. You don’t have to hand more dollars over to the government than they require, just because you don’t know their rules as well as they do. You don’t have to live in a constant state of anxiety over the state of your books, feeling guilty about the time you should be devoting to keeping your business profitable.
In fact, to help you find answers to your questions, I’ve compiled some resources in the last couple of years, for business people like you, in response to the specific tax and accounting questions I’ve received from my clients.
Click the button below to take your first step, and receive a free report from us. We’ll rush your copy to you immediately.
And of course, feel free to poke around our site and discover why I’ve been called “The Most Trusted CPA in the San Francisco Bay Area”.
Talk again soon,
Patti ONeill and Gale Bergado, CPA, CGMA
PS — When you fill out the form, we’ll also add you to our weekly email series on “Real World” Strategy for small business owners. Our readers enthusiastically forward these to their colleagues and peers all the time, because they’re not your standard “tax tips”.
PPS — Already want to come in? I don’t blame you…many folks are fed up with the other options out there. Click here to schedule a time to meet with us. We will NOT make dealing with a tax professional as painful as it’s been in the past!