For Small Businesses

ESTABLISH GREATER PROFITABILITY AND BUSINESS EFFICIENCY!

Your business’ profitability and operational efficiency are at the center of your business’ success!
Our experience, resources, and attention to detail make our accounting services second-to-none. As an experienced accounting team, we look forward to the opportunity to help transform your business’ financials as we work with you to establish short- and long-term strategies for growth and profitability.

 

Working with us and enlisting our business services could make all the difference!

Whether you need help starting a business, cleaning up your bookkeeping, setting up QuickBooks, handling payroll, or you crave some much-needed business coaching or other strategic consulting, we have been doing this for years, and stay on top of all of the new regulations to help you take the most advantage possible. Legally, and ethically — and profitably.

We work with our clients in a relational way to help them experience the financial success they desire — whether the business is just an idea, relatively new, or a well-established entity. Whether small, large, or in need of some special attention, we have the experience you need so that you can focus on what your business does best.

I know from several years of using Patti’s skills as an accountant and advisor that she is tops in her field. I cannot tell you how many times she has saved us tens of thousands of dollars on our taxes and kept us from making mistakes that would have hurt our bottom line. In short, she is the best!

 

Over the past 15 years, Patti and I have worked together on projects for mutual clients in business and estate planning matters. She has always been well informed, up to date on the current tax rules, organized and clear thinking, and eager to help her clients negotiate the world of the IRS. I recommend her wholeheartedly!.

 have known Patti for several years. She provides professional accounting and tax services to both me and one of my companies. I recommend her without reservation.

 

I would like to personally say: ‘thank you for your assistance.’ Gale, you have been an amazing partner to team up with and make sense of our accounting process. The Food & Beverage industry is such a complex business to operate in so many ways. I truly feel that since we have teamed up with your group, that our information is secure and in the right hands. Again, thank you and your staff for making this transition a smooth and positive one.

 

Gale is an impressive tax accountant and one I highly recommend.  She is professional, organized, and very efficient.  She navigated me swiftly through a variety of difficult issues; she explained each piece, made smart out of the box recommendations and ultimately saved me both  money and stress.

Patti has been my accountant for years. She always meets deadlines, even though I usually come in with my stuff at the last possible moment. She is very forthcoming with sage advice and counsel, delivered in the calmest and most pleasant tones possible. Now that I am starting my own business, I have a whole raft of new concerns and questions, and I couldn’t be happier than to have Patti on my team.

We have been fortunate to have been introduced to the services of ONeill & Bergado many years ago, and greatly appreciate the relationship and confidence that have developed.   One less worry for us… knowing that we have a great team in them!!
Also, very friendly folks, that means quite a lot!!

Patti – you and the team of ONeill & Bergado rocks!  Since we’ve known you I’m just so happy and relaxed.  No matter what question I have you are here for us!  We are in BEST hands!  Many, many thanks.

Patti, you are a godsend.. thank you.

New FinCEN Reporting Requirements for San Francisco Bay Area Businesses (Part 2)

Memorial Day doesn’t always mean rest for the small business owner — depending on what kind of industry you’re in.There’s often a lot of hustle around national holidays (special promotions, big sales, holiday weekend shopping). And debt ceiling deals to make,...

Navigating Bank Failures in Your San Francisco Bay Area Business Right Now

Memorial Day was this week. The unofficial start of summer.I like to remember that when things are unpredictable and even a bit hairy (like a shifty economy, bank failures, debt ceiling crisis), normal life still goes on. People will still prep their grills....

How the Bank Crisis Affects San Francisco Bay Area Business Owners

Now, I know that I recently started talking about the new FinCEN reporting requirement and promised a part two… which I’ll absolutely get to in an upcoming blog.But this time I wanted to take the opportunity to speak about the banking “crisis” that has a lot of San...

Patti ONeill and Gale Bergado’s Best Practices for Terminating an Employee

Yes, another interest rate took place this week.Since March 2022, there have been NINE such increases to interest rates all in an effort to deter a recession, which the Fed is still optimistic about being able to do (even though most of the economic recession...

Keeping Tax Records: San Francisco Bay Area Small Biz Edition

If you’re doing the books, juggling the hiring, navigating supply problems, delivering work to clients, and thinking about big-picture items for the year … you might be a small business owner.If you’ve got a lot on your mind and more gets added daily? You might be a...

Leadership Development in Your San Francisco Bay Area Business

 Unless you’ve been living in a cave like this woman, you know that business ownership is a tough gig right now — it’s nearly an Olympic sport to keep things running and moving ahead. But, despite all that, being a business owner is also pretty great....

Making a Plan to Reskill and Upskill Your Staff

Well, here we are — just like that, we find ourselves already a quarter of the way through 2023. While people all across San Francisco Bay Area are breaking out the deep cleaning sprays and scrub brushes to get a little springtime sparkle, you might want to be...

Prioritizing Employee Wellness in Your San Francisco Bay Area Business

It’s a bit of a dog-eat-dog world for businesses these days. (Feel that sentiment in your bones?)Inflation is pervasive. Supply chain issues still have you jumping through hoops to get products. The hunt continues for good help… proving the adage. Covid-era debts now...

What San Francisco Bay Area Employers Should Know About Employee Satisfaction

It happened: Silicon Valley Bank sold. Well, at least part of it. The bank’s deposits, loans, and 17 branches — scheduled to reopen today — were snagged by First Citizens BancShares, a Raleigh-based bank. (About $90 billion of assets still remain with the Federal...

The Why & How of Business Referrals for San Francisco Bay Area Owners

Firstly, before I jump into what business referrals could mean for your San Francisco Bay Area business, I wanted you to see this.You may have already heard me talk about this … but the explosion of shady flim-flammers gaming the Employee Retention Credit and...

How You’re Missing Legal Tax Deductions

Here’s a certain truth: the State and Federal Government would love to have more of your hard-earned money in their accounts. Sure, even though it’s painful, none of us begrudge paying our legal and fair share of taxes.

But the problem is that regular taxpayers, like you, are missing out on legal and safe deductions, to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars in unclaimed refunds every year!

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