Bedinghaus & Company, CPA

A CPA firm in Clearwater, Florida

Bedinghaus & Company describes itself as a full-service CPA firm and business adviser with more than 25 years of experience. It is based in Clearwater and serves the Tampa Bay area, and it says it also works with clients who are further away, depending on what they need. The firm's specialty, in its own words, is wealth preservation and growth, achieved through tax minimization and asset protection strategies.

Tax work for several kinds of client

The firm prepares tax returns for businesses, corporations and partnerships, trusts and estates, and high-income individuals. Tax preparation comes with planning, and the firm also represents clients before the IRS. A particular strand of its advice is strategic planning on the choice of corporate entity, so that a client picks the structure that best serves its goal of paying as little tax as is lawful.

Running the books

Beyond tax, the practice offers a set of finance functions that a small company might otherwise keep in-house:

• Bookkeeping, including day-to-day management of the books.
• Bill pay and payroll.
• Financial statements.
• Outsourced CFO services.
• QuickBooks support, since the firm says its staff are Certified Pro Advisors who can tune up the software or take over running the accounts.

Starting with a free meeting

New inquiries are invited to a free, no-obligation meeting with a certified public accountant, where the visitor describes what help is needed. The firm's own wording on its site places the emphasis on hard-earned money, and on helping owners keep more of it through careful planning.

Pandemic-era loan help

During the period of the federal Paycheck Protection Program, the firm also helped borrowers estimate how much of their loan could be forgiven and account for it. That program was created under the CARES Act, which allowed forgiveness where proceeds were spent on payroll and other specified costs.