Finn & O’ Sullivan

Accountancy and tax work for Dublin businesses

In Dublin, Finn & O'Sullivan works as an accountancy and tax practice. The firm describes itself as certified public accountants and chartered tax advisers. Its website dates the firm to 1999 and says it acts for a wide range of business types. The partnership passed to a single owner in 2005, and the practice says it offers the usual audit, accountancy and tax services with an efficient, hands-on approach in which the partners work closely with clients and staff.

Annual accounts for audit-exempt companies

The firm prepares annual financial statements for audit-exempt companies, which it says comply with company law and the Financial Reporting Standard. It also describes itself as registered auditors and says it can carry out a full statutory audit for any type of business where one is required. The accounts work is set out as a separate service, so a client can take on the statutory reporting without the wider bookkeeping.

Bookkeeping, payroll and accounting systems

The practice provides the bookkeeping, accounting and tax work that clients would expect, and goes further by designing accounting systems. Its system design service includes a monthly procedure summary checklist, which gives a business a fixed routine for keeping its records. The firm says it provides a full payroll service to a large number of clients, can email payslips to employees directly, and can arrange direct payment of salaries.

Solicitors' accountants reports

The firm prepares Solicitors Accountants Reports and submits them to the Incorporated Law Society. It also advises solicitors on how to comply with the Solicitors' Accounts Regulations, the rules that govern the accounts a solicitors' practice keeps. This is a narrower service than general bookkeeping, and the firm presents it as its own line of work for legal clients.

Company formation for start-ups

The firm says it has been involved in many of its clients' start-ups, arranging company formations and registration for all the taxes that apply. Its compliance reporting covers the filings and tax registrations a business has to make, and it helps clients respond to new developments and identify growth opportunities as their businesses mature.

Advice on finance and systems

The firm says it shapes its service to each client's needs, so that the systems it helps set up are useful to management. Those systems are meant to support marketing and budgeting, and to help businesses deal with financial institutions, whether in an annual review of existing finance facilities or in a new application for finance. The stated approach is to keep clients compliant with accountancy standards and tax legislation while improving the way the business keeps its own records.