Gentile Pismeny & Brengel LLP

Garden City, New York, is home to Gentile Brengel & Lin, LLP, a full-service accounting firm that also trades under the name Gentile Brengel & Lin. The practice covers tax work, bookkeeping and advisory work for owners, executives and independent professionals. It states that it is licensed as an accounting firm in New York and that it has served the accounting needs of Garden City and the surrounding area for years.

Tax preparation, planning and tax problems

The tax practice covers the preparation of returns and tax planning for businesses and individuals. It also deals with tax problems, which the firm lists as a separate part of the work. The website provides a tax center with tools for tracking a refund, the due dates for filings, current tax rates, and IRS forms and publications, along with a record retention guide and state tax forms.

Accounting, payroll and outsourced CFO support

For small businesses, the firm provides bookkeeping and accounting, payroll, and part-time chief financial officer services, which it describes as outsourced CFO work. Its assurance services cover audits, reviews and compilations of financial statements. Forensic accounting is listed among the business services, alongside work on cash flow management and bank financing.

Valuation, succession and new business formation

Advisory work covers business valuation, strategic business planning and succession planning. The firm also helps clients who are forming a new business, and it supports non-profit organizations as a separate group of clients. Together these advisory services sit alongside the firm's tax and bookkeeping work for the same businesses.

Personal financial planning and estate matters

For individuals the firm offers financial planning for a person's own affairs, estate work and elder care planning. Elder care is listed as one of its individual services, sitting beside the individual planning work, and the firm presents all of them as part of the same personal service it gives its business clients.

QuickBooks setup, training and support

The firm is also an adviser on QuickBooks, the accounting software. Its services include explaining why a business might choose QuickBooks, setting up the software, training staff to use it, a QuickAnswers service for questions, and a QuickTune-up to check that an existing set-up is working correctly. These are presented as ways to help a small business keep its books in order from the start.

How the firm describes itself

The firm says its clients get a blend of personal service and expertise, and it describes itself as experienced, affordable and friendly. Clients can use a secure portal and a secure send facility to share documents. The firm also publishes guides on life events, business and investment strategies, and tax strategies for business owners and for individuals, together with a list of frequently asked questions.