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Padgett Business Services®
opened its first office in 1966 to help small business owners
stay compliant with their tax matters. More than 40 years later,
we still help our clients with their taxes, but we are equally
focused on helping them improve their bottom lines. We do so by
providing business and tax advice, management financial
reporting, professional tax preparation, competitive credit card
processing, payroll
solutions and other business services. We can
attribute our longevity and success to a simple and time-tested
principle: we respect and support those with whom we work and
by working together, we all succeed. Padgett is committed to
offering a successful formula for running one’s own
business...one with less risk and the support system of a solid,
experienced company.
Steve Rafsky, CEO, explains that Padgett started
by helping small business owners manage the tax compliance and
financial reporting aspects of their companies. “This allowed
our clients to focus on the growth of their companies, rather
than dealing with the sometimes overwhelming and complicated
day-to-day financial duties. It was, and still is, a formula
for success!”
Today, Padgett is the primary business advisor to
thousands of small business owners across North America through
its network of over 400 franchised offices. “We started by
providing reports,” says Rafsky. “With time, our role has
expanded to engaging our clients as their primary business
advisor. In fact, when surveyed, 94% of our clients say we are
their first or only business advisor. We have evolved from a
paper business to a people business.”
“We strive to provide excellent service to our
retail and service owner-operated, small business clients. We
are proud of the tremendous talent, experience and knowledge
available throughout our system. We are also proud to be
recognized as knowledgeable leaders in the small business,
accounting & tax and franchise arenas that we are both a part of
and serve,” says Rafsky.
The need for Padgett’s services is enormous in
today’s complex business environment. We continue to prosper
with our defined mission – helping owners of small retail and
service businesses, which has become the growth sector of the
economy. “We are the first place small business owners turn to
learn more about running their businesses,” says Rafsky. “We
provide an array of financial services. Yet, what we really do
best for our clients is to answer their questions and help them
focus more on running their businesses.”
Padgett is also proud to be a full-service
franchisor in the accounting & tax business. “The model works
so well because everyone has a vested interest in helping each
other succeed,” says Rafsky. He knows first-hand how Padgett
creates an environment of success; he started out as a Padgett
franchise owner almost twenty years ago. He explains that
Padgett’s services are needed throughout North America and that
the company is positioned for expansion as this sector of the
economy grows. “It’s helpful to have learned so much about the
business from the client-service perspective,” says Rafsky. “But
I’m not the only one in the corporate office with this
experience. Our president, Roger Harris, also started with
Padgett as a franchise owner almost thirty years ago. And our
vice-chairmen, Dan Sautner and Brian Austin, who are both
chartered accountants, began their Padgett careers over twenty
years ago as franchisees, as well.”
“Our management team has a passion for this
business due to our own career paths,” explains Rafsky. “Our
management learned this business by doing it. Padgett works so
well because we use a proven model developed over 40-plus years.
We have an organization that is committed to our franchise
owners’ and our clients’ success. Our commitment is to make our
relationships strong; our commitment is to helping people
succeed.”
If you are an owner of a small business who could
benefit from expert business and tax consultation, you can start
by
clicking here to locate an office near
you!
If you are considering running your own
business-to-business company, then it is time for you to branch
out.
You can start by clicking here.
Padgett Business Services®
would love to give you more information and assist you in your
endeavor. “For more than 40 years, we have been there for our
clients and franchisees. We are committed to helping people
succeed,” says Rafsky. “We’d love to help you, too.”
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