A Message From Steve Rafsky, CEO Steve Rafsky Talking About Small Business Support - Tax Advice, Financial Reporting, Payroll Solutions

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.”

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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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