5 / 40
years, became her initial clients, once she
graduated, and started a full accounting practice.
Her first 90 square foot office had a westerly-
facing window that made her room seemmore like
a sauna in the afternoons. That small space is long
gone and the latest move for A.C.T. Services Inc.
was into a beautiful 4,300 square foot office, with
her window facing north, to avoid the afternoon
glare. Her firm now has 12 employees offering
a complete array of accounting services to meet
every possible IRS, Payroll, Bookkeeping and
General Accounting need.
As her business has grown and progressed, Tina
realized that she especially enjoys educating new
startup business owners on how to establish
systems to stay in compliance. Being involved from
the conceptualization of the business’s accounting
systems and processes allows her to contribute
to the growth and success of the business. It also
prevents the client from encountering taxation
penalties or other financial problems arising from
incorrect filings.
Her passion for this work stems from past
encounters with business owners that experienced
problems with the IRS, two or three years into their
business, who came to her and said, “gosh I didn’t
know I was supposed to be doing that, or I didn’t
know I was doing that wrong.”
According to Tina,
“Unfortunately ignorance is
not a defense, when it comes to the IRS.”
Those business owners found that out the hard
way; it would have been cheaper and much less
stressful, if they had aligned themselves with the
right professionals at the outset and gotten the
correct advice.
Tina has a vision to continue growing her business
and building an organization that serves business
owners, as well as, individuals. She wants to
expand, while maintaining a high level of reliability,
professionalism and accuracy, all at a fair price.
Building her team is also a focus for Moe. She
plans to continue to build a team of professionals
that keep their promises to clients and meet every
important deadline. Tina said, “I want a team that
sees problems and challenges to their resolution
and maintains a constant learning mentality. I think
that is important in every business. I also want
each member of the team to maintain the sense
of being approachable, pleasant to work with and
intelligent”. Tina has built her business by providing
the best accounting services and advice, and she
expects the same from her entire team.
“We never want our client to be intimidated.
We strive to translate accounting and tax into
English so our clients feel comfortable with the
documents we create.”
Tina also has a plan to continue to expand her
business through future acquisitions. That is a
solid method of growth for her business.
Tina’s advice for new business owners is to be
surrounded by the right professionals; such as,
an attorney, a CPA, and someone in the insurance
industry. Entrepreneurs typically have an optimistic
spirit and there’s nothing wrong with passion and
SOAR TO SUCCESS
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