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BOOKKEEPING & ACCOUNTING FOR TAMPA SERVICE BUSINESSES

Service Business Bookkeeping & Accounting by Florida CPA's

We help service-based businesses—including consultants, technology services, financial services, professional, and legal services to unlock financial clarity through CPA-Level accounting and bookkeeping services with service industry focused performance metrics in order to improve profitability and keep their hard-earned wealth.

Gain clarity on your team's time and productivity, labor cost by project, and profitability by project so you can scale with confidence and predictability.

Is this your Small Business...?

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Struggle #1:
You get no helpful guidance on your numbers.

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Struggle #2: You haven't spoken with your CPA in over a year.

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Struggle #3:
You never get accurate financials on time.

But How Does This Impact My Profit?

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99% of Profit & Tax Strategy is proactive, not reactive

​A lack of clarity = missed opportunities & lost profit

A lack of expert guidance is quietly killing your profit

Messy books lead to costly penalties

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We’ve designed the CPASystem™ to eliminate these struggles once and for all:

TAMPA SERVICE BUSINESS BOOKKEEPING & ACCOUNTING

Services We Work Best With

If you own a service-based businesses—including consultants, technology services, financial services, professional, and legal services and feel like you're flying blind with no expert guidance, messy books, and a lack of clarity. At this stage, expert bookkeeping with a focus on guidance & owner education is the recommended approach for improving profits & scaling with predictability.

Stronghold Accounting works best with service businesses earning at least $200K that want proactive tax strategy, accurate financials, and real insight into what’s driving margins, utilization, and cash flow.

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Consultants & Coaches

Med Spas & Aesthetic Clinics

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Psychiatry & Mental Health Specialists

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Construction & Contractors

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IT Services & Tech Companies

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Private Healthcare Practices

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Financial Advisors & Wealth Firms

Why Service-Businesses Choose Stronghold

Service businesses face fundamentally different struggles from the standard small business. Retainers, project-based work, multiple revenue streams, and high labor costs create complexity that generic bookkeeping systems aren’t equipped to track or provide deep expertise.

True service-based accounting aligns revenue, labor, and expenses to provide visibility at a project-level to give agency owner's insight into team productivity & time, capacity & hiring, and profit per project. Not just generic numbers to use for tax filing.

Project Profit Clarity

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Figure out which projects are draining your resources.

Owner's Pay Guidance

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Pay yourself the right way to maximize personal wealth.

Unlimited CPA Access

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Unlimited access  without concern for hourly billing.

Team Productivity Insight

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Labor Cost Analysis by Project to stop wasted time.

Proactive Strategy

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Live Quarterly strategy calls with a proactive team.

The CPASystem Proven 3-Step Process

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Free Discovery Call

  • Identify compliance red flags

  • Uncover missed profit opportunities

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Foundation Buildout

  • Eliminate costly compliance risks

  • Capture missed profit opportunities

  • Establish peace of mind processes​

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Ongoing CPASystem

  • Clear numbers each month

  • Peace of mind from errors & penalties

  • Advisory for savings & growth

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Clear Numbers

No more lack of clarity. Financials every month.

Protection

No more costly surprises. CPA-Reviewed books.

Advisory

No more unanswered questions. Guidance monthly.

Your Small Business CPA Team

Since 2017, we've helped service-business owners keep their hard-earned profits & grow sustainably. With backgrounds auditing F500 public companies, we specialize in offering white-glove accounting & advisory best practices learned from the big-companies and applied to small businesses.

Stronghold Accounting was born out of the desire to disrupt the low standards of accounting services. Recognizing a gap in the industry for:

  • ​Exceptional Communication

  • High-quality financials & strategic insight


 

 



For service-business owners feeling lost and misguided, our mission is to unlock their financial clarity & peace of mind through our proven CPASystem™. We act as your dedictaed accounting team. Our holistic approach ensures quality, consistency, and peace of mind communication, allowing you to focus on what you do best.

Alex M. Riccio, CPA

Alex M. Riccio, CPA | Stronghold Accounting

Co-Founder​

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"If you don’t walk away from your first month with more financial clarity than you’ve had all year—we’ll refund every penny.”
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—The Stronghold Guarantee
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Our Team's Expertise
 

Big Firm-Trained, Entrepreneur-Focused

  • Background conducting financial audits of F500 companies
  • Applying big-company practices to small businesses
  • Trained and certified at 2 of the 4 of the largest global accounting firms
  • Top-Rated QuickBooks Experts in Florida
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