Background
Since 1980, Stephen C. O’Connell, Jr., P.A. has been providing quality and personalized accounting services to professionals and businesses in the Tallahassee area and throughout the State of Florida. With over thirty years of experience, our expertise includes a broad range of accounting services such as tax planning, all forms of corporations, management services, bookkeeping services, payroll services, and financial statement preparation.
Businesses and Clients Served
- Attorneys
- Automobile Dealerships
- Chiropractors
- Contractors
- Not-for-Profit Corporations
- Physicians
- Printing Companies
- Real Estate Developers
- Real Estate Partnerships and Corporations
- Retailers
- Service Companies
- Sub-contractors
- Trucking Companies
- Trusts
- Veterinarians
Our Mission
Our mission is to understand our clients’ needs and help them achieve their goals. We work together as a team to find solutions to problems and challenges and assist in managing business finances with personalized attention and timely and accurate service. Our responsibility is to help you meet the federal and state governmental regulations through accurate filing of returns and assistance with the IRS and governmental audits, correspondence and the resolution of problems.
Our Team
Stephen O'Connell, Jr., CPA, President
Stephen C. O’Connell, Jr. was certified by the State of Florida in 1975. He graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture and completed the Accounting Curriculum from Florida State University for his certification. He constantly attends numerous continuing education courses presented by the American Institute of CPAs which have included “Valuation of Businesses and Professional Practices with Revenues under $20 Million,” and “Litigation Support Services.” His professional experience has included the presentation of continuing education courses for the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He was appointed and served three years on the Florida Bar Association Grievance Committee.
Our goal is to continuously keep abreast with changes in the accounting and tax environment by completing the following courses since 2000.
Accounting Classes
- Financial Statements - Compilations and Reviews
- Special Engagements – Financial Forecasts and Projections, Compliance Engagements
- Cash Flow and Financial Statement Analysis
- Introduction to Quick Books
- Lessons from Enron – Fraud and Accounting Errors
- Independence Under Sarbanes Oxley
- Fraud: Catching the Crooks Who Cook the Books
- Economic Growth & Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001
- Real Estate Taxation
- Taxation of Closely Held Corporations
- Intermediate Individual Taxation Update
- S-Corporation, Limited Liability and Partnership Tax Update
- Tax Aspects of Buying and Selling a Business
- Employee Fringe Benefits
steve@soconnellcpa.com 850-878-8780
Pamela A. Warnet, Executive Assistant
Pamela A. Warnet was certified as an accountant in Munich, Germany and has been with our firm since 1998. She brings twenty years of experience in small business accounting and office management.
