Veterinary Consulting & CPA Services
Helping you build a successful practice.
As the first accounting firm to focus on the veterinary industry, Gatto McFerson has been helping clinics, hospitals and vets fulfill their dreams to heal animals. Whether you’re just setting up your practice, are looking to expand or are thinking about your succession plan, Gatto McFerson can help you achieve your goals. With over 44 years of first-hand experience in the veterinary and animal care industry as both accountants and clinic owners, our depth of knowledge, personalized approach and genuine love for animals will guide you toward success.
Accounting & Management
From annual budgets and cash flow demands to in-depth financial statements and reports, we’ll work with you throughout the year to make sure your practice is operating at peak financial performance. For clients just starting their practice, we can help you set up the proper financial and operating processes from the beginning so you can monitor your company’s financial and management reserve thoroughly. After that, we can be involved as much or as little as you need us to be. Our goal is to provide you with the knowledge and tools you need to be able to manage a successful, profitable practice.
Taxes
Licensed to file both business and personal tax returns in all fifty states, Gatto McFerson can help you plan, prepare, and file your taxes on time. We also recommend year-end tax planning for all our clients which not only helps you pay as little tax as possible, it also helps you plan ahead for any large tax payments.
Taxes
Licensed to file both business and personal tax returns in all fifty states, Gatto McFerson can help you plan, prepare, and file your taxes on time. We also recommend year-end tax planning for all our clients which not only helps you pay as little tax as possible, it also helps you plan ahead for any large tax payments.
Consulting
Whether you’re just starting out, buying a second location or dreaming of retirement, we can provide expert counsel on every stage of your veterinary practice including: partner agreements and employee payroll, regulatory processes, securing financing, building out your space and long term forecasting. We can help you objectively analyze opportunity and avoid any potential pitfalls. And, thanks to our decades of experience with a broad range of clients, we can also offer many valuable referrals to experts who can help with the non-financial aspects of your business.
Practice Start-Up
It takes a lot of time and energy to start up a new veterinary practice but we can help new owners set up a solid foundation for the future. From regulatory requirements and operational start-up to business development and employee logistics, we’ll make sure you have the information, tools and support you need to thrive.
Practice Start-Up
It takes a lot of time and energy to start up a new veterinary practice but we can help new owners set up a solid foundation for the future. From regulatory requirements and operational start-up to business development and employee logistics, we’ll make sure you have the information, tools and support you need to thrive.
Valuations & Appraisals
There are many reasons why an owner may want to sell their practice. When that time comes for you, we can provide you with the essential information you need to make the right decision – and get the right price. We have appraised over 680 practices in 36 different states and are accredited in Business Valuations by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Gatto McFerson is the leading firm in the country for veterinary practice valuations and our work is highly regarded by lenders. If you choose to go ahead with either the purchase or the sale of a practice after the appraisal process, Gatto McFerson can assist you all the way through until the deal is closed. We can also consult with you on ways to increase the value of your practice should a valuation outcome fall short of your expectations.
Reasons for a valuation:
- Buying or selling of a practice
- Marital, partnership or business dissolutions
- Shareholder and employee disputes
- Litigation issues
- Eminent domain
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Estate and gift tax evaluations
- Fraudulent conveyance analysis
- Goodwill impairment
- Purchase price allocation and earnout disputes
Litigation Support
We hope it never comes to this but, if you find yourself in need of legal assistance, Gatto McFerson may be able to help you or your legal counsel with expert witness testimony on veterinary financial and operational issues, valuation issues, and dissolution of marriage/partnership issues.
Litigation Support
We hope it never comes to this but, if you find yourself in need of legal assistance, Gatto McFerson may be able to help you or your legal counsel with expert witness testimony on veterinary financial and operational issues, valuation issues, and dissolution of marriage/partnership issues.
OUR RATES VARY depending on your needs, budgets and goals and the members of our team assigned to help you. Our main objective is to ensure that every client gets the help they need to be successful and we are willing to be flexible when the need arises.
