Hyannis · Cape Cod · Since 1987
Boston-level accounting for Cape Cod.
Tax, accounting, business advisory and retirement planning from Mark Gianno and Tom Freda — client-first, with a returned phone call.
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Tax, accounting, business advisory and retirement planning from Mark Gianno and Tom Freda — client-first, with a returned phone call.
We’ve been waiting for you. Mark Gianno and Tom Freda opened their Cape Cod office in Hyannis in 1987 to provide, in Tom’s words, “Boston level accounting and tax services to Cape Cod.” Before joining forces, Mark and Tom worked in Boston for two of the “Big Eight” international CPA firms, where they learned the importance of client-first professional services.
Client-first means tailoring our services to your needs. It requires listening to you as you define your goals and concerns — business success, helping children and grandchildren prosper, community development or charitable intent, health issues, or ensuring your financial comfort as you face an uncertain future.
For retirees. Cape Cod has perhaps the largest concentration of retirees north of the Mason-Dixon line, so our personal tax and financial planning focuses on retirees and the soon-to-be-retired: retirement income plans, allocating retirement investments, and planning for long-term care — always with an eye toward minimizing income and estate taxes.
For business owners. Our Hyannis office serves business clients from Falmouth to Provincetown and every town in between. We work with you “cradle-to-grave”: choice of entity, industry best practices, financial statements and analysis, tax compliance at every level, financing to expand, and selling or transferring your business to the next generation.
Always current. Each of us must take 80 hours of continuing education every two years — Mark’s CFP designation requires 30 more — mostly at state and national conferences with leading experts in tax and financial planning.
Call our Hyannis office and set up a time to come by for a cup of coffee and discuss whether the combination of your needs and our services gives us a basis for working together. Thank you!
Results — we work with you personally to find the best solutions, then apply seasoned expertise.
Relationships — large enough for a full range of services at a fair price, small enough to give you individual attention.
Relief — when a need arises, we’re ready to handle everything so you can focus on what matters most.
“It’s not what you earn, it’s what you keep.”
Gianno & Freda Financial Center
Tom Freda and Mark Gianno met in 1982 when they began their Master’s in Accounting at Northeastern University — despite growing up within a mile of each other in Medford, Massachusetts, and Tom sharing a fifth-grade homeroom with Mark’s younger sister.
Meet at Northeastern. Fast friends.
Leave Deloitte, Haskins & Sells (Tom) and Coopers & Lybrand (Mark) to form Gianno and Freda — the order of names chosen by the flip of a coin.
Open the Cape Cod office in Hyannis.
The partnership incorporates as Gianno and Freda, Inc.
Tom’s expertise in law and taxation and Mark’s concentration in accounting and financial planning complement one another; they regularly consult each other on issues beyond their individual realms. Their tradition of good friendship and collaboration continues.
CPA since 1986; Chartered Global Management Accountant (AICPA) in 2012; Certified Financial Planner since 1992. Holds FINRA Series 7 and 24 securities licenses through Osaic Wealth, Inc., a registered broker/dealer.
AICPA (Tax, Personal Financial Planning, and Forensic & Valuation Services sections) and MSCPA. Formerly with Coopers & Lybrand (now PwC) in Boston. The only Massachusetts CPA to regularly attend the top national estate planning conference for CPAs and attorneys.
B.A. Magna Cum Laude, UMass; M.S. in Accounting and MBA, Northeastern.
Retired NASD (now FINRA) arbitrator; frequent author in professional journals and newspapers; former Treasurer of the Hyannis Rotary Club and of the Cape and Islands Chapter of the American Red Cross. Father of two, Stephanie and Gregory, raised on Cape Cod.
CPA licensed in Massachusetts; admitted to the Massachusetts bar and to practice before the U.S. Tax Court. Member of AICPA, MSCPA, and the tax sections of the Massachusetts and American Bar Associations.
Partner in charge of the tax practice and responsible for all firm tax compliance work; prepares compilations, reviews and audits. Formerly Tax Manager at Deloitte, Haskins & Sells.
M.S. in Accounting, Northeastern; Juris Doctor, New England School of Law; B.A. in History, Boston College.
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We thoroughly and conscientiously study your personal situation and tailor our advice to your specific needs.
Effective tax preparation and planning can help you minimize your future tax liability, both personal and business, including how upcoming business opportunities affect your tax status. We follow the latest federal, state and local tax legislation and constantly look for new ways to reduce your tax liability.
We work with your legal counsel to structure your estate and trusts to minimize taxes and ensure a smooth transition to your heirs, and handle all estate and trust tax-related matters.
If you or your business face an IRS audit, we bring years of experience with tax matters and audit procedures to ensure you are properly represented before the IRS and other tax authorities.
We help you understand and manage your sales tax obligations and prepare sales tax returns efficiently and on time.
Our payroll professionals are well versed in changing federal, state and local laws. We alert you to material changes and keep payroll running smoothly no matter how large your employee population becomes.
Several members of our staff are notaries public, available to witness and authenticate document execution and signatures.
If your business has no accounting staff or is outgrowing its bookkeeping system, we provide comprehensive bookkeeping and write-up services and help your accounting systems keep pace as you grow.
A core part of our services, tailored to your business. We deliver clear, concise financial statements acceptable to outside parties, minimizing employee time and disruption to operations.
Financial statements guide management decisions and represent your business to lenders, partners and potential buyers. We work with your key personnel to produce accurate, timely statements.
Strong financial analysis supports better management, planning and decision making, including prospective analysis that shows how situations may evolve under various scenarios.
As a true business partner, we help you with any business problem or opportunity — expanding, selling or remaking your business.
LLP, LLC, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation — the entity you choose has enormous financial and tax implications. We explain each choice, and revisit it as your business changes.
When you sell: valuation, vetting buyers and supporting due diligence. When you buy: valuation, negotiation and financing strategy, and managing due diligence.
We analyze your business, transactions, current technology and future plans to select and implement a flexible, secure software solution that grows with you.
Call today to schedule an appointment: (508) 778-5555
A $350 value — yours free.
Call Mark: 508.778.5555It is our goal to provide the highest level of professional service to help our clients create and preserve wealth. Call Mark today to refer a friend, family member or colleague to Gianno & Freda and we will certainly reward you to show our appreciation.
Toll free (800) 698-TAXX
Fax (508) 778-5556
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296 Winter Street
Hyannis, MA 02601
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92 High St.
Medford, MA 02155
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