This page lists bookkeeping and accounting firms that serve home-service and trades businesses such as HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing, landscaping, and general contracting in Providence, RI. Each entry summarizes the firm based on its own website, and notes when a firm serves the area remotely rather than from a local office.
Firms listed: 3.
Bibby & Co. – Providence, RI #
Website: https://www.bibbyco.com
Phone: 401-475-6960
Bibby & Co. is a CPA firm that presents itself on its website as a Providence, Rhode Island accounting practice serving individuals and businesses in the Providence area. The firm’s listed office address is 14 Breakneck Hill Road, Lincoln, RI 02865, so while the website markets the practice to Providence clients, its physical office is located in Lincoln. The site states that the firm specializes in providing professional accounting, tax, and financial services for clients in Providence, RI, and describes a team that helps clients navigate financial complexities.
According to its website, the firm offers a full suite of services. The accounting side includes small business accounting, business incorporation services, outsourced accounting, payroll services, QuickBooks accounting, and outsourced CFO services. On the tax side, the firm lists tax preparation and tax planning, with the planning work framed around helping clients minimize tax liabilities, avoid overpayments, and reduce risk. The small business accounting service is described as offering tailored, user-friendly solutions for small and mid-sized businesses, while the outsourced CFO offering is described as applying financial planning expertise to support growing businesses. Business valuation and QuickBooks consulting are also mentioned among the firm’s offerings.
The firm identifies several specific industries it serves. These include auto repair shops, contractors and the trades, the real estate industry, and the service industry. For auto repair shops, the website describes industry-specific accounting support intended to help an owner gain control over finances and keep a shop running smoothly. For real estate clients, the firm states that it addresses the unique financial challenges of different types of real estate businesses. This industry focus indicates that the practice tailors at least some of its work to particular business categories rather than offering only generic accounting.
Contractor and construction accounting is a clearly developed area on the website. The firm describes serving clients across the construction industry, including residential home builders, small contractors, local tradesmen, and larger commercial construction companies. It states that contracting businesses often face tight deadlines and long hours, which can cause their accounting to suffer, and it positions its services as a way to keep finances organized and up to date. The listed construction-related services include tax planning and compliance, job estimating, job costing, outsourced accounting and bookkeeping, month-end and year-end closings, cash balance tracking, bank and credit card reconciliations, general ledger maintenance, sales tax processing, operational reviews and assessments, fixed asset accounting and depreciation, QuickBooks support, and payroll processing. The firm describes implementing accounting practices and financial controls that help contractors monitor where money is going, manage cash flow, and keep jobs on budget.
The website notes that the firm works with QuickBooks Online and Xero, referencing login portals for both, along with a secure file sharing tool and a client center. It also offers an initial consultation to individuals and businesses and publishes a newsletter with tax tips, due dates, and strategies. The site includes client testimonials that refer to a person named Jeff and to Jeffrey Bibby in connection with personal and business tax work, including one comment from a military family describing complex tax circumstances.
In summary, Bibby & Co. is a Rhode Island CPA firm with its office in Lincoln that markets accounting, tax, payroll, QuickBooks, and outsourced CFO services to Providence-area clients. Its industry focus spans auto repair, real estate, the broader service sector, and notably contractors and the construction trades, where it offers job costing, sales tax processing, and other specialized support. The firm can be reached at 401-475-6960, with a secondary number of 401-475-6961 listed on the site. Prospective Providence clients should be aware that the firm’s office is physically located in Lincoln, RI, while its services are offered to businesses in the Providence area.
Bibeault & Associates, LLC – Providence, RI #
Website: https://www.bibeaultcpa.com
Phone: (401) 329-5900
Bibeault & Associates, LLC is an accounting firm located at 235 Promenade Street, Suite 120, in Providence, Rhode Island 02908. The firm’s website identifies it as a Providence, RI accounting firm and presents a range of bookkeeping, tax, and business advisory services for both individuals and businesses. The practice serves clients in and around Providence and lists a contact email of bob@bibeaultcpa.com along with its telephone and fax numbers.
A central part of the firm’s offering is bookkeeping. According to its website, the firm provides bookkeeping services intended to free business owners to focus on running and growing their companies. It describes serving a variety of industries and client types, from self-employed home-based business owners to small and medium-size businesses with employees. The site explains that for new businesses, the firm will set up reporting and recordkeeping systems, and that for established businesses needing help cleaning up their books, it will streamline bookkeeping systems and establish checks and balances. The listed bookkeeping tasks include accounts payable entry and bill paying, accounts receivable including invoicing and collections, bank reconciliations, inventory management, bookkeeping clean up, general ledger work, preparation of tax forms such as 1099s and 1096, payroll processing, and outsourced bookkeeping. The firm states that it pairs personalized service with current technology and payroll software.
Beyond bookkeeping, the website lists a broad set of business services that include small business accounting, cash flow management, business advisory services, succession planning, and new business formation. The firm also offers QuickBooks services such as setup, training, and a tune-up, along with QuickBooks tips and answers. For individuals, the site lists retirement planning and estate planning. The tax side of the practice covers individual and business tax preparation, tax planning, and tax relief, with a detailed set of IRS resolution services including audit representation, handling of non-filed returns and back taxes owed, IRS liens, levies, and wage garnishment, and IRS payment plans.
The firm identifies construction as a specific industry it serves, and it develops this area in detail on its website. It notes that the construction industry faces unique challenges, including insurance and bonding requirements, labor issues, and a competitive bidding process that varies from contract to contract. The site states that whether a client operates a construction management firm or works as a general contractor, subcontractor, residential developer, or in the construction-related trades, the firm understands the business. It states that it stays current on tax law changes affecting the construction industry and that many of its tax and accounting professionals are members of national construction trade associations and are Certified Construction Industry Financial Professionals (CCIFPs). The firm also describes maintaining relationships with third-party professionals such as real estate professionals, attorneys, and bankers, and preparing financial documents needed to obtain financing from creditors, banks, suppliers, and bonding companies.
The listed construction accounting services include financial statements through reviews, compilations, and audits; review and implementation of financial reporting systems; review of internal project controls; contractor dispute resolution; construction audits; tax return preparation; payroll; and business valuation and succession planning. Alongside construction, the website lists other industries served, including real estate, dentists, healthcare, hospitality, law firms, and manufacturers, indicating that the construction focus is one of several industry specializations the firm maintains.
The site references additional client tools and resources, including a client portal, a secure file sending feature, financial calculators, a newsletter, and a tax center with refund tracking, tax due dates, tax rates, a record retention guide, and state tax forms. The firm offers a free consultation to determine how it can serve a prospective client.
In summary, Bibeault & Associates, LLC is a Providence, Rhode Island accounting firm offering bookkeeping, small business accounting, payroll, QuickBooks support, tax preparation and planning, IRS resolution, and business advisory services. The firm maintains a defined focus on the construction industry and the construction-related trades, supported by professionals it describes as holding the CCIFP credential, while also serving real estate, healthcare, hospitality, legal, dental, and manufacturing clients. It can be reached at (401) 329-5900 or by email at bob@bibeaultcpa.com.
Tradepoint CFOs – Providence, RI #
Website: https://tradepointcfos.com
Phone: 401-264-8828
Tradepoint CFOs is a bookkeeping and CFO advisory practice that serves small businesses in Providence, Rhode Island, and the surrounding region. According to its website, the firm is locally based in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, and works with Providence-area clients primarily on a virtual basis rather than from an office in the city. The site explains that most clients never need to meet in person, with the firm using secure cloud-based bookkeeping through QuickBooks Online and a secure portal for uploading receipts and documents. When an in-person meeting matters, such as for tax planning sessions or initial onboarding, the firm states that it will come to the client or meet halfway. Providence is listed among the firm’s service areas, alongside communities such as Cranston, Warwick, Woonsocket, Pawtucket, East Providence, Newport, Cumberland, Lincoln, and several locations in eastern Massachusetts.
The website states that the firm was started in 2019 by its founder, Robert Douangmala, with the stated aim of giving Rhode Island small business owners access to financial expertise without the cost of a full-time CFO. The firm describes a five-plus year track record with Rhode Island small businesses and emphasizes direct access to a client’s bookkeeper rather than a rotating call center, along with QuickBooks ProAdvisor expertise and knowledge of Rhode Island sales tax rules, filing deadlines, and the local business landscape.
The firm’s core services, as listed on the site, include monthly and quarterly bookkeeping, QuickBooks setup and training, historical book cleanups, sales tax management for Rhode Island businesses, tax preparation and tax planning, payroll services, CFO advisory and strategic financial guidance, cash flow forecasting and budgeting, benchmarking and KPI reporting, and accounts payable and accounts receivable management. The website notes that the firm handles Rhode Island sales tax filing, including quarterly and annual filings, and works with both QuickBooks Online and Xero, including migration between the two platforms. Most clients are described as starting with a free 30-minute consultation.
Contractors and the trades are presented as a stated specialty of the firm. The website describes bookkeeping for contractors and tradespeople, including electricians, plumbers, HVAC technicians, general contractors, and home services businesses. It identifies bookkeeping challenges specific to trades businesses, such as job costing to determine whether each job is profitable, allocation of materials and labor by job or project, subcontractor 1099 management and W-9 collection, sales tax on materials versus labor, truck and equipment depreciation including Section 179 and bonus depreciation, the choice between cash and accrual accounting, workers’ compensation audits and payroll classifications, and revenue recognition on customer deposits and progress billing. The services it provides for contractors include monthly bookkeeping with job costing, QuickBooks setup or migration tailored to construction and trades, historical cleanups, subcontractor 1099 preparation, sales tax filing, payroll with workers’ compensation class tracking, tax preparation and planning, and CFO advisory for trades businesses scaling beyond owner-operator.
In addition to the trades, the firm identifies two other industry specialties: healthcare practices, where it cites insurance reimbursement complexity, HSA and FSA payments, and multi-provider payroll for medical, dental, chiropractic, and mental health practices; and professional services firms, where it cites trust accounting, project margins, and partner draws for law firms, agencies, design studios, and consultants. The website also notes work across retail and e-commerce, salons and spas, real estate offices, and education providers as part of the diverse small business economy it serves.
The firm offers free tools, including a 13-week cash flow forecast template described as the model used with its CFO advisory clients. Its listed hours are 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday.
In summary, Tradepoint CFOs is a Woonsocket-based, primarily virtual bookkeeping and CFO advisory firm that serves small businesses in Providence and across Rhode Island and southern Massachusetts. Its services span bookkeeping, payroll, QuickBooks and Xero support, sales tax filing, tax preparation and planning, and CFO-level advisory, with a stated focus on contractors and the trades, healthcare practices, and professional services firms. The firm can be reached at 401-264-8828. Prospective Providence clients should note that the firm operates from Woonsocket and serves the city remotely rather than from a local Providence office.