About Us
About Our CEO
Former CFO, controller, operations manager, accounting executive and long time entrepreneur here to serve your needs and help you get the most out of QuickBooks.
Business is better with a ProAdvisor.
A ProAdvisor is a QuickBooks-certified independent accounting pro who can provide strategic insights to drive small business success.
Our History
Rocco Angone III, founder of the company, has been self-employed most of his career since the late 1980s. While running a commercial picture framing operation, he began learning accounting from a desire to know how his business was performing, to get funded for growth and to ease the burden on his tax preparer. It took about five years to get his books in the condition that he wanted them to be in. The computer era unfolded to small businesses in the early 1990s and Intuit launched QuickBooks Desktop for DOS 6.22 in 1994. Through this learning process and new software that made in-house Accounting achievable for small businesses, he rediscovered his love of numbers and accounting perfection. Since that time, Rocco has used almost every version of the desktop software that they made. In 1999, QuickBooks introduced payroll software so that these same small and medium sized businesses that managed their own books could manage their own payroll in-house as well. It was as this time, the concept of bringing books, payroll and tax departments together under one roof was born. Having to run his own books and payroll, then work with a tax professional to have it all make sense was a daunting task. After selling the framing business in 2002, he became a QuickBooks ProAdvisor and began working full time as an Accountant from that day until this one. The mission became to ease the burden of the companies that he served by uniting the three realms of books, payroll and tax.
From 2002 to 2008, he worked as an Accountant for other companies. With the tools that QuickBooks provided and an endless pursuit on how to improve his craft, he successfully brought books and payroll together for his employers and became a QuickBooks guru with real-world experience. The game changer at his last job and the origin of EP was the introduction of tax preparation. While working as a Controller for a large landscape services company that had 125 employees on payroll and sales around $10 million each year, Rocco unraveled the chaos in this company producing thousands of transactions each month. The CPA firm hired to do tax preparation sat down with Rocco and explained in detail why the previous Controllers had failed to produce books that produced usable numbers. Rocco worked closely with the CPA to successfully restructure those books and made the company auditable for the first time. The CPA firm asked Rocco to do the same services for its client base of small businesses where the owner did not understand the blending of books and tax preparation. Employee Payment Solutions’ business model was born that day. Rocco dove into tax preparation in 2008 on the advice of the CPA firm. Since that day, he has been advising other small and medium sized businesses what they needed to do to make payroll numbers flow into books, books flow into tax and help tax numbers come back through to the books.
Testimonials
“Rocco has been a god-send. His years of experience with QuickBooks set our minds at ease right away. His knowledge of this program is outstanding! He should be applauded for his ability to instill in the neophyte user, a sense of confidence to explore and learn how to utilize this intuitive program and all it has to offer. I would highly recommend him to anyone looking for a very approachable, motivated, and can-do-minded person!”
"We went through 2 other accountants before finding Rocco and he is AMAZING! Rocco helped us with the following over the past 2 years: -setup QuickBooks for 3 locations -enter historic data for the locations -helped us consolidate our books once we consolidated our 3 locations into 1 new concept -filed tax returns (corporate and personal) -tax planning -quarterly book review and recommendations - QuickBooks troubleshooting and training (we like to handle our day-to-day books) I have referred him to multiple clients and friends and will continue to do so. He is attentive, always makes time to help when needed, and is pro-active making sure that we are aware of deadlines, options, and new tax laws we need to know about. He cares about his clients and their businesses and is a true pleasure to work with."
"Rocco has been a lifesaver! His knowledge of QuickBooks is phenomenal. I can't thank him enough for getting the companies tax filings correct and helping sort thru QuickBooks! He is a master."
"Rocco was recommended to our Company by our Contracted IT Company. We were merging our companion inventory program to QB back to QB advanced inventory and we needed someone to work with our IT company to accomplish this Large task. Due to our International Business he worked with the Staff after hours and over a weekend to accomplish this so that we were up and running Monday Morning. He then spent several visits with us working with us on the New Inventory system and clearing up any issues that arose from the Merger. We added the Advanced Pricing and Advanced Reporting as well that he was very helpful in getting those setup for us. When ever we have any additional issues we Call upon Rocco's expertise to work with us for a solution. He has been as accommodating to us as anyone could expect and over and above in his Customer Service to us. We call upon Rocco whenever we have a situation that we need his expertise with. He even works with our CPA for any Inventory issues that arose from the Merger and any ongoing issues we find. He is a Professional and excellent Resource for any Company."
"Rocco has been a god-send. His years of experience with QuickBooks set our minds at ease right away. Each and every issue we had with the transition from SBT to QuickBooks Enterprise 2014, was addressed and resolved very quickly. His logical 1,2,3 approach to getting us up and running made everyone’s job go smoothly. His knowledge of this program is outstanding! He should be applauded for his ability to instill in the neophyte user, a sense of confidence to explore and learn how to utilize this intuitive program and all it has to offer. I would highly recommend him to anyone looking for a very approachable, motivated, and can-do-minded person such as Mr. Angone, for their QuickBooks needs."
"I called Rocco in the morning asking about QuickBooks and being the impatient person I am was trying to see how early I could get an appointment. I was hoping for a day or two later at best however sensing my urgency Rocco accommodated and ended up meeting me for lunch that very same day. Armed with paperwork and desired reports for QuickBooks Job Costing we sat through lunch and discussed my needs. Rocco committed to working on it over a weekend with an answer back to me on Monday following that weekend. Not only did he answer my questions he went a step further and set up dummy costs in QuickBooks to show me the Reports I was looking for! Big thumbs up to Rocco for my experience with him."
"Rocco is an excellent QuickBooks advisor. I had several major issues going on in my small business and needed QuickBooks help. He was able to help me fix them and broaden my horizons by compassionately teaching me new practices in QuickBooks. Even during an extremely busy time in his practice he made time available, which I so very much appreciate. For one issue he worked out a specific solution. Months later I had some problems implementing the solution. I went back to see Rocco and he carefully showed how I had forgotten one of the steps, never condemning, and never even charging me for that visit. I am on a Mac. That did not seem to matter to Rocco. He normally uses a PC, but had no difficulty using my Mac to demonstrate how to use various features of QuickBooks on my own computer. I heartily recommend Rocco."
"Excellent. Rocco was recommended to my business by our CPA, because our previous bookkeeper had our books in such a mess that we could not file our tax return. Rocco has stepped in and thoroughly taken charge of all accounting, payroll, financials, taxes, budgeting and forecasting functions. He has been diligent and efficient in his efforts to analyze and interpret our company’s operational needs and has very successfully corrected a multitude of pre-existing problems. He has been helpful in numerous other areas as well, updating and assisting our technology needs. He also brings a number of resources to light that have assisted in greater efficiency in our day to day business operations. Needless to say, we have been quite pleased with his work here. As a business owner, I have worked with many accounting professionals and various bookkeepers over the last 15 years. Rocco has surpassed all of them and has done an exceptional job for us."
"Mr. Angone is a pleasure to work with. He listened to the issues we were having, helped us prioritize the issues and then set out to solve them. We couldn't afford to do all the changes we needed to implement at once, (old system-outdated) so he implemented the changes as we could afford them and always gave us excellent service and advice. We are extremely pleased with the service and advice by Mr. Angone. He truly understands what customer service is and the value of it."
“We knew we weren’t using QB to its full potential, but just needed someone to sit down beside us and give us their professional opinion of how we could improve how we do things. Rocco was EXACTLY who we needed. He was clear, professional, and patient. He helped us change how we do things so that it would make our accounting easier, and streamline our system so we could produce accurate and reliable reports. We were so relieved and excited after our meeting that he almost got a round of hugs.”
"It’s been a pleasure working with Rocco. We got along from day one. He is responsive and attentive. He has a professional and likeable disposition and working style. His experience gives me a lot of confidence that he is putting me on the right track. While being responsive and accessible to assist with practical day-to- day issues he has been an effective coach to help me grow in my knowledge of QB. His wide experience in business, bookkeeping, accounting, payroll and tax gives him a wide perspective of practical business issues, and makes his advice and solutions even more thoughtful and valuable. I recommend Rocco to anybody who needs his services. He’s great to work with!"
"Experience: Rocco Angone has been managing our Quick Books for our Homeowners Association since 2014. The previous accountant handling the Quick Books was not professional and he did not maintain accurate records of our expenditures. When Rocco took over, our Quick Books have been accurate and maintained in a professional manner. Rocco has gone above and beyond to make sure he is available whenever we need to meet or correspond per telephone or email. Rocco’s also taken time from his busy schedule to host and attend our annual meetings since he’s taken over our accounting needs. In these meetings he’s given reports that reflect our progress in comparison to the previous years including our financial prognosis for the future. I cannot express how important these reports were and are for the successful operation of our business. Some other duties and responsibilities Rocco has are invoicing clients, paying vendors, working with our attorney including our president and treasurer. Rocco works very efficiently and is always dependable. Rocco’s professionalism and “people” skills are priceless. I would highly recommend Rocco Angone for any of your financial needs."
"We found Rocco through the QB help tab. We knew we weren't using QB to its full potential, but just needed someone to sit down beside us and give us their professional opinion of how we could improve how we do things. Rocco was EXACTLY who we needed. He was clear, professional, and patient. He helped us change how we do things so that it would make our accounting easier, and streamline our system so we could produce accurate and reliable reports. We were so relieved and excited after our meeting that he almost got a round of hugs."
"I began using QB for my new business in 2013; however, I was not using it properly. I was very frustrated with the program and knew there had to be an easier way to do my bookkeeping - and Rocco showed me how to harness the power of QuickBooks. He streamlined and redesigned my bookkeeping process so that now my bookkeeping is truly a joy! I can now analyze my business activity to work smarter - not harder. Was his assistance worth it? YES, overwhelmingly, YES! A professional who meets his students at THEIR level of understanding, working with them until there is a competence reached so that they can work with QuickBooks easily and with out frustration! He gave me the tools I need to manage my business at a whole new level! THANK YOU!"
"We are a small, but growing commercial door and hardware company, and as Operations Manager, the fluid use of QuickBooks for me is a must. After using the 'Find-a-ProAdvisor' site, Rocco, fortunately for us, just happened to be the closest geographically, and responded almost immediately to my initial email. He was able to make an appointment within less than 48 hours, and was affable, extremely knowledgeable, professional, and quite thorough with not only QuickBooks, but with all of the ancillary needs associated with our unique situation. I will use him exclusively from now on, and will HIGHLY recommend him to anyone inquiring about help with QuickBooks. I could not be more pleased with my outcome!"
"I have a small business with less than a dozen employees and very little personal expertise in establishing "systems." I wasted a lot of time and money on different companies and individuals that claimed to have the expertise I lacked. Rocco Angone is the only person I have used that actually listened and tried to really understand our needs and then tackle the problems. He was a tremendous help in establishing an invoicing system and then in training us in how to use it. He also conducted a difficult in-house audit to correct some problems that others before him created. He is patient, thorough, and perfectionistic. I have complete confidence in his work. In addition to accounting, he is also knowledgeable in network administration matters. He made some improvements in our network, and he continues to assist remotely with network administration and webpage updates. And equally important, his rates are more than fair."
"Rocco Angone really helped us to get off to a great start with our QuickBooks. For starters, he set up a Chart of Accounts that I could understand and one that I could use to benchmark against others in my industry. He totally explained things to me in a way that a non-accounting person can comprehend. My Chart of Accounts is also tied to my tax return so that all my data goes to specific line items on my return after we get our numbers ready for the year. Next, he set up payroll for us and showed us all the compliance issues that were involved. This allows us to be in control if we decide to keep it in-house or have it done by an outside vendor. After all the setup was done, he trained us how to use our new system to enter transactions, to invoice, to receive payments and everything else we needed to effectively use our new Accounting system. Mr. Angone listened to what we wanted and delivered. I am now in control of my Accounting and I know he can help me through if and when we need assistance. He is professional, knowledgeable, respectful and efficient. I highly recommend his services to anyone needing this type of work."
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1240 Johnson Ferry Pl Ste 202
Marietta, GA 30068-2049
Contact Us
Local Atlanta: (404) 282-4800
Phone: (THI) NKP- AYRO LL aka (844) 657 2976
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