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Tax preparation and filing
Personal and business returns, prepared with attention to accuracy, compliance, and timely processing. When an IRS notice or an audit arrives, the firm represents clients on the returns and the reporting.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
CPAs and tax accountants for individuals and businesses.
Romer & Company, PC prepares returns, plans ahead, and keeps bookkeeping and payroll in the same relationship. The firm is employee-led and has practiced here since 1974.
Since 1974
Founded in Minneapolis by Nick Romer, a tax and aviation attorney, CPA, and commercial pilot.
Employee-led
In December 2023 the firm was sold to the people who had been doing the work.
CPA and EA
Ann Viviano is a CPA. Bill Kinney is a CPA and an IRS Enrolled Agent.
Services
Three kinds of work, one firm.
Broad categories for individuals and for businesses. Ask if you do not see what you need.
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Tax planning, strategies, and business consulting
Proactive tax and retirement planning, tax structures that support business and personal goals, and consulting on growth, efficiency, and risk.
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Accounting, bookkeeping, and payroll
Forecasting, budgeting, and cash flow that can be managed, payroll processed on time, and recordkeeping that shows how the operation actually runs.
Questions we hear every week
- Do you need professional advice on your individual tax return?
- Would you love to have a CPA who knows you and your business?
- Are you worried that you haven’t paid enough in estimated taxes?
- Is it time to get serious about strategizing for year-end tax benefits?
- Are you so far behind on taxes that you think you’ll never catch up?
We don’t
judge.
You are not alone. The team fixes errors, helps people catch up, and represents clients who have received a notice from the IRS. Planning for estimated taxes and the year ahead can begin in the same relationship.
Who the work is for
A wide practice, named plainly.
The firm works with people in very different lines of work. Specialties include small business, real estate and equity investing, nonprofit organizations, and aircrew taxation.
- Aviation employees
- Medical practices
- Sales and marketing agencies
- Creatives
- Property investors
- Out-of-state clients
- Expats
Our team
The people at the firm.
Tax accountants, consultants, and CPAs in Minneapolis. You can reach any of them about a personal return or a business.
Ann Viviano, CPA
CEO and Managing Shareholder
More than 25 years in practice, with a focus on small-business and individual tax. Her earlier work was in financial planning, insurance, and risk management.
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Ann Viviano’s biography
Bill Kinney, CPA
CFO and Shareholder
CPA and IRS Enrolled Agent. He works with small businesses of one to four owners and with individuals who invest in real estate and equities. Bachelor’s degree, Macalester College. MBA, University of Minnesota.
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Bill Kinney’s biography
Jeremy Rindahl
Senior Accountant and Shareholder
More than 18 years in accounting. His work centers on business returns, payroll, and bookkeeping.
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Jeremy Rindahl’s biography
Amy McNaughton
Office Manager
She has been building business relationships since 2018.
Amy McNaughton’s biography
Christine Goins
Tax Return Data Entry
Seasonal tax-return data entry, with prior experience in tax preparation. She holds a horticulture degree from the Minneapolis School of Floriculture.
Christine Goins’s biographyAbout the firm
Since 1974
Nick Romer, a Minnesota tax and aviation attorney, CPA, and commercial pilot, founded Romer & Company in 1974. In the 1990s he passed the firm to Derf Bistodeau. Derf died in 2010. Karen Coon then led the firm, and in December 2023 she sold it to the employees who had been its backbone.
Nick, Derf, and Karen are part of that history. Ann Viviano is CEO and managing shareholder today. The firm is led by the people who work in it.
New clients
Start a conversation.
Yes, Romer & Company is accepting new clients. If you are behind schedule, or you need a new CPA firm, they will help you get started. New-client work can be set in queue with an extension and prepared in the off-peak season.
The team does not believe in 80-hour weeks. They get the work done and keep downtime with family and friends. They want that same enjoyment for their clients. Call when you are ready. The office will tell you what it needs in order to begin.
Call, or request a time to talk.
The contact form is how you request an appointment. Someone at the firm follows up to find a time.