Payroll Companies & Payroll Services in Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

Overview

OC Bookkeeping, also known as Orange County Bookkeeping, is an accounting and bookkeeping practice based in Rancho Santa Margarita, California. It works with business owners and companies across many industries, from early-stage start-ups to long-established firms. Payroll is one part of a broader package that also covers bookkeeping, accounting and business tax support. For buyers comparing payroll providers, the main appeal is keeping payroll, the general ledger and tax work with one team rather than splitting them across separate vendors.

The firm operates as a division of BCH Consulting, Inc., a California-licensed CPA practice founded in 2007. BCH originally concentrated on tax and management advisory work for Southern California companies. According to the firm, many of those clients sourced payroll, tax preparation and bookkeeping from unrelated providers, and the results were disjointed. OC Bookkeeping was created to bring those functions together, combining CPA-level oversight with pricing closer to what a bookkeeping shop would charge.

Payroll and related services

The company lists payroll processing among its core offerings and describes it as accurate and cost effective. Its team includes a dedicated payroll specialist, Debby DiGiovanni. She has more than three decades of private and non-profit bookkeeping experience, including over ten years leading finance for the Orange County chapter of Big Brothers Big Sisters.

The website does not break down specific payroll features, so prospective clients should ask directly about pay frequencies, tax filings and supported platforms. Payroll sits alongside these other services:

• Bookkeeping and ongoing record maintenance
• Accounting and financial reporting
• Budgeting, forecasting and long-range financial planning
• QuickBooks training and support from ProAdvisors, on-site or remote
• Business tax planning and preparation
• Audit defense and tax settlement help, including installment agreements, penalty waivers and extensions
• Healthcare accounting for medical professionals
• Part-time CFO and business consulting

How they work with clients

Engagements are built around customized packages for each business, and work can be delivered at the client's location or remotely. The firm says it uses automation and current versions of accounting software to keep costs down. It presents outsourcing as a way to avoid the benefits and employment tax burdens that come with hiring internal staff. Initial consultations are offered at no charge.

Team and credentials

The practice is led by President and Owner Troy Barnett, CPA. He holds accounting and business taxation degrees from USC and spent roughly a decade at Deloitte & Touche, advancing to senior manager. He launched Barnett & Company, Inc. in 2004 and acquired Dudley & Dudley, LLC in 2012. In 2016 he took ownership of BCH Consulting along with OC Bookkeeping and Professional Tax Resolution. He is licensed in California and belongs to the AICPA.

Fellow CPA Peter Buchheim, also a USC accounting graduate and Deloitte alumnus, has been with Barnett & Company since 2007. Director of Operations Diana Jones oversees day-to-day operations for both entities. The firm draws on more than four decades of pooled tax and accounting experience, and some staff members have held CFO roles or owned businesses themselves.