About Fazzari + Partners LLP
Fazzari + Partners LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants is a seven-partner accounting firm in Vaughan, Ontario that offers clients specialized services in taxation, accounting, business advisory, forensic accounting, valuations and accounting firm support for smaller accounting firms. We help clients throughout Canada, the United States and Europe with their personal and business accounting requirements.
Since the firm’s establishment in 1988, we have grown significantly: we now have 25 employees with more than 175 years’ combined experience providing expert advice to public, private and not-for-profit organizations, as well as individuals and families. Our deep knowledge and understanding of clients’ issues and requirements enable us to provide them with the guidance they need, when they need it. The expertise we have developed over the years spans a broad range of industries, including manufacturing, distribution, construction, real estate development and service providers. Fazzari + Partners LLP is also the auditor of record for many not-for-profit organizations.
What Makes Us Different
A number of factors differentiate us from other accounting firms and make us the accountants of choice for clients seeking personalized expert service from a provider that will anticipate and meet their evolving needs:
Networking
Over the years, we have earned a reputation as a trustworthy centre of influence and many of our clients rely on our extensive list of contacts to help them make the connections they need. For instance, it is not unusual for us to receive a request for a referral to a lawyer who specializes in environmental matters or a builder who constructs custom homes. Our collective rolodex is one of our most valuable assets, and we make a point of nurturing it and using it to further our clients’ interests.
Training
We believe in the importance of training and continuing education – not only for Fazzari + Partners LLP employees, but also for other local CPAs. Our regular fall seminars are very popular, and we now also offer staff teaching courses to Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario in Toronto. In addition, as part of our commitment to educate the public and other professionals, some of our partners have published articles in national publications like The Globe and Mail and various trade journals.
Quality Control
To further our focus on assurance work, the firm has created an entire department dedicated to our innovative Quality Control processes, and we continue to refine best practices in this important area. As a result, Fazzari + Partners LLP now acts as the Quality Control department for smaller CPA firms who also refer their assurance work to our experts
Many not-for-profit organizations and our greater business community also rely on our professionals for advice and guidance at the Board of Directors and committee levels – a testament to the value they place on our expertise and experience.
Our Community Involvement
At Fazzari + Partners LLP, we believe it is important to be active members of the communities in which we work and live. That’s why we make a point of getting involved with local organizations and supporting charities that are close to home – and our hearts. Every year, we make significant charitable donations and encourage our team members to volunteer their time to community groups that are important to them.
Most recently, our firm – including our partners, managers and associates – has been affiliated with the following organizations:
Memberships
BILD
The Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) is a non-profit, industry funded organization in the Greater Toronto Area that works to: improve communication between the building, land development and professional renovation industry and government, provide enhanced opportunities for its members, promote the welfare of the industry and protect the interests of consumers. In addition to home builders, land developers and professional renovators, BILD members include financial and professional service organizations (like Fazzari + Partners LLP), trade contractors, and manufacturers and suppliers of all types of home-oriented products.
Vaughan Chamber of Commerce
Since 1977, the Vaughan Chamber of Commerce has worked to promote and advance the interests of businesses in the City of Vaughan. A member-based and not-for-profit organization, the Vaughan Chamber is dedicated to serving the Vaughan business community and provides numerous services to benefit and attract businesses, including educational seminars, major events and member resources, and represents business as an advocate at all levels of government on current issues and economic inclusion.
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners is the world’s largest anti-fraud organization and premier provider of anti-fraud training and education. The Greater Toronto Area Chapter is a not-for-profit entity whose primary purpose is to serve the community by the promotion of improved fraud and white-collar crime detection through the expansion of knowledge and the interaction of its members.
York Region Cycling Coalition
The York Region Cycling Coalition is an association of cycling clubs who are working together to promote safety and improve the cycling infrastructure in York Region.
Affiliations
Thalassemia Foundation
The Thalassemia Foundation was established in 1982 and its original purpose was to act as a support group for patients and their parents. Today, its mission is to support and fund thalassemia scientific research, treatment, patient services, public awareness and education.
Crime Prevention Association of Toronto
The Crime Prevention Association of Toronto is a community-based non-profit crime prevention organization that coordinates Neighbourhood Watch and Vertical Watch groups across Toronto. The organization assists and empowers neighbourhoods, businesses and individuals to take action to reduce crime.
Wounded Warriors Foundation
The mission of the Wounded Warriors Foundation is to honour and support Canada’s ill and injured Canadian Armed Forces members, veterans, first responders and their families. To fulfill this mission, the Foundation has created an innovative approach to mental health care using clinical best practices and evidence-based care.
Previous Affiliations
Humber River Hospital
Humber River Hospital is one of Canada’s largest regional acute care hospitals, serving more than 850,000 people in the northwest GTA. Canada’s first fully digital hospital, Humber provides both in-patient and out-patient care, including cancer, cardiac and critical care, emergency services, dialysis, bariatric surgical services, women’s and children’s services, diabetes and mental health programs. Humber oversees the operation of 1,100 beds, including more than 400 Reactivation Care beds that the hospital manages in its two Reactivation Centres.
Small and Medium Practices Advisory Committee of Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario
The Small and Medium Practices Advisory Committee works with the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario (CPA Ontario) to develop resources to assist small and medium practices to communicate their values and specific expertise. In particular, the Committee strives to provide a forum for identifying and addressing the common needs of members in small and medium practices and to promote the interests of those members within the overall profession.
Vaughan International Commercialization Centre
The Vaughan International Commercialization Centre (VICC) was established as a progressive economic development initiative led by the City of Vaughan in partnership with more than 100 local and international companies, institutions and not-for-profit organizations. VICC programs and services support established businesses with the localization of international technologies to commercialize new, innovative products in addition to assisting local companies with the expertise required to modify or adapt their products for international export.