Since 1970, the work has stayed personal.
Waddy Accounting Services began as a family practice built around listening carefully, asking good questions, and understanding the circumstances behind the numbers. More than five decades later, that same personal approach continues, supported by technology, stronger systems, and a broader range of tax, accounting, advisory, and representation services.
The practice began with listening.
Before starting the accounting practice, Waddy's founder spent a brief period working as a social worker. It is an unusual route into accounting, and it shaped how the firm has worked ever since.
Social work depends on a particular set of skills, and they carried directly into the practice.
- Asking good questions
- Listening before prescribing a solution
- Understanding the circumstances around a problem
- Approaching people with compassion
- Developing solutions based on what the person actually needed
Numbers can describe a problem without explaining the person or business experiencing it. Understanding both has been part of Waddy's approach from the beginning.
Waddy has always been a family practice, and that made the work personal. Clients were not files to be processed. Their circumstances mattered, and understanding those circumstances was part of doing the financial work well.
Ask good questions. Listen carefully. Understand the problem.
The record, entry by entry.
A firm's history reads best the way a financial record does. Entries in sequence, and a line at the bottom that does not change.
Waddy Accounting Services is founded.
The practice begins with a personal approach shaped by listening, problem-solving, and understanding what clients actually need.
Eric Waddy joins the firm.
Eric brings a background in technology and computer science into the practice.
James Waddy Jr. retires from the firm.
Waddy Tax & Accounting Services continues under the leadership of Eric Waddy, Enrolled Agent.
The practice now spans tax, accounting, advisory, representation, and government contractor work.
Personal service. Thoughtful problem-solving. Steady responsibility.
Some things are meant to remain consistent.
Waddy has continued to modernize the way the work is done while keeping the qualities clients have depended on from the beginning.
The Practice Today
- The Financial World Tax laws, reporting requirements, and financial complexity continue to evolve.
- The Tools Accounting and recordkeeping now rely on increasingly digital systems and more efficient ways of gathering and organizing information.
- The Businesses Clients may manage more entities, contracts, jurisdictions, income sources, and financial decisions.
- The Practice Waddy now spans tax, accounting, advisory, representation, and government contractor accounting.
What Endures
- Listening Understand the situation before recommending the work.
- Personal Service The client relationship remains part of how the work gets done.
- Problem-Solving The goal is not simply to process information but to understand what needs to be addressed.
- Responsibility Important financial matters deserve careful handling.
The tools keep improving. The responsibility remains.
The next generation brought a different set of tools.
Eric Waddy, Enrolled Agent
Eric Waddy studied computer science and began his career in technology. He joined the firm in 2005. James Waddy Jr. retired in 2016, and today Eric leads Waddy Tax & Accounting Services.
Where the practice began with a strong emphasis on listening and understanding the person behind the financial problem, Eric brought another discipline into the firm: technology. His background influenced how Waddy gathers information, organizes financial materials, manages workflows, and continues looking for more efficient ways to deliver accounting, tax, and business guidance.
Technology expanded how the work could be done. It did not replace the personal approach that shaped the firm in the first place.
Eric is an Enrolled Agent, federally authorized to represent taxpayers before the IRS.
Helping You Achieve Financial Balance.
Financial balance looks different for every client. It can mean knowing where things stand, having important financial records in order, understanding what may be coming, and having the information needed to make thoughtful decisions.
Today, that purpose is carried through a broader practice spanning tax, accounting, advisory, representation, and government contractor accounting. The services have expanded because the financial lives and businesses Waddy serves have become more complex.
Keeping the financial work in order is one way Waddy helps clients move toward financial balance.
Tell us what you need help with.
Whether the matter is tax preparation, ongoing accounting, planning, government contracting, or a tax issue that needs attention, the first step is understanding your situation.
Helping You Achieve Financial Balance. Since 1970.
Since 1970, the work has stayed personal.
Waddy Accounting Services began as a family practice built around listening carefully, asking good questions, and understanding the circumstances behind the numbers. More than five decades later, that same personal approach continues, supported by technology, stronger systems, and a broader range of tax, accounting, advisory, and representation services.
The practice began with listening.
Before starting the accounting practice, Waddy's founder spent a brief period working as a social worker. It is an unusual route into accounting, and it shaped how the firm has worked ever since.
Social work depends on a particular set of skills, and they carried directly into the practice.
- Asking good questions
- Listening before prescribing a solution
- Understanding the circumstances around a problem
- Approaching people with compassion
- Developing solutions based on what the person actually needed
Numbers can describe a problem without explaining the person or business experiencing it. Understanding both has been part of Waddy's approach from the beginning.
Waddy has always been a family practice, and that made the work personal. Clients were not files to be processed. Their circumstances mattered, and understanding those circumstances was part of doing the financial work well.
Ask good questions. Listen carefully. Understand the problem.
The record, entry by entry.
A firm's history reads best the way a financial record does. Entries in sequence, and a line at the bottom that does not change.
Waddy Accounting Services is founded.
The practice begins with a personal approach shaped by listening, problem-solving, and understanding what clients actually need.
Eric Waddy joins the firm.
Eric brings a background in technology and computer science into the practice.
James Waddy Jr. retires from the firm.
Waddy Tax & Accounting Services continues under the leadership of Eric Waddy, Enrolled Agent.
The practice now spans tax, accounting, advisory, representation, and government contractor work.
Personal service. Thoughtful problem-solving. Steady responsibility.
Some things are meant to remain consistent.
Waddy has continued to modernize the way the work is done while keeping the qualities clients have depended on from the beginning.
The Practice Today
- The Financial World Tax laws, reporting requirements, and financial complexity continue to evolve.
- The Tools Accounting and recordkeeping now rely on increasingly digital systems and more efficient ways of gathering and organizing information.
- The Businesses Clients may manage more entities, contracts, jurisdictions, income sources, and financial decisions.
- The Practice Waddy now spans tax, accounting, advisory, representation, and government contractor accounting.
What Endures
- Listening Understand the situation before recommending the work.
- Personal Service The client relationship remains part of how the work gets done.
- Problem-Solving The goal is not simply to process information but to understand what needs to be addressed.
- Responsibility Important financial matters deserve careful handling.
The tools keep improving. The responsibility remains.
The next generation brought a different set of tools.
Eric Waddy, Enrolled Agent
Eric Waddy studied computer science and began his career in technology. He joined the firm in 2005. James Waddy Jr. retired in 2016, and today Eric leads Waddy Tax & Accounting Services.
Where the practice began with a strong emphasis on listening and understanding the person behind the financial problem, Eric brought another discipline into the firm: technology. His background influenced how Waddy gathers information, organizes financial materials, manages workflows, and continues looking for more efficient ways to deliver accounting, tax, and business guidance.
Technology expanded how the work could be done. It did not replace the personal approach that shaped the firm in the first place.
Eric is an Enrolled Agent, federally authorized to represent taxpayers before the IRS.
Helping You Achieve Financial Balance.
Financial balance looks different for every client. It can mean knowing where things stand, having important financial records in order, understanding what may be coming, and having the information needed to make thoughtful decisions.
Today, that purpose is carried through a broader practice spanning tax, accounting, advisory, representation, and government contractor accounting. The services have expanded because the financial lives and businesses Waddy serves have become more complex.
Keeping the financial work in order is one way Waddy helps clients move toward financial balance.
Tell us what you need help with.
Whether the matter is tax preparation, ongoing accounting, planning, government contracting, or a tax issue that needs attention, the first step is understanding your situation.
Helping You Achieve Financial Balance. Since 1970.