NOW CFO is a name of its owner. This site is an independent comparison by Steven Palmieri (Palmieri Enterprises) and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by that company.
NOW CFO comparisonThe three questions that decide it
Ask both sides the same three questions. Write the name, the date, and the fee. Then the comparison is yours.
Who closes the month.
Where the return sits.
What the next month costs in writing.
Who does the monthly close, and when
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Ask both sides for a name and a date. Their controller block names the month-end close, so the job is on the list. The list is a role, not a person. Ask who does it, and ask what happens when that person is late. On our side the close is inside the month, and the person is Steven Palmieri.
Where the return sits
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Ask whether the return is prepared inside the same work, and whether October is used while the year can still change. Their about page and their services page do not name preparing the return. Here the return is prepared by Steven Palmieri from the months already closed. The practical difference is how many people you are coordinating when the year is still open.
What the next month costs, in writing
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Their footer says the offer is hourly, with no hidden fees and no long-term requirement, and the pages we read publish no dollar amount. This comparison also leaves the amount off the page. Ask both sides for the scope and the amount in one writing, and check that the jobs match. The list on our side is the close, the payroll setup, and the return.
Keep three lines you can reread next week. The first line is the name and the date of the close. The second line says whether the return sits in that same work. The third line is the amount for that named scope, not for a different block of CFO projects. A blank line means the answer is still missing.
A consultation with no fee printed is not the comparison. Their first step is that consultation. Opening the calendar on this site is optional and sets no fee. The page you sign is the one that decides it. Put the three lines on that page, on both offers, and then the choice is about the work.
Use one sheet so the columns line up. Their column is copied only from the page they published, with that address kept under the line. The column for this practice comes from these pages, and the amount cell stays blank until a scope names it. A blank amount is the honest cell. A number you filled in yourself is not a sourced comparison.
If the columns name different jobs, pause and choose which job this year is for. You can buy a controller tier for the close and keep your own preparer for the return. You can buy the close and the return together and keep a separate advisor for a capital raise. Buying a company name and hoping the return comes along is the mix-up these three lines are there to catch.