They are licensed or expert-led
The business runs on your credential, your judgment or your reputation. That makes your time the scarcest input, and every hour spent reconciling a bank feed an expensive hour.
Who we serve
We went narrow on purpose, so your numbers get real expertise.
Most accounting firms take anyone who calls. We work deeply in two fields, which means we already understand how your money arrives, what it costs you to earn it, and which decisions actually move your tax bill.
CPA · EA · MST, licensed and admitted to practice before the IRS
All 50 states, fully virtual
5.0 rated on Google & QuickBooks
Why it matters
A generalist can file your return. A specialist can change it.
There is a difference between an accountant who is technically correct and one who knows what to look for.
Both will get the arithmetic right. Only one will ask why your income dips every August, whether your clinical supervision hours are being expensed, how you are handling the associate you just brought on, or if the entity you chose three years ago still fits the practice you run today.
Those questions do not come from a checklist. They come from having sat with dozens of businesses that look like yours, seeing the same seasonal cash-flow dip, the same worker-classification mistake, the same shoebox of receipts that nobody categorized because nobody knew which category applied.
Safietou D. Russell, CPA, EA, MST has worked across more than 25 industries in a career spanning over 23 years. SDR Consulting was built by deliberately narrowing that experience, going deep in a handful of fields rather than shallow in all of them. That is why our onboarding conversations sound less like an interrogation and more like a colleague catching up.
It also means we say no sometimes. If your business sits far outside what we know well, we would rather tell you that on the first call than learn it together at your expense. Read more about how Safietou works.
The two we know best
Pick the one that sounds like your week
Each page goes into the specifics, the revenue patterns, the deductions, the entity questions and the compliance landmines that come with that field.
Our specialty
Mental Health & Wellness Practices
Therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, counselors and group practice owners. This is the field the firm was rebuilt around, from your first private-pay client through a team of clinicians, W-2 payroll and a real S-corp conversation.
We know what a superbill is, why insurance reimbursement lands three weeks late, what supervision and CEUs cost you, and how a HIPAA-aware bookkeeping workflow should be set up so your books never touch protected health information.
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Early-Stage Startups
Founders in the first two years, where the cheapest fixes are also the earliest ones: the right entity at formation, clean books from transaction one, and founder compensation that will not embarrass you in diligence.
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The common thread
Two different fields, one very similar owner
Our clients rarely arrive because they love accounting. They arrive because the business outgrew the way they were handling it, and something finally made that impossible to ignore.
Revenue is uneven
Seasonal dips, delayed reimbursement, project gaps, a launch that lands in one quarter. Uneven income makes estimated taxes genuinely hard, and it is exactly where guessing gets expensive.
They are hiring, or about to
The first associate, the first admin, the first subcontractor. Almost everyone gets the contractor-versus-employee decision wrong the first time, and the correction is far more expensive than the advice.
Somebody told them about an S-corp
A colleague, a Facebook group, a podcast. It might be right for you. It might cost you more than it saves. Nobody has run your actual numbers, which is the only way to know.
The books are behind
Not through carelessness, through a full calendar. Clean-up and catch-up work is one of the most common ways clients start with us, and nobody gets a lecture about it.
They want to hear from us more than once a year
The old arrangement was a return in April and silence until the next one. What they actually wanted was someone to call before signing the lease, not after.
She doesn't just take any client. You have to match the company's mission and values. She is extremely organized, detail oriented and intelligent. She takes privacy seriously and all your information is secure.
Julia, nurse & business owner, via Google
The same toolkit, applied differently
Whichever industry you're in, the work runs on these four
The service menu does not change from field to field. What changes is the judgment behind it, which deductions we chase, how the books are structured, and what your quarterly conversation is actually about.
Tax Preparation & Planning
Individual and business returns, quarterly estimates calculated rather than guessed, year-end moves made while there is still time to make them, and IRS representation if it comes to that.
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Monthly reconciliation in QuickBooks Online, financial statements written to be read, catch-up work when you have fallen behind, and a chart of accounts built for your industry.
ExplorePayroll & Retirement
Gusto, ADP, Paychex and QuickBooks Payroll setup, reasonable compensation you can defend, 1099 and contractor compliance, and retirement plans that double as a deduction.
ExploreAdvisory & Formation
Entity selection and structuring, business formation, startup support, healthcare consulting and growth advisory at the moments where the decision actually matters.
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Signature package
Total Harmony, one relationship, all year
Tax, accounting and advisory bundled under a single flat monthly fee. Built for licensed professionals who want ongoing support, financial systems that hold up, and a great deal less stress in March.
- Monthly bookkeeping so you always know where you stand
- Business and personal returns prepared and filed, with no separate invoice
- Quarterly planning calls with estimates calculated from real numbers
Where clients usually start
15-minute consultation$75
ConsultationStarting at $75
S Corp Strategy Reportstarting at $2,497
Total Harmony PackageStarting at $625/mo
Total Harmony is quoted after a consultation, because the work varies with entity type, transaction volume, payroll complexity and how much clean-up your books need.
Questions, answered
About working with a specialist firm
Why do you only specialize in a few industries?
Because depth beats breadth in tax work. Safietou has worked across more than 25 industries in over 23 years, narrowing to a handful means we already know your revenue model, your deductions and your compliance risks before you explain them. That shortens onboarding and surfaces planning opportunities a generalist would never think to look for. More about Safietou's background.
What if my business doesn't fit either of these?
Request a consultation and ask. These two are where we go deepest, but the underlying work (entity structuring, clean books, payroll compliance, quarterly planning) travels well to other professional service businesses. If we are not the right fit, we will say so plainly and point you toward someone better suited.
Do you work with clients outside New York?
Yes. We are a fully virtual firm based in Valley Stream, New York, serving clients in all 50 states. Meetings happen by video or phone and documents move through a secure client portal, so where you practice does not limit who can work with you.
Do the services change depending on my industry?
The menu is the same: tax preparation and planning, accounting and bookkeeping, payroll and retirement, advisory and formation. What changes is the judgment applied to it, which deductions we hunt for, how your chart of accounts is structured, what your quarterly conversation focuses on, and which compliance traps we watch for.