Veterinary Advisory Group
Maximize Your Business and Focus on your Practice
With over 65 years of experience and ongoing representation in the veterinary industry, we provide integrated services customized for veterinarians and their practices.
We have been working with Ward & Uptigrove for the past 6 years for all our accounting needs including payroll, tax preparation, health care spending account, as well as wealth management. We rely on their expertise to help make our business be more successful and wouldn’t trust anyone else!
- Dr. Nina Lepp and Dr. Stephanie Thompson
Gateway Pet Hospital
We are committed to helping you achieve financial success
within your veterinary practice and beyond.
Accounting
Ward & Uptigrove’s financial statements for veterinary practices help you improve practice management with benchmarking data:
- From our client base of over 10% of Ontario veterinary practices,
- Across 29 EBITDA categories,
- Segmented by clinic type, size and geography.
Personal & Corporate Tax Services
Our progressive tax planning and experience in optimizing corporate structures, working with professional corporations and individual taxation, allows us to:
- Customize tax strategies for the stage you are at,
- Minimize taxation and increase cash flow,
- Efficiently plan for utilization of capital gains exemptions.
Business Advisory Services
As succession planning becomes your consideration, our team comes together to guide efficient taxation and wealth transfer. We have long standing industry experience in:
- Restructuring alternatives,
- Assistance with valuations,
- Advising on buys and sells.
Human Resources
Our human resources consultants are there for you on all things people. Our flexible services are designed to fit only when you need us, giving you the knowledge and resources to:
- Address “one off” employment situations,
- Set you up for success by creating tools and solutions to better manage your ongoing HR needs,
- Seek advice and counsel from a trusted source.
Bookkeeping & Payroll Processing
Whether you insource or outsource, Ward & Uptigrove:
- Supports the efficient set up of accounting software,
- Provides bookkeeping services,
- Customizes payroll services that aligns with your needs.
Wealth Management
Our financial planners seamlessly coordinate service and information with the accountant to help you achieve your hopes and dreams by:
- Fully integrating retirement, investment, tax and estate planning services,
- Connecting you with investment management services.
For more information on our cross functional Veterinary Advisory Group,
view our brochure.
Accounting & Tax for Veterinary Practices Webinar
January 22, 2025
To view the recording to our webinar, click here.
Meet Our Veterinary Advisory Team
Ward & Uptigrove’s Veterinary Advisory Group is a cross functional team of certified professionals that can help you meet the challenges of the increasingly competitive business environment.
Your Success Is Our Business.
With over 65 years of experience and ongoing representation in the veterinary industry, we provide integrated services customized for veterinarians and their practices.
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