Simmonds purchases Hodi accounting firm

Dave Simmonds recently purchased Frank Hodi’s accounting business on Ridout Street. Left to right are: Simmonds, Hodi, and Aydin Gocer, who will work with Simmonds in the Tillsonburg office. (Jeff Helsdon Photo).

Jeff Helsdon, Editor

A retirement and business expansion will create another accounting option for Tillsonburg residents.

Frank Hodi, who has been a chartered professional accountant operating in town since 1980, decided to retire. He sold the business to chartered professional accountant David Simmonds.

“I’m going to be 72,” Hodi said. “It’s time. I know I’ll miss a lot of my clients,”

He is going to assist with the transition for the next year. The bulk of the business is corporate tax returns, personal tax returns, bookkeeping for smaller businesses and business advising.

Simmonds plans on continuing all these lines of business. He grew up in Tillsonburg, has had two accounting businesses in town, managed a large firm for another organization and has a mortgage business. He will continue to operate the mortgage business, and operate Dave Simmonds Chartered Professional Accountant from the Ridout Street East building where Hodi is located.

“I’m very excited to take over this book of business,” he said. “There’s lots of good people.”

Simmonds three favourite areas are personal taxes, incorporated businesses and real estate investors. He has experience in a wide variety of accounting, including agriculture, manufacturing, construction and technology.

Simmonds is going to keep Hodi’s staff and will add Aydin Gocer, a senior accountant who he has worked with in the past.

There will be some changes at the firm, with more technology being brought on board. Simmonds will stress top-notch customer service and is accepting new clients, and is happy to accept both small and large clients.