About Us

Gerald Hunt is a proud owner of Padgett Business Services in SE Calgary providing bookkeeping and tax preparation solutions to small business owners. Our clients tend to be engaged entrepreneurs that are busy manufacturing the next great widget or finding solutions to mind numbing problems. So, they don’t have a lot of time to put into gathering the numbers together for the tax man or the bank. That’s where we step in to provide these services to our clients at an affordable fixed monthly rate.

We don’t just balance your books. Along with AFFORDABLE monthly accounting, we offer sound business and tax advice at NO EXTRA COST.

About Padgett Business Services

Your Calgary Accountants

We are your local small business bookkeeping, tax, and payroll specialist. We provide a unique combination of financial information services to help business owners succeed.

We are a lot like you. We are small business owners who have a passion for what we do and a desire to grow & succeed. We embrace the entrepreneurial spirit and understand what it takes to succeed in today’s market.

You have earned the right to expect the expertise you need to address your company’s tax and financial issues. Explore “Who We Are” to understand why our services and our Calgary-based small business accountants are different than the rest.

Meet Our Team

Gerald Hunt, B.Sc, MBA

After graduating from the University of Calgary with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Gerald joined KPMG (Formerly Thorne Riddell) as a Computer Accounting Customer Service representative. In this position, Gerald installed accounting systems in over 200 different small to medium sized companies over a 6 year span. In 1989, Gerald left KPMG to continue to work with small business clients in his own corporation installing computer accounting systems. While in this role, he was engaged by the DeVry Institute of Technology in Calgary to teach various courses. In time, Gerald moved up through the ranks of DeVry until he attained the position of Director of Finance for the Calgary Campus. He also acquired his Masters of Business Administration from City University of Seattle, Washington in 2001. Gerald’s career has always been focused on small business, accounting and education.

Karin Hunt

Born in Germany and raised in Ireland, Karin came to Canada in the late 1970’s. She has held a number of administrative positions over the last 30 years including Human Resources/Payroll Analyst and Office Manager. She has worked for large organizations such as the CIBC, KPMG, Lafarge Canada Inc and various Oil and Gas companies, namely: Nexen, Canadian Natural Resources and OMV Canada (an Austrian Oil & Gas Company).