Vivian Xu
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Startup companies face a challenge: For you to stay focused on building your business, you need solid financial management with a dependable accounting and tax function. That's where we come in. We provides start-ups businesses with outsourced accounting and tax solutions. Most importantly, we can help you utilize these statements, as well as other reports, to better manage your business and maximize your profitability.

We constantly review changes in the tax code and reporting requirements that could affect you. Vivian Xu CPA is a San Jose CPA firm that provides full tax and accounting services with expertise in corporate tax law. We specialize in corporate tax compliance and corporate tax provision (ASC 740 and FIN 48) work.
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Vivian Xu (Xiaoping Xu) is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in California and has extensive experience in tax, accounting, and business consulting. Vivian is originally from Shanghai, China. She graduated from Shanghai University School of Law with a Bachelor of Law degree and later acquired LL.M. in taxation from Boston University.
Reviews (11)
L. M.
L. M.
Jan 07, 2019
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We are a tech startup. Vivian helped with our tax return last year. Vivian not only got all the returns for us but also gave a lot advices on budgeting and research credit. I will definitely recommend Vivian if you are also a small business.
Try P.
Try P.
Jul 30, 2018
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Very professional and efficient, highly recommended. She explained to me all the steps while doing taxes, in a clearly way such that I was able to know what was going on!
Yuan X.
Yuan X.
Feb 26, 2018
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Vivian is very professional and friendly. She speaks perfect English and Chinese Mandarin, and she can explain complicated financial things in a way that I am able to understand easily.
Last but not least. She helped me saved lots of $ on my cooperation case.
Doug C.
Doug C.
Jan 03, 2018
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Fantastic. Definitely the best of 3 CPAs I have visited. She takes the time to work through strategy with you; so I got the best answer and tax strategy from her vs. other CPAs with much fancier offices. Big $ savings in tax. Going to keep using her for all my tax requirements.

Excellent on preparing for IRS audit on how to handle depreciation and expenses when there is no income.

Going back for 1040 processing and RSU stock sale tax filings.

She takes ownership of your problem and thinks through until she is satisfied with the answer. Much better than the standard CPA who regurgitates the
Phong H. Nguyen
Phong H. Nguyen
Dec 24, 2017
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I highly recommend Vivian for any accounting work, including but not limited to, tax advising, tax return preparation, financial statements, bookkeeping, etc. She does all this for my business, and for me personally, and has always gone the extra mile to squeeze out any tax benefit she can find for me.
Fan Y.
Fan Y.
Oct 11, 2017
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Vivian is very patient and responsive to all my questions. She is very efficient to put together all the tax return documents in a professional way.

Would highly recommend her if there are tax assistance needs for either business or individual.
Jenkin C.
Jenkin C.
Oct 05, 2017
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I'm currently in the process of purchasing my first house and had a lot of tax related questions on the purchase. Vivian helped me understand all the tax benefits of becoming a homeowner and even calculated my estimated mortgage and what to expect monthly. I will definitely be using her services again!
Fiona S.
Fiona S.
Oct 03, 2017
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I knew Vivian since she was my son classmate's mom. I knew she worked as tax planning and preparation in the bay area big CPA firm. I asked her question about my tax returns and found she was knowledgeable about individual tax. Later my friend asked me if I knew someone has knowledge about LLC related to property renting. I recommended Vivian and my friend was so happy after Vivian answered booking and tax questions related to small business. I knew Vivian recently opened her business for spending more time with her family. I really admired her decision and she would have prestigious position
Jonathan L.
Jonathan L.
Sep 18, 2017
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Vivian was our corporate accountant for 3 years. She was extremely professional and helped us navigate the intricacies of the tax code. She is prompt in answering questions and was great at explaining our options. It was reassuring to know Vivian was in our corner.
Lou-Anthony L.
Lou-Anthony L.
Aug 08, 2017
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Vivian Xu is a great accountant. If I have a question, I get an answer right back. She has helped with my business and personal taxes for several years now.

It's always smart to leave taxes to a tax professional. Vivian is just that... professional. She is also hardworking and knows exactly what she's doing when ti comes to book keeping, taxes, and anything else that involves complex numbers.
Steve S.
Steve S.
Jul 01, 2017
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I've been using a big firm to prepare my business tax returns until I switched to Vivian this year. She is very professional and familiar with corporate tax law. I'm really glad that I can have my returns done earlier this year!'