Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Romina Oviedo. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Hi Romina , thanks for joining us today. Let’s start with the story of your mission. What should we know?

From a very young age, I began studying music and playing the viola in an orchestra. From that moment on, I understood how important teamwork was to achieve our goals together and thus achieve better results. I always knew that working as a team was much easier than working alone.
Music allowed me to study abroad with a scholarship and travel to many places around my home country, Argentina, and many other European countries, meeting many people, traditions, and culture.
I always enjoyed understanding each person’s needs and being able to help them sharing my knowledge and experience.
During my music career, I lived in Rome, Italy, for a year, where I studied at the Music Conservatory Santa Cecilia and even played at the Vatican’s famous Hall called Nervi in ​​honor of His Holiness Benedict XVI.
Once back in Argentina, I completed my Bachelor’s degree in Public Accounting and my Bachelor’s degree in Law. After that, I got my Master in Business Administration (MBA) and I started my business in the US to support and help others start their own ventures. My mission is to try to guide other enthusiastic business entrepreneurs, especially immigrants like myself, by understanding where they come from, their traditions, culture, and ways of thinking, helping them design a business plan that adapts to their individual needs and capabilities.
I started as a US Tax Preparer, but I’m now pursuing an LL.M., Master of Laws at the University of Dayton in Ohio. I want to continue my training to provide better, specialized, and comprehensive service every day.

Romina , before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

After studying in Rome on a scholarship from the Italian government, and feeling that, at a very young age, I had already gained significant experiencie with my music career, I wanted to explore other fields of knowledge. So I began studying Economics (Accounting), followed by Law, Economic Criminal Law, and finally a Master’s in Business Administration in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
I have worked for many years at my own firm in my home country and after careful planning, I decided to take a step further and establish my own business in the United States.
That’s how I founded my first office in that wonderful country and started working as a US Tax Preparer and Business Advisor.
My mission is to help new entrepreneurs establish their businesses and ventures and give specially support when doing so outside their country of origin.
Traveling a lot around the world and within my own country has made me curious about people from different places, cultures, ways of living, and their unique idiosyncrasies.
I always start by listening to each client’s needs as well as their financial and resource capabilities. Most importantly, I try to help them understand the importance of working together as a real team.
We first create the business structure that best suits our client’s needs, whether they are selling a product or offering a service.
What we’re most proud of at our firm is our ability to listen carefully to each client’s objectives. Having traveled a lot has allowed me to learn about many different cultures and traditions, as well as to understand diverse perspectives and opinions.
That is why I always strive to put myself in each client’s shoes and envision every business as if it were my own.

How did you put together the initial capital you needed to start your business?

When my husband, our three children, and I finally arrived in the U.S. and our investor visa was approved, the first major challenge was finding a place to set up our offices.
No one wanted to rent to us because we were newcomers and had no credit history in the country. Landlords were asking for exorbitant amounts of money and several months of rent in advance.
Setting up the payment systems (merchant accounts) was also a challenge, as we didn’t yet have all the necessary documentation due to being newcomers. As a result, we couldn’t contract a service that would allow us to charge for our work.
All these difficulties caused our business to start operating more slowly and later than expected.
These are the problems I want to help my clients avoid. I want them to know everything they need from the very beginning to start and establish a business in the U.S., so they can begin operating immediately without wasting time or money.
All of this information—things I wasn’t told when I first arrived—would have saved me a lot of headaches.
In addition to developing a comprehensive business plan, we guide our clients on how to transfer funds to the United States for investment. This allows them to apply for a visa that enables them to live in the U.S. with their entire family and provide their children with a future full of opportunities.

Let’s talk about resilience next – do you have a story you can share with us?

While we were living in the U.S. for a year and a half, my husband received an important job offer—but in Madrid, Spain. The downside was that he had to move there to start the position.
At that time, he was helping me at the office but wasn’t working in his own profession. We discussed it extensively as a family and considered what would be the best option for the five of us.
So, we moved to Madrid last year, and I continued developing my project in this beautiful city.
Now, I have my own business not only in the United States and Argentina but also in Madrid, Spain. I encourage Spanish entrepreneurs to invest in the U.S., especially in the Sunshine State of Florida, for all the great opportunities it has to offer.
I didn’t see this new path in life as a problem but as an opportunity to keep growing, studying, learning, and embracing a new culture—while sharing all the benefits that investing in America provides.
Today, I have offices in three different countries—Argentina, the U.S., and Spain—and my goal is to keep connecting people and businesses between America and Europe. My firm, OPC Tax & Accounting, continues to grow on both continents.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.opctaxes.com
• Instagram: @opctaxes
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/romina-oviedo-b2407822/

Image Credits

1. Working in my US office with an online meeting with clients.
2. Getting my diploma in the University of Buenos Aires, School of Law.
3. With my MBA Diploma
3. Trip to New York
4. Travelling along Italy (Rome) and Europe
5. Trip to Isla de Pascua (Easter Island) discovering new places and new people and cultures.
6. In my first office I founded in the US.
7. Concert playing the viola in an orchestra in Nervi Auditorium for Pope Benedict XVI
8. Visiting Disney World
9. Work meeting
10. Receiving Diploma at Argentine Senate
11. With my viola during my music career time