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Manufacturing and distribution is a hard business due to relentless pressure to maintain margins coming from all sides. At Prager Metis our team of advisors understands the complexities, both nationally and internationally, of running a profitable, successful business through the ever-changing regulations and demands placed on limited resources. We will listen to you and help you understand these challenges and look for opportunities that help you grow your business.
Prager Metis’ manufacturing and distribution team is led by partners, directors, and managers with years of experience working with companies in manufacturing and distribution as well as international tax structuring and regulations. We understand the complexities of operating in an international community and can help you navigate the waters of both inbound and outbound matters.
Audit and Accounting:- Audited financial statements on which investors and creditors can rely
- Cash flow projections and operating budgets
- Compilation and review services
- Management reports, finding operating efficiencies, suggestions for better controls and best practices
- Accounting software implementation
- Business succession and seller or buyer side acquisition assistance
- Proactive tax planning
- Repair and maintenance expense analysis for tax deduction and refund opportunities
- Tax preparation and filing in a timely manner
- Sales and use tax compliance and analysis for refund opportunities
- Cost segregation studies for leasehold improvements
- Research and development tax credit for qualified product development
- International tax planning and structuring
- Foreign earnings and profit analysis
- International tax treaty analysis and filing requirements
- International tax withholding analysis and filing requirements
- International customs and duties planning and compliance
- Direct and indirect foreign tax credit analysis
- Cross-border merger and acquisitions
- Transfer pricing studies
- Corporate organization and restructuring for US operations
Thomas Torrillo, CPA, CGMA
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- 212.643.0099 / Ext. 10234
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Manufacturing & Distribution Manufacturing and distribution is a hard business due to relentless pressure to maintain margins coming from all sides. At Prager Metis our team of advisors understand...
We understand that your business is your life. Our hospitality team will be there every step of the way to help you reach your goals. Achieving growth and profitability will become increasingly tougher unless members of the hospitality industry operate more efficiently, with an emphasis on cost reductions, supply chain management, and a greater focus on the customer. Prager Metis’ advisors help our hospitality clients through challenges and successes.
Prager Metis’ hospitality practice team is led by Partners and Managers with years of experience working with restaurants and hotels. We pride ourselves in becoming a one-stop shop for all of our clients’ financial needs. We keep up on the ever-changing financial regulations so you don’t have to. We will work with you to find solutions and strategies that will help you grow.
Audit and Accounting:- Audited financial statements on that can be relied on by investors and creditors
- Compilation and review services
- We look beyond past historical results; find operating efficiencies and offer suggestions for better controls and best practices
- Assistance with cash flow projections and operating budgets
- Payroll processing
- Sales tax audits
- Proactive tax planning
- Compliance with applicable laws and filing in a timely manner
- Sales and use tax compliance and analysis
- Worker’s compensation audits
- New operation coordination
- Leasing coordination
- Business succession
Steven L. Topal, CPA, JD
Partner
- 212.643.0099 / Ext. 10270
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Hospitality We understand that your business is your life. Our hospitality team will be there every step of the way to help you reach your goals. Achieving growth and profitability will become increas...
No two clients and situations are alike; we understand tax planning services are based upon a close and trusted relationship between client and advisor. We will get to know you, your goals, and your unique situation. Our discrete experts will work closely with your other professionals to develop integrated plans that accomplish your financial goals.
For a successful business to run properly there needs to be a Chief Financial Officer in place to handle the company’s finances. Prager Metis believes that high-net-worth individuals require the same financial services as a thriving business. Our firm provides services that present you with peace of mind, knowing that your finances are being taken care of. From bill payment, insurance needs, and audit services, we will handle the tedious processes that come with handling finances, and allow you to enjoy everything else that life has to offer.
Prager Metis will work together with your lawyers, banks, and insurance companies to make sure that everyone involved in your team of advisors is working with the correct financial information. Through our years of expertise, we have built relationships with a large number of professionals and can offer our trusted advice on legal services as well as financial institutions.
Services Include:- Gift tax and estate planning
- Personal financial and tax planning
- Family Office services
- Individual and closely held entities
- International private wealth
- Tax-exempt organizations
- Tax return preparation
- Succession planning for businesses
- Coordination of personal/ business insurance needs
- Bill payments/ vendor liaison
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High Net Worth No two clients and situations are alike; we understand tax planning services are based upon a close and trusted relationship between client and advisor. We will get to know you, your go...
We understand the challenge of managing in an environment of increasingly complex regulation and oversight. The regulatory environment, combined with inadequate reimbursement and the need to provide a high level of patient care can seem overwhelming.
The Prager Metis team knows the long-term healthcare industry, both not-for-profit and for-profit. We will gain an understanding of your organization and work with you to achieve your goals.
Services Include:- Collaboration analysis and feasibility studies
- Strategic planning and organizational development for organizations
- Business plan development
- Audits, reviews and compilations of financial statements
- Managed Care Consulting, implementation, and negotiations
- Medical practice assessments
- Expense reduction and re-allocation strategies
- Strategic planning and re-engineering for the newly created entity
- Succession planning
- Tax planning and compliance
- Board Development and trainings
- Financial readiness assessment
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Stephen Cobell, CPA
Principal Emeritus
- 908.766.9800 / Ext. 11313
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Healthcare We understand the challenge of managing in an environment of increasingly complex regulation and oversight. The regulatory environment, combined with inadequate reimbursement and the need t...
Services
We understand that to best serve you, we must understand you. At Prager Metis, we do more than just talk about being there for our not-for-profit clients, we believe that such a specialized industry requires the dedication of resources to fully understand and work successfully within the area.
Prager Metis works with a wide variety of not-for-profit organizations that educate, inspire, and support causes around the world. Personal service is integral to our relationships with our clients. We work closely with your team to understand your complex management needs and unique reporting requirements. We provide audit, tax, and advisory services to more than 100 not-for-profit organizations nationwide. Our clients include social service organizations, public and private charities, health care organizations, associations, and labor organizations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXfdamjHXPUServices Include:- Financial auditing and reporting
- Uniform Guidance and yellow book audit reporting
- Joint cost allocation
- Tax preparation and compliance
- Unrelated business income tax guidance
- Officer and employee compensation studies
- Outsourced internal audit services
- Internal control risk assessments
- Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)
- Cybersecurity assessment and data security analysis
- Vulnerability and penetration testing
- Governance enhancement
Scott Davis, CPA
Partner-in-Charge - Not-For-Profit Services
- 703.821.0702 / Ext. 12002
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Not-for-Profit Services We understand that to best serve you, we must understand you. At Prager Metis, we do more than just talk about being there for our not-for-profit clients, we believe that such ...
Fine Arts &
Antiques
We understand your passion for the arts and antiques. We have worked with many galleries, collectors, and charitable giving foundations as well as created complex gifting plans to ensure that your arts and antiques pass into the right hands.
At Prager Metis we have worked closely with galleries ranging in size from small to large, and with individual dealers and collectors for decades. Our team can help you reach your financial goals, so you can focus on the arts and antiques that you love.
Services Include:- Assurance services including audit, review and compilation
- Business valuations
- Capital gains planning options
- Gifting and estate plans
- Inventory system consulting
- Payroll processing
- Startup services
- Succession planning
- Tax planning and compliance
Gabe M. Wolosky,
CPA, JD, LLM, AEP, TEP, PFS, CGMA
Partner
- 212.643.0099 / Ext. 10275
Fine Arts &Antiques We understand your passion for the arts and antiques. We have worked with many galleries, collectors, and charitable giving foundations as well as created complex gifting plans...
Prager Metis has worked with an assortment of models, designers, and stylists. At Prager Metis, our team of professionals has experience with manufactures, importers, exporters, and distributors, all of which are essential to running your business in this field.
Over the years that we have acted as their trusted advisors and have experienced numerous factors that determine the way that they do business. This experience allows us to take a practical approach and anticipate what is ahead.
Financing
We understand that this industry is unique and that there are many aspects that can be over looked. Fabrics, materials, and production can be costly and sometimes require large amounts of financial support. We take pride in the relationships we have built and will work with you on raising capital and getting you access to the correct lender. Our many sources in the factor community assist in providing some of the financing.
Business Management
Prager Metis can assist you with all forms of your business’ management, paying vendors, cash control procedures, the valuation of receivables and inventory; we will ensure that all of your accounting and management needs are met and that your goals are achieved. We can also help you with the rental of warehouse space, freight payments, distribution, designer books and all of the procedures that are involved. We have years of experience serving those in the fashion industry and helping them create, develop, and expand their companies. Creativity is your business, and the services that Prager Metis offers allow that to be your focus.
Tax Services
With an industry like fashion, where there can be hefty fluctuations in earnings each year, it is important to incorporate our individual and corporate tax planning services into your business in order to guarantee that everything is accurate.
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Stuart H. Mayer, CPA
Regional Managing Partner - New York Metro
- 212.643.0099 / Ext. 10520
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Fashion Prager Metis has worked with an assortment of models, designers, and stylists. At Prager Metis, our team of professionals has experience with manufactures, importers, exporters, and distributo...
Entrepreneurial
Services
We understand that entrepreneurial businesses need practical advice that will help grow your business and succeed financially. We work closely with our entrepreneurial clients as trusted advisors to develop new strategies and opportunities to help their business, including family owned business grow.
Your Prager Metis team stays current on the ever-changing complex accounting and tax regulations that will affect your business. Our Prager Metis team provides you with the technical knowledge you need and the tailored guidance, based on our knowledge of you, your business and your employees that will help your business reach your goals.
Services Include:- Accounting and bookkeeping services
- Business valuations
- Buy-Sell agreements
- Computer software selection assistance
- Entity selection
- Estate and gift tax planning
- Federal, state and local tax return preparation and planning
- Financial statement preparation
- Payroll preparation and assistance
- Representation before taxing authorities
- Retirement planning
Jay Levine,
CPA, CGMA
Partner
- 201.342.7753 / Ext. 11260
Edward P. Rigby,
CPA, MST
Partner
- 212.643.0099 / Ext. 10520
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EntrepreneurialServices We understand that entrepreneurial businesses need practical advice that will help grow your business and succeed financially. We work closely with our entrepreneurial clients ...
Entertainment & Music
We understand the complexities and challenges of the entertainment & music industries. Prager and Fenton LLP, the predecessor of Prager Metis International, has specialized in accounting and advising for the entertainment and music industry since its inception, over 100 years ago.
Prager Metis has worked with some of the leading music publishers, merchandise rights agencies, major motion picture studios, fashion designers, video game developers, NFT creators and companies, tokenized companies, and many of the most successful companies and artists of all time — Emmy, Grammy, Olivier, Oscar, Tony, and Pulitzer Prize winners as well as sports superstars. With offices in NYC, LA, London and the Metaverse, Prager Metis is able to work with you wherever you are.
That tradition continues today, as Prager Metis provides counsel to professional leaders and icons around the world.
Services Include:- Blockchain Advisory Practice
- Business Management
- Copyright and Intellectual Property Valuation
- Cryptocurrency and Token Tax
- Federal, State and Local Tax Planning and Compliance
- International Tax Planning and Compliance
- Profit Participation and Royalty Auditing
- Royalty Audit & Contract Compliance
- Tour Accounting
- Sports
Thomas F. Smith, CPA
Partner
- 212.450.1703
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Entertainment & Music We understand the complexities and challenges of the entertainment & music industries. Prager and Fenton LLP, the predecessor of Prager Metis International, has specializ...
The construction industry faces many challenges and has a unique set of accounting regulations. Prager Metis deals with different forms of accounting in construction, because the necessary services that are required in this field are far from conventional.
When it comes to accounting, management services, tax services, or auditing, Prager Metis has the comprehension and the skill to service the needs of your construction firm.
Services Include:- Tax compliance and planning
- Assurance and accounting
- Business valuations
- Succession and estate planning
- Litigation support and forensic accounting
- Insurance and investment reviews
- Retirement planning
- International taxation
- Reorganization services
- Software planning and implementation
- Cost segregation studies
- Job costing and internal control reviews
- Contract completion
- Assistance with bonds
Brian E. DiFilippo, CPA/ABV
Partner
- 845.473.7774/ Ext. 10440
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Construction The construction industry faces many challenges and has a unique set of accounting regulations. Prager Metis deals with different forms of accounting in construction, because the necessar...
Co-op &
Condominiums
We understand that co-ops and condominiums (Common Interest Real Estate Associations – CIRAs) need more than just your typical accounting, audit and tax services.
Our team has worked with hundreds of condominiums and co-ops and gained valuable knowledge and insight into this unique industry. We provide the expertise to assist you in finding proactive solutions to the issues and challenges your co-op or condominium face.
Services Include:- Annual audits, reviews, and compilations
- Preparation of Form1098 for co-ops for shareholder tax deductions
- Tax planning and compliance
- Budget preparation assistance and review
- Forensic accounting
- Financial planning for capital improvement expenditures/reserves
- Litigation support
- Representation during tax audits
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Andrew Sgro, CPA
Principal
- 516.921.8900 / Ext. 10521
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Co-op &Condominiums We understand that co-ops and condominiums (Common Interest Real Estate Associations – CIRAs) need more than just your typical accounting, audit and tax services. Our team ha...
Tax Services
Any accounting firm can prepare your tax returns, but at Prager Metis we believe in taking the time to know our clients and understand their specific needs. Our tax experts combine their comprehensive tax knowledge and planning experience to bring you the best tax strategy and structure to achieve your goals and make your world worth more.
At Prager Metis, we know that tax planning is year-round, and we will work closely with you to create a comprehensive plan so that you can take advantage of all the credits and deductions that you work hard to deserve. We emphasize federal, local, and international planning at both the personal and business level so that your tax obligations can be reduced, deferred, or eliminated.
Tax Services Include:
- Client Accounting Services (CAS)
- Tax for Business
- Tax for Individuals
- Private Wealth
- State & Local Tax (SALT)
- Research and Development Credits
- Tax Controversy
- Tax Examinations (UK)
- National Tax Advisory Group
Jonathan Gold
Principal - National Tax Practice Leader
- 914.218.1300 / 10562
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Tax Services Any accounting firm can prepare your tax returns, but at Prager Metis we believe in taking the time to know our clients and understand their specific needs. Our tax experts combine their ...
Audit & Accounting
With increasing demand on transparency you need a professional team who knows the regulations and knows your firm. Our professionals understand that your time is a precious commodity. We look well beyond the preparation of financial statements. You will benefit from our deep industry knowledge and will receive the reports, tools, and systems needed to give your lenders, investors, and boards the confidence they need to support you.
Prager Metis’ accounting services are built on a bedrock of personal and professional insight. For clients—including individuals, sole proprietorships, corporations, partnerships, estates, and trusts—these services can be key to enhancing efficiency and profitability. To that end, the firm assesses client needs and provides customized solutions ranging from basic bookkeeping to comprehensive financial systems.
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Advisory
At Prager Metis we understand that you need more than just number crunching and reports. Our advisory services experts offer a variety of services that will help enhance your future.
Whether you are looking for an external review, business management, input on a new business strategy, expert testimony in hearings or trials, or cost segregation studies, Prager Metis is here for you. Our reliable insight makes it possible for us to provide advanced advisory services the way only genuine experts can.
Services Include:- Agreed Upon Procedures
- Financial Forecasts & Projections
- Internal Control Risk Assessments
- Loan Structuring & Application Reviews including SBA
- Outsource Internal Audit
- SOX 404 Advisory & Compliance
- SOC-1s, SOC-2s, SOC for Cybersecurity - Readiness Reviews and Attestations
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