CRUMBACK & ASSOCIATES LLC
AUTOMOTIVE ADVISORS AND CPA'S
ABOUT US
Our expert CPA's can advise you on a wide range of issues, including tax regulations, financial reporting and controls, operational benchmarks and regulatory compliance matters.
Our objective is to:
- Create an environment where dealers can be served by experienced CPA's who really know their business.
- Provide our clients with prompt attention, solutions to their unique needs as auto dealers, and an excellent return on their investment.
- Deliver cost-efficient services to our clients by minimizing overhead and administrative costs that fail to provide direct benefits to our dealer clients.
- Execute a business plan that is 100% committed to serving auto dealers. This means focused education, research and product development. Hiring employees with dealership experience and providing specific training to support our exclusive clients.
- Participate in the dealership community through active involvement with all dealer associations and providing educational opportunities to dealers and their employees.
Greg Pekala
443-812-9803
Greg joined Crumback & Associates in November 2020. He began his accounting career in 19966 with a CPA and consulting firm located in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area.
Greg earned his Bachelor of Business Administration at Loyola University in Baltimore. He was a member of the national scholastic and professional accounting fraternity. He obtained his Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license during his initial sitting for the exam in 1986.
Greg has extensive experience in accounting, process and business consulting. Add to that a strong corporate, partnership and individual taxation background. He has functioned as a CFO/Controller within private industry for nearly 30 years overseeing numerous areas including accounting, human resources, IT, vendor relationships, internal audit and payroll.
Greg is a member of the Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants (MACPA). He has served as a member of the Reynolds and Reynolds customer liaison board providing valuable feedback with respect to DMS improvements.
Greg lives in Ellicott City, Maryland, with his wife, Nancy, and has three adult children. He enjoys spending time with family and friends, the outdoors, playing golf and tending to his yard which holds multiple gardens that draw praise from those passing by.
MARC CRUMBACK
443-286-7969
Marc founded Crumback & Associates in 2004. Prior to that, he worked for over 18 years at a large regional CPA firm in Washington, D.C. and has worked exclusively with automotive clients since 1990.
Marc created the only CPA firm of its kind in the Washington-Baltimore region, specializing in, and serving, only one client, the automobile dealer. He is now expanding his practice to the Grand Strand Area in beautiful Myrtle Beach, SC.
In addition to providing tax and financial reporting guidance to his clients, Marc regularly consults on a variety of matters including the acquisition or sale of dealerships, negotiating and obtaining financing for operational growth and improved cash management, developing estate and succession plans, reviewing asset management procedures, internal controls and analysis of performance benchmarks.
Marc has led several initiatives while specializing in the automotive industry including:
Designing industry specific audit programs and review engagement procedures
Designing analytical review models to evaluate dealership operations
Managing the presentation of “Auto Dealer Workshops”
Serving as a lead instructor for in-house educational programs, teaching courses including Automotive Industry Tax & Accounting Training and S Corporation Taxation for both basic and advanced level CPA's
Designing and implementing Information Safeguarding Programs for auto dealers
Marc has spoken on a variety of topics affecting auto dealers including:
Automotive Accounting – Current trends in Technology and Best Practices
Tax Strategies for Buying and Selling Dealerships
Tax Saving Strategies for Auto Dealerships and their Owners
Asset Management Strategies for Dealerships
Establishing Internal Controls in a Dealership
Gearing Up for Year-End Audits
Marc lives in Surfside Beach, SC with his wife Alysia.
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