Dealerships
Drive your dealership forward with our industry-specialized solutions.
Dealerships
Our dealerships team provides tailored assurance, tax and advisory solutions designed to meet the unique needs of every dealership sector. Our experts are equipped to help businesses across these industries thrive.
With deep industry knowledge and a comprehensive approach, we ensure your dealership is positioned for sustainable growth and success in a competitive market.
Our dealership services span a variety of sectors, including auto, motorcycle, RV, trucking, powersport, heavy equipment and boat dealerships. We offer customized solutions that optimize financial operations, enhance operational efficiency and provide strategic planning and risk management support.
Dealerships consulting solutions
Consistent challenges from navigating complex tax regulations, managing inefficiencies, addressing cybersecurity risks and planning for growth are ever-present in the dealership industry. At Baker Tilly, our experienced professionals understand these unique demands and are here to help. Our tailored dealership consulting solutions ensure compliance while driving profitability, enhancing operations and mitigating risks for long-term success.
Benchmarking
Beyond traditional tax and accounting services, Baker Tilly delivers comprehensive financial analysis and benchmarking tailored specifically for dealerships. We empower you to assess performance metrics against industry standards, helping you identify opportunities for growth, optimize profitability and navigate challenges like shrinking margins and operational inefficiencies.
Mergers and acquisitions
With mergers and acquisitions surging within the dealerships industry, Baker Tilly is a trusted partner through every phase of the transaction. Our due diligence services ensure that whether you're a buyer or seller, you gain a complete understanding of financial risks and opportunities, enabling smooth transactions and maximizing value for your business.
Dealerships consulting services
Baker Tilly’s team of experts advises dealerships on a range of operational and financial matters. We provide comprehensive consulting services including controller checklists, operational reviews, reinsurance structuring, LIFO inventory valuations, cost segregation studies and succession strategies. Our guidance is designed to enhance operational efficiency, ensure regulatory compliance and create long-term business sustainability.
Risk advisory services
In today’s evolving risk landscape, dealerships face increasing regulatory and operational threats. Baker Tilly’s risk advisory services offer a proactive approach to managing risk by delivering internal control reviews, cybersecurity assessments and forensic accounting to detect and mitigate fraud. We help dealerships build resilient operations that safeguard assets and enhance governance and compliance frameworks.
By the numbers
750+
current dealership clients
100+
years serving the dealerships industry
34
dedicated dealership professionals
Baker Tilly’s dealership specialization and national footprint means they understand our opportunities, industry challenges and the geographic markets where we operate. And with dealership locations across three states, their full-service capabilities and intimate knowledge of our business give us confidence they can support our growth today, tomorrow and for many years to come.Christina VanNess, Owner of Fulton Ford
Up to Speed: A Baker Tilly video series
Up to Speed, a video series from Baker Tilly, discusses hot topics in the dealerships industry. This series, hosted by Mike Mader, Principal and leader of Baker Tilly’s dealership advisory service team, meets with experts and other dealerships industry leaders to discuss issues pertinent to the industry. New videos are published the third Wednesday of every month.
Baker Tilly has been one of our most trusted business advisor for more than 10 years. Their entire team has a deep understanding of our company and our industry. We rely on them for their expertise and insight in both tax consulting and planning areas, such as cost segregation, and year-end financial statements. We are confident that the advice they give us is sound and well thought out. We are pleased with our relationship with Baker Tilly and would recommend them to anyone.Timothy Kreilkamp, President of Kreilkamp Trucking, Inc.
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Additional dealer services
Cybersecurity
Proactively protect and address your cybersecurity and information technology (IT) risks.
Employee Benefit Plan Audit
We help meet your employee benefit plan’s annual audit and filing requirements, and work to protect the plan’s integrity.
Forensic Accounting
When critical situations arise, organizations count on Baker Tilly to deliver accurate and reliable financial analysis to help forge a path forward.
Internal Audit
Leverage industry-specialized internal audit services for organizational success.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Middle market business owners, investors and corporations rely on our sell-side, buy-side and financing solutions to execute their growth strategy.
Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Compliance
Drive a more efficient and effective SOX compliance program.
State & Local Tax
Our state and local tax services professionals offer specialized expertise to help businesses and individuals understand increasingly complex state and local tax rules.
Tax
Contributing to clients’ success by accelerating tax deductions, increasing tax credits, reducing cash taxes and mitigating risks
Baker Tilly worked hard to help us transition from a very messy tax situation in the past to one where we are confident in our current tax planning and compliance. Our solid financial condition today is due in large part to our relationship with Baker Tilly.LaVon Felton, Dealer Principal of Sleepy Hollow GM, Sleepy Hollow Ford and Sleepy Hollow Chrysler Jeep Dodge
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