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Succeed today — and tomorrow

Global supply chain disruption, digital transformation, and changing consumer purchasing preferences require you to evolve your strategy and business model. Whether you want help strategizing state and local tax planning to reduce your tax burden, evaluating new revenue streams, or assessing your technology to meet consumer demands and drive efficiencies, we’ll help your retail dealership prosper.

And if — or when — you’re ready, we can help with business transition, including transaction advisory, internal succession planning, and estate planning to preserve your personal legacy.

Our national practice serves more than 250 retail dealership clients, including automobile, commercial truck dealers, RV, motorcycle, power sports, heavy equipment dealers, and rental and fleet operators. Let us provide the future-focused strategy you need to succeed, today and tomorrow.

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Solutions

As one of only a few audit, tax, and consulting firms with a dedicated dealership practice, we have the knowledge and resources to help you achieve your strategic objectives. We can help with:

Upcoming Events & Webinars

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Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Holding it together: Owning Section 1202 stock through pass-through entities

Pass-through entities must meet specific requirements to qualify for a Section 1202 gain exclusion. It’s crucial to fully understand these requirements to maximize the benefits. Join our specialists in this webinar to hear all the details and actual case examples.

Webinar / 1 hour watch

Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025

Buy- and sell-side transaction considerations for state and local tax

State and local taxes are often overlooked during a transaction, creating risk for buyers and sellers. Join our webinar to learn how these tax rules affect transactions and how to potentially mitigate tax risk on the buy and sell side.

Webinar / 1 hour watch

Risk management strategies for growth and innovation

More Strategies

Business professionals meeting around a table discussing risk, opportunity, and growth.

March 15, 2023

Lean into risk: Break barriers to opportunity and growth

In the world of business risk, leaders tend to follow the status quo: evade, react, move on. But a proactive, holistic risk management approach can pave the way for growth and opportunity. Our advice? Don’t avoid risk — embrace it.

Article / 6 min read

March 22, 2023

The dozen accounting controls all organizations need

Article / 4 min read

September 29, 2023

Think cybersecurity is just an IT responsibility? Think again

Article / 5 min read

Two supply chain professionals discussing how to assess risk.

June 27, 2023

Ready to tackle supply chain risk? Start with our supplier risk assessment guide

Assessment / 1 min read

Insights

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Tax professional looking to the distance.

Surveying the landscape of Inflation Reduction Act tax credits

Article / 32 min read

View of government building on a cloudy day.

House passes Trump tax package

Article / 8 min read

Aerial view of Washington D.C. during the day.

House Ways and Means advances Trump tax package

Article / 39 min read

Tax policy perspectives: May 2025

Article / 14 min read

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Keep the good tax planning rolling: Section 1045 rollover of QSBS

Article / 8 min read

The basics of cost segregation

Video / 3 min watch

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Client Experience

Partners for the future

At Plante Moran, we’re not just focused on the issues of today. We’re always looking forward, working with our clients to put the future in focus and design strategies to make that future a reality. To do so, we make it a priority to learn each client’s individual goals and desires, versus taking a canned approach to their issues at hand.

We’re also in it for the long haul. With one of the lowest staff turnover rates in the industry, the same team will be by your side year after year, responding to your dealership’s distinct needs and tailoring future-focused strategies for continued success.

What’s it like to work with us?

In this short video, Kevin Flattery, industry leader and partner, touches on our “one-firm firm” model and how it leads to better client service: “We’re going to bring the right individual, with the right experience, at the right time, and the right discipline to find a solution for our client.” Learn what this means to our clients, how we serve them throughout their entire life cycle, and why we consistently earn their trust.

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Jamie Marsh

Owner, Marsh Automotive Group Inc.

The staff at Plante Moran have been our trusted business partners for nearly 30 years. During this time, we have relied on their expertise to assist us in a multitude of areas, including tax accounting, cost segregation, valuations, acquisitions, growth strategy, employee benefits, and more. Our relationship with the team is based on trust. We consider Plante Moran to be partners in our business, always ready to support us in any way. I feel very confident recommending them to business people seeking a firm with all the resources of a large organization but with the personal attention of a smaller group.

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