Tax planning for a stronger bottom line
Tax strategy is a critical tool for sustaining profitability as operational costs continue to rise. Yet, the evolving tax landscape presents significant challenges for manufacturers seeking to optimize their financial position.
From recent changes to R&D tax credits and the shifting rules around bonus depreciation to the ongoing trade and tariff uncertainty, manufacturers face a complex mix of tax-related risks and opportunities. Global supply chains introduce additional hurdles, requiring agile, forward-looking strategies to manage cross-border tax exposure and compliance.
Wipfli’s manufacturing tax services help you navigate the complex tax landscape so that you can make confident, tax-smart investment decisions.
Why Wipfli?
Wipfli combines our CPA foundation and decades of serving manufacturers to help you thrive in a challenging tax environment.
We don’t just manage compliance — we help you build resilient tax strategies that align with your business goals and drive long-term value. We also closely monitor tax policy changes so that we can deliver comprehensive strategies to help minimize your tax burden and turn complexity into opportunity.
Our tax services for manufacturing businesses include:
Tariff and trade impact strategy for manufacturers
Wipfli can help you mitigate risks with real-time, ongoing support for navigating tariff strategy and trade regulation shifts. We provide strategic insights into the growing complexity of global trade, including tariff forecasting, scenario planning and financial modeling, supply chain strategy and USMCA compliance.
International expansion services for manufacturers
Seize growth opportunities in international markets with Wipfli. We leverage our industry experience and global network to help you scale with support for international tax compliance, supply chain management, cross-border operations and other critical areas. We’re ready to help you streamline logistics and mitigate risk as you expand your footprint.
Specialty tax services
Optimize tax strategies with proactive planning, compliance and accounting solutions tailored to your complex business needs. Wipfli’s specialty tax services team applies decades of tax preparation experience to turn your regulatory challenges into opportunities for operational and financial efficiency.
Tax credits and incentives
Wipfli’s credits and incentives services help manufacturing leaders uncover and capitalize on tax opportunities — including the manufacturing R&D tax credit, hiring incentives, energy credits and capital investment incentives. We help streamline the qualification and application process so that you can maximize your applicable savings.
State and local tax
Wipfli helps you navigate evolving tax regulations across jurisdictions to minimize exposure while enhancing compliance. Our solutions, ranging from sales and use tax to property and unclaimed property tax, are designed to reduce liabilities while aligning with strategic business goals.
International tax
Manage the challenges of global tax compliance, planning and reporting with Wipfli’s international tax services. We provide strategic services, including transfer pricing, entity structuring and tax efficiency, to help you stay compliant and competitive in international markets.
Our team
Valerie K. Fedie
Valerie Fedie works with a variety of clients to provide research and development (R&D) tax consulting services to maximize R&D tax credits. With a strong focus on R&D tax services since her career began in 1997, she has extensive experience including planning, supervising, and executing R&D tax incentive projects as well as providing federal and state audit support services. Valerie enjoys helping clients overcome challenges and maximize opportunities with new product or process improvements.
Mike Devereux, CPA, CMP
Mike Devereux has identified millions of dollars in tax incentives for manufacturing clients, led hundreds of research and development (R&D) tax credit study engagements and demonstrated leadership and exceptional judgment in the tax structuring of various acquisitions. He speaks nationally to various professional and industry trade organizations and associations about opportunities to reduce federal and state tax liabilities and has written dozens of articles for trade publications.
Nathan J. Henrigillis, CPA, MST, MPA
Nathan Henrigillis works with closely held and family-owned businesses in the manufacturing and distribution sectors, providing them and their ownership group with tax compliance and planning services. His tax planning and compliance expertise enables him to identify additional tax planning opportunities, thereby adding more value for his clients.
Tim O’Neill, CPA
Tim O’Neill is a senior manager in Wipfli’s tax practice, specializing manufacturing, retail, and distribution. He has over 10 years of tax experience assisting clients ranging from large, multistate entities to small, closely held companies with their tax planning, tax compliance, tax consulting, and merger and acquisition needs. Clients appreciate his tailored individual and business solutions, commitment to excellence and ability to build strong relationships with their team.
Joel Hundelt, CPA
Joel Hundelt works with individuals, partnerships and corporations to assist with tax planning, tax compliance, accounting and consulting. Joel specializes in working with manufacturing and distribution companies across the U.S. and beyond to develop tax strategies that result in millions of dollars of tax savings. He also works with companies across the country in tax planning and compliance.
CLIENT SUCCESS STORY
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