Frank R. Proto
CPA CGMA
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Frank R. Proto is a partner of Bailey, Moore, Glazer, Schaefer & Proto, LLP. For more than 33 years, he has been providing accounting, tax and business advisory services to numerous closely-held businesses. He has experience with a wide range of business operations, including: manufacturers; contractors; wholesale and retail operations; automobile dealerships; fast food franchises; medical laboratories; movie exhibition and distribution operations; insurance agencies; physicians and other service operations. His responsibilities include the conducting, supervising and reviewing of annual and interim engagements and examinations of the financial records of clients.
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Mr. Proto makes the needs of his clients his top priority. He provides a variety of business services to his clients including operational reviews, strategic business planning and
budgeting; reviews of organizational structure; due diligence audits; and business succession planning.
He also is involved on a regular basis in negotiating loans and exploring financing alternatives for his clients
with various financial institutions.
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He has extensive experience involving the acquisitions and dispositions of business operations for
corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, and sole proprietorships. He also has experience
with a variety of other tax related issues and has represented clients before the Internal Revenue Service and
other state and local regulatory agencies.
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Mr. Proto received his Bachelors of Science Degree in Accounting from Providence College. He is a member of the Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is also extremely active in his community and devotes a substantial amount of time to a number of professional and charitable organizations. Frank is the current President of the Wooster Square Reunion Committee. He is also the immediate Past-President, Past-Secretary, an Executive Committee Member and Finance Committee Member of the Providence College Alumni Association, New Haven Chapter; Past-President, Past-Vice President, Past-Treasurer, Former Director and Finance Committee Chair of the Amity Club Inc.; Former Trustee and Finance Committee Chair of the Amity Charitable Trust Fund; Former Treasurer and Trustee of the Greater New Haven Lodge #37 Order of the Sons of Italy; and Former Member of the Finance Committee of the Farms Country Club, Inc. He is also a member of the Connecticut Estate & Tax Planning Council; Derby Historical Society; Home Builders Association of New Haven County, Inc.; the Cheshire Gridiron Club, Inc.; the Knights of Columbus; the Porcini International Club; the Society of St. Andrew Apostle and the Italian-American Historical Society of Greater New Haven.