KROST Kicks Off the Year by Announcing Merger With West LA Firm Gaynor & Umanoff

LOS ANGELES, February 7, 2019 (Newswire.com) - KROST CPAs and Consultants, a firm based out of Los Angeles, has merged with Gaynor & Umanoff LLP out of West Los Angeles effective Jan. 1, 2019. Two principals, Chris Gaynor and Richard Umanoff, and two directors will join the leadership team, as well as nine associates, growing the practice to a total of 170 team members firmwide.

The new KROST management and staff will remain at the 6100 Center Drive office. Now with four locations around the Greater Los Angeles area, KROST has offices in Pasadena, Woodland Hills and Valencia in addition to the new west side space.

“Chris, Richard and the team bring industry depth and technical expertise that will benefit our tax department immensely. With the office based in West Los Angeles, we will be able to better service our new and existing clients; moreover, our staff will have another location to shorten commute times, allowing us to recruit and retain the best and the brightest,” remarked Greg Kniss, managing principal of KROST. “Through the merger, we will be able to partner with our new team to offer many of the value-added services we provide our current clients, such as M&A and capital markets, wealth management, research & development tax credits, cost segregation, green building tax incentives and more.”

Chris Gaynor said, “There are many CPAs in this world. In order to distinguish yourself, you must provide superior service, care and diligence. When we decided it was time to make a big change for the betterment of our practice and clients, we knew we had to merge with KROST. Upon meeting Greg Kniss, we felt that we found a like-minded, larger firm to entrust our clients with and move us into the future.”

“We are pleased to join KROST and leverage their many resources. This will allow us to expand our accounting and tax services, while still maintaining our focus on what matters to us most: our clients,” said Richard Umanoff.

ABOUT KROST CPAs & CONSULTANTS

Established in 1939 in Pasadena, California, KROST, is a full-service certified public accounting and consulting firm serving clients across various industries in the areas of tax, accounting, consulting, assurance and advisory, M&A and capital markets, corporate tax incentives and wealth management.

For more information about KROST, please visit KROSTCPAs.com.

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