EPPING CPAS - Key Persons
Jerry has over forty years of experience as a certified public accountant. Most of those years he has specialized in tax as a tax partner with a national CPA firm and the past twenty years as head of Epping and Associates. His experience includes working with manufacturing and distribution companies, real estate and construction companies, and not for profits. Jerry has worked extensively with multi-national companies as well as closely-held family companies.
Jerry has participated on multiple due diligence teams involved with millions of dollars of corporate acquisitions over the years. He also has extensive experience in representing clients through tax audits being performed by the Internal Revenue Service and state tax authorities.
Over the years he has served on the boards of numerous civic and not for profit boards, including serving as president of the Mecklenburg Area Catholic School Board, the Tarradiddle Players, River Hills Country Club, and the River Hills Lions Club and River Hills Lions Charities.
Jerry is a graduate of Thomas More College and holds an MBA degree from the University of Cincinnati. He is a CPA licensed in both North Carolina and South Carolina.
Over the course of his career, Vic has spent significant time working in both public accounting and in private industry. His career includes time spent with national public accounting firms as well as serving as CFO of two NYSE-listed manufacturing companies.
Vic has served as CFO of three manufacturers with annual sales ranging from $150 million to $800 million. Vic is also experienced dealing with the tax and accounting challenges of foreign firms with extensive direct foreign investment in the U.S., having served for six years as a financial executive for a Canadian-based manufacturer. His experience includes establishing and documenting cross-border transfer pricing, documenting and maintaining cross-border intercompany finance structures, dealing with research and development tax credits in both countries and complying with financial reporting regulations in both the U.S. and Canada.
Vic graduated with a BBA Degree in Accountancy from the University of Notre Dame and recently obtained his MBA from the University of Tampa. He is a licensed CPA in South Carolina, Florida and Texas and is also a Chartered Global Management Accountant (AICPA/CIMA designation).
Vic serves on the Board of the Charlotte Chapter of Financial Executives International (FEI) and is also active in the Charlotte World Trade Association and the British American Business Council of North Carolina.