Pathway 01Business
Build, operate, or transfer a business
Entity formation and structure, contracts, business purchases and sales, ongoing accounting, and consulting for owner-operators and closely held companies.
Explore business servicesCPA · Massachusetts Attorney · Belchertown
One Advisor for the Financial and Legal Sides of the Decision.
Gregory A. Galanek brings CPA insight and legal experience together to help Western Massachusetts individuals, families, and business owners navigate taxes, transactions, planning, and change with greater clarity.
Serving Belchertown & Western Massachusetts · (413) 323-8886
A local practice
Belchertown, Massachusetts
The Galanek Advantage
Important decisions rarely stay in one professional lane.
A business sale affects taxes. A real estate transaction affects cash flow. An estate plan affects the people and assets you have worked to protect. Greg helps clients see how the pieces connect before they act.
The advantage is uncommon: the financial perspective of a Certified Public Accountant and the legal perspective of a Massachusetts attorney, working from the same desk on the same decision.
Financial view
Tax, cash flow, entity, and accounting implications.
Legal view
Contracts, ownership, transfer, and estate implications.
How we help
Four pathways, organized around the decisions clients are actually facing.
Pathway 02Real Estate
Navigate real estate decisions
Residential and commercial transactions, leases, ownership structure considerations, and the tax and financing implications that come with them.
Real estate guidancePathway 03Estate Planning
Protect your family and legacy
Wills, durable powers of attorney, Massachusetts health care proxies, and tax-aware estate planning that considers the people and assets you have worked to protect.
Plan an estatePathway 04Tax & Accounting
Stay ahead of tax obligations
Personal and business tax preparation, planning, IRS notices and representation, bookkeeping, and steady deadline management year-round.
Tax & accounting
Meet Greg
An experienced local advisor with two professional views of the same problem.
Gregory A. Galanek is a Certified Public Accountant and a Massachusetts attorney admitted to the Bar since 2003, with more than two decades advising individuals, families, and business owners. He is admitted to the United States Tax Court and the Federal District Court of Massachusetts, and serves as a Massachusetts notary public.
After serving in the U.S. Navy, Greg completed his education at Holyoke Community College, the University of Massachusetts, and graduated cum laude from Husson College with a Bachelor's in Finance, later earning his Juris Doctorate from Western New England College while continuing to practice as a CPA. He has been a resident of Belchertown since 1985 and has served on several town committees, often in a leadership role.
Meet the team
A small, dedicated practice — where the same people answer the phone every year.
Continuity matters in tax and legal work. The team below has kept the office, tax season, and client relationships running for years.
Gregory A. Galanek
CPA · Attorney at Law
Founder and principal. Combines CPA insight with Massachusetts legal experience across taxation, business, real estate, and estate planning matters.
Marie Galanek
Office & Practice Manager
Has kept the office and tax season running for more than 25 years — the trusted first point of contact for many long-standing clients.
Shannon Green
Accountant & Tax Preparer
Experienced accountant and tax preparer with a bookkeeping background across small business accounting, cleanups, and individual returns.
Team member photographs are added once verified with each individual — we do not use stock portraits in place of the people who actually staff the firm.
Representative situations
When the financial and legal questions overlap.
The situations below are common places where clients benefit from a single advisor who can weigh both sides of a decision at once. They are illustrative — not claims of specific outcomes.
- Forming a business and choosing its tax structure
- Purchasing or selling a closely held company
- Completing a residential or commercial real estate transaction
- Preparing an estate plan around significant assets
- Responding to an IRS notice or audit
- Bringing disorganized books and tax obligations under control
Credentials & commitment
The kind of experience you want on your side of the table.
CPA
Certified Public Accountant — practicing accounting across small and multi-national companies before opening his own practice.
Massachusetts Attorney
Admitted to the Bar in Massachusetts in 2003 and to the United States Tax Court and the Federal District Court of Massachusetts.
20+ Years
Two decades of interconnected legal, tax, and accounting work for individuals, families, and business owners.
Belchertown
A resident since 1985 with long service on town committees — the same community the firm serves.
Community service
A resident of Belchertown since 1985 — with a long record of local service.
- Veterans Service Study Committee
- Clapp Memorial Library, Board of Trustees
- Quaboag Valley Business Assistance Corporation
- Zoning Board of Appeals
- Finance Committee
- Belchertown EDIC
Confidentiality
Discreet, confidential, and secure by policy.
Client information is kept confidential to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sensitive documents are exchanged through the secure client portal — not through unsecured email.
About the client portal →How we work
A clear path from first conversation to next step.
Step 01
Start the Conversation
Tell the firm about the decision, concern, or transaction — briefly, in plain language. Confidential details are shared later, through a secure channel.
Step 02
See the Complete Picture
Greg evaluates the relevant tax, legal, accounting, and business considerations — and lays out how they connect before you act.
Step 03
Move Forward With a Plan
You receive clear next steps and coordinated professional guidance, with one advisor accountable across the tax, legal, and financial sides.
Ready when you are
Before you make the decision, understand the whole picture.
A short conversation is often enough to see how the tax, legal, and business pieces of a decision fit together — and what to do next.
Reach the firm
115 North Main Street, Unit C
Belchertown, MA 01007
info@galaneklaw.com