Insights

First-Time Buyer’s Guide to Acquiring a CPA Practice

Buying a CPA practice is likely the largest financial decision many first-time buyers...

What to Expect When You List Your Firm on a Marketplace

Owners considering a marketplace listing usually have one of two fears. Either listing...

How to Use a Data Room When Selling Your Firm

Most firm owners think of the data room as paperwork: a folder of documents a buyer needs...

The Real Cost of Waiting: What Staying One More Year Does to Your Firm’s Value

Most CPA firm owners think about the decision to sell as a lifestyle question. Am I ready...

How Much Is My Accounting Firm Worth? The Real Math Behind CPA Firm Valuation

A practical guide to CPA firm valuation — what drives it, what the market is paying, and...

Aligning Partners Before You Go to Market

Going to market with a multi-partner firm is a financial process and a test of whether...

What Buyers Are Seeking in an Accounting Firm Today

Most firm owners preparing for a sale have some intuition about what buyers want. They...

Owner Hours & Firm Value: Work Less, Worth More

Owner dependence is one of the most consistently documented value-reducing factors in...

Internal Succession vs. External Sale: How to Choose

Firm owners know they will face the succession question. However, few have thought...

What to Expect in Due Diligence When SellingYour CPA Firm

A seller’s roadmap to the process, the documents, and what to do right now — whether...

What Happens to Your Staff After You Sell Your Firm?

What sellers can and cannot negotiate and how the talent shortage has quietly shifted the...

The 5 W's of Selling Your CPA Firm

Who. What. When. Where. Why. Five questions that turn an overwhelming decision into an...