How Much Should You Pay To Buy, Sell or Merge an Accounting Practice?

Here are just 19 factors.

By Ed Mendlowitz
The CPA Trendlines Practice Doctor

QUESTION: I am in process of buying a practice and would like to know how much to pay.

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ANSWER: An alternative question is how much to sell it for. This is a complicated issue with many important variables, some of which are: