Partner Pay: Recapping the Compensation Systems

The popularity, pros, and cons of each.

Chart of compensation system usage — Compensation systems in use, by size of partnership

By Marc Rosenberg
Partner Comp: Art & Science

What is the actual usage of compensation by firms?

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Posted on May 22, 2016

Marc Rosenberg

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Marc Rosenberg, CPA, is a nationally known consultant, author and speaker on CPA firm management, strategy, and partner issues.

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President of his own Chicago-based consulting firm, The Rosenberg Associates, he is founder of the most authoritative annual survey of mid-sized CPA firm performance statistics in the country, The Rosenberg Survey. He has consulted with hundreds of firms throughout his 20+ year consulting career. Accounting Today has acknowledged Marc Rosenberg as one of Top 100 Most Influential People in the CPA profession for the past 11 consecutive years and INSIDE Public Accounting has repeatedly recognized him as one of the Ten Most Recommended CPA Firm Consultants.

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