How to Pay Non-Equity Partners

Deferred compensation is on the rise.

By Marc Rosenberg
Partner Comp: Art & Science

There are obvious differences between equity and non-equity partners, including how they are compensated.

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However, the differences aren’t as great as many people think.

Posted on August 7, 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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