Principals Who Aren’t CPAs

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By Marc Rosenberg

For 20 years or more, the CPA profession has been expanding services beyond traditional audit, accounting and tax, supplementing its portfolio with a wide variety of consulting services. Indeed, in recognition of this, most CPA firms’ logo states something to the effect of “CPAs and Consultants.”

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Some firms have CPAs on board who provide consulting services. Other firms hire outside, non-CPA consultants in areas such as technology, wealth management, M&A and health care.