Private Equity Leading to Corporate-style CPA Firms

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Long-term incentives remain a challenge.

By CPA Trendlines Research

For some reason the advent of private equity and other alternative investment in CPA partnerships isn’t receiving much media attention though it is quickly setting in motion an extensive overhaul of the traditional partnership structure.

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Asked what they expect to see in the next 12 months, several experts opining in the Rosenberg National Survey of CPA Firms Statistics identify increasing outside investment in CPA firms and consequent new business models.