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how private equity is impacting accounting

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and how these deals compare to traditional cpa firm deals.

by marc rosenberg
the rosenberg practice management library

one of the biggest game changers in the cpa profession since the dawn of the 21st century has been the introduction of private equity in merger transactions.

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prior to roughly 2020, 99 percent of all cpa firm mergers were between two cpa firms. an early exception was the “consolidator” phase of the cpa industry from the mid-1990s through the early 2000s. this is when three companies, the consolidators – american express, h&r block and cbiz – acquired a few hundred cpa firms, spawning the creation of alternative practice structures. because cpa firms must be majority owned by cpas, this new structure featured the attest function spun off as a separate but related entity, owned primarily by cpas while the remainder of the firm was owned primarily by the consolidators.
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tax pros gear up for a better busy season

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survey respondents say the new year means new plans.

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

it’s shaping up to be a pretty good year, according to early results from the 2025 busy season barometer. half expect a year better than last year’s good year, and less than 10 percent think it will be worse.

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why?

  • the market’s in a good place. plenty of clients out there.
  • so far (fingers crossed) no big changes to the tax code.
  • no pandemic quarantines (more fingers crossed).
  • the economy’s chugging right along (keep them crossed).

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irs processing up; payouts down

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figures for 2024 topped those of 2023 until it came to refunds.

by beth bellor

as the 2025 busy season kicks off and we wait for the first individual income tax return reports to trickle in, let’s take a peek at how the last drips of 2024 compared to the dregs of 2023.

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by the end of 2024, the internal revenue service had received 163.5 million returns, up 0.9 percent from the end of 2023. it had processed 163.5 million returns, up 0.3 percent, which included returns received in the prior or current year and processed in the calendar year.
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