{"id":36260,"date":"2014-10-09t00:56:10","date_gmt":"2014-10-09t04:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=36260"},"modified":"2016-04-19t11:18:33","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19t15:18:33","slug":"deciphering-the-current-state-of-the-cpa-firm-merger-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2014\/10\/09\/deciphering-the-current-state-of-the-cpa-firm-merger-market\/","title":{"rendered":"deciphering the current state of the cpa firm merger market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"docs-internal-guid-47a8bfc9-1d4d-2729-9481-8f78f76aa5b4\" dir=\"ltr\"><em>by marc rosenberg<\/em><br \/>\n<em> <a href=\"\/\/www.g005e.com\/shop\/how-to-negotiate-a-cpa-firm-merger\/\">cpa firm mergers<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>with 80 percent of first-generation firms never turning over to a second generation of owners, it\u2019s no wonder that merger mania continues unabated. each year sees increased merger activity over the one previous.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cmerger mania\u201d is particularly prevalent among the top 10 to 25 firms in the largest 75 markets in the u.s. and canada, partly due to the \u201cnew normal\u201d \u2013 an economy that remains too sluggish to satisfy the ambitious growth targets of these top performers. but acquiring talent and niches is equally as important a reason for mergers to these larger firms, as is increased revenue.<\/p>\n<p>sellers, however, remain hesitant.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2014\/10\/09\/deciphering-the-current-state-of-the-cpa-firm-merger-market\/#more-36260\" class=\"more-link\">read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p id=\"docs-internal-guid-47a8bfc9-1d4d-2729-9481-8f78f76aa5b4\" dir=\"ltr\"><em>by marc rosenberg<\/em><br \/>\n<em> <a href=\"\/\/www.g005e.com\/shop\/how-to-negotiate-a-cpa-firm-merger\/\">cpa firm mergers<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>with 80 percent of first-generation firms never turning over to a second generation of owners, it\u2019s no wonder that merger mania continues unabated. each year sees increased merger activity over the one previous.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cmerger mania\u201d is particularly prevalent among the top 10 to 25 firms in the largest 75 markets in the u.s. and canada, partly due to the \u201cnew normal\u201d \u2013 an economy that remains too sluggish to satisfy the ambitious growth targets of these top performers. but acquiring talent and niches is equally as important a reason for mergers to these larger firms, as is increased revenue.<\/p>\n<p>sellers, however, remain hesitant.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2014\/10\/09\/deciphering-the-current-state-of-the-cpa-firm-merger-market\/#more-36260\" class=\"more-link\">read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1339,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"129943,138048,133028,136365,130682,132993","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1908,5,3120,9],"tags":[93],"class_list":["post-36260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-management","category-outlook","category-pro-member-exclusive","category-strategy","tag-management","membership-content","access-restricted"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- this site is optimized with the yoast seo plugin v24.0 - 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