{"id":38653,"date":"2015-01-19t05:00:04","date_gmt":"2015-01-19t10:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=38653"},"modified":"2016-04-19t11:18:20","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19t15:18:20","slug":"when-is-it-time-to-merge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2015\/01\/19\/when-is-it-time-to-merge\/","title":{"rendered":"when is it time to merge?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><a href=\"https:\/\/cpatwpe.s3.amazonaws.com\/cpatrendlines\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/screen-shot-2012-07-12-at-5.43.37-pm-e1342129526512.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-21122\" src=\"https:\/\/cpatwpe.s3.amazonaws.com\/cpatrendlines\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/screen-shot-2012-07-12-at-5.43.37-pm-300x284.png\" alt=\"ed mendlowitz cpa the practice doctor q and a\" width=\"290\" height=\"274\" \/><\/a><\/i><strong>the answer is personal, but certain questions can help you decide.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>by ed mendlowitz<\/i><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/\/www.g005e.com\/?s=mendlowitz&amp;s_cs=true\"><i>the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 practice doctor<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>question:<\/strong> i have a 20-person, five-partner firm, and am frequently approached by larger firms that want me to merge into them. i own 60 percent of the practice, and am 20 years older than the next oldest partner. should i merge? i am happy with my situation and am inclined to let my younger partners decide what they want to do. <a href=\"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2015\/01\/19\/when-is-it-time-to-merge\/#more-38653\" class=\"more-link\">read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><i><a href=\"https:\/\/cpatwpe.s3.amazonaws.com\/cpatrendlines\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/screen-shot-2012-07-12-at-5.43.37-pm-e1342129526512.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-21122\" src=\"https:\/\/cpatwpe.s3.amazonaws.com\/cpatrendlines\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/screen-shot-2012-07-12-at-5.43.37-pm-300x284.png\" alt=\"ed mendlowitz cpa the practice doctor q and a\" width=\"290\" height=\"274\" \/><\/a><\/i><strong>the answer is personal, but certain questions can help you decide.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>by ed mendlowitz<\/i><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/\/www.g005e.com\/?s=mendlowitz&amp;s_cs=true\"><i>the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 practice doctor<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>question:<\/strong> i have a 20-person, five-partner firm, and am frequently approached by larger firms that want me to merge into them. i own 60 percent of the practice, and am 20 years older than the next oldest partner. should i merge? i am happy with my situation and am inclined to let my younger partners decide what they want to do. <a href=\"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2015\/01\/19\/when-is-it-time-to-merge\/#more-38653\" class=\"more-link\">read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1341,"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":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1908,2371,3120],"tags":[297],"class_list":["post-38653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-management","category-mergers-acquisitions","category-pro-member-exclusive","tag-merger","membership-content","access-restricted"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- this site is optimized with the yoast seo plugin v24.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>when is it time to merge? 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