{"id":54464,"date":"2018-05-10t06:01:35","date_gmt":"2018-05-10t10:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=54464"},"modified":"2018-05-24t08:37:19","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24t12:37:19","slug":"voting-isnt-big-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2018\/05\/10\/voting-isnt-big-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"why voting isn’t such a big deal"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>what about non-equity partners?<\/strong><\/p>\n by marc rosenberg<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n voting is a highly overrated privilege of being a partner.<\/p>\n more:<\/strong> why and how new partners buy in<\/a> | ownership percentage and capital accounts<\/a> | 5 key reasons to have a partner agreement<\/a> when you don\u2019t have a vote, it seems desirous and enviable. it appears to be a very special privilege enjoyed only by the firm\u2019s elite. having a vote is synonymous with ownership, power and prestige. i want to be in the room where it happens, the room where it happens, the room where it happens\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n one of the great songs from the smash broadway musical “hamilton” offers a great example. a young alexander hamilton has made a great impression on many of the founding fathers (can you guess whom he has not<\/strong> impressed?) but he isn\u2019t satisfied with mere praise because his roles are supporting others and therefore secondary. what he really wants is to be \u201cin the room where it happens,\u201d the room where key decisions are being made. it\u2019s not really a vote he\u2019s after, but the opportunity to participate in the discussions of major issues and influence decisions about how the country is governed.<\/p>\n when new cpa firm partners get their vote, they quickly see that it\u2019s not that big a deal. here\u2019s why:<\/p>\n most firms rarely vote<\/strong><\/p>\n that\u2019s right. incredible as it may seem, at most firms, when a decision is needed, the partners rarely take an official vote on the matter. why is this?<\/p>\n examples of important decisions rarely voted on by the full partner group:<\/p>\n there are important nuances to understanding these issues and voting in general:<\/p>\n true story: a firm hired me to provide consulting on a project. i asked them what made them choose me. the mp responded, \u201cat a partner meeting, our seven partners debated whether to join a cpa firm association. we voted 5-2 to join the association. as a result, we decided not<\/strong> to join the association and to hire a consultant instead.\u201d even though their partner agreement provided for decisions by a majority vote, in practice they would make a decision only if the vote was unanimous. their definition of a consensus was a unanimous vote.<\/p>\n important exceptions to \u201cpartners rarely vote\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n a small number of extremely important decisions commonly require a formal vote. indeed, many firms\u2019 partner agreements require votes on these issues:<\/p>\n do non-equity partners have a vote?<\/strong><\/p>\n firms may define non-equity partners differently. but in general, a non-equity partner is a non-owner of the firm who has most of the rights and privileges of an equity partner. non-equity partners:<\/p>\n so, given that equity partners rarely vote and that, for all intents and purposes, the right to vote is really the right to engage in debate, discussion and persuasion, non-equity partners have very similar roles in \u201cvoting\u201d as equity partners. their opinions count. however, non-equity partners do not officially vote on the small number of major decisions reserved for an official partner vote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" what about non-equity partners?<\/strong>
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