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by marc rosenberg<\/i>
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the rosenberg practice management library<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

this article summarizes key points that new partners should know about cpa firm partner buyout plans. if you want greater detail, you\u2019re in luck. we devoted an entire book to the subject, cpa firm partner retirement\/buyout plans<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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one of the benefits that new partners receive in exchange for their buy-in is that they will receive a buyout when they<\/strong> retire. this amount can be in excess of a million dollars at many firms. receiving a retirement buyout is one of the major reasons becoming a partner is so lucrative.
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\nthe flip side of this is that new partners must agree to buy out older partners when their day comes. therefore, any plan for bringing in new partners must include a provision for a partner retirement\/buyout plan.<\/p>\n

the basis for these buyouts is the clear and substantial value of a cpa firm and the relative ease with which it can be sold to other firms at an attractive price. the main basis for this price is the value of a firm\u2019s client base, which for cpa firms is largely annuity-based. it\u2019s considered an intangible value because it\u2019s almost never included in the firm\u2019s balance sheet. partner agreements routinely provide for the interest of departed partners to be purchased by the firm to avoid the need to liquidate the practice to generate funds to pay the buyouts.<\/p>\n

no, it\u2019s not a ponzi scheme<\/strong><\/p>\n

many new partners, when hearing how partner buyout plans work, fear they sound dangerously close to ponzi schemes. new partners pay out one partner after another after another, with their own payday feeling like a foggy uncertainty because it\u2019s decades away.<\/p>\n

while i can see how new partners without any experience operating a cpa firm buyout plan might be a tad apprehensive, let me seek to provide some comfort and show that this fear is greatly exaggerated.<\/p>\n

to start with, here are a few statistics from the rosenberg map survey:<\/p>\n