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HBK Merges in New York CPA Firm Zapken & Loeb

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Top 50 accounting firm HBK CPAs & Consultants has combined with Zapken & Loeb, a Woodbury, NY-based 70-person CPA firm that provides accounting and business consulting services to business owners, executives, and independent professionals. The merger became official on Nov.

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What Private Equity Means for Accounting Firms: Thought Leaders Explore Pros and Cons

CPA Practice

Audit firms cannot be owned and operated by non-CPAs, therefore firms that accept majority outside investment, or are hoping to attract it in the future, generally must organize their audit/attest practice independently from their tax/advisory/consulting side, allowing for PE investment in the latter.

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Friday Footnotes: The Profession vs. Gen Z; CPA Firms Get Back to the Office; Deloitte Quits | 6.23.23

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Office Hours: CPA Firms Shift Toward More In-Person Collaboration and More Square Footage [ INSIDE Public Accounting ] Three years after accounting professionals were forced home by COVID and then back to the office, at least part of the time, firms are beginning to settle into a new normal.

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Friday Footnotes: The Metaverse’s First CPA Firm Gets Sued; CPA Exam Blueprints; Mad Mergers | 1.6.23

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So customers have filed more than a half-dozen proposed class actions against the NFL’s Tom Brady, accounting firm Prager Metis and Bankman-Fried as an individual, among others. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday, but employment in accounting and bookkeeping services fell by 1,100 jobs. Other Stuff.

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Eide Bailly and Apple Growth Partners to Join Forces Next Month

CPA Practice

One hundred and twenty-five staff and 24 partners from top 300 accounting firm Apple Growth Partners will join Fargo, ND-based Eide Bailly on June 24, expanding the top 20 firm’s footprint across the Great Lakes region. Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.

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Dean Dorton and VonLehman to Combine on Jan. 1

CPA Practice

It’s not quite a “ mega merger ,” but a top 100 CPA firm and a top 200 CPA firm will be merging on Jan. Dean Dorton, based in Lexington, KY, and VonLehman CPA & Advisory Firm, based in Fort Wright, KY, announced their marriage on Tuesday. Photo courtesy of Dean Dorton.)

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Growing From $225K to $100M By Focusing on Execution | FREE BOOK OFFER

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Gary Shamis, Principal at Winding River Consulting, has had an accomplished career in accounting, developing his dad’s bookkeeping firm from $225,000 to roughly $100 million. He built the 37th biggest CPA firm in the country before merging SS&G, Inc. Master of Accountancy, The Ohio State University B.S.

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