Practice management

Partners at firms that have chosen to remain independent are now asking whether a firm's internal buyout multiple should be adjusted.

The deal will expand the Top 10 Firm's footprint to South Florida and its existing presence on the East Coast.

A significant proportion of firms have yet to implement new audit technologies and methods, citing poor training, lack of quality data, lack of systems access and lack of funds as the primary reasons.

The Regional Leader will add Lancaster-based Ross Buehler Falk & Co. effective Jan. 1.

CPA Firm Management Association appoints board of directors; EY names new Louisville office managing partner; and more news from across the profession.

Plus, Ramp touts 1099 solution; Certinia's winter release includes automation, insights, operations; and other accounting tech news and updates.

Accountants need to invest in technological change that will attract the next generation of accounting talent and reshape the economics of the field.

Accounting's most influential name the profession's biggest issues.

As part of this year's Top 100 Most Influential People survey, Accounting Today asked, "What is the most important issue currently facing the accounting profession?"

Platform Accounting Group expanded in Oregon; Springline Advisory acquired Actuarial Resources; Sorren added RTO; Patrick Accounting and Tax Services is buying Knight Home Care Financial.

Steve Lockshin and Michael Kitces tied what they view as some mistaken assumptions around fees to the competitive need for more estate planning services.

The council's inaugural in-person meeting will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 16 from 12:00 p.m. EST through 1:30 p.m. EST at Sax's New York City offices.

Congregations are enabling automation to make stewardship easier to verify and faster to report on.

Successful companies in the future will rely on employees with an entrepreneurial spirit.

Growth was led by tax (7%) and advisory (4%), followed by audit and assurance (3%) and business services outsourcing (2%).

Accounting Today has issued a call for submissions for its 2026 Top New Products report.

Andersen Group, the U.S. arm of the firm that succeeded the shuttered accounting giant Arthur Andersen, is seeking an initial public offering.

The Chicago-based firm has acquired New York- based accounting firm Farkouh, Furman & Faccio.

HTL International netted the most new Securities and Exchange Commission engagements in the third quarter of 2025, followed by CBIZ and KPMG.

PKF O'Connor Davies, a Top 25 Firm based in New York, has added Wolf Maryles & Associates, also headquartered in Manhattan.