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Clark Schaefer Hackett to Add CPA Firm Rolfes & Swisher

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Top 70 accounting firm Clark Schaefer Hackett & Co. is set to acquire fellow Cincinnati CPA firm Rolfes & Swisher in a deal that will become effective on July 1. Founded in 1938, Clark Schaefer Hackett has 600 employees across 10 offices, which are located in Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan, and one in Mumbai.

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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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Dean Dorton and VonLehman to Combine on Jan. 1

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

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-based IPA 100 firm Withum (FY22 net revenue of $425.3 based IPA 200 firm O’Connor & Drew (FY21 net revenue of $22.1 CLA Acquires Ohio-Based CPA Firm Gilmore Jasion Mahler [ CPA Practice Advisor ]. million) is merging in Braintree, Mass.-based The deal increases CLA’s presence in Toledo to 150 people.

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

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“But regarding the success of PE investment, which requires the investing firm to later sell the acquired accounting firm at a profit,” she asked, “Have any of these PE deals been flipped yet? Do they flip to venture capital, or to another CPA firm? Elon Musk owns an interest in a tax and consulting firm.

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What Do You Think?

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My granddaughter graduated, summa cum laude , from Miami University (of Ohio) on Sunday. My reflective question for you is, could you apply this thought to your career at your CPA firm? I hope you can apply the thought not only to your firm but to your home, your neighborhood, and your city or town.

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