Accountants and Accounting Firms
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SourceMedia, Inc.
Accounting Today
http://www.accountingtoday.com/
Monthly trade magazine features news and information for the accounting profession, with topics covered including practice management, marketing and practice development, regulatory and legislative updates, technology, and mergers and acquisitions. Selected articles from current and prior issues can be viewed free online with registration, with free print or digital edition subscriptions available for qualified parties.
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Management of an Accounting Practice eHandbook
https://competency.aicpa.org/
Comprehensive guide provides in-depth information on managing an accounting practice, with content section topics including developing a practice, practice administration, personnel, owner issues, and management data (including benchmarking and statistical information from the annual National MAP Survey and the AICPA Practitioners Symposium survey). Table of contents can be viewed free online.
BizMiner
Market Analysis
https://www.bizminer.com
Market analysis report provides industry statistics for a user-defined area on a national, state, county, metro area, or zip code level, with data provided including number of companies, market volume and sales trends, average company sales, sales per employee, staffing and employment trends, average employee wage, and business start up activity and failure rates. Sample report can be viewed online.
Financial Statements and Financial Ratios
Accounting, Auditing, and Bookkeeping Services
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- Income and expenses in dollars and percentages
- Balance sheets in dollars and percentages
- Profitability and return on investment ratios
- Liquidity and working capital ratios
- Asset turnover and efficiency ratios
- Capital structure and debt service ratios
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
PCPS / TSCPA National MAP Survey
http://www.aicpa.org/
Annual benchmarking study provides information on practice income and expenses, billing rates, total and chargeable hours, staffing levels, compensation and benefits, and more, with survey contents broken out in individual reports by state, geographic region (e.g., Northeast, South, Midwest, and West), and practice size based on revenues (e.g., small - less than $500K, medium - $500K to $1.5M, and large - $1.5M to $10M+).
Rosenberg Associates
National Survey of CPA Firm Statistics
https://rosenbergassoc.com/
Annual survey of over 400 CPA firms provides information on net fees, billing rates, total and chargeable hours, utilization, income per partner, and more, with survey results broken out by practice size (e.g., sole practitioners, less than $2M, $2M to $10M, $10M to $20M, more than $20M), metropolitan area market population, and geographic location. Detailed description of survey can be viewed free online.
Compensation and Salary Surveys
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Outlook Handbook - Accountants and Auditors
https://www.bls.gov/accountants-and-auditors.htm
Information provided for this occupational category includes a description of the nature of the work and the work environment, number and types of jobs, education and training requirements, wages and earnings, employment outlook, and sources for additional information. All information is available free online.
Robert Half
Accounting and Finance Salary Guide
http://www.roberthalffinance.com/
Annual salary guide provides average starting salary ranges for personnel employed by public accounting firms, with salary data broken out by firm size based on annual revenues. Online salary calculator can be used to estimate the average starting salary range for specific job positions in a local market, with selection criteria including zip code, job category, position level, and firm size. All information is available free online.
ERI Economic Research Institute
Accounting Services Salary Survey
https://www.erieri.com/
Annual salary survey provides compensation data for executive, salaried, and hourly personnel employed in this service sector on a national and regional level, with services categories covered in the survey including auditing, accounting, bookkeeping, tax return preparation, and payroll processing services. Complete listing of all job positions included in the survey and sample pages for selected job positions are accessible online.
Business Valuation Resources
Valuing Professional Practices and Licenses:
A Guide for the Matrimonial Practitioner
Part D: Accounting Practices
Ronald L. Brown (Editor), Wolters Kluwer, supplemented annually
https://lrus.wolterskluwer.com/
Valuation guide contains over 45 chapters focused on valuing professional practices, degrees, and licenses for divorce purposes, with professions covered including attorneys, accountants, physicians, and dentists. Detailed table of contents and searchable text can be viewed online using "Google Preview" feature.
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