Vol. 3 No. 1, January 2011
The Leadership Forum is a panel of the most prominent thought leaders in the profession. Each month we ask them to respond to a question dealing with CPA firm management and leadership.
This month's question is: What are the most important partnership agreement provisions that are lacking in current agreements?
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Consultants and Other Prominent Observers
| August Aquila | Aquila Global Advisor Group, LLC | www.aquilaadvisors.com [email protected] |
| The major provisions that I see lacking in the small and mid-size firms are; (1) Vesting in deferred compensation program; ... More | ||
| L. Gary Boomer | Boomer Consulting, Inc. | www.boomer.com [email protected] |
| ... Lack of client transition prior to retirement - impact on deferred compensation. ... More | ||
| Bob Lewis | Visionary Marketing | www.thinkvisionary.com [email protected] |
| Clear definition of retirement age ... More | ||
| Marc Rosenberg | The Rosenberg Associates | www.rosenbergassoc.com [email protected] |
| ... How a new partner buys in. Buy-ins have come down considerably from 20 years or more ago. I find that the buy-ins at many firms are way too large ... More | ||
| Joel Sinkin | Accounting Transition Advisors | www.transitionadvisors.com [email protected] |
| ... Having a cap on the maximum percentage of revenues that a firm can pay in any year to retiring partners ... More | ||
| Joe Tarasco | Accountants Advisory Group | www.accountantsadvisory.com [email protected] |
| ... Inadequate criteria for the client transitioning process, including roles and responsibilities for retiring partners ... More | ||

