Buy a CPA Practice

Let us find the perfect practice for you today!

Looking to buy a CPA firm?

Let us find the perfect practice for you today!

When looking to buy a CPA practice, there are a lot of variables to consider. Ensuring all your i’s are dotted and your t’s are crossed can save you a lot of time, money, and frustration in the long run. When you partner with Strategic Alliance CPA Consultants, you are getting more than a business broker who provides you with listings of practices for sale. You are getting a partner who dives into each and every firm they analyze. A partner that will scrutinize and document every aspect of the accounting practice for sale, guiding you through every step in the process to ensure there are no surprises waiting on the other side. 

 

Not only do we have an active list of CPA practices for sale around the country, but we also have the skills and contacts to find that perfect practice for you that has yet to list.

Acquisition Strategies

The first step in buying an accounting or CPA firm is to determine an acquisition strategy based on your specific goals and objectives. Each strategy has specific marketing, valuation, negotiation, pricing, transaction and legal requirements for structuring the transaction.  Below are the most commonly utilized strategies:

Common Acquisition Strategies

  • 100% Acquisition – Buying 100% of the equity with the existing partners staying on anywhere from 1 -3 years
  • 50/50 Acquisition – Purchasing 50% of the equity now and the other 50% when the partner(s) retire in 3 – 7 years
  • Partner Buy-Out – Buying out one, or more of the retiring partners’ interests (less than 100%) while the other partners merge into the firm in exchange for equity
  • Merger – Two firms joining resources, not necessarily exchanging any cash, and redistributing equity for long-term growth, market share and exit strategy

Financing

Strategic Alliance CPA Consultants has long-term relationships with the leading banks in the country that specialize in financing CPA and accounting firm sales. Often times, we are able to secure 100% financing for the buyer with terms as long to 7 to 10 years. Our experience with these specialized transactions results in high quality loan packages that generate easy and timely approvals. Upon approval, we are the catalyst that coordinates the closing with all of the parties involved by creating all of the legal, financial and administration information and documentation required.

The following is a partial list of the services we perform in the loan packaging process:

  • Combining the financial statements of the two accounting practices deducting the cost savings from realizing the economies of scale
  • Based on the combined financial statements at the time of the acquisition, preparing monthly cash flow projections for the following twelve months
  • Preparing a Schedule of Assets and Liabilities itemizing the collateral available for use in obtaining financing
  • Preparing combined cash flow projections to determine the viability of covering the debt service

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Arkansas

10809 Paul Eells Dr. #1
N. Little Rock, AR 72113
501-333-4773

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Fort Lauderdale, FL 33321
954-536-1269

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