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title: "Accounting Firm Mergers and Acquisitions: What do you need to know?"
description: Tips and resources on how you can prepare as either a buyer or a seller.
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## Accounting Firm Mergers and Acquisitions: What do you need to know?

Tips and resources on how you can prepare as either a buyer or a seller.

 

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## What's inside the e-Book

 

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### Why are there so many accounting firm M&As?

The trend is driven by a need to offset the increasing costs of necessary technology, broaden advisory services, and meet the demands of a shrinking professional pipeline.

 

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### Is the marketplace better for buyers or sellers?

Currently, both buyers and sellers have strong reasons to engage in M&As.

 

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### Why do deals fail?

Ultimately, deals fall apart before the finish line because they failed to meet the two firms’ original financial, strategic, and professional objectives.