Making
a Positive Impact: Tommye E. Barie Focuses on Relevance, Rigor,
and Reach as AICPA Chair page 28
Second
Act: Consulting page 46
Ken Tysiac is a JofA editorial director. He
covers breaking news for journalofaccountancy.com and
for print. He has more than 20 years of journalism experience,
including work with The Charlotte Observer and The News
& Observer, of Raleigh, N.C., and has had two books published.
Making
Manager: The Key to Accelerating a Career in Public
Accounting page 36
Chris Baysden is the JofA’s senior manager,
newsletters. He oversees content for the CPA Insider, FVS
News, and EDGE e-newsletters. He has more than 17 years
of journalism experience, including more than a decade in various
reporting and editorial capacities with American City Business Journals.
Motivation
and Preparation Can Pave the Path to CFO page 40
Maria L. Murphy, CPA, is a freelance writer. She has
worked in public accounting as an audit and technical review partner
and as a national office director, in private industry in accounting
and financial reporting roles, and most recently as the
editor-in-chief of The CPA Journal.
Pricing
Issues for Midsize and Large Firm Sales page 50
Joel Sinkin is president of Transition Advisors LLC
in New York City. The firm exclusively consults on ownership
transition for public accounting firms, providing advice on succession
planning, mergers and acquisitions, and partnership agreement issues.
He has been involved with and consulted on hundreds of successful
closings of accounting firm mergers and acquisitions over the past 20
years, has taught CPE courses for state and national accounting
associations around the country, and has published books and articles
nationally, including the book CPA Firm Mergers &
Acquisitions with co-author Terrence Putney. He also is an
editorial adviser to the AICPA newsletter Small Firm Solutions.
Terrence Putney, CPA, is CEO of Transition Advisors LLC. In that role, he has been involved with and consulted on hundreds of accounting firm mergers and acquisitions and also has consulted on succession planning strategies for partners of firms. He has more than 30 years of experience in the CPA profession, including as a managing director of mergers and acquisitions for one of the largest national accounting firms and managing partner of a midsize Midwest CPA firm. He is co-author, with Joel Sinkin, of the book CPA Firm Mergers & Acquisitions and has been frequently published in the JofA in addition to many other accounting profession trade publications. He also is a member of The CPA Consultants’ Alliance.
Succession
Challenges for U.S. CPA Firms to Tackle page 54
Jim Knafo, CPA, CGMA, CA, is director–International
Affairs—Public Practice & Global Alliances at the AICPA. In this
role, he represents the U.S. accounting profession internationally,
helps develop and implement international strategy, and leads the
International Affairs team.
Anita Dennis is a former managing editor of the JofA and is a financial journalist and author.
Form
990: Late Filing Penalty Abatement page 64
Vani Murthy, CPA, M.S. (Taxation), is a tax manager
at Golbar & Associates in Los Angeles. Her professional experience
includes seven years in tax in local firms specializing in tax
research, international tax, transfer pricing, corporate tax, real
estate transactions, business restructuring, individual tax, and
government audits servicing clients in the health care, manufacturing,
real estate, not-for-profit, construction, and entertainment
industries. She has authored online articles on identity theft and tax
fraud, IRS penalty relief, and reasonable compensation (Corporate
Taxation Insider), and the JofA articles “The
Consequences of Willful Failure to Pay Payroll Taxes,” June
2014, page 54, and “Tax
Matters: Know When to Hold ’Em (and When to Report ’Em),” Sept.
2014, page 100.
