Confidential CPA firm sale advisory
Services

One transaction team from preparation through transition.

CPA Buyer combines transaction advisory, buyer development, process management, and a structured operating system so the owner is not left coordinating every person, file, decision, and deadline alone.

The advisory model
Prepare the firm before outreach
Create qualified buyer competition
Compare value, structure, and certainty
Coordinate diligence and professional advisors
Protect employee and client transition
01

Sale readiness and financial positioning

Review financial records, normalize earnings, identify concentration and transferability issues, and prepare an owner for the questions serious buyers will ask.

Typical outputs
  • Readiness findings
  • Normalized earnings bridge
  • Priority issue list
  • Preparation plan
02

Positioning and market materials

Translate the business into an anonymous market profile and a controlled information package that explains the firm without overexposing it.

Typical outputs
  • Anonymous listing
  • Opportunity narrative
  • Information-release plan
  • Seller-approved materials
03

Buyer development, matching, and ranking

Review buyers, clarify criteria, evaluate funding and experience, identify potential fit, and help the seller focus on the buyers most worth engaging.

Typical outputs
  • Buyer profile review
  • Match rationale
  • Ranked shortlist
  • Access recommendation
04

Offer and negotiation support

Compare the full economics and execution risk of each proposal, prepare negotiation priorities, and help the owner understand the tradeoffs before signing an LOI.

Typical outputs
  • Offer comparison
  • Structure analysis
  • Negotiation priorities
  • Decision support
05

Diligence coordination

Organize requests, manage document flow, track open issues, coordinate advisors, and keep the process from losing momentum or overwhelming the owner.

Typical outputs
  • Request tracker
  • Controlled data room
  • Issue log
  • Advisor coordination
06

Closing and transition coordination

Coordinate final readiness, closing dependencies, employee and client communication, owner responsibilities, and the practical handoff after the transaction.

Typical outputs
  • Closing checklist
  • Transition plan
  • Communication plan
  • Post-closing milestones
Professional specialists

Some work requires separate qualified professionals.

CPA Buyer coordinates the transaction, but legal, tax, accounting, lending, securities, escrow, and other regulated services are handled only through appropriately qualified providers under their own engagements.

Transaction counsel

LOI, definitive documents, legal diligence, employment matters, restrictive covenants, and closing documents.

Accounting and tax advisors

Quality of earnings, tax structure, allocation, reporting, compliance, and other financial matters.

Financing providers

Credit review, lending terms, underwriting, approvals, and funding conditions.

Escrow and closing providers

Funds flow, closing administration, document completion, and settlement support.

Fees

Clear before commitment, aligned with completion.

The standard seller engagement is success-fee based. The final fee depends on the size and complexity of the transaction and the work CPA Buyer is asked to perform.

Initial conversation

No cost and no obligation.

Formal engagement

Scope, success fee, exclusivity, termination, and any approved expenses are documented before work begins.

Successful closing

The agreed success fee becomes due when the transaction closes.

No closing

No success fee under the standard model. Any separately approved third-party expense is handled according to the engagement.

Start with one honest conversation

You do not need a finished plan to ask the first question.

Whether you are years from a transition or actively evaluating an opportunity, the first step is private, practical, and free of obligation.