1 confidential listing in Michigan: tax practice in Metro Detroit. Each shows gross fees, practice mix, and reason for sale; the firm’s name and client list go out by email after a confidentiality agreement. No fee to buyers.
Metro Detroit, Michigan
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List my practiceaccounting8 lists 794 accounting firms in Michigan with a website and a public review record, across 58 cities: 451 CPA and accounting firms, 91 bookkeepers, and 208 tax preparers, averaging 4.57★ on Google. That is the pool of local acquirers a seller can expect, and the competitive set a buyer inherits.
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Michigan licenses CPAs and CPA firms through the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) under the Occupational Code; a firm using the CPA designation needs a firm license, which a non-CPA buyer cannot hold. Tax preparation and bookkeeping are unlicensed at the state level; preparers need an IRS PTIN. The Occupational Code keeps information from a CPA's professional services confidential without the client's written permission, and we found no Michigan rule specific to the sale of a practice.
For AICPA members, interpretation 1.400.205 applies: a written consent request to each client, consent presumed after at least 90 days, and no file transfer before then. Tax return information may be reviewed by a prospective buyer under a written confidentiality agreement (Treas. Reg. §301.7216-2(n)). The Michigan Association of CPAs publishes broker-written guidance on how practices are sold; entity records are on LARA's business entity search.
Sources: Michigan LARA, Accountancy · AICPA Code, ET §1.400.205 (PDF) · 26 CFR 301.7216-2