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CPAmerica International is one of the largest associations of independent CPA firms in the United States. Its membership includes more than 80 firms with almost 170 offices in 40 states. Total personnel of these firms approach 4,500 employees, which includes more than 700 partners. CPAmerica member firms vary in size from $2 million to $60 million in firm revenues. The average member size is approximately $8.2 million. The number of personnel at CPAmerica firms range from 15 to 245 employees. Only one member is accepted to the association in each 50-mile radius in all but a few major cities. Each member is the only CPA firm in its marketplace to receive practice management advice, information sharing between firms, CPE training, marketing products and access to national consultants. Because member firms do not compete with each other in the same marketplace, they openly share knowledge and information to help each other. They do this through e-mail discussion lists, conference calls, an online sharing library and regular nationwide conferences and regional meetings. CPAmerica International has a strategic alliance with Crowe Horwath International. The international association includes nearly 600 offices worldwide with almost 30,000 employees. In 2009, it was ranked as the ninth largest accounting organization in the world. Worldwide revenue of Crowe Horwath International firms is almost $3 billion, of which approximately $830 million is from CPAmerica affiliated firms.

History The association was founded in 1978 as Accounting Firms Associated, inc., and its executive offices were later established in Gainesville, Fla. By 1990, the association had grown to include 43 firms. In 1998, with 60 members, the association formed a strategic alliance with Crowe Horwath International. The association’s name was changed to CPAmerica International in 2000 to better reflect the organization’s national and international scope. The following year, CPAmerica moved into a new 16,000-square-foot headquarters building in Alachua, Fla.

Member Accolades •	S. Scott Voynich, managing partner of Columbus, Ga., member Robinson, Grimes & Co., P.C., served as president of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) in 2003. •	Many CPAmerica firms have been honored as “One of the best companies to work for” by Accounting Today magazine. In 2008, Atlanta member Frazier & Deeter, LLC, was named the No. 1 accounting firm to work for in the country. •	CPAmerica’s largest member, Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra, LLP, based in Miami, Fla., is one of the nation’s 50 largest firms. For 14 consecutive years, the firm has been named among the “Best of the Best” by INSIDE Public Accounting magazine.

Affiliated organizations CPAConnect CPAConnect was established by CPAmerica in 1994 as a subsidiary association of independent CPA firms for smaller firms and sole practitioners. Members have annual revenues of up to $2 million. The association has nearly 250 members in almost 40 states, Puerto Rico and Mexico. Total firm revenue of all member firms is approximately $155 million. Average firm size is seven employees, which includes two partners. CPAConnect members are eligible to receive many of CPAmerica’s services, programs and products. CPAConnect is operated out of CPAmerica’s offices. Crowe Horwath International Crowe Horwath International was ranked as the ninth largest accounting organization in the world in 2009. It includes more than 140 independent accounting and advisory services firms with nearly 600 offices worldwide and almost 30,000 employees. Worldwide revenue of Crowe Horwath International firms is almost $3 billion. The world headquarters of Crowe Horwath International is located in New York, N.Y.

Box: Type:			Association Industry: 		Accounting Founded: 		1978, as Accounting Firms Associated, inc. Headquarters: 		Alachua, Florida Products: 		Professional services Total firm fees: 	$675 million Member employees:	4,500 Website:		www.cpamerica.org