Is your firm prepared for whatever the future might bring? Do you have a succession planning strategy? Check out these resources for everything you need to know about practice continuation and succession planning.

VSCPA Articles

• Quick Tips for Practice Continuation, by Susan Holl, May/June 2008 Disclosures
• The Road to Acquisition, by Brian Swanson, May/June 2008 Disclosures

• Succession Planning for the Sole Practitioner (.PDF), by Joel Sinkin, The CPA Letter, May 2008
• Securing Succession Success, by Donald Jay Korn, Journal of Accountancy, December 2007
• Preparing for Transition: The State of Succession Planning and How to Handle it in Your Firm (.PDF), AICPA PCPS white paper
• Succession Planning Dos and Don'ts, by Anita Dennis, Journal of Accountancy, February 2005
• Looking Ahead: CEO Succession, by Yasmin Glanville and Andrew MacDougall, CA Magazine, January/February 2004
• Have a Fallback Plan, by Rick Telberg, Journal of Accountancy, September 2003
• No Practice Continuation Plan? No Practice, by Jerry Sample, California CPA, January/February 2003
• Easing Out the Founder: Managing a Successful Founder/CEO Transition (.PDF), by Spencer Stuart, November 2002
• Passing the Baton Without Missing a Beat, by Robert Manthey and and William E. Balhoff, Journal of Accountancy, March 2002

• Practice Continuation Agreements: A Practice Survival Kit, available for purchase at www.CPA2Biz.com

• Free webcast from the AICPA: "What You Need to Know About Succession Planning." Register here and watch anytime.
• Succession planning webcasts from the AICPA PCPS Firm Practice Center
• Succession planning, mergers & acquisitions webcast from the CPA Leadership Institute

• Succession planning products and webcasts from the AICPA PCPS Firm Practice Center
• Succession planning resources fro mthe AICPA PCPS Firm Practice Center