I’d like to start a thread as a person who just left public for a role in private. I worked at 3 public accounting firms over 8 years: 3 lower MM(Withum), 3 Upper MM(BDO) and 2 big 4(PwC) my BDO clients and BDO clients were very similar. Withum client much smaller. BDO bill rates post realization matched Withum but PwC was almost triple BDO. In my humble opinion BDO added the most value to clients, then Withum and PwC last. I’d like to hear the thoughts of other people. I work in tax.

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I would agree. Lots of overhead at Big4 and next tier firms with a long national history (BDO RSM GT) can deliver the goods just as well for all but the largest clients

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In your opinion, how did BDO provide best value? From a monetary perspective or from quality of service?

Also, which firm did you like working for the most?

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I work for CohnReznick. We would typically try to set up a call with subject matter experts within a few days at most the week.

I’m a tax director in industry and my company uses PwC for most of our US based services. We used to use GT because my boss was a former GT auditor but they were terrible and we’ve since switched to PwC which has been much better. PwC charges more but everything is better, the technical knowledge is there, and they’re responsive and communicate promptly. I worked at PwC and EY prior to this and can say, the service you receive from a team shouldn’t shape your entire view of any firm. It’s really team specific, you know tone at the top. PwC left a bad taste in my mouth when I left them for EY years ago but now they “work” for me and it’s been a very good relationship. When selecting your next service provider you’ll just have to put your best foot forward and set expectations and communicate. If they don’t work out, fire them and hire another firm. That’s what we did.

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Was looking at inspection findings this week and BDO has deficiency rate of like 60% from inspection findings… Idk that I’d say they’re adding more value.

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