Aaron Berson, CPA – 2023 “40 Under 40” Honoree

Recent Career Highlights

• Closing on my first acquisition of another firm, in the process of the second only 13 months later
• Being asked to consult on several accounting industry software
• Building a team and new service offering at EisnerAmper, CAAS
• Helping build out a virtual practice at GettryMarcus, VRTL
• Founding Fringe Advisory and being asked to be purchased or merge into several firms.
• Passing the CPA exam, finally – basically passed it twice
• Being asked to speak at my first conference
• Teaching Accounting and QuickBooks as an Adjunct Professor at NYU
• Speaking at many conferences such as QuickBooks connect, Xerocon, NCCOA – Tax Symposium, AAA Annual meeting, Digital CPA and more.
• Serving on the board of the NYSSCPA’s as Vice President and president of the Manhattan chapter
• Can’t leave out being honored now, 7 years in a row by CPA Practice advisor for 40 under 40!
• For more and often updated check out my info page https://fringeadvisory.co/about/aaron-berson/

What are you doing to make a difference in the profession, your community, the world?
Beyond Fringe and our core mission to provide individuals and business owners technical guidance and support they can take action on. Aaron has been making it his personal mission to help out the profession as much as possible. His latest endeavors revolve around helping the aging profession with succession and modernization. Aaron has been mentoring those at the end of their career in how to make their firms more attractive to the younger generation to acquire vs having to dismantle their legacy. He has also been acquiring some of these firms and implementing technology upgrade and education to the client base to walk them to the modern ways. He is currently working on a playbook to help individuals who want to buy a traditional firm and efficiently modernize it to allow younger professionals a direct road to firm ownership via acquisition.

Current Professional Reading / Listening:
I love listening to the The Accounting podcast,  Reading The Theory of Accountability by Sam Silverstein, Surrounded by Idiots by Thomas Erikson and 101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think by Brianna Wiest.

See all of the 2023 “40 Under 40” and “20 Under 40” honorees.