Small shifts marked this year's list of the Top Tax Firms, with Ernst & Young grabbing the lead in terms of revenues generated by tax services from PwC, and tax firm Ryan climbing two spots from last year.
The list is composed primarily of the members of the Top 100 Firms, but includes a number of non-CPA firms that are major players in the tax services market.
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| Firm | Headquarters | Chief executive | Rev. from tax ($mn) | % of rev. from tax | Total rev. | % chg. | Offices | Total staff |
| Ernst & Young§ | New York City | Kelly Grier | $3,920.00 | 28 | $14,000.00 | 7.69 | 82 | 45,300 |
| PwC§ | New York City | Tim Ryan | $3,850.00 | 25 | $15,400.00 | 5.26 | 94 | 54,000 |
| Deloitte§ | New York City | Cathy Engelbert | $3,382.49 | 17 | $19,897.00 | 7.26 | 120 | 94,637 |
| H&R BlockP1 | Kansas City, Mo. | Jeff Jones | $3,096.73 | 98 | $3,159.93 | 4.07 | 9,981 | 90,700 |
| KPMG2 | New York City | Lynne Doughtie | $2,648.80 | 28 | $9,460.00 | 5.58 | 101 | 35,736 |
| RSM US2 | Chicago | Joe Adams | $771.02 | 36 | $2,141.72 | 8.23 | 85 | 9,670 |
| Ryan* | Dallas | G. Brint Ryan | $515.00 | 100 | $515.00 | 14.24 | 57 | 1,661 |
| BDO USA | Chicago | Wayne Berson | $499.80 | 34 | $1,470.00 | 4.26 | 61 | 6,592 |
| Grant Thornton | Chicago | J. Michael McGuire | $484.96 | 26 | $1,865.22 | 6.53 | 58 | 8,556 |
| CLA | NA | Denny Schleper | $324.36 | 34 | $954.00 | 10.29 | 110 | 5,521 |
| Andersen Tax | San Francisco | Mark Vorsatz | $281.00 | 100 | $281.00 | 13.77 | 19 | 1,063 |
| Moss Adams | Seattle | Chris Schmidt | $255.67 | 37 | $691.00 | 19.76 | 27 | 3,076 |
| Crowe | Chicago | Jim Powers | $249.45 | 27 | $923.90 | 9.04 | 34 | 4,510 |
| CBIZ & MHM | Cleveland | C. Spurio/ A. Burczyk | $211.93 | 27 | $784.91 | 9.23 | 91 | 3,876 |
| Marcum | New York City | Jeffrey Weiner | $192.41 | 35 | $549.75 | 17.09 | 26 | 1,784 |
| CohnReznick | New York City | Frank Longobardi | $187.05 | 29 | $645.00 | 4.71 | 25 | 2,659 |
| BKD | Springfield, Mo. | Theodore Dickman | $178.39 | 30 | $594.62 | 5.36 | 36 | 2,611 |
| Liberty Tax Inc. | Virginia Beach, Va. | Nicole Ossenfort | $174.90 | 100 | $174.90 | 0.52 | 3,600 | NA |
| Baker Tilly | Chicago | Alan Whitman | $173.52 | 30 | $578.40 | 5.82 | 27 | 2,901 |
| EisnerAmper | New York City | Charles Weinstein | $155.10 | 43 | $360.70 | 2.30 | 17 | 1,401 |
| Plante Moran | Southfield, Mich. | James Proppe | $141.07 | 26 | $542.58 | 4.17 | 22 | 2,495 |
| Carr, Riggs & Ingram | Enterprise, Ala. | William Carr | $134.63 | 44 | $305.97 | 6.93 | 30 | 1,975 |
| Dixon Hughes Goodman | Charlotte, N.C. | Matt Snow | $129.00 | 30 | $430.00 | 6.44 | 29 | 2,001 |
| Eide Bailly | Fargo, N.D. | Dave Stende | $125.66 | 42 | $299.20 | 11.06 | 32 | 2,044 |
| Citrin Coopeman & Co. | New York City | Joel Cooperman | $121.50 | 45 | $270.00 | 11.57 | 10 | 1,045 |
| Holthouse Carlin & Van Trigt | W. Los Angeles, Calif. | Philip Holthouse | $115.50 | 77 | $150.00 | 10.29 | 11 | 580 |
| Wipfli | Milwaukee | Rick Dreher | $103.55 | 32 | $323.60 | 14.63 | 48 | 1,819 |
Notes:
§ Gross revenue
P Figures compiled from public company reports.
NA Not available/applicable
* Firm estimate
1 Staff figures include seasonal workers.
2 Reported fee split as dollar amount (given here) and percentage.