Over the course of the two-day ReNew Jersey Summit & Expo hosted by the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce, leaders and policymakers discussed issues, opportunities, challenges and new potential avenues for business growth.

The NJCPA is actively supporting and advocating for initiatives that recognize accounting as a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subject and that allow STEM K-12 grant funding to be used for accounting awareness and education.

With a surge in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity, accounting firms are more in demand from private equity. It should put a renewed spotlight on their profits, plans for expansion and what strategies work and don’t work during M&A.