The smaller the firm, the more likely it is to have female partners, according to a study by the The survey found that at firms with two to 10 CPAs, 43 percent are women. That percentage falls as firms grow in size so that firms with 11 to 20 CPAs have 39 percent women partners; 20 to 99 CPAs 27 percent; and 100 or more CPAs, 20 percent.
"We've made great progress this year with women filling the top leadership slots at two of the Big Four firms, but there's still work to do," Melissa K. Hooley, CPA, CGMA, chair of the AICPA Women's Initiatives Executive Committee, said in a prepared statement.