As the principals of independent accounting firms have long recognized, there are significant advantages to operating as midsized local or regional firms. You’re not beholden to any bureaucracy or hierarchy. You’re agile, nimble and flexible. You’re free to chart your own course and serve your clients your way. But at the same time, larger firms sometimes have the advantage with their national and worldwide contacts; their breadth of resources and expertise; their collective leverage; their sheer size.

Our independent members are all local and regional firms of Certified Public Accountants, Chartered Accountants, or their international equivalents. Each member firm remains entirely autonomous, yet benefits from a global alliance of highly successful firms, comprehensive and robust programs, and deep management resources. Overall, our goal is to help successful firms thrive and prosper more than they could on their own.

Through an array of ongoing programs, you’ll be able to:

• Participate in forums for the free and open exchange of technical, product and management expertise with firms of similar backgrounds and needs.
  
  
• Tap into the technical skills and resources of entrepreneurial firms around the world.
  
  
• Add more than 140 firms to your referral base to help bring in new accounts and help satisfy clients with special needs.
  
  
• Share in the high potential for referral and/or correspondent opportunities with firms of similar a background throughout the world.
  
  
• Have access to IGAF Worldwide's affiliated Lawyers Cooperation, an international partnership of independent law firms that will provide you with legal contacts throughout the world and access to the experience and shared knowledge of its members.
  
  
• Take part in over 50 conferences, meetings and seminars each year.
  
  
• Experience a sense of belonging to a highly respected association and resulting camaraderie shared among its members.
  
  
• Gain real-world continuing professional education courses to expand your staff skills.
  
  
• Stay abreast of government rulings, regulations and developments through our member firms’ extensive contacts with government authorities and legislators.
  
  
• Acquire firm prestige as a result of the association’s reputation throughout the profession.
  
  
• Benefit from a continuous flow of information from IGAF Worldwide headquarters which keeps member firms apprised of the latest developments in public accounting, including projects developed and information gathered by IGAF Worldwide committees and the IGAF Worldwide staff.