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The PwC private companies services practice focuses its cross-industry experience on the unique audit, tax compliance and planning, and business advisory needs of privately-held companies.

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• Trendsetter Barometer™ business outlook — Internationally focused US private companies outpace peers in prospective growth and spending
  

  1/27/13 | Private company services

  PwC's quarterly Private Company Trendsetter Barometer tracks the growth expectations, investment focus, and economic views of privately held US growth businesses. This quarter's report incorporates the views of 201 chief executive officers (CEOs/CFOs): 114 in the product sector and 87 in the service sector.

• Webcast

  Fiscal Cliff Legislation: What it means to private companies & individuals webcast – January 23, 2013
  

  1/17/13 | Private company services

  On January 2, 2013, President Barack Obama signed into law the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. Much of the new law will directly impact private companies and their owners. PwC's Private Company Services will host this webcast to discuss how tax legislation impacts private companies and high net worth individuals.

• 2012 US Family Business Survey, Playing their hand: US family businesses make their bid for the future
  

  1/17/13 | Private company services

  US family enterprises remain optimistic despite very real challenges ahead. They fully recognize that to thrive in a fast-evolving business landscape and still-uncertain economy, they’ll need to out-innovate their peers and seek new avenues of growth. That requires harnessing the right blend of entrepreneurship, talent, technology, and leadership. Our report discusses how family businesses are rising to the challenge and what they can do to improve their odds.

• Fiscal cliff legislation offers many benefits to private companies and their owners
  

  1/14/13 | Private company services

  Much of the new law will affect privately held companies and their owners for 2012 and beyond. Read this Private Company Services Tax Insight for more details.

• Risk Resilience: Reckoning with a New Era of Threats
  

  11/27/12 | Private company services

  Companies that pursue growth must take on risk. The latest article in our Growing Your Business series for private companies looks at the top risks flagged by private companies, discussing how adopting less-traditional forms of risk management can keep shocks to the system from derailing corporate strategy and undermining growth.

• Trendsetter Barometer business outlook - Private-company revenue forecasts rise despite tempered optimism
  

  11/26/12 | Private company services

  PwC's quarterly Private Company Trendsetter Barometer tracks the business issues and best practices of privately held US growth businesses. This quarter's report indicates private companies increased their projected revenue growth rate for the next 12 months, despite ongoing uncertainty about the economy.

• Family Business Survey 2012 - Family Firm: A resilient model for the 21st century
  

  11/3/12 | Private company services

  This PwC survey highlights the significant contribution family businesses bring to economies and communities around the world. We discovered how family businesses build solid foundations for growth, the challenges they face and, importantly, what the future holds.

• Innovation imperative: Keeping your company relevant
  

  10/17/12 | Private company services

  In today’s world of emerging technologies, emerging markets, and emerging consumer demands, companies must emerge too — out of old molds and into new ones — if they are to survive and thrive. Read about why 75% of US private companies are prioritizing innovation, with growth as their top objective.

• Private companies should analyze the impact of the new tangible property regulations
  

  9/3/12 | Private company services

  Under the new tangible property regulations published last December, private companies should review their current methods of accounting in light of the temporary regulations to determine if a Form 3115 is required for the years beginning on or after January 1, 2012. If an accounting method change is required, then they should review the new revenue procedures to assess which method changes should be filed in 2012 and/or 2013 to comply with the temporary regulations.

• Trendsetter Barometer: Business outlook report - Optimism about US economy bounces back for private companies
  

  7/19/12 | Private company services

  This PwC publication tracks the business issues and best practices of privately held US growth businesses. It incorporates the views of 240 chief executive officers (CEOs/CFOs): 135 from companies in the product sector and 105 in the service sector, averaging $352 million in enterprise revenue/sales, and including large, $500M-plus private companies.

• Trendsetter Barometer business outlook - Optimism and revenue forecasts dip for private companies, but not precipitously
  

  5/15/12 | Private company services

  Private companies' optimism about the US and world economies took another steep dive, reaching levels not seen since the early days of the recession. This time, however, uncertainty prevails, with roughly half of Trendsetter executives voicing that sentiment, compared with about one-quarter voicing outright pessimism, and revenue projections remain strong.

• Trendsetter Barometer Business outlook report - Most private companies expect positive growth, majority plan upswing in hiring
  

  1/16/12 | Private company services

  This PwC publication tracks the business issues and best practices of privately held US growth businesses. This edition reports that most private companies expect positive growth, and the majority plan an upswing in hiring. Despite ongoing ambivalence about the economy, leading US private companies are not sitting on their hands. Planned major capital investments and increased operational spending remain solid, proving especially strong among Trendsetter companies active in emerging markets.