Spidell Publishing which markets educational services for the California tax market, has been acquired by CertiFi, a Leeds Equity Partners portfolio company. Terms were not disclosed.
Spidell offers CPE courses for CPAs, EAs, CRTPs, and attorneys. It offers tax updates and also self-study in tax, accounting and auditing, and ethics.
CetifiFi owns Dalton Education, which provides courses leading to the Certified Financial Planner credential; Money Education, which publishes text books about tax and financial planning and PassPort, which offers securities exam preparation. Other units offer training about financial crime and insurance pre-licensing education
Bob Scott has provided information to the tax and accounting community since 1991, first as technology editor of Accounting Today, and from 1997 through 2009 as editor of its sister publication, Accounting Technology. He is known throughout the industry for his depth of knowledge and for his high journalistic standards. Scott has made frequent appearances as a speaker, moderator and panelist and events serving tax and accounting professionals. He has a strong background in computer journalism as an editor with two former trade publications, Computer+Software News and MIS Week and spent several years with weekly and daily newspapers in Morris County New Jersey prior to that. A graduate of Indiana University with a degree in journalism, Bob is a native of Madison, Ind