{"id":7165,"date":"2025-04-17T02:07:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T06:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/forensic-payroll-consultants-and-crown-advisory-group-announce-merger\/"},"modified":"2025-04-17T02:07:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T06:07:02","slug":"forensic-payroll-consultants-and-crown-advisory-group-announce-merger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/forensic-payroll-consultants-and-crown-advisory-group-announce-merger\/","title":{"rendered":"Forensic Payroll Consultants and Crown Advisory Group Announce Merger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Forensic Payroll Consultants Inc. (FPC), a leader in payroll tax reconstruction and consulting, has announced a merger with Crown Advisory Group Inc. (CAG), known for its Fractional CFO advisory and accounting reconstruction services under the AltoCFO brand. Andrew Lopez will continue as President and CEO, with Denny Kon joining as Vice-President of Sales and Sean Nguyen as Chief Operating Officer. The merger aims to enhance client offerings and improve customer experience by combining the expertise and resources of both firms. This strategic move is expected to expand their geographic footprint and provide deeper industry insights to clients.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forensic Payroll Consultants Inc. (FPC), a leader in payroll tax reconstruction and consulting, has announced a merger with Crown Advisory Group Inc. (CAG), known for its Fractional CFO advisory and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1434],"tags":[4332,8436,413,4558,8435],"class_list":["post-7165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-global","tag-consulting","tag-financial-advisory","tag-global-startup-news","tag-merger","tag-payroll"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Forensic Payroll Consultants and Crown Advisory Group Announce Merger - Startup Ecosystem Canada<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/forensic-payroll-consultants-and-crown-advisory-group-announce-merger\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Forensic Payroll Consultants and Crown Advisory Group Announce Merger - Startup Ecosystem Canada\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Forensic Payroll Consultants Inc. (FPC), a leader in payroll tax reconstruction and consulting, has announced a merger with Crown Advisory Group Inc. (CAG), known for its Fractional CFO advisory and...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/forensic-payroll-consultants-and-crown-advisory-group-announce-merger\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Startup Ecosystem Canada\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-17T06:07:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/default-pic_big.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Startup Eco System\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Startup Eco System\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/forensic-payroll-consultants-and-crown-advisory-group-announce-merger\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/forensic-payroll-consultants-and-crown-advisory-group-announce-merger\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Startup Eco System\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ebf38463111787b50c88f6fcd33f9c28\"},\"headline\":\"Forensic Payroll Consultants and Crown Advisory Group Announce Merger\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-17T06:07:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/forensic-payroll-consultants-and-crown-advisory-group-announce-merger\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":106,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/forensic-payroll-consultants-and-crown-advisory-group-announce-merger\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/default-pic_big.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"consulting\",\"financial advisory\",\"Global startup news\",\"merger\",\"payroll\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Global\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/forensic-payroll-consultants-and-crown-advisory-group-announce-merger\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/forensic-payroll-consultants-and-crown-advisory-group-announce-merger\\\/\",\"name\":\"Forensic Payroll Consultants and Crown Advisory Group Announce Merger - Startup Ecosystem Canada\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/forensic-payroll-consultants-and-crown-advisory-group-announce-merger\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/forensic-payroll-consultants-and-crown-advisory-group-announce-merger\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/default-pic_big.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-17T06:07:02+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ebf38463111787b50c88f6fcd33f9c28\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/forensic-payroll-consultants-and-crown-advisory-group-announce-merger\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/forensic-payroll-consultants-and-crown-advisory-group-announce-merger\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/forensic-payroll-consultants-and-crown-advisory-group-announce-merger\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/default-pic_big.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/default-pic_big.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":500},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/forensic-payroll-consultants-and-crown-advisory-group-announce-merger\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Forensic Payroll Consultants and Crown Advisory Group Announce Merger\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Startup Ecosystem Canada\",\"description\":\"Largest Startup Community in Canada\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ebf38463111787b50c88f6fcd33f9c28\",\"name\":\"Startup Eco System\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a0296599ae4d98b5f644a6ebd0f36ee52f2642dac74ac9fee14854ec4a47d61d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a0296599ae4d98b5f644a6ebd0f36ee52f2642dac74ac9fee14854ec4a47d61d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a0296599ae4d98b5f644a6ebd0f36ee52f2642dac74ac9fee14854ec4a47d61d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Startup Eco System\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Forensic Payroll Consultants and Crown Advisory Group Announce Merger - Startup Ecosystem Canada","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/forensic-payroll-consultants-and-crown-advisory-group-announce-merger\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Forensic Payroll Consultants and Crown Advisory Group Announce Merger - Startup Ecosystem Canada","og_description":"Forensic Payroll Consultants Inc. (FPC), a leader in payroll tax reconstruction and consulting, has announced a merger with Crown Advisory Group Inc. (CAG), known for its Fractional CFO advisory and...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/forensic-payroll-consultants-and-crown-advisory-group-announce-merger\/","og_site_name":"Startup Ecosystem Canada","article_published_time":"2025-04-17T06:07:02+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":500,"url":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/default-pic_big.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Startup Eco System","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Startup Eco System"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/forensic-payroll-consultants-and-crown-advisory-group-announce-merger\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/forensic-payroll-consultants-and-crown-advisory-group-announce-merger\/"},"author":{"name":"Startup Eco System","@id":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ebf38463111787b50c88f6fcd33f9c28"},"headline":"Forensic Payroll Consultants and Crown Advisory Group Announce Merger","datePublished":"2025-04-17T06:07:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/forensic-payroll-consultants-and-crown-advisory-group-announce-merger\/"},"wordCount":106,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/forensic-payroll-consultants-and-crown-advisory-group-announce-merger\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/default-pic_big.jpg","keywords":["consulting","financial advisory","Global startup news","merger","payroll"],"articleSection":["Global"],"inLanguage":"en-CA"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/forensic-payroll-consultants-and-crown-advisory-group-announce-merger\/","url":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/forensic-payroll-consultants-and-crown-advisory-group-announce-merger\/","name":"Forensic Payroll Consultants and Crown Advisory Group Announce Merger - Startup Ecosystem Canada","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/forensic-payroll-consultants-and-crown-advisory-group-announce-merger\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/forensic-payroll-consultants-and-crown-advisory-group-announce-merger\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/default-pic_big.jpg","datePublished":"2025-04-17T06:07:02+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ebf38463111787b50c88f6fcd33f9c28"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/forensic-payroll-consultants-and-crown-advisory-group-announce-merger\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-CA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/forensic-payroll-consultants-and-crown-advisory-group-announce-merger\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-CA","@id":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/forensic-payroll-consultants-and-crown-advisory-group-announce-merger\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/default-pic_big.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/default-pic_big.jpg","width":1000,"height":500},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/forensic-payroll-consultants-and-crown-advisory-group-announce-merger\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Forensic Payroll Consultants and Crown Advisory Group Announce Merger"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/","name":"Startup Ecosystem Canada","description":"Largest Startup Community in Canada","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-CA"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ebf38463111787b50c88f6fcd33f9c28","name":"Startup Eco System","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-CA","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a0296599ae4d98b5f644a6ebd0f36ee52f2642dac74ac9fee14854ec4a47d61d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a0296599ae4d98b5f644a6ebd0f36ee52f2642dac74ac9fee14854ec4a47d61d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a0296599ae4d98b5f644a6ebd0f36ee52f2642dac74ac9fee14854ec4a47d61d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Startup Eco System"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}