survey: nobody loves the wayfair decision

nobody.

watching out for wayfair:
calamity or opportunity for accountants?
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by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research
卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间-avalara business confidence index

in 2018, the supreme court endowed american businesses and accountants with a massive migraine known as the wayfair decision.

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on the frontlines of online commerce: kridel, stalwart, metzger, saarinen

the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 barometer – avalara business confidence index didn’t turn up much love for wayfair. in fact, not one comment spoke well of it. the vocabulary said it all. among the words we heard: burden, headache, pain in the butt, mess, awful, hardship, nightmare, complication, costly, detrimental, wasted time, potentially catastrophic, quagmire.

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your best advice: get smart, get tech, get moving

the new normal: accountants race to adapt, adjust, and adopt new tools and tactics. (卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间-avalara accountants confidence index) 

what accountants are telling other accountants about how to weather the pandemic economy.

how well is your firm adapting to current business conditions?
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by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research
卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间-avalara business confidence index

new readings from the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间-avalara business confidence index are unearthing a lot of good advice for firms venturing into the post- (let’s-hope-) covid-19 world.

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in five nutshells:

  1. adapt technology to virtual service.
  2. innovate to deal with government tax and economic measures.
  3. look for cloud-based apps accessible anywhere.
  4. automate to stay competitive.
  5. look for new revenue streams to replace older services.

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survey: worries for small business clients

but they’re optimistic closer to home.

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these are troubling times, no doubt about it. but despite the uncertainties of the covid-19 pandemic, the biden administration, congressional turmoil, and disturbing events around the world, accountants are cautiously optimistic about the future of local business and the national economy.

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results from the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 / avalara accountants confidence index show deep concern for small-business clients, but generally hopeful that business will continue unchanged or get somewhat better over the next year to 18 months.
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busy season forecast: more chaos

busy season barometer: 53% report a “worse” year, compared with 31% reporting “better.”

ironically, the chaos translates into expanded business.

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it was a pretty bad busy season for most of the nation’s tax preparers. covid-19 was on the wane, but congress was on the job, jiggering tax rules even as the season was underway.

and, now, with the prospects of a federal government shutdown and a multi-trillion-dollar spending bill, 2022 is shaping up to be deja vu all over again.

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to be sure, a good number of accountants are assuaged by more clients and more revenue. but the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 business barometer finds preparers experiencing a long, tough slog.

on the frontlines (from left): hochberger, wright, speed, frazier, widmann.

in all, 53 percent say they had a busy season somewhat worse (27 percent) or much worse (26 percent) than last year.

for some, it seems like a good time to call it quits. “thank you for all the love and support,” says one firm’s auto-responder to incoming emails.

“as some of you may know, this past few tax seasons have been nothing short of chaotic, to say the least,” the three-office, north carolina tax shop tells callers. “but i have enjoyed being able to assist each and every one of my clients.”

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when private equity blows up the cpa partnership

a new financial model changes everything – from competing for clients and talent, to planning for growth and governance.

by dom esposito and anthony zecca

with eisneramper’s sale of a stake in the firm to private equity investors, many cpa firms may be mulling the same difficult questions, such as:

esposito and zecca
  • how does this change our strategic roadmap?
  • what steps should we take if we want to position the firm for a private equity investment?
  • how can we compete in a future without a private equity investment?

more on private equity for cpa firms: analysis by esposito and zecca: private equity the new source of growth capital for cpa firms?  |  analysis by esposito and zecca: how outside capital will remake cpa firms  |  exclusive:  ceo charly weinstein explains the private equity deal   |   flash briefing webinar: a “call to arms” after eisner private equity deal, with dom esposito and anthony zecca   |  eisneramper gets private equity backing |

esposito is author of “8 steps to great: driving success at the world’s largest cpa firms and how to apply the lessons at firms of all sizes.” more by dom esposito here.

zecca is the author of “leading from the edge – the new growth handbook with bonus toolkit.” more by anthony zecca here.

editor’s note: dom esposito passed away shortly after this article was completed. more about his life and career here.

the question is: where do you go from here?

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