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5 ways thorough beats sloppy in tax season

make sure your staff feel the same way.

by ed mendlowitz
tax season opportunity guide

don’t be sloppy instead of thorough.

all work has to be reviewed. and clients and others look at it.

sloppy work is always evident and usually incomplete. thorough work is careful and usually complete.

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thorough work takes longer when first being worked on, but review time is drastically reduced. further sloppy work takes longer to be reviewed and longer for the preparer to be acclimated with the file when picking it up to make changes.

mergers & acquisitions

why gross is the method for pricing a practice

bonus checklist: 11 questions to make sure you’re comparing apples to apples.

by ed mendlowitz
the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 practice doctor

question: everyone i talk to about what my practice is worth talks about a percentage or multiple of gross. just what is “gross” and why is it done this way?

more practice doctor q&a: no go on pro bono | when a client balks at necessary work | how to advise an executor | why your clients need annual minutes – and how you can help | 14 ways to use timesheet data | why more firms are trashing timesheets | how much overhead is too much? | 10 do’s and don’ts for making small business clients happy | 5 time management tips for an overworked accountant

answer: you are right that practices are priced based on gross. the main reason is that this method seems to work well. however, there is a wide range of what gross is and how it is applied.

here are some comments.

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client service opportunities

when a client balks at necessary work

maybe it’s time to part ways.

by ed mendlowitz

question: i know that one of my clients needs some extra work done, but they don’t want to pay for it. it is important that this work gets done.

do you think i should do it anyway? what is my responsibility?

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answer: i don’t think you have a responsibility to do the work if the client doesn’t want to pay for it, no matter how necessary.

client service opportunities

how to advise an executor

bonus checklist: 14 questions to answer.

by ed mendlowitz

question: i have a client who became the executor after his mother died. he has a brother and two sisters. they asked me to advise them, but i am not that familiar with handling estates. is there anything you can tell me to get me started?

more practice doctor q&a: why your clients need annual minutes – and how you can help | 14 ways to use timesheet data | how much overhead is too much?| there’s more to growth than marketing | how to make annual staff evaluations work | when to hire an admin assistant | how to notify clients of a partner’s retirement | 12 must-knows for niche markets

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client service opportunities

why your clients need annual minutes – and how you can help

bonus checklist: 34 items for corporate or organization minutes.

by ed mendlowitz
the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 practice doctor

question: should my corporate clients have annual minutes?

answer: yes. and not only corporations, but also partnerships, llcs, not-for-profits and other entities.

more practice doctor q&a: 14 ways to use timesheet data | how much overhead is too much? | how to make staff a team again | are you managing knowledge or wasting it? | it’s not sales. it’s your duty | 7 ways to lose a client’s trust | 12 must-knows for niche markets | what goes in a client’s permanent file? | 6 ways to take a client beyond tax prep l | 6 simple steps to impress a prospect | making meetings more productive | 23 reasons clients really need you for taxes | complaining client? no wonder!

in many cases, these are required by state law, and certainly are a best practice for those managing a business or organization. it provides a place to record essential decisions that the manager might be called upon at a later date to explain and to show they weren’t unilateral actions.

this is an excellent way to provide additional services to a client, since it is usually the accountant who would collect the financial data to review with the manager and prepare it to send to the organization’s attorney to be put in proper form to be voted upon at the shareholders, owners or board annual meeting.

here is a brief checklist of what can be included, each year, in the minutes.

management

14 smarter ways to use timesheet data

if you just pay people and move on, you’re missing critical information.

by ed mendlowitz

question: i keep timesheets for billing purposes but am not clear how i can use them to better manage my practice. how can i do this?

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answer: analyzing time records is a very effective practice management tool and is an essential part of most professional services organizations. some people contend that timesheets should not be used since they should not be the basis of any pricing, with fees solely based on the value to the client.

management

why more firms are trashing timesheets

recommended: two books to read.

by ed mendlowitz

question: i’ve read that many firms are no longer using timesheets. how do you feel about that?

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answer: there is a growing group of firms that no longer use timesheets. the leader of this movement is ron baker, who explains his reasons and provides a model in his many books, many of which i have read and recommend.

management

how much overhead is too much?

plus a tip for increasing revenue if needed.

by ed mendlowitz

question: are there any rules of thumb for a cpa firm’s overhead and salary costs?

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answer: the rosenberg survey has excellent metrics and is highly recommended. on a less scientific basis you can use as a general rule of thumb 1/3 for salaries, 1/3 overhead, 1/3 partners salary.

management

when partners stop growing

bonus checklist: nine things needed for firm growth.

by ed mendlowitz

question: i am the managing partner and run a tight ship, however, some of my partners do not appear to be growing and on some level that is holding back the firm’s overall growth.

more practice doctor q&a: billing procedures make collecting easier | there’s more to growth than marketing | how to make staff a team again | before you even think about selling your practice | how to make annual staff evaluations work | it’s not sales. it’s your duty | when staffers stagnate | quote with care when asked for valuation | how much should you pay to buy, sell or merge an accounting practice? | when fees don’t keep up with cost increases | 10 (nearly) painless ways to keep up to date with technology | 44 critical criteria for accounting staff performance evaluations | 5 time management tips for an overworked accountant | running an accounting business

any suggestions or is this just the way it is? read more →

management

clear billing procedures make collecting easier

tips for handling everything from late payers to extra services to minimum fee schedules.

by ed mendlowitz

question: can you give me some suggestions on overall firm pricing and billing methods?

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answer: here’s how we’ve handled the billing and collection process at my firm.

outlook & analysis

four ways to ‘wow’ not-for-profit clients with powerpoint

how to create ‘killer’ slides that win over clients.

by ed mendlowitz
the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 practice doctor

question: i have to provide a 5- or 10-minute presentation based upon my year-end audit to the board of a not-for-profit client. i would like to wow them. any suggestions?

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answer: time is precious, and you should use it to provide the essential “big picture” info and in an easy-to-grasp manner. here are some suggestions: read more →

leadership

there’s more to growth than marketing

you need goals, not just a desire to get new business.

by ed mendlowitz
the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 practice doctor

question: we are a 20-person firm and are thinking of engaging a marketing consultant for training on how to get new business.

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have you heard of anyone in particular for cpa leadership training? what does your firm do regarding this? an internal program or do you use outside consultants? read more →

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edward mendlowitz, cpa, abv, pfs, is a partner at withum, a forward-thinking, technology-driven advisory, and accounting firm. ed has over 40 years of public accounting experience, is recognized as one of the top 100 most influential people in accounting by accounting today, and is the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 "practice doctor." his latest handbook for 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 is 77 ways to wow! the handbook for small-business advisory services.

ed is also the author of "memoirs of a cpa," available at amazon.

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"memoirs" tells his story as a cpa and provides an inside look at what cpas do and how they run their accounting "business." cpas must serve clients effectively and exceptionally, recruit, train, retain and grow staff, and charge fees that clients happily pay because of the value they receive while the cpa earns a living, funds a retirement account, grows infrastructure, and perhaps makes a profit. this book tells how he did all of this and much more.

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he is a licensed, certified public accountant in the states of new jersey and new york and is accredited by the american institute of certified public accountants (aicpa) in business valuation (abv), certified in financial forensics (cff) and as a personal financial specialist (pfs). ed is also admitted to practice before the united states tax court and has testified as an expert witness in federal and state court regarding business valuations, and twice at the house ways and means committee on tax reform, fairness, and reduction. a city college of new york graduate, ed earned his bachelor of business administration degree.

he is a member of the aicpa, the new jersey society of certified public accountants (njscpa) and the new york state society of certified public accountants (nysscpa). in addition, ed was a founding partner of mendlowitz weitsen, llp, cpas, which merged with withum in 2005. currently, he serves on the nysscpa estate planning committee and was chairman of the committee that planned the nysscpa’s 100th anniversary. ed, the author of 19 books, has also written hundreds of articles for business and professional journals and newsletters.

he is the contributing editor to the practitioners publishing company’s 706/709 deskbook, the aicpa’s management of an accounting practice handbook, corporate controller’s handbook and wiley’s handbook on budgeting and is on the editorial board of bottom line/personal newsletter and the journal of accountancy member panel on business valuation. appearing regularly on television news programs, ed has also been quoted in numerous major newspapers and periodicals in the united states. he received the lawler award for the best article published in 2001 in the journal of accountancy.

ed frequently speaks to many professional and business groups, including the aicpa, njscpa, nysscpa, american management association, the national committee for monetary reform, the university of medicine and dentistry in n.j., and many more. for 11 years, he taught courses on financial analysis, corporate financial policy and theory, monetary and fiscal policy, and managerial accounting in the mba program at fairleigh dickinson university.

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