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4 ways to bill clients

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two businesswomen shaking hands in modern officeof course we have a preference.

by jody grunden

when i attend cpa conferences across the united states, i often hear from cpas: “i don’t want to bill for my time.”

so, how do you bill your clients?

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client billing can include hourly billing, but it can also include flat-fee, retainer-based and/or value-based billing. most people use one of these four methods. some use all of them or even a hybrid.
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trust is a key organizational ingredient

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two businesswomen talking by office windowrelationships have become more important.

by steven e. sacks

it is important for the next generation to believe in the concept of trust. to trust and be trusted, leaders must

  • self-assess and be sure they can trust themselves,
  • announce to the firm what the goals and their intentions are,
  • practice what is being preached and
  • create a culture where trust leads to inspiration and enthusiasm.

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cpa firms that look to the next generation of leaders have created their own templates: a composite profile of the traits that are necessary to thrive as a partner. what is/was considered leadership potential differs in firms. and because priorities differ, some emphasize authenticity, some a high eq, some rainmaking abilities and some strategic thinking.
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is mandatory retirement a best practice?

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consider retention, both staff and clients.

by marc rosenberg
the rosenberg practice management library

i’ll start with the punch line. yes, it is a best practice.

but only if your firm’s vision is to stay independent into the next generation by developing future leaders and retaining retirees’ clients.

more: covid-19: how your firm can respond | reward partners for performing like partners | 7 points of a well-crafted partner buyout agreement | 6 ways to retain nextgen staff | partners: when to speak up and when to shut up
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if you are a small firm with partners who love what they do, have no hobbies to pursue in retirement and basically want to die at their desks, then no, it may not be a best practice. these partners are saying: “this is my firm and no one tells me when to retire, especially based on my reaching some arbitrarily decided age.”
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covid drowns irs in new filings

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data chart
data for the week ending april 17, 2020.
* total includes returns filed to obtain economic impact payments by those who would not usually file income tax returns.

why not? submissions are way down.

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by beth bellor

coronavirus hit irs data in a couple of ways this week.

people who don’t ordinarily file income tax returns, but did so to obtain economic impact payments, boosted filings higher than they might have been for the week ending april 17, the latest data. in addition, visits to irs.gov shot up 77 percent over 2019 – the get my payment link surely was part of that picture.

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the internal revenue service reported receiving 116 million individual income tax returns, down 15.5 percent. it had processed 106.6 million returns, up 18.5 percent.
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the three r’s for beating the corona crisis

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and 15 things every accountant should consider in these unprecedented times.

by bill penczak

my friend tom kallman, the president of a trade show company in new jersey, sent me an email a few weeks ago that i’ll paraphrase:

few, if any, of us lived through pearl harbor. some of us experienced the kennedy assassination. we all recall where we were when the planes struck the world trade center. the covid crisis is another lifetime moment. we learned how to survive all those other events, and we’ll do the same again.

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if you examine the economic recoveries after 911, and after the financial collapse in 2007-2008, there were three economic phases that ensued for cpa firms, their clients, and the market in general that will likely occur in the post-covid economy:

  • retention – preserving as much of what we had.
  • recovery – stabilizing and moving ahead, as slight as it might be.
  • rebuild – coming out better and stronger.

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