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hiring growth rate shows signs of leveling off

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still healthy, but not as good as last year.

who’s hiring, who’s not.
who’s quitting, who’s staying.
and why and why not.
join the survey. get the facts.

by beth bellor

“stay the course.” remember that chestnut?

more on jobs: what staffing shortage? | payroll agencies lead jobs growth in the tax & accounting industry | hiring trends: accounting hits 4.2% expansion rate | hiring trends flash warning signs of slowdown in tax & accounting | charts: tax & accounting among biggest jobs creators in u.s. | hiring surge powered by growth in payroll agencies
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maybe it’s not time to rock the boat. the accounting profession is more than holding its own, with new highs seen in:

  • overall earnings,
  • staff earnings,
  • cpa firm staff numbers and earnings, and
  • payroll services earnings.

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4 ways to bill clients

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businessmen standing on dollar billwhat services do your clients value the most?

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?

more: 3 ways to keep client files safe from security threats | how ‘tech stacks’ can help you standardize | automation and the future of accounting | the rise of the virtual cfo | ready to be a virtual cfo? | the only three metrics you need to measure staffers
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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.

let’s take a closer look at each of them:
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how digital a/p processing boosts productivity

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woman at laptop holding credit carddedicate one credit card to this purpose.

by roman h. kepczyk
quantum of paperless

processing accounts payable is another of the manually intensive processes within the firm’s administrative department that can be significantly streamlined through digital processes.

more: reclaim time with remote deposit | going digital with a/p processing | avoid over-auditing with ‘document containers’ | beyond email: new digital tools | who deletes documents and when? | capture firm knowledge on an intranet
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consider how many “touches” a single payable creates: receipt of the invoice, timing of payment in a folder, writing the check and attaching the stub, sending it to an owner for signature, filing a copy of check with backup in its own folder, and stuffing, sealing and sending the check to the vendor. now imagine doing this a hundred times per month, every month. imagine the volume of physical accounts payable vendor files both onsite and in storage, that can be eliminated by storing these images digitally.
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when pushing the pencil pays off

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man writing in notebook at deskhow i became an accidental author.

by ed mendlowitz
call me before you do anything: the art of accounting

i’ve written about publishing a firm newsletter and the opportunities it opened for me. however, i really became a published author when i met martin edelston, the founder of boardroom reports and bottom line/personal.

more: how i became a published author | don’t pass up opportunities | when to say no to pro bono work | i used to hate quickbooks | things change | why we ‘kill’ to get partnership returns out quickly | getting a referral from an adversary
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about two years after we started the s&m newsletter, marty was publishing boardroom reports and was shown one of our newsletters and called asking if he could meet me. before we met i picked up a bunch of his boardroom reports publications to get an idea of what was included and the style.
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