surveys & research

four accountability steps for firm success

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plus four challenges to address.

by anthony zecca
leading from the edge

i’ve been focusing on the leadership accounting firms need to succeed in a future driven by seismic disruptors. we began with strategy, then empowerment. this third post will address the critical element that makes empowerment work – accountability.

more: the art of leadership: empowerment | the art of leadership, lesson one: strategy
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a characteristic of a great “edge” leader is the ability to empower everyone and understanding that as a leader, your responsibility is to lead and not manage. if you are the type of leader that manages, you own accountability since you can’t manage and empower at the same time. as i defined it in my previous post, a simple definition for empowerment that applies to all organizations is, “authority or power given to someone to do something.” 
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how much cas profit per person?

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survey reveals the top four pricing strategies.
price and value balanced on scale above a tablet computer

by hitendra patil
the definitive success guide to client accounting services

pricing your services correctly to ensure reasonable profitability is a significant decision you will make in your client accounting services practice.

more: five reasons the top 100 loves cas | look backward for your cas processes | make sure your differentiation is truly different | is it time to outsource?
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our survey results revealed how cas firms price their cas offering:

  • the topmost method of pricing cas offering was fixed/flat fee, which 41 percent of the respondents used.
  • the following most common pricing method was a mixed method of pricing (a mix of hourly, fixed, and value pricing), charged by 36 percent.
  • hourly billing was used by 33 percent.
  • about 28 percent used value pricing.

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what gig workers want

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and what they need opens new opportunities for accountants and accounting tech.

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one of the most radical and ramifying shifts in employment economics of the past several decades is the advent of gig workers—the millions of americans working out of their garages, attics, closets and breakfast nooks.

and all of them have unique accounting needs.

accounting firms need them. and venture-backed software startups are chasing them. read more →

accountants agree: the top five ways to fix the irs

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the united states of frustration: schaffer, zulager, toye, devine. (word cloud: 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research)

some suggestions: burn it down and start over. abolish the income tax altogether. privatize it.

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if the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 busy season barometer were a thermometer, it would be popping its mercury with responses to “how would you fix the irs?”

see: irs tops list of busy season problems

we’re getting a lot of comments, many of them scorchingly hot. accountants and tax preparers are not happy with the government agency that their profession depends on more than any other.

more busy season ’22: survey: big worries for u.s. and small business  |  working harder for every dollar  |  for a few: why busy season 2022 beats 2021 |  can the r&d tax credit be used to offset the amt?  |  21 reasons tax clients fire accountants  |  unhappy about tax season?  |  individual tax refunds up 13%  | shut down the tax charlatans   | eight quick, easy ways to fix irs filing   |  a tax season worse than 2021?  |  16 traits of the best tax clients  | irs under covid: heroes or goats?

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the top five most common recommendations:
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