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where intuit is at with accountants

why vendors need to start with “why.”

ted callahan, intuit director of accountant partnership and strategy: “an industry transforming itself.”

 

by seth fineberg

unless you’ve been under a rock in the accounting profession, you know that intuit—makers of some of the most widely used tax and accounting products on the u.s. market—has caused quite a stir within the profession in recent weeks, making some wonder where they stand with the software giant.

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for quick review, a growing number of accountants that use of the company’s quickbooks online product have had to consider how to pass on rising costs of using the product, on top of where they stand with the company and its seemingly competing quickbooks live service. then, more recently, intuit began running national tv ads promoting its turbotax live service with the message of “break up with your accountant.”

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advisory & consulting

four ingredients to your cas ‘why’

learn what will resonate with your prospects.

by hitendra patil
client accounting services: the definitive success guide

“why did i start my accounting firm/practice?”

if you are the owner of your firm, print this in a bold, big font and post it somewhere in such a way that you can see it, even if it is just in your peripheral vision, every moment when you are working at your desk.

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if you are a partner of the firm or an employee, print the following question to post it where you can see it all the time:

“why did i get into the accounting profession?”
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training? cpe? they’re not the same

three people: woman between two men pointing at desktop computer screen in explanation

the three types of training needed and 21 best practices for providing it.

by marc rosenberg
cpa firm staff: managing your #1 asset

“training is everything. the peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with an education.” – mark twain

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we cringe when cpas use “training” and “cpe” synonymously.

  • cpe coursework is often reactive, taken to maintain a cpa license. it may or may not educate. it may or may not be the type of education an individual needs. many cpas look upon cpe as a nuisance that is necessary to comply with professional regulations. the smaller the firm and the older the cpa, the more likely this is the case.
  • training is primarily proactive, undertaken voluntarily to expand a person’s knowledge, performance and capabilities. the training aligns with what the person needs to do the job and provide value to the firm and its clients.

ideally, the training identified as needed also qualifies as cpe.
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marketing & sales

bissett bullet: why is the second meeting so important?

today’s bissett bullet: “never leave the first meeting without having the second one already scheduled.”

by martin bissett

i have talked extensively about securing the date of your second meeting with a potential client while still in the first meeting with them. failure to do so generally results in day-to-day life taking over and you slip down their list of priorities. a second meeting also guarantees you the opportunity to talk them through your proposal so always fend off requests to send it by email. there is also a third benefit.

knowing when you will be delivering your proposal, coupled with your judgment as to their level of interest in working with you, means that you are able to forecast when you may win their business and when you can expect your fees as a result. the ability to forecast allows you to plan for capacity and allows you to price in order to protect profitability.

today’s to-do:

set yourself a challenge. aim to leave your next three first meetings with a date in the diary for the second.

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power query can extract, transform, and load data from virtually any structured digital source. from accounting systems to apis, web data, and even pdfs, power query seamlessly connects excel to these sources, allowing you to pull information directly into your spreadsheets. imagine gathering data from various sources and having it all readily available in excel—without manual input.

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