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today's features
how the best managing partners lead by example
nine questions to test your mettle.
by robert j. lees and august j. aquila
creating the effective partnership
not every cpa firm can be the market leader. but every firm can strive to be the best at everything they do. read more →
survey results: the billion-dollar business hidden in accounting
one-third of u.s. accountants work at home, on their own, moonlighting. here are their biggest issues and best tips…
get more when you join the survey, get the results.
by rick telberg
卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间
if you’re reading this at home, or on your own time, you’re not alone. today more than one-third of accountants are already moonlighting in “side” practices or home offices – especially during busy season, according to a 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 survey of almost 800 accountants.
when a client threatens to sue
by ed mendlowitz
101 questions and answers for managing an accounting practice
question: a former client wrote me a letter threatening to sue me for bad services. i did nothing wrong and actually did a great job and they still owe me money. what should i do?
response: walk away! ignore the threat. don’t respond. stop billing them. and go about your business. life is too short to get tied up in dissipating actions. it is rare to run a business without getting stuck from someone. read more →
bury the non-billable hour
call it “the investment hour” and go hunting for business.
by bruce w. marcus
professional services marketing 3.0
if the accounting firm’s management hasn’t made clear that participation by every professional in the firm is an integral part of recognition and growth within the firm, you can scrap the marketing program. it can be helpful if the non-billable hour is renamed the investment hour, because if those hours are spent on marketing, investment hours are exactly what they are. read more →
three must-have checklists for your practice
checklists work for astronauts. why not accountants?
by sandi smith leyva
accountant’s accelerator
airplane pilots and astronauts have checklists for just about everything they do. checklists promote performance consistency, make it easier to learn new procedures and increase safety exponentially. in accounting, we can learn from the airline industry and apply checklists to certain areas of our practices in order to reap similar benefits. here are three areas of your accounting practice that can benefit from checklists: read more →
deciding between equity or non-equity partners
five reasons for one, eight for the other. and they’re not all created equal.
after studying some 700 firms, marc rosenberg has some fairly hard-and-fast rules about how to bring in new partners. here, he delivers five reasons to lean toward deciding on bringing in traditional equity partners and eight reasons for making them non-equity partners. all things being equal, they aren’t.
what successful managing partners do
job #1: setting direction.
by robert j. lees and august j. aquila
how to engage partners in the firm’s future
there are many reasons why too many managing partners fail to truly engage their partners, especially as no managing partner we know ever sets out to fail. read more →
three time-saving tips for entrepreneurial accountants
never more important than in busy season.
by sandi smith leyva
the accountant’s accelerator
no matter what time of the year it is, it seems like there is never enough time for entrepreneurial accountants to get everything done. here are three not-so-common ideas on how to make the most of your time. read more →
new benchmarking research: accounting firm operations and technology survey
executive summary of key findings available.
卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 is joining in the release of a broad new benchmarking project, the accounting firm operations and technology survey, produced by randy johnston, chairman and ceo of network management group, inc., and leslie garrett, phd, ceo of insight research group.
“our primary goal in developing and publishing this ebook is to deliver an easily accessible reference tool accounting professionals can leverage when making operational and technology decisions,” said johnston.
the 2014 ebook provides the most complete and up-to-date information about practice management and technology u.s. accountants are using in their practices. the ebook shares factual, actionable items and insights that are not available from any other source, further broken down for the practitioner by size of firm.
creating a culture of trust and empowerment
how the best managing partners gain commitment.
by robert j. lees and august j. aquila
creating the effective partnership
in the very best firms, the partners debate the options and, while it is incredibly rare for every partner to agree with every single aspect of the vision and strategy, the partners agree to line up behind the ultimate decisions. read more →
your best busy season survival tips
by rick telberg
卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间
accountants joining the annual 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 busy season barometer poll are recommending regular rest and recreation among their leading survival strategies.
some know how to balance things just right, like vic butcher who says to “exercise every morning and go out for pizza and drinks every thursday night.” we can’t object to pizza and drinks, although alan gray would have us “eat and drink less.” read more →
brian austin on new national sales tax law
brian austin, avalara director of accountant & industry relations, warns accountants about burgeoning support in congress for the marketplace fairness act, which would enable state governments to collect sales taxes and use taxes from remote retailers with no physical presence in their state.
clients of all sizes, especially small business, will be coming to their trusted advisers for knowledge and information and hands-on help in dealing with these new taxes, austin says.
“accountants should be on the front lines in getting information out to their clients about the act,” he says.