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[a&a update] comprehensive income display

click here to listen free to the new podcast. by dr. tom ratcliffe, ph.d, cpa plain-english accounting bi-weekly report executive summary: asu 2011-12 [fasb asc 220]: comprehensive income display – on friday, december 23, 2011, the fasb released some new comprehensive … continued

ed guttenplan, w&g: every staffer gets a coach

strategy 2012: management development.

what are your critical challenges for 2012, and what can do you about them? a number of the profession’s leading lights have been sharing their thoughts with accounting today. here’s one:

ed guttenplan
wilkin & guttenplan

we see the top challenges as being leadership development and building your “bench,” and practice growth profitability. also, remaining efficient in light of new standards and, of course, preparing for the future.

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dave sibits, cbiz: five new niches

strategy 2012: leadership, pricing, competition

what are your critical challenges for 2012, and what can do you about them? a number of the profession’s leading lights have been sharing their thoughts with accounting today. here’s one:

dave sibits
cbiz financial services

accounting firms are facing: 

  1. an aging of leadership at the partner level.
  2. second, firms are facing a continued erosion of pricing in service areas, which is mostly a result of a challenging business and economic climate.
  3. the last concern is the competition for the best and brightest talent, especially among top firms seeking to add specialty expertise or employees to groom for the future. read more →

卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间’ top 20 topics of 2011

in case you missed them…

here are the top 20 posts from 2011 as measured by page-views from 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 members.

clearly, 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 members have been focused in 2011 on the rapidly shifting competitive landscape and they’re scrambling to adjust. 2012 may offer much of the same, but at least now we know what we’re facing and how to deal with it. each of these 20 posts contains a glimpse into a critical trend and potentially winning strategies.

  1. it’s official: the war for clients has begun: client retention falls to winning new business as top issue for firms.
  2. top tech habits of high-performing firms: the benchmarks for success.
  3. widening gap among solo practitioners: deepening divide between high performing firms and the rest of the profession.
  4. five new realities for accountants and lawyers: make no mistake: change is coming, whether the incumbents like it or not.
  5. super-sized: meet the new “cliftonlarsonallen” deal creates new top 10 cpa firm; top 3 in wealth management. read more →

new year’s resolutions for and by accountants

‘tis the time to be thinking and planning for the new year.

so, naturally, we’re all making new year’s resolutions. here are a few from 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 members.

add your resolutions in comments at the bottom, or join the survey and get the results.

  • 90 day performance plans with all staff.
  • increase fees for tax prep
  • provide better information to top management so it better understands cost structures and can react accordingly. read more →

tom bonadio: grow fees 5-7% with no new staff

strategy 2012: growth, profitability, succession

what are your critical challenges for 2012, and what can do you about them? a number of the profession’s leading lights have been sharing their thoughts with accounting today. here’s one:

tom bonadio
the bonadio group

the top issues facing our firm at this time are, maintaining growth, improving profitability and firm-wide succession planning. to meet those issues we’ve taken a number of strategic actions.

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charles postal, sp&co.: investing in people and mergers

strategy 2012: battling for market share

what are your critical challenges for 2012, and what can do you about them? a number of the profession’s leading lights have been sharing their thoughts with accounting today. here’s one:

charles postal
santos postal & co.

we see a shrinking market share of small and medium-sized businesses with the need for premium accounting services caused by increased competition from larger firms with greater resources.

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bill hagaman, withum: metrics for partners

strategy 2012: talent, pricing, accountability

what are your critical challenges for 2012, and what can do you about them? a number of the profession’s leading lights have been sharing their thoughts with accounting today. here’s one:

bill hagaman
withumsmith+brown

we see the top challenges as retaining talent, pricing and partner accountability. we’ve worked hard at creating a culture that our professionals want to work in.

read all the 2012 strategies:

this starts with our philosophy that no jerks are allowed at any level and while we will work with partners and staff to mentor them regarding the proper behavior in the office we will not tolerate any unprofessional conduct toward our staff. read more →