Filling vital support roles
It is crucial for firms to hire and retain quality administrative staff.
Financial and admin operations
MAP survey: Firms continue to grow revenue
Accounting firms of all sizes posted year-over-year revenue gains during their most recent fiscal year, with the rate of growth increasing for most practices.
Don’t fall victim to the newest phishing scam
Scam perpetrators can mine crucial information from executives’ public profiles on social media.
Use standard terms to build a liability shield
Firms should add standard terms and conditions to all engagement letters.
Controlling your data
CPA firms can be a treasure-trove of information for cybercriminals. Here are tips on how to protect your firm.
Making workflows work
These best practices can lead to better productivity and improved client satisfaction and retention.
How to prevent workers from wasting time on tech troubles
Many minutes, hours, and sometimes days can be wasted on IT-related issues, costing both time and money.
Want to make more money? Focus on revenue-producing behaviors
In the pursuit of revenue growth, many firms make the mistake of overemphasizing the billing measures of chargeability and utilization.
How CPA firms can counteract unconscious bias
Though we like to think we’re impartial in our decision-making, it’s often the case that our unconscious beliefs affect our choices.
Consulting services can grow your firm—if managed properly
Firm leaders increasingly see the potential of consulting services to provide additional value to clients.
Millennials can play a role in move to value pricing
If your firm is looking at making the switch, consider asking them to serve on a value council—or even as the “chief value officer.”
Improve your business by working less
Owners’ hours directly impact the value of a practice: If all other things are equal, buyers prefer to buy an accounting practice with fewer owner hours.
These steps can help you embrace an exciting retirement
This column seeks to dispel four fears that retirees have and share a six-step strategy for creating a life after work.
How to manage underperformers
In order to ensure that you are engaging the best and the brightest employees in the firm, you must learn to handle and manage the underperformer.
Retiring the billable hour as a measure of performance
Measuring employee performance based on the number of charge hours worked is a practice that can create multiple problems for firms.
Q&A: How to present your prices to customers
Talking about price with clients isn’t as simple as saying, “That’ll be $19.99, please.” Here are the best practices to employ when using value pricing.
How to admit new partners: A fresh approach
Accounting firms seeking long-term viability must infuse the partnership ranks with fresh blood when the time and terms are right. A method called AAV can help with this process.
Preparing for what’s next
CPAs do a masterful job of taking care of their clients' business, but they also need to make sure they look out for their own. Practice-continuation agreements can minimize the chaos in the transfer of a CPA practice to a successor.
Maximize proceeds in accounting firm sales
Misconceptions about how to price and structure the sale of a practice can cost CPAs much of their equity. CPAs have many options to sell on their terms.
Cost-saving tips for small firms
Even minor tweaks to daily processes can increase your firm’s efficiency and, in turn, boost your bottom line.
