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New guide focuses on improving cash flow to grow the business

Abrigo

face cash flow challenges on a monthly basis, but are business owners and their advisors asking the right questions and addressing the critical areas to change course? The eBook concludes with a one-page practice aid that briefly summarizes and includes quick tips on how to “Avoid Cash Flow Catastrophes.” Small businesses in the U.S.

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Accounting firm clients want these services from you

Abrigo

Accounting firms, of course, already know much about clients’ needs through the services you are currently providing. Identifying service opportunities is especially important for firms looking to transition from a focus on compliance services , such as tax and audit, to value-added advisory services that might generate higher margins.

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How to develop proactive advisory services

Abrigo

Attend any conference, webinar or professional development course and you will most likely hear the buzz on the importance of becoming more relevant to your clients, adding advisory services and delivering more value. Rely on annual revenue that is much less dependent on 100-hour work weeks during tax season.

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Poll: Accountants want substantially more revenue from advisory services

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While some believe the fear mongering is overdone, many firms in the accounting profession are nonetheless seeking to move from the kind of backward-looking compliance work (such as tax preparation and auditing) that is increasingly automated. Experts offer numerous tips.

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What are analytical procedures and their benefits?

Abrigo

Additional Resources eBook: Guide to Audit & Review Best Practices and Pain Points Webinar: How to Increase Efficiency and Minimize Risk in the Audit Process About the Author. Since leaving public accounting, she has been an internal auditor, a tax preparer and a Controller.

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The most useful (and rarely used) types of data analytics

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Prescriptive analytics use a combination of sophisticated optimization techniques to suggest the best course of action to take in the given circumstances. Since leaving public accounting, she has been an internal auditor, a tax preparer and a Controller. Prescriptive analytics are very valuable and largely unused.

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How to increase efficiency and minimize risk in the audit process using analytics

Abrigo

Since leaving public accounting, she has been an internal auditor, a tax preparer and a controller. She's also done forensic accounting and has written extensively on the accounting field. Altogether, data analytics provide enhancements and benefits needed by clients and auditors alike.

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