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New guide focuses on improving cash flow to grow the business

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Owners who are busy running the day-to-day business may lack the time or financial expertise to identify why cash isn’t coming in fast enough to provide a decent cushion or resources for growth, but they don’t have to accept the status quo.

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Accounting firm clients want these services from you

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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. After all, accountants are commonly known as providing services such as tax preparation and audits.

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Print copy of “Next-Level Accountants” now available

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Despite a decade of eReaders and eBooks, many people still prefer printed books, according to Deloitte and other researchers. "I Writing in the book’s foreword, Sageworks Chairman Brian Hamilton said businesses need their accounting firms to do more than simply offer traditional services such as compiling financials or providing tax returns.

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Small U.S. accounting firms and their consultative future

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The recent Accounting Firm Operations and Technology Survey (AFOT), available as a PDF eBook at CPA Trendlines , produced by Randolph P. percent provide tax preparation services. percent provide tax preparation services. percent provide tax preparation services. Coming as no surprise, the data shows 92.2 Whereas 77.7

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3 Ways CPAs can leverage technology for meaningful practice growth

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Automated solutions can produce the tax returns so CPAs have more time to suggest tax-planning strategies. For example, automated solutions can handle more of the general ledger accounting so accountants have time to identify rising accounts receivable and then make suggestions to the business owner on how to reduce receivables.

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Offering advisory services: Piecemeal or holistic approach?

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Requirements for delivering an advisory service “can differ quite a bit depending on the type of advisory service,” he says, given the differences between risk advisory services, tax planning, or performance management consulting, for example. Consequently, the methodology that will be the backbone of the service deserves some focus.

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How to develop proactive advisory services

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While it sounds great in theory and everyone agrees, just how is this to be accomplished when most of your efforts are currently focused on finding new clients for the seeming financial security of gaining a heap of tax and compliance work? Rely on annual revenue that is much less dependent on 100-hour work weeks during tax season.

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