19 ways to improve accounting firm profitability

 only 19?

by marc rosenberg, cpa
author of “what really makes cpa firms profitable?”

partners are generally paid a lot more than firm administrators. for good reasons.

the marketplace has determined that doing what a partner does (bringing in business, possessing high levels of technical expertise, managing client relationships and managing the firm) commands a higher level of compensation than doing what a firm administrator does.

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therefore, it makes no sense to pay a partner to do an administrator’s work. besides, most partners aren’t as good at administration as trained, experienced administrators are.