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by ed mendlowitz
77 ways to wow! the checklist handbook for small-business advisory services.

one time i was asked to audit a hotel in florida that was going to be foreclosed on by the mortgagor and for which i was paid in advance. the audit was planned and scheduled, and it looked like we had everything under control from our end as much as we could.

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i received a call on a friday morning that the foreclosure was going to take place sooner than expected, and i had to either do my work monday through wednesday or return the retainer because the foreclosure was going to take place on thursday. i took a sunday evening flight with a senior accountant. when i walked into the hotel, i got really nervous. this was not a small motel but a big hilton hotel – not what i anticipated.
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your reviewer should be adding value.

by ed mendlowitz
101 questions and answers: managing an accounting practice, the complete 2-volume set

q. i want to improve my firm’s review and quality control. do you have any suggestions?

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a: this is a recurring issue for most firms. every cpa practice needs quality control. the issue is whether a dedicated quality control (“qc”) person is needed, and if not, how the qc can be done without one.
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we’ve got a 34-point checklist to fix that.

by ed mendlowitz
77 ways to wow! the checklist handbook for advisory services.

corporate, llc, partnership and not-for-profit organizations are usually required to have minutes memorializing certain actions taken by the board of directors or governing body. yet, many do not either because it has never been done, is a bother, is considered not necessary or overlooked through inaction or unawareness.

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however, it is something that should be done as a best practice, as recognition that there are non-active stakeholders who need transparency, or as tangible evidence that the actions recorded took place timely. in some instances, the irs looks for minutes as a symbol that the affairs were handled on a businesslike basis or were not one-sided “secret” actions by those in control.
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profits don’t mean a thing if they’re not represented by cash.

by ed mendlowitz
77 ways to wow! the handbook for small-business advisory services.

cash is the lifeblood of a business. cash amounts. cash flows. cash changes. no matter what anyone tells you, cash is the bottom line you must watch and accumulate.

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simplistically, knowing your cash balance gives you a sense of how you are doing. if it goes up, you are making money – if it goes down, you are losing money.
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how to prioritize instead of juggle.

by ed mendlowitz
101 questions and answers: managing an accounting practice, the complete 2-volume set

q: my boss asked me to call you.

i am a staff accountant with five years experience. i am having a lot of stress trying to manage everything i have to do. i am juggling supervising people i don’t know how to supervise, being managed less by those above me and having to figure out more for myself – including things i never did before or in industries i never worked on previously, keeping current with changes in accounting rules and taxes (since i am more like a generalist and clients ask me everything), never seeming to have any free time, juggling my schedule because most of my clients are never ready when they say they will be and being accountable to my boss for everything i do plus what the staff working under me does.

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so how do i do it all? how can i prioritize all my responsibilities?
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what is the worst thing that could happen?

by ed mendlowitz
call me before you do anything: the art of accounting

when i was a junior accountant an eon ago, my boss would always give me the cash to reconcile or audit, the minutes to “abstract,” and the internal control questionnaire to go over with the controller or bookkeeper.

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then when i became a manager, i continued this practice of having lower-level staff perform these procedures. i now consult with many accounting firms and find it is still being done that way. i stopped it many years ago and wonder why it’s still widespread.
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how long are you talking?

by ed mendlowitz
101 questions and answers: managing an accounting practice, the complete 2-volume set

q: i notice that most of the time my staff doesn’t listen when i talk. how can i make them listen?

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a: err, what did you say?

just kidding! i find this issue very widespread. i believe there is an epidemic of people not listening, not just staff.
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bonus: a sample initial business valuation consultation engagement proposal.

by ed mendlowitz
202 questions and answers: the complete 2-volume set

q: i was wondering what your thoughts are regarding initial consultation fees. currently, i do not charge a fee for an initial consultation, and it seems that most cpas do not charge either (at least not the sole practitioners that i know).

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would the fee deter new clients or actually weed out the ones who are most likely not going to become clients anyway? if a fee is charged, then how much, and how long should the consultation last? should the fee be applied to any work that i am eventually engaged to do?

a: there seems to be a toss-up between two different philosophies:

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