tech survey: cpas rush to upgrade operating systems

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by randolph johnston, leslie garrett phd,
and brian f. tankersley, cpa.citp, cgma

the accounting firm operations and technology survey

the profession is rapidly retiring older operating systems, according to the accounting firm operations and technology survey.

upgrading your network operating system has the potential to be somewhat of a blind spot and growing security threat for practices of all sizes. the accounting profession is showing signs of understanding this threat. read more →

tech survey: 90% of accounting firms fail to budget properly

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by randolph johnston, leslie garrett phd,
and brian f. tankersley, cpa.citp, cgma

the accounting firm operations and technology survey

while 90% of all firms in the accounting firm operations and technology survey did not have a per-person technology budget, we were quite surprised to see that 88% of large firms and 85% of mid-sized firms also reported that they did not use a per-person technology budget. read more →

the top 10 cpa firm problems that technology can address

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new survey shows technology’s role in turning challenges into opportunities.

by rick telberg

ask a practicing accountant what keeps them awake at night, and you’ll get many of the same answers in one form or another: clients, expenses, staff or technology. and that’s borne out in the first annual accounting firm operations and technology survey, offered exclusively by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间. read more →

new benchmarking research: accounting firm operations and technology survey

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executive summary of key findings available.

卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 is joining in the release of a broad new benchmarking project, the accounting firm operations and technology survey, produced by randy johnston, chairman and ceo of network management group, inc., and leslie garrett, phd, ceo of insight research group.

“our primary goal in developing and publishing this ebook is to deliver an easily accessible reference tool accounting professionals can leverage when making operational and technology decisions,” said johnston.

the 2014 ebook provides the most complete and up-to-date information about practice management and technology u.s. accountants are using in their practices. the ebook shares factual, actionable items and insights that are not available from any other source, further broken down for the practitioner by size of firm.

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randy johnston: competing with new services at flat rates

break out of the compliance commodity trap.

by randy johnston
accounting firm operations and technology survey

the best firms are offering new services packaged at flat rates.

for example, performing bookkeeping/write-up services for $2,000 to $3,000 per month and including the tax returns, or picking a specialty service or niche and wrapping a set of services around that.

all marketing in these firms has the same focus: read more →