the new rules for online meetings
checklist: 36 do’s and don’t’s for conducting business on a video call, some learned the hard way.
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covid-19
is the worst over? 63% of small business say so
but 84% worry about a second wave of infection.
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as business owners across the country focus on getting back to business, 63 percent feel the worst is behind them when it comes to the impact of covid-19 on their operations, according to new research from a payroll agency that handles payrolls for 670,000 small- and medium-sized businesses.
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however, four in five business owners are somewhat or very concerned about a possible second wave of infection.
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six ways accounting firms will never be the same again
how some of the pandemic’s ad hoc changes could become permanent.
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retired cpa partners face pay cuts from covid
firms target annual net profit caps, early retirement provisions, and mandatory retirement ages.
by domenick esposito
with profits likely to take a short-term hit, retired partners at many cpa firms are facing cuts to their payouts, according to our straw poll of 30 leading firms.
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with covid-19 hurting revenues and bottom lines, firms of all sizes are reconfiguring their staff loads and renegotiating their space requirements.
but we haven’t heard much about what firms are doing about their obligations for deferred compensation partner retirement plans. until now.
covid tests accountants’ entrepreneurial talents
three questions to re-set your mindset.
by ed mendlowitz
tax season opportunity guide
accountants and tax practitioners are entrepreneurs. maybe now, more than ever.
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this means their practice needs to be run as a business with sound business decisions being made.
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beat the covid crisis with these 20 steps for your firm and your clients
the ultimate checklist for focusing on cash, communication, continuity – and accepting uncertainty.
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the toll of covid-19 on business will be an ongoing trauma. it ain’t gonna be over ’til it’s over, and that ain’t gonna be for a long, long time.
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to survive, tax and accounting practices are going to need to take precautionary and proactive measures to ensure their financial continuity. those measures must necessarily include guidance for clients to help them survive. because failing clients mean failing firms.
crisis management is a lot easier if it starts before the crisis hits. here are some steps that accountants can take for themselves and their clients, gleaned from the thousands of accountants and advisors we’ve been hearing from over the past several weeks. read more →
3 steps to better client communication in a crisis
help yourself while you’re helping them.
by jody grunden
clients desire transparency. being transparent with clients and having open, honest communication with them helps build really strong, healthy working relationships. it’s never been so important for us to have open communication channels with our clients at all times no matter what form of communication is being utilized.
more: the right way to onboard new clients | how to audit 401(k)s | 3 measures of the effectiveness of your team | how to profit with workflow apps | cyber security at a virtual cpa firm | top tech choices for the virtual firm | keeping the right people on the bus
in some organizations, people hide behind their computers if they feel too busy or if they don’t want to face the client because they aren’t able to meet a deadline. we, on the other hand, make it a priority to be available to our clients at all times.
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new rules: covid shifts m&a landscape
checklists: top 10 tips for buyers and sellers.
by ira rosenbloom
many cpa firms go into merger conversations thinking that, because they have done deals before, they can do what they’ve done in the past. but in this covid-impacted economy, the tolerance for risk is low—and changing day-to-day.
more ira rosenbloom: seven smart ways to make this your best tax season ever | eight steps for re-engineering the role of managing partner | ten steps to a better tax season | feeling the urge to merge? first, consider the angles
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we’re seeing every day how much the pandemic can impair and alter both daily life and business fundamentals, so the more efficient you can be in getting ready for a merger, the better. these days, you need to move fast or risk losing out.
here are some recommendations crucial for getting both buyers and sellers properly prepared for their next step in m&a negotiation.
do you have the guts to beat the covid crisis?
five tough questions to ask about your firm’s leadership in these tough times.
by bill penczak
in times like these, firms should be challenging themselves with the tough question, “what do we want to be, today and into the future?”
more: re-thinking today’s firm with five global leaders | 5 things your firm should do differently this summer | do you have the guts to beat the covid crisis? | how to inoculate your firm against covid competition | ‘found money’ delights clients | the three r’s for beating the corona crisis
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if maintaining the status quo and “serving clients,” whatever that really means, are the only responses your partner and leadership teams can muster, then perhaps it’s time to evolve from being a lifestyle firm to being one with a vision and the guts to achieve it.
covid launches a new reality: now what?
^click to play: aquila addresses covid crisis response strategies.
eight new trends you can’t ignore in the new normal.
by august aquila
every day we get a clearer picture of what the future holds for the accounting profession, business in general and the overall population. while the future may look daunting, we will do our best to make the most of it and come out stronger. it’s what we have always done.
more: 6 action steps for a smooth retirement transition | 7 succession planning best practices | grissom and aquila on partner performance evaluations | gross profit in a professional services firm: opening a dialogue | checklist: 18 essential steps to effective billing | how to get partners to accept a new pricing philosophy
nevertheless, don’t plan on the old ways coming back. i just read that more than 60,000 accountants have already lost their jobs. perhaps, the war for talent will be over. there will be further reductions in the professional service workforce and firms will be able to pick and choose from the talent pool.
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covid kills 67,600 jobs in tax and accounting
profession loses four years of job growth in the first month of the coronavirus recession, reversing years of steady gains.
by beth bellor
crushed by the covid-19 pandemic, the tax and accounting profession has fallen below 1 million employees for the first time in two years – way below, and that may be just the tip of the iceberg, according to 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research.
more on jobs and hiring trends: planning for the coronavirus recession | pre-covid-19, accounting profession hits new highs | the fight for new tax clients | tax & accounting headcounts hit record high | hiring growth rate shows signs of leveling off | what staffing shortage? | payroll agencies lead jobs growth in the tax & accounting industry |
in this report, 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 highlights:
- current and long-term hiring trends in each of the bookkeeping, payroll, tax and cpa segments of the industry (all data seasonally adjusted)
- average hourly wages for key segments
- typical hours worked per week
- trends concerning women in the accounting workforce
the data comes with a big asterisk.