{"id":115039,"date":"2023-09-03t11:55:27","date_gmt":"2023-09-03t15:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/?p=115039"},"modified":"2024-08-27t17:01:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27t21:01:20","slug":"cas-reports-are-better-heres-how","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2023\/09\/03\/cas-reports-are-better-heres-how\/","title":{"rendered":"cas reports are better. here\u2019s how."},"content":{"rendered":"

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traditional reports stop short of what businesses need.<\/strong><\/p>\n

by hitendra patil<\/i>
\nclient accounting services: the definitive success guide<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

if you are wondering whether client accounting services (cas) needs a different set of reports, you are in the right place. at the same time, it may be confusing how you can produce reports that are different than those your software provides out of the box.<\/p>\n

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cas is about the outcomes<\/strong> of your work, from the clients\u2019 perspective. cas outcomes are useful, insightful, and advise clients in ways that routine, traditional reports cannot deliver. the outcomes you provide from your cas offering need to relentlessly focus on the relevance, usability and importance from your clients\u2019 point of view. one of my ex-clients, an experienced and expert cpa from san diego \u2013 who had mostly high-net-worth individuals with multiple businesses as his clients \u2013 told me, \u201cafter 19 years in practice, i realized that small to medium business entrepreneurs are not really concerned with managing their balance sheets. it is the job of the accountant.\u201d
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\nsure, cas reports will include traditional reports like income statements, balance sheets and so on. but that is just the baseline. cas is more than just the baseline. as a professional accountant, from all your work for the client, you need to deliver the outcomes that can contribute to enhancing the client\u2019s business. you need to present outcomes in ways that the client can find actionable, i.e., the client should not have to do too much of thinking, \u201cwhat exactly does this mean and what should i do?\u201d<\/p>\n

let me share a real-life example here to bring clarity about how cas outcomes are different than traditional accounting reports. one of my ex-clients, a cpa firm that specializes in restaurant accounting, not only established different cas processes that leveraged their niche expertise but it also turned those processes into cas reports that restaurant owners cannot live without. here is what the firm provides to clients:<\/p>\n

traditional accounting reports<\/strong><\/p>\n