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by rick telberg<\/em> \n卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research<\/em><\/p>\nunder pressure by an increasingly competitive and uncertain business environment, cpa firms are pressing the brakes on new price increases, according to new data obtained by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间<\/p>\n
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after raising billing rates an average pace of 1.6 percent last year, up from 1.2 percent increases the year before, the latest indicators show an anemic six-tenths of one percent year-over-year increase for april, the latest month available. the month’s fractional increase represents stark slowdowns from march’s 1.5 percent\u00a0increase, 1.6 percent in february, and 1.9 percent in january.<\/p>\n
a new 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 analysis shows:<\/p>\n
\ncpa firms facing headwinds in attempts to increase billing rates.<\/li>\n a steep slow-down in audit fees.<\/li>\n trouble in tax prep.<\/li>\n bright signs in bookkeeping and secondary services.<\/li>\n non-cpa firms pushing through robust price increases across all service lines.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nprice changes, year-on-year, cpa firms, in percent.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/p>\n
in financial auditing, prices slowed to a nine-tenths of one percent rate, down from 1.8 percent\u00a0in march, but up from the 2016 average of negative one-tenth of one percent. the surging rate increases through 2005, followed by intense volatility \u00a0leading up to the global banking debacle, have now settled into a more regularized cycle of\u00a0season patterns.<\/p>\nprice index for financial auditing by cpa firms<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/p>\n
tax prep is showing signs of fee pressure, with cpa firms cutting rates in the latest survey. prices for tax preparation and planning services by cpas declined 1.8 percent in the latest month, after advancing one-tenth of one percent in march, 1.8 percent in february, and 2.8 percent in january. in 2016, tax prep prices increased\u00a0only 1,6 percent, about half as fast as the year before.<\/p>\nprice index for tax preparation and planning by cpa firms<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/p>\n
bookkeeping and compilation prices are markedly\u00a0stronger. cpa firms raised rates 2.3 percent in april, after a 2.7 percent hike in march, a 1.5 percent increase in february, and a five-tenths of one percent advance in january. rates rose an average of 2.9 percent in 2016, more than twice as fast as the year before.<\/p>\nprice index for bookkeeping and compilation services by cpa firms<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/p>\n
aside from standard tax and accounting work, cpa firms are aggressively raising rates on other services, gaining 7.6 percent in april, after averaging 2.6 percent last year.<\/p>\nprice index for other accounting services by cpa firms<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/p>\n
still, the primary services provided by cpa firms are facing headwinds, rising only seven-tenths of one percent in the latest month, half of last year’s rate, which was slower again than the year before.<\/p>\nprice index for primary services provided by cpa firms<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/p>\n
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non-cpa firms<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
among non-cpa tax and accounting firms, price increases are surging, up 6 percent in the latest month, a quantum leap from 2016’s seven-tenths of one percent rate. at the same time, non-cpa tax and accounting firms are raising rates for primary services, like tax prep and bookkeeping,\u00a0up 6 percent\u00a0in the latest month, ten times the rate averaged last year, and keeping pace with secondary services.<\/p>\nprice index for primary services provided by non-cpa tax and accounting firms<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"as non-cpa tax and accounting firms hit the gas pedal.<\/strong><\/p>\nby rick telberg \n卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":48985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2779,5,2274,3120,11],"tags":[4278,3958,4281,4283],"class_list":["post-51935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-charts-graphs","category-outlook","category-pricing","category-pro-member-exclusive","category-research","tag-billing-rate","tag-cpa-billing-rates","tag-fee-structure","tag-pricing-rates"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\ncpas put the brakes on price increases - 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间<\/title>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n