{"id":6200,"date":"2010-03-06t07:42:38","date_gmt":"2010-03-06t11:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=6200"},"modified":"2024-11-19t21:48:40","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20t02:48:40","slug":"local-firms-feel-fee-pressure-and-now-big-firm-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2010\/03\/06\/local-firms-feel-fee-pressure-and-now-big-firm-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"local firms feel fee pressure. and now: big firm competition"},"content":{"rendered":"
like many cpas across the nation,\u00a0 firms in toledo, ohio, are reporting continued collection problems.<\/strong><\/p>\n and now, on top of that, many small firms are getting competition from larger firms moving down-market at cut-rate prices<\/p>\n \u201cbusiness has been good, but everything is getting stretched out,\u201d said chuck mira, a partner in mira + kolena in toledo, ohio. \u201ccash is backed up through the system. \u201cwe would like to see national banks open up credit lines.\u201d<\/p>\n j. clarke price, president of the ohio society of cpas, said, \u201ci have heard around the state that 30-day clients went to 60 days or even 90.<\/p>\n \u201ccollection is more of an issue, and some clients are saying, \u2018you’ve got to work with me on the fees.’\u201d<\/p>\n and for the first time in years, clarke said, locally owned cpa firms are feeling competition from big national firms trying to pick up smaller clients.<\/p>\n via toledoblade.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" like many cpas across the nation,\u00a0 firms in toledo, ohio, are reporting continued collection problems. and now, on top of that, many small firms are getting competition from larger firms moving down-market at cut-rate prices \u201cbusiness has been good, but … continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[5,2295],"tags":[620,114],"class_list":["post-6200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-outlook","category-solo","tag-fees","tag-small-firm"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n