{"id":79007,"date":"2020-08-30t12:00:06","date_gmt":"2020-08-30t16:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=79007"},"modified":"2021-02-04t09:26:59","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04t14:26:59","slug":"cpa-firms-make-more-money-when-partners-do-less-billable-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2020\/08\/30\/cpa-firms-make-more-money-when-partners-do-less-billable-work\/","title":{"rendered":"why billing less may mean earning more"},"content":{"rendered":"

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by marc rosenberg<\/i><\/p>\n

question from a client: \u201c<\/strong>as the firm\u2019s mp, i\u2019m trying to encourage our partners to delegate as many billable hours as possible to the staff instead of doing it themselves. what is the benchmarking metric for how much of partners\u2019 billing responsibility should be performed by themselves?\u201d<\/p>\n

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rosenberg response: <\/strong>there is a natural tendency for partners to perform high levels of billable hours, perhaps in the 1,200 to 1,500 range annually.
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\nseveral reasons for this: (1) partners can do the work faster, more accurately and at a higher realization rate, (2) partners\u2019 work often doesn\u2019t need to be reviewed, (3) when partners do the work instead of staff, it\u2019s charged at a partner billing rate instead of much lower staff rates, (4) it\u2019s easier to meet time deadlines and (5) partners\u2019 compensation may be higher if their billable hours are higher.<\/p>\n

three huge problems arise when partners do too much staff-level work.<\/p>\n