{"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":"
<\/a>here’s the proof. 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 more: <\/b>what smaller firms must do to become firms of the future<\/a> | when managing partners can\u2019t<\/a> | covid-19, adversity and innovation<\/a> | is mandatory retirement a best practice?<\/a> | merging in sellers: what you need to know<\/a> | take yoda\u2019s advice on strategic planning<\/a> 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. three huge problems arise when partners do too much staff-level work.<\/p>\n this can make the difference between a firm having great staff with upward potential and a mediocre staff with little leadership skills or interest. when partners hog the work, they spend less time developing staff, which hinders staff growth.<\/p>\n to prove the first assertion \u2013 that firms make more<\/strong> money when partners are less<\/strong> billable \u2013 we went into the rosenberg map survey data library and did some analysis. we computed the following statistic for three different firm size ranges: percentage of typical partners\u2019 client base that was performed by themselves. the numerator of the fraction is partner billable hours times standard billing rate times realization percentage. the denominator is a typical partners\u2019 client base. here\u2019s what we found \u2013 pay attention to the effect on our key profitability metric of income per partner:<\/a><\/p>\n from a financial standpoint, as measured by income per partner, firms\u2019 profits are higher when partners are less billable.<\/p>\n but i will make the more important observation that even more valuable than higher earnings, firms\u2019 partners should err on the side of being less billable so that you have time to develop technical, client relationship, servicing and leadership skills in your staff. the more partners turn themselves into delegators, trainers and mentors of the staff, and do less \u201cdoing,\u201d the stronger will be their team, making the firm infinitely more successful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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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\n