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How to Grow Your Firm with Payroll Services

CPA Practice

In 2021, 67% of accounting firms reported they offered payroll services to their clients. Accounting firms today know offering client payroll services can lead to significant revenue growth for their practice. Identify your payroll goals. Are your current payroll processes efficient?

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This Shady Chattanooga Accounting Firm Just Went Down in Flames and Still Owes Staff Months of Pay

Going Concern

Chattanooga Times Free Press has written quite the story about legacy accounting firm Croft & Frost abruptly laying everyone off earlier this week after months of issues making payroll. “There may be a slight delay on the payroll,” he said. Thanks to the tipsters who sent this over because holy s**t.

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How Firms Can Use Payroll to Build Trust with Clients

CPA Practice

As a result, expectations are changing for accounting firms – what accountants expect of themselves, what their staff expects and certainly what their clients expect. As a result, more firms are exploring how they can do more for their clients with aim is to find services that are needed year-round.

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The Best Tech for Accounting Firms: CPAs Voted for Readers Choice Tech Awards

CPA Practice

The technologies used in professional accounting firms continue to evolve and shape how practices function, from client service, to staffing issues, and overall management and growth. WINNER: TheTaxBook – Tax Materials Inc. has become a massive challenge for most small and mid-sized businesses.

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Marketing for accounting firms: individuals vs. small businesses

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the potential market available to tax and accounting firms is massive. Here are a few ways you can market your firm’s services to individuals and small businesses. Build a referral system that allows or even incentivizes your clients to recommend your accounting firm to others. With more than 144.3

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How to Use ChatGPT to Create Forms and Templates for Accounting Firms

CPA Practice

I asked ChatGPT what forms it recommended for a CPA firm. Here is the answer I got (since ChatGPT is nondeterministic, you won’t get the exact same answer I got.): For a CPA (Certified Public Accountant) firm, creating and utilizing various forms and templates can significantly streamline practice management tasks.

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How Technology Can Address Two Big Problems at Accounting Firms

CPA Practice

Technology can help aid accountants and make their workload more efficient despite staffing reductions and augment their day-to-day work to give them more time to focus on value-added services, such as consulting and advisory. These tools can significantly enhance efficiency and accuracy.