close the sale: getting across the finish line

what you need to know before you get to price.

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with sarah dobek and ty hendrickson
inovautus consulting

negotiating the terms of a new engagement can be intimidating and downright scary.

related: growing revenue through client service | eat that frog: asking for a prospect meeting

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however, it’s the most important – and last – step to securing new revenue. read more →

covid chokes an already crippled irs

can busy season get any worse? we’re about to find out.

irs workloads up, budgets down
irs workloads up, budgets down

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the year 2021 gave tax preparers and taxpayers one big mutual hope — the hope that such a year never happens again.

more for tax season 2022: eight ways to charm a client | prepping for tax season: plug small leaks before they become big floods | four issues with ‘quick’ tax questions | updated: accountants critical of competitor price-cutting | when to pick up the phone this tax seasonget your team ready for tax season | automate busy season with apps you already use | these five procedures will simplify your tax season | 11 steps to better client tax instructions | 12 ways to squeeze fun into tax season | six ways to get paid faster | survey: worries for small business clients | busy season forecast: more chaos |

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and just in case congress didn’t get the message, national tax advocate erin m. collins submitted to that august body an annual report that pulled no punches and spared no explication. the new filing season starting jan. 24 could bring hitherto unbelievable problems.

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tax regs for the metaverse

and 19 more tax issues for the wild world of e-commerce you didn’t know you needed to worry about.

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if you, as an accounting or tax professional, aren’t uneasy (if not terrified) by the whirl of the scary new world, you aren’t paying attention.

more in tax: sales & use tax costs are higher than anyone thought | survey: nobody loves the wayfair decision | salt: the small business disaster waiting to happen | avalara launches new tax automated compliance apps for accountants at all levels of practice | 10 steps to a superior tax department | automate busy season with apps you already use | busy season forecast: more chaos | how charlatans, creeps, and ghosts plague the tax profession |

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it isn’t just the perpetual pandemic, the clogged logistics, the turbulent politics, the automating algorithms, the climate catastrophes, the evolving economics, and the rush of rules and regs. it’s that, and more, all interlocked in global business and tax regimes that interact with each other and keep causing each other to change.

avalara’s sixth annual “tax changes” guide rolls out a tsunami of information that generates a tsunami of questions (so far, we have 20) that every number-cruncher—small, medium or large—should at least look at. read more →

boom! covid drives startups

small-business start-up rate running 50% higher than pre-pandemic. (via zapier)

71% plan to continue with their new ventures.

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as the world bemoaned the cruelty and inconvenience of the covid-19 pandemic, a lot of entrepreneurs were making the best of times in the worst of times.

the result: a lot of new small businesses. and each one is an opportunity for an accountant.

more outlook & analysis: accountants critical of competitor price-cutting | are you under-pricing your client accounting services?  | stop complaining and start innovating | five tough-love strategies for 2022 | survey: tech is the path to a better tax season | private equity at the gates | top 20 trends for the year ahead | sales & use tax costs are higher than anyone thought |

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the pandemic years have seen a huge spike in not just covid-19 cases but new business creation, a breathtaking increase of 50 percent, according to a survey from zapier, the software automation company. it started just as existing businesses went into lockdown, and the trend isn’t stopping any more than the virus is.
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updated: accountants critical of competitor price-cutting

the average firm may be trimming billing rate increases. but 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 readers aren’t average.

cpa firm price increases slowed to a month-to-month increase of 0.4 percent in november, down from a 3.1 percent in september, and a fraction of the year-ago 1.9 percent hike. the picture in tax prep is even dimmer, with month-to-month slowdowns and year-to-year declines.

 

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ayster: not afraid to raise rates

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heading into tax season, cpa firms may be facing new pricing pressures, even as wages and consumer prices increase at record rates, according to a 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 study of new government economic data.

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to be sure, many 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 members responding to our survey are resisting the pressures, and plan on pushing ahead with price increases.

more surveys & research: sales & use tax costs are higher than anyone thought | are you under-pricing your client accounting services? | survey: nobody loves the wayfair decision | survey: worries for small business clients | busy season forecast: more chaos | salt: the small business disaster waiting to happen

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while inflation is pushing prices up at record rates in major sectors of the u.s. economy, cpa firms appear to be trimming their billing rate increases, slicing 0.2 percent off the average price from october to november, according to 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research.

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survey: tech is the path to a better tax season

what firms are doing now and what they plan to add.

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some 90 percent of small firms and 94 percent of large firms are looking to technology to help achieve an improved tax season this year, according to a new survey.

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“successful firms will leverage cloud solutions and advanced technologies to deliver higher-value advisory services, unlock new data-driven insights and enhance the client experience,” according to the findings.
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we’re honored

accounting today’s list of the top 100 most influential people includes 39 figures connected to 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间.

卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 friends and contributors again figure prominently in the annual accounting today list of the top 100 most influential people in accounting.

“we’re grateful for the honor and happy to be working with so many of the profession’s leaders and newsmakers,” says rick telberg, ceo and founder of 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间.

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sales & use tax costs are higher than anyone thought

sales tax return activity represents the greatest proportion of total costs, followed by consumer use tax. among all businesses surveyed, the total calculated cost (hours spent multiplied by cost per hour) is $14,811 per month. esb average, $11,968.smb average, $17,672 (48% increase over esb segment.)

 

ripe opportunity for accountants to take over clients’ costly recurring non-revenue-generating back-office drudgery.

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midsize businesses spend 163 hours per month on tax compliance – costing more than $17,000, according to new research released by avalara, the sales tax automation company. additional findings break down what tax requirements businesses spend the most time and money on.

tax and accounting firms will be most interested in data related to clients’ recurring and significant spending on non-revenue-generating tasks, in tandem with the potential for human error and resulting impacts on compliance.

 

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lease accounting hits hard

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podcast: after a brief pandemic pause, new lease accounting rules will get very real in 2022. with ane ohm ceo, founder of leasecrunch after a delay for the pandemic, new lease accounting rules are set to take effect in 2022 and too many firms and companies aren’t ready, ane ohn, founder and ceo of leasecrunch software tells 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间.

eisneramper ceo explains the firm’s private equity deal

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eisneramper ceo charly weinstein calls the firm’s deal to take on private equity a new wrinkle in the profession’s decades-old struggle to secure fresh capital for expansion in an increasingly competitive marketplace.

when private equity invests in cpa firms

what the mega-bucks eisneramper deal means for the profession.

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with dom esposito and anthony zecca

eisneramper’s deal to take on private equity and spin off its attest firm represents a new path forward for firms seeking capital to remain competitive in talent and in technology, according to dom esposito and anthony zecca, two veteran big-firm leaders, in this exclusive 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 flash briefing webinar. read more →