New Confidence in Working at Home
The series of CPA Trendlines studies by Bay Street Group LLC has canvassed 2,361 CPAs about their work-at-home habits and opinions.
In a sign that CPAs are growing more confident in their systems, 17% of CPAs now working at home identify technology breakdowns as a major challenge, down from 26% in 2005.
Today, new office furniture is top item on the wish list. Three years ago, technology staples, such as laptop computers and printer/fax/copier machines, topped the shopping lists of work-at-home accountants.
Meanwhile, 80% of today’s work at-home CPAs identify the right technology set-up as essential to their successes, up from 63% three years.
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Andrew… All very good questions. And we’ll be doing more on that in the future. But many accountants I hear from are starting with a good laptop, a multi-function printer, broadband and a separate phone line. But the real issue seems to be creating the space — both mental and physical — to make it happen.
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Hello Rick,
You hit on the two factors that will either make it happen or set the stage for failure.
The employee must treat the time at home as if at work, even if that means business casual dress or whatever it takes to keep the mind and focus on work. The environment cannot distract the employee. Many employees have been enthused to work from home only to find that children, TV, yardword, etc are not compatible work partners. Babysitting and work do not add up to favorable results let alone, credible results.