15 Reasons to Dump a Client

You know the type.

They’re the clients that keep you awake at night, bother you on weekends, and drive your staff crazy. They’re the clients you’d rather you didn’t have. Wouldn’t it be great to dump them and make them some other accountant’s problem?

But how do you spot a problem client before they swell into a catastrophe? Arvid Mostad, president of Mostad & Christensen, a supplier of marketing materials to accounting firms, outlines 15 habits of bad clients:

Posted on August 16, 2010

Rick Telberg

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Previously, Mr. Telberg served as the early Editor-in-Chief of Accounting Today, and as Vice President/Group Publisher at Thomson Financial (now SourceMedia), overseeing Practical Accountant, Accounting Technology, and what is now AccountingToday.com.

Mr. Telberg was presented with a special citation by the National Society of Accountants for service to the profession and has served on a variety of boards and steering committees, including BKR International and the IBM Small Business Advisory Council. He is a graduate of New York University.

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