Keep More of Your Busy Season Earnings

Closeup of money being counted by woman6 profit-growing options besides the usual “lower costs, raise revenue.”

By Sandi Leyva

Many accountants these days are anxious to hit the golden $100,000 mark this year. Others are interested in growing their revenues steadily and incrementally. Still others are focused on lowering costs, raising profits from that side of the equation.

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All of these approaches are well and good to help you keep more of what you make, but there are far more options to grow your take-home dollars besides raising revenue and lowering costs.