Business Booming, but Not as Much as Last Year

How does your firm compare?

By CPA Trendlines Research

If the early results from the CPA Trendlines 2024 Busy Season Barometer: Emerging Issues, Opportunities, and Trends hold true through April, this will be a pretty good year for the vast majority of accountants and tax practitioners – not quite as good as last year, but still, pretty good.

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Despite difficulties finding staff and professionals, 45 percent of respondents say they have increased their client list by at least 5 percent. (Last year, it was 65 percent.)

In fact, 14 percent have seen an increase of over 10 percent. Good, but not as good as last year’s 22 percent.