Nothing is truer in the tax & accounting business than “The bottom line is the bottom line.”
At CPA Trendlines, we specialize in providing actionable intelligence for making and keeping more money.
Here’s a sampling:
19 Ways to Improve Accounting Firm Profitability
Only 19?
20 Questions to Benchmark Profitability
Warning: Some of your answers may be subjective.
25 Managing Partners List Best Profitability Ideas in 7 Key Areas
Partner comp Non-equity partners Mergers The impact of not-for-profits.
40 Great Ways to Improve Firm Profitability
How many has your firm implemented?
5 Daily Tasks for Maximum Tax Resolution Profitability
To grow your business faster, and operate more efficiently.
8 Tips for Profitable Brainstorming
A few simple rules can guarantee success.
8 Ways to Improve Firm Profits
Because businesses make money, right?
9 Profit Drivers for Your CPA Firm
Do You Have the Character Traits to Succeed?
9 Ways Accountants Throw Away Profits
CHECKLIST, plus how to fix your billing habits to compensate.
Accountants Are the Last Trusted Advisors
How to quantify your level of trust.
Accounting Tops List of Most Profitable Industries, Again
Of course, that’s pre-tax.
Applying Cobb’s Value Curve to Your Firm
“Pricing – that is, fee-setting – is, above all, a marketing decision.”
Are Ethics and Profits Mutually Exclusive?
“The Darwinian concept of the survival of the fittest has been substituted by a philosophy of the survival of the slickest.”
Many CPAs think so. How does YOUR office rate? Join the study; get the benchmarks.
Checklists for Your Tax Resolution Office Setup
Everything from client interactions to office safety.
Checklists: The Secret of a Profitable Tax Season
Nine reasons you need them and the one big reason they don’t get used.
Don’t Ask a CPA What Profitability Means
You’d think they could agree on a common definition for their firms. They can’t…
Specifics of Rules 302 and 503.
Five Steps to Improving Profits Every Month
How to get started… now.
Four Untapped Profit Streams Locked Inside Your Practice Management Data
How to control costs, maximize profits, and focus on your real money-makers.
Four Ways to ‘Wow’ Not-for-Profit Clients with PowerPoint
How to create ‘killer’ slides that win over clients.
How CPAs Profit From New Technologies
Implementing the right technology at the right time can be as important as selecting the right products.
How Partner-to-Staff Leverage Drives Profits
Staff-to-partner ratio is one of the top four determinants of profitability…
How Profitability Affects Income Allocation
Don’t put the one-firm concept at risk.
How to Boost Profits Up to 85%?
Hint: The answer is closer than you think
New trends emerge in net profit margins and accounts receivable.
Plus some mistakes to avoid.
Net Profits: How Much to Whom?
And the 5 steps to take to get started.
New Survey: Profit per Partner Hits $430k
Two reasons it will just keep getting better.
Profitability and The Value of Strategic Thinking
“To succeed, we have to disturb the present…”
Tax Resolution Staff Roles and Responsibilities
Not all preparers are the same.
Technology Playing Center Stage in CPA Profession
Also: Retirees who want their buyouts had better transition their clients.
The 10 Basic Ways to Boost Profits at an Accounting Firm
It’s usually the basic things that you need to do, day in and day out to put more on the bottom line.
The 9 Biggest Billing Mistakes That Cost Accountants Their Hard-Earned Profits
. . . and what you can do about it
The Accountant as Entrepreneur: An Oxymoron?
PLUS: 21 characteristics of an ideal partner.
The Eight Signs Your Firm Needs New Leadership
8 symptoms to beware.
The Essence of CPA Firm Profitability
What Mickey Mouse can teach accountants about accounting…
The First Nine Questions Your Partner Team Needs to Embrace for Optimal Profitability
And six rules for keeping partners happy and productive…
The Five Big Trends Pinching CPA Profits
‘Dealing with the recession has not been pleasant or easy.’
The Missing Link: Developing Your People to Achieve Profitability
How traditional CPE fails firms, employees, and the CPA profession. By Stacey Painter Loscalzo Associates Ltd.
The Top Eight Ways Firms Are Improving Profits Today
And 12 elements essential for success.
The Winning Formula: Productivity Equals Profits
Profession strives for faster, smoother, more profitable practices.
Top Ten Tips for Profiting in a Bad Economy
From an entrepreneurial CPA who’s been through a few
Use Checklists to Manage Your Tax Firm
Don’t let marketing be an afterthought.
Owner wants to offer a percentage to a staff person, but how?
Who Wants to Be a Comptometrist?
Hint: You shouldn’t. Here’s why.
12 Pricing Factors Beyond Cost
Cost-plus is a starting point, not the endpoint.
