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Commonly, we come across two kinds of accounting firms.Both of them are technically strong. Both have clean websites. They both respond to emails diligently, and they often claim to be the “trusted advisors”.But

As a director working with CFOs, controllers, and finance leaders across global corporates, I see a clear pattern every year: audit season is rarely “hard” because the numbers are wrong. It becomes hard because evidence

Most CPA and accounting firms do not have a tech problem. They have a coordination problem. They have a portal, a practice management tool, a document system, an e-sign tool, and maybe a handful

Most firms do not have a “tax preparation problem.” They have a coordination problem. Returns move slowly when work is scattered across individuals who do not share a standard handoff, a shared definition of review

The fastest way to lose time in a busy season is not a hard return. It is a new person doing work in a slightly different way than your reviewers expect. Most CPA and accounting

Most tax preparation firms have the same frustrating pattern every year. You hire seasonal help to survive January to April. You train them. They ramp up. You finally get some momentum. Then the season ends

For any growing organization, conflict is one of the most misunderstood forces. Accounting firms are no exception. Most leaders see conflict as something that needs to be reduced, smoothened and avoided entirely. They get worried

Most tax firms do not have a prep capacity problem. They have a review capacity problem. Returns get prepared, but they do not move smoothly through review. They bounce. Notes come back. Workpapers get rebuilt

If you want a faster tax season without adding more senior reviewers, fix the place where time quietly disappears: missing documents. Most firms measure productivity by how many returns were prepared. Clients measure it by