Every accounting firm is a business, but does that mean your firm should function like a traditional company? A typical business has many moving parts, a variety of roles, and a structure in place. It’s an entire system that revolves around the company’s core offerings, products and/or services.

This may come as a hard truth for those who fear change, but there’s no escaping automation. We come in contact with some element of automation from the moment we wake up—it’s in our smartphones, computers, cars, TV, behind the scenes of your bank account, and in too many other places to list out!

There’s a preconception that the accounting industry is very “traditional.” And in many ways, that’s a positive; good accounting traditions help keep our world running, like filing taxes and supporting small businesses. And accountants are the heroes who make those important traditions happen! 💪

What are all businesses—accounting firms included—trying to achieve on a daily basis?

It’s here….

You know, that time of the year where accounting practices (like yours) are inundated with corporate tax preparation. Some repeat clients from previous years, some first-timers.

Every industry experienced massive shifts in 2020, and accounting is no exception. Stemming from all we learned in the last year, the burning question for 2021 is simply, “What’s next?” 

Year-end is a great time for your accounting firm to prepare for an influx of client requests. For better or worse, tax deadlines create a natural force for businesses to think about organizing their financials.

Can you believe the holiday season is already upon us?! In some ways, it feels like 2020 started three years ago, and in other ways, it feels like we blinked and we’re suddenly preparing to celebrate a new year. Regardless of how you feel about this year, it can be easy to overlook the time-tested tips we rely on for making sure we’re getting everything done...and doing it well.

Do you ever feel like the services you offer—those that are massively important to your clients’ business health—are taken for granted? You might even feel like clients view accounting firms as a necessary evil just to help them get through tax season.

Accounting firms are like nearly every other business out there when it comes to the range of success they see on a monthly basis: some are still trying to figure out how to get off the ground, while others pull in 6-figures in revenue each month.

When we talk about automation technology, it’s easy to let our imaginations run wild and jump to the distant future when bots might be able to operate independently from humans. But despite huge advances in automation technology, we’re not there yet, and we still need humans!

We might be a bit biased, but we think technology is an accounting firm’s best bet for achieving real growth in a short amount of time. In short, the output of automation is more time for humans, which creates new opportunities for firm growth.