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3 bookkeeping service missteps killing your firm

Adam Eric Junkroski: Feb 8, 2023 9:00:00 AM

Fast food. Sunbathing. Forgetting to floss. Humans have a habit of doing things that are bad for them without fully grasping the consequences, often realizing too late they’ve made a big mistake. Many times, those things have a way of insidiously...

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Dreading telling tax clients they owe? How to break it.

Adam Eric Junkroski: Feb 1, 2023 9:00:00 AM

For the accountant, tax time is filled with chaos and beat-the-clock energy. Seemingly everyone wants a piece of you, and time is the one thing you...

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Small practitioner? 2023 might be your year. Here’s why.

Adam Eric Junkroski: Jan 25, 2023 9:00:00 AM

While you’re furiously crossing off “2022” anywhere you mistakenly write it (does anyone write checks anymore?), you’re probably wondering what 2023...

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Tax time write-up work SU-HUUUUCKS. You can fix it.

Adam Eric Junkroski: Jan 18, 2023 9:00:00 AM

About now is the time of year you ask yourself, “How is it busy season again??” Especially when most firms today don’t really have a ton of down...

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Think you have “capacity issues?” That’s not the whole story.

Adam Eric Junkroski: Jan 11, 2023 9:00:00 AM

Let’s say something somewhat radical here: capacity problems are an effect, not a cause. You don’t just wake up one morning with capacity problems.

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Is it finally time to take crypto seriously? FASB says yes.

Adam Eric Junkroski: Jan 4, 2023 9:00:00 AM

It’s been late-night comedian fodder and the topic of probably half your spam email. It’s attracted famous names, generated immense fortunes, and...

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3 Mistakes your firm needs to avoid in a recession

Adam Eric Junkroski: Dec 14, 2022 9:00:00 AM

The Botkeeper blog will be taking a break for the holidays. We'll resume regular posts January 4, 2023! Talk about your hot topics. And like so many...

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Is your firm in danger from inflation?

Adam Eric Junkroski: Dec 7, 2022 9:00:00 AM

You probably haven’t heard anything at all about inflation recently, have you?

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Are your employees about to walk?

Adam Eric Junkroski: Nov 30, 2022 9:00:00 AM

No one bats 1.000 when it comes to employee retention. Even when a workplace gets everything right, employees will need to move, retire, or just...

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The most efficient accounting firms do these 4 things

Adam Eric Junkroski: Nov 16, 2022 9:00:00 AM

Next week, the blog is taking a break to eat turkey and all the trimmings. Wait—the writer is. Not the blog. Blogs don't eat. You know what we mean....

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Here’s what happens if your accounting firm has no capacity

Adam Eric Junkroski: Nov 9, 2022 9:00:00 AM

Let me tell you a little story. It’s about three little pigs. WAIT! I promise you haven’t heard this one. I know, it sounds familiar. But this is a...