Vol. 6 No.6, June 2008

Expanding Your Knowledge While Conserving Your Time.

Vol. 6 No. 6, June 2008

CPA Leadership Report reviews important ideas from articles on CPA firm management and leadership and provides fingertip access to the original articles. It also includes an electronic index to more than a thousand previous articles.

You can become familiar with CPA Leadership Report by reading the articles below marked with an *.

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*Contents (Sources)*

Determining the Amount of a Partner Buyout Factoring fairness into the calculation. (Practical Accountant)

Defending an Attack on Time-Based Billing A consultant says time billing is unethical. Ric Payne disagrees. (Ric Payne’s Blog—Make a Difference)*
Hourly Billing IS Unethical Ron Baker disagrees with Ric Payne (see above). (VeraSage Institute)
Why You Should Not Discount Your Fees Price objections are typically spurious. (Rain Today)
How to Lower Your Legal Liability Risk Risk is higher than ever. Here are some things you must change. (CPA Mutual)*
Do You Guaranty Your Services? Should there be any fear about making such a commitment? (Innovative Practice Management)
Survey on What Causes Turnover Turnover: Causes of and how to reduce it. (Accounting Office Management & Administration Report)*
Predictions for the Future of the Accounting Profession—Part Two IPA’s most recommended consultants share their predictions, trends, and issues for 2008. (Inside Public Accounting)
Trust in Business: The Core Concepts What is trust? Are you trustworthy? (Trusted Advisor Associates)*
Choices You Should Make as a Leader Some not-so-obvious choices can have a profound effect on the firm. (CPA Practice Management Forum)
There’s More to Delegating than Delegating It’s more than simply handing off an assignment. (Accounting Today)
CPA Firm Recession Guide Your growth need not be disrupted by recession. (Partner’s Report)
Is Work/Life Balance a Myth? Ideas for turning a possible myth into reality. (Accounting Web)
Before You Merge, Ask These Questions Fifteen questions provided by Aquila Global Advisors. (Partner Insights)
What Staff Really Think The Rosenberg Associates annual Staff Forum report should be read by all partners. (The Management Catalyst)
2008 AICPA Practitioners Symposium Report on important ideas presented at the symposium. (Possibilities for CPA Firms)
Choosing an Accounting Association Decide what you need, but be prepared to give as well as take. (Accounting Today)
Report of U.S. Treasury Committee on the Auditing Profession The report calls for higher quality audits but doesn’t address ethical shortcomings at the large firms. (Accounting Today)

Networking Through Blogging The networking discussed in this article is requisite for a blogger to build a solid readership base. (Golden Practices)
Getting Business Without Selling Fulfilling client needs doesn’t require selling. (Rain Today)

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