EXECUTIVE PREVIEW: Home-Based Accounting Practices

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EXECUTIVE PREVIEW: Home-Based Accounting Practices



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Read the article: Rick Telberg/At Large, "Home-Based Accounting Practices Thrive."

4 Key Findings:
97%: CPAs who know colleagues with “on-the-side” practices.
26%: CPAs who say they currently “moonlight.”
27%: CPAs working full-time in a home-based CPA business.
61%: Working in their home-based business year-round,” not just during busy season.

8 Top Problems for Home-Based Practitioners:
45%: Meeting clients, colleagues in a professional setting.
48%: Overcoming isolation from peers.
39%: Managing time effectively.
21%: Obtaining enough admin/support personnel.
18%: Backing up file and preparing for disaster recovery.
15%: Have the right mix of technology resources.
12%: Resolving equiment/technology breakdowns.
6%: Maintaining IT security & privacy.

10 Essential Strategies for Success:
69%: The right technology setup.
85%: The right attitude and self-discipline.
66%: A quiet, dedicated work space.
51%: Experience and maturity.
47%: Time Management: Balancing the need for new business vs. getting the existing work done.
35%: Good communications with co-workers, clients.
31%: The appropriate kind of work or tasks.
23%: Get out of the office and meet new people.
15%: Regular face-to-face meetings.
5%: Ccorporate culture of support.


Join the survey here.

Read the article: Rick Telberg/At Large, "Home-Based
Accounting Practices Thrive."

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Read the article: Rick Telberg/At Large, "Home-Based
Accounting Practices Thrive."

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Posted by Editor in BSG RESEARCH at 04:16

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Rick Telberg - Editor

Rick Telberg is president and chief executive of Bay Street Group LLC, advisors in marketing, management and strategy.