It Must be Business as Usual When you are Selling Your Practice

By Michelle Knights | January 29, 2016

It Must be Business as Usual When you are Selling Your Practice Getting the timing right when deciding to sell your business/practice can often be difficult. There are personal, financial and emotional decisions to be made as well as pertinent business decisions and plans to put in place. Experience certainly highlights that timing is everything.…

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What Impact Do Disgruntled Employees have on Your business?

By Michelle Knights | January 29, 2016

What Impact Do Disgruntled Employees have on Your business? It’s often said that by the time an employee formally resigns, they have already divested themselves from your business for at least six months. Likewise, most businesses have experienced the joys, or lack thereof, of having a disgruntled or dissatisfied employee amongst their mix. I’ve heard…

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EOY Accounting Practice Performance Wrap-Up

By Michelle Knights | December 22, 2015

EOY Accounting Practice Performance Wrap-Up The New Year has now come and gone and many firms are using this time to plan for the year ahead; using this financial year midpoint to check in against their financial year goals and budgets. With our December Charge Rates, Salaries and Benchmarking Survey released early in December, we…

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What Type of Firms Are Achieving Real Growth

By Michelle Knights | December 22, 2015

What Type of Firms Are Achieving Real Growth As we head into another year, it is often a time of reflection for practitioners and practices on the year that has been as well as some preparation and planning for the year ahead. What went to plan? What went well? What was the surprise event? What…

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Don’t Despair, there are other Options than Simply ‘Closing Up Shop’

By Michelle Knights | December 22, 2015

Don’t Despair, there are other Options than Simply ‘Closing Up Shop’ I must admit, I have been a little surprised of late by the number of practitioners that have advised us that they have closed their practices. In part this is due to retirement and at other times ill health has been a contributing factor.…

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Is SMSF Licensing Really that Imperative to Your Firm?

By Michelle Knights | October 16, 2015

Is SMSF Licensing Really that Imperative to Your Firm? In the first instance, let me emphasise, if your firm currently provides advice around SMSFs that will require a license post July 2016, our strongest recommendation is to complete the necessary training and obtain the appropriate license, whether that be as an authorised representative of a…

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Client Protection as Partnerships Go Pear-Shaped

By Michelle Knights | October 16, 2015

Client Protection as Partnerships Go Pear-Shaped As a profession, accountants are often criticised for their lack of communication with clients. In some instances, communication pieces are written with very little consideration as to how it will be received by clients. This is particularly the case when things start going pear-shaped amongst the partners. The success…

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Are Traditional Partnership Models Still Your Best Choice?

By Michelle Knights | October 16, 2015

Are Traditional Partnership Models Still Your Best Choice? For as long as everyone can remember, professional practices have typically run on the basis that an individual performs their related training, commences work in a firm and gradually progresses up the ranks in experience and seniority. Some individuals will then have a view or desire to…

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SOLD IN < 4 MONTHS: PPN00187 - Sydney CBD Accounting Practice For Sale

By Michelle Knights | October 16, 2015

SOLD in less than 4 months This long standing firm is located in the heart of Sydney’s CBD with fees forecasted at $680K for FY 2016. Services are representative of general accounting and tax compliance with some 440 lodgements in 2015 excluding BAS. There is a good spread of trust (88), company (52) and SMSF…

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