Accounting Firm Coach: Office Hours

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Welcome to Accounting Firm Coach Office Hours presented by Canopy. I’m Jason Staats. Ready to get 1% better at running an accounting firm? In this episode, I break down the three biggest priorities accounting firm owners need to tackle before year-end, including tech transitions, hiring, client renewals, and getting ahead of January production. Then, in 🏹 Firm Hunters, we look at a $1.4 million accounting firm with an unbelievable 87% of revenue going to the owner. I also introduce a new segment called 👿 Mean Bag to tackle whether AI is about to get dramatically more expensive, rethink the all-in-one versus best-of-breed software debate in 🤓 Nerd Corner, and answer 📬 Mailbag questions about accounting ledgers, getting clients to sign proposals, AI agents, and keeping client data secure.
// Chapters:
01:32 - Do This By November 1
11:06 - Do This By December 1
20:44 - Do This By January 1
22:49 - This $1.4M/yr Firm Is Running An 87% Margin!?
28:38 - Is AI About To Get Expensive?
34:03 - Is All-in-One A Mirage?
42:38 - Double vs New AI Ledgers
45:38 - Simplify That Proposal!
47:28 - Create An AI Agent User?
49:12 - Claude MAX Plan Made Secure?
52:07 - Lester Returns
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📌 Here’s that $1.4M/yr firm https://privatepracticetransitions.com/business-listing/1265-established-cas-practice-with-strong-growth/
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Welcome to Accounting Firm Coach Office Hours presented by Canopy. I’m Jason Staats. Ready to get 1% better at running an accounting firm? In this episode, I explore how to build a niche accounting firm by tapping into industry-specific communities and partnerships. In 🤓 Nerd Corner, I cover eight major tech updates from Canopy, Financial Cents, Digits, Karbon, Gusto, Double, Kik, and RightTool. Then, in the 📬 Mailbag, I tackle delegating more work to admins, construction accounting software, Microsoft Copilot, tax workflow tools, lead tracking, and building a remote accounting firm.
// Chapters:
00:00 - These Industries Need YOU
15:14 - 8 Tech Updates
29:19 - Push This Work to Admins
33:44 - Construction Accounting Software?
36:09 - Microsoft AI Use-Cases
37:59 - Don’t Buy This Tax Workflow Software
42:54 - Lead Tracking App
44:53 - Transitioning A Firm To Remote Work
51:31 - We Love Them
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Welcome to Accounting Firm Coach Office Hours presented by Canopy. I’m Jason Staats. Ready to get 1% better at running an accounting firm? In this episode, I break down two surprisingly profitable accounting firms for sale, including one generating over $1.6 million with just two people, and explain why outsourcing and offshoring can create very different business models. In 💾 You Need This Tech, I share a $400 artificial skylight designed to bring natural-looking light into your office. Then, in 🤓 Nerd Corner, I challenge some of the guidance around AI and taxpayer data presented at an IRS National Tax Forum session. Finally, I answer 📬 Mailbag questions about Double as a practice management tool, seller financing when buying a firm, AI for nonprofit accounting, software security, Grok, and why heavily funded tax AI startups aren’t on my app recommendations list.
📌 The skylight https://www.amazon.com/PHILIPS-Skylight-Ceiling-NatureConnect-inches/dp/B0HDTPRNSD?sr=8-1
💲 The tax firm that’s for sale https://privatepracticetransitions.com/business-listing/1262-established-virtual-tax-practice/
🧾 And the CAS firm that sold https://poegroupadvisors.com/practice/cp2024/
// Chapters:
00:00 - A 2-Person $1.6M Firm
11:32 - A 60% Margin CAS Firm
21:52 - You Need This Tech
26:05 - Bad AI Advice From The IRS
36:56 - Double As A PM?
40:04 - Up-Front Cash?
44:16 - AI For Fund Accounting
47:35 - How To Know if an App Is Secure?
49:21 - Firms Using Grok!?
52:53 - BlackOre Basis and Accrual
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Welcome to Accounting Firm Coach Office Hours presented by Canopy. I’m Jason Staats. Ready to get 1% better at running an accounting firm? In this episode, I break down a new AI accounting study suggesting that leading models can outperform human accountants, and explain what that actually means for our firms. I share why public booking links are a bad idea, explore Claude’s faster AI models and new ChatGPT features, and explain why AI won’t fix bad business decisions. Then I highlight accountants available for hire and answer questions about selling a firm to private equity, why I dropped Xero from my recommendations, and whether standalone receipt management software still makes sense.
📌 Here’s that AI vs accountants study https://www.mercor.com/blog/human-baselines-for-benchmarks-ai-now-outperforms-junior-accountants/
// Chapters:
00:00 - The End Is Near
13:45 - Bad Booking Links
17:35 - This AI Model is FAST
24:20 - Hormozi Pops The Balloon
26:20 - ChatGPT Updates
31:45 - Accountants For Hire
34:25 - Sell His Firm to PE?
42:45 - I Dropped Xero
47:55 - New Receipt Tech?
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Kick: https://www.kick.co/
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MakersHub: https://makershub.com/
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Welcome to Accounting Firm Coach Office Hours presented by Canopy. I’m Jason Staats. Ready to get 1% better at running an accounting firm? In this episode, I break down whether you can build a bookkeeping firm without QuickBooks or Xero, and why specializing around a painful industry-specific accounting system may be a much bigger opportunity than simply choosing a newer ledger. I also look at Meta’s upcoming VR glasses, debate separating technical production from client relationship management, dissect a supposedly self-sufficient $1.2 million accounting firm for sale, empty out September’s Swear Jar, and answer Mailbag questions about sponsorships, advisory positioning, buying versus building a firm, AI-powered email management, and tax research tools.
📌 Here’s that firm we talked about https://poegroupadvisors.com/practice/va2036/
// Chapters:
01:54 - Building a Bookkeeping Firm Without QuickBooks or Xero
11:20 - The Industry Ledger Opportunity
17:05 - Meta VR Glasses: Goodbye, Monitors?
23:25 - Technical Hire or Relationship Manager?
26:49 - Planning for When Someone Leaves
31:58 - A CPA Firm Run in 30 Owner Hours a Year
33:46 - What You're Really Buying
38:05 - The September Swear Jar
42:41 - How Sponsors Work at Accounting Firm Coach
45:01 - What's Wrong With the Word "Advisor"
48:07 - Buy a Firm or Grow Organically?
50:55 - Admin vs AI for Email Management
57:00 - CoCounsel vs. Claude, ChatGPT or Blue J
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