by Rob Pillans | Apr 19, 2021 | Articles
As we approach the end of another financial year in Australia, I trust you are on top of what you wanted to get done before 15 May and 30 June tick over. The Coronavirus crisis has added to the workload and I know many firms have found this challenging. For accounting...
by Rob Pillans | Apr 19, 2021 | Articles
If you asked an accountant 30 years ago what they sell many would have said time. Even in 2021 I occasionally hear an accountant talk this way. I think most today would say knowledge is what they sell. The need for this knowledge is a natural consequence of the...
by Rob Pillans | Nov 18, 2020 | Articles, Planning
The end of the calendar year is rapidly approaching and for many it probably can’t come soon enough. I’ve been turning my mind to some things accounting firm owners and managers could benefit from thinking about at this time. In my experience December and January can...
by admin | Oct 20, 2020 | Articles, Planning
Succession could be defined as the process by which the current owner/s of a firm transition and handover ownership to new owner/s. When I say handover I don’t mean for free! The usual situation will be a sale of equity to new owners, often on a stepped basis over a...
by Rob Pillans | Aug 26, 2020 | Articles
I wrote an article comparing accounting firm management to wine making and finished by saying: Your team and your clients are like the grapes in wine making. You source the best quality you can and then cultivate them and care for them. The result is season after...
