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Six steps to take. By Jody PadarRadical Pricing – By The Radical CPAThe accounting profession will never resemble an automotive production line, perhaps for no other reason than we don’t look good in. . .

Six steps to take. By Jody PadarRadical Pricing – By The Radical CPAThe accounting profession will never resemble an automotive production line, perhaps for no other reason than we don’t look good in steel-toed boots. We’ll never be widget producers and, from my viewpoint, that’s a good thing. However, our position among the professional class shouldn’t blind us to the benefits of standardizing many of our services. MOREby Jody PadarExclusively for PRO Members. Log in hereorupgrade to PRO today. Anyone who has been an accountant for any length of time has certainly seen enough to eliminate the need to reinvent the wheel every time they start a new engagement. An entire firm has even more institutional knowledge to draw from. You can develop reliable and repeatable recipes for different services and deliverables by capturing this institutional knowledge. This is standardization, and it makes your service offerings more efficient, cheaper, consistent and predictable – all good business practices. You’ll be able to predict with better accuracy the time frames required for new projects, and you’ll be able to scope out exactly what will be required to bring the project to a successful conclusion. TO READ THE FULL ARTICLEContinue reading your article with a CPA Trendlines Pro membership. Posted on July 23, 2026Copyright 2007-2026 CPA Trendlines / Bay Street Group LLC