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In today's episode 18, "When Accounting Firms Put Tech Before Their Clients" with special guest Will Farnell, founder of innovative UK accountancy firm Farnell Clark and author of The Digital Firm. https://www.linkedin.com/in/willfarnell

You can also watch this on youtube here: https://youtu.be/LROntp0DUCA

Key takeaways from this episode include:

❊ why accountancy firms are making a mistake putting their own technology needs before their clients' needs

❊ what makes one platform more efficient than multiple platforms for accounting practices

❊ what should be the fundamental concern when accountants make strategic technology investments

❊ how the client experience suffers when accounting and CPA firms act to selfishly with the software they adopt

❊ the merits of daily bookkeeping to provide live accounting data to enhance the client experience for accountancy firms

❊ the one question that is not asked enough in accounting practices when technology purchases are considered

❊ how digital disruption is simply removing friction from the client journey in the accounting and fintech world

❊ why gross recurring fees can be both a good and a bad thing for accountants and CPAs

❊ the practice mindset versus a business mindset in accounting firms and how the clients can suffer

❊ what a digital or even human accounting firm does that others do not

❊ shout out to Randy Johnston who speaks about the vendor agenda and the compromise that accountants make at the expense of clients

❊ how technology is now the same for all accountants, and where the latest differentiators are coming from

❊ via Donny Shimamoto - how technology can affect the brand image of an accounting firm

Source: https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/the-frontier-accounting-firms-need-to-stop-putting-their-tech-needs-first-as-they-adopt-technology

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