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Management of an Accounting Practice Handbook

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When it comes to practice management, AICPA's MAP Handbook is the premier source for information and guidance on the best ways to:

• Sell or merge your firm
• Develop and expand your practice
• Hire professional and administrative staff
• Use technology in your practice
• Compare your firm's statistics with other firms
• Start or dissolve a firm
• Reduce your firm's exposure to malpractice litigation

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AICPA updates the MAP Handbook annually to keep you informed of the latest issues and strategies in the world of practice management. Annual updates are shipped and billed automatically with a 60-day return policy. Updates are billed at $98.00 each, $78.40 for AICPA members.

Each volume is packed with advice to boost your firm's productivity and profitability:

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Volume One — Developing an Accounting Practice: starting a practice, strategic and operational planning, marketing, expanding, purchase/merger of an accounting practice, forms of practice.

Volume Two — Administration: financial, billing and collection, client engagements, review procedures, report processing, site selections information systems.

Volume Three — Personnel: recruiting, selecting professional and support staff, training and professional development evaluation, motivation, personnel policies, compensation and fringe benefits, personnel problems.

Owner issues: owner capital, owner compensation and fringe benefits, selection and evaluation of partners, owner separation and dissolution of firm.

Management Data: comparative firm operating statistics (by firm size) — including Texas Society on Management of an Accounting Practice Survey and survey of participants at the AICPA Practitioners Symposium.

Please note, the MAP Handbook is also available for immediate access as an online subscription containing all of the content of the print version.  Click here to subscribe to eMAP.

Table of Contents

  • Contents
    (for three volumes)
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • How to Use the Handbook
  • Part 1
  • Developing an Accounting Practice
    • 101 Vision Statements
    • 102 Starting a Practice
    • 103 Organization and Assignment of Responsibilities
    • 104 Strategic Planning
    • 105 Marketing
    • 106 Expanding Firm Capabilities
    • 107 Purchase of an Accounting Practice
    • 108 Mergers of Accounting Practices
    • 109 Forms of Practice
    • 110 Establishing Additional Offices
    • 111 Membership in Professional Organizations
  • Part 2
  • Administration
    • 201 Financial Administration
    • 202 Revenue Controls and Analysis
    • 203 Billing and Collection
    • 204 Client Engagements
    • 205 Engagement Planning and Monitoring
    • 206 Review Procedures
    • 207 Processing the Report
    • 208 Correspondence
    • 209 Filing and Record Retention Procedures
    • 210 Site Selection and Office Facilities
    • 211 Administrative Services and Housekeeping
    • 212 Internal Computer Systems
    • 213 Internet
    • 214 Legal Matters
    • 215 Coping with Physical Disaster
    • 216 Library Organization
    • 217 Risk Management
    • 218 Knowledge Management
    • 219 Digital Environments
    • 5/05 Rev.
  • Part 3
  • Personnel
    • 301 Organization and Management of the Human Resource Function
    • 302 Recruiting Entry-Level Staff
    • 303 Selecting Professional Staff
    • 304 Selecting and Managing Support Staff
    • 305 Orientation
    • 306 Staff Training and Professional Development
    • 307 Staff Evaluation
    • 308 Motivation and Retention
    • 309 Compensation and Fringe Benefits
    • 310 General Employee Policies
    • 311 Internal Firm Communications
    • 312 Personnel Problems
    • 313 Employee Handbooks
  • Part 4
  • Owner Issues
    • 401 Leadership
    • 402 Owner Equity
    • 403 Owner Compensation
    • 404 Owner Benefits
    • 405 Owner Selection
    • 406 Owner Admission
    • 407 Owner Performance and Changes in Status
    • 408 Owner Separation and Dissolution of the Firm
  • Part 5
  • Management Data
    • 501 Benchmarking
    • 502 Firm Administration Resource Guide
    • 503 Firm Statistics
    • 504 Profile Firms

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