How Your Business Can Alleviate the Disadvantages Facing CPAs
If you’re interested in hiring a CPA, it’s important that you know what disadvantages they are faced with on a day to day basis. Knowing what disadvantages they are faced with not only helps you begin to view them from a different lens, it also helps you learn how you can better support them as members of your staff. Here are just a few disadvantages of being a CPA:
Increased Stress
While most CPAs thoroughly enjoy their jobs, that does not necessarily mean they don’t deal with a certain level of stress. Many CPAs are often put in positions where they have to work financial miracles, and while they do get plenty of things accomplished, usually their duties carry considerable levels of stress.
Overworked and Underpaid
Many CPAs will be transparent with you and let you know that they often feel as if they are overworked and underpaid. Depending on the size of your business, if you’re unable to increase their wages, make a conscious effort to ensure you provide as much support as you can for them so that they don’t feel overworked and underappreciated.
People Assume They Can Fix All Financial Problems
Again, CPAs are equipped to handle your accounting and finance needs; however, sometimes CPAs are looked at as gods who can work miracles, and that’s not necessarily the case. The best thing you can do before hiring a CPA is make sure that your books are somewhat in order so that your CPA isn’t walking into an accounting nightmare.
What disadvantages does your CPA often complain about? Leave them in the comments below.
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